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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-02
Smoking Bees.

Of late there has been question raised
as to the advantages and disadvantages of
using smoke to induce bees to fill with
honey and become quiet.
While it is true that smoker injudic-
iously used is de:riment, yet in our ex-
perience we have found it indispensable.
Generally, few puffs at the entrance and
few puffs as the cloth cover is carefully
removed are all that is needed, with per-
haps few puffs occasionally where the
bees seem determined to run or fly out at
the top of the hive.
One must acquire knowledge of the
habits and disposition OF the bees under
his charge, else he will have trouble.
smoke or no smoke.
With the Cyprians smoke has the effect
of making them almost desperate. and it
affects the Holylands somewhat similarly.
although the latter are not irritable
Our advice is. keep your smoker at
hand, but use as little smoke as possible
to produce the desired results. This
must be acquired by practice.-Amertcan
Agriculturist
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band would permit no one to see her face
after she was dead gives rise to the suppose
ton that he may have feared its recognition
by those who looked upon it. Another story
is that the female stranger had two rival
lovers and thai the successful one brought
her to this country to avoid the vengeance OF
the other Those who tell the latter story be-
Ieve that the unsuccessful rival followed the
couple to this country, and murdered the
widower near Alexandria, and that this MUIR
der was the mysterious one for which Monroe
offered reward during his presidency. The
circumstances are such, however, that con-
lectures of all kinds can be made in regard
to it. Remembering the wealth of Alexan-
dria at this time and the fact that 1t was
often visited by the diplomats and great men
of the Washington court across the river, IL
may be that the lady was member OF one OF
the noble English families, and that her nus
band or lover, whoever he may have been,
feared that there might be sightseer VINO
would recognize her. Who she was Will
never be told The actors connected with her
burial are long since dead, and this tomb
alone remains as a monument of this mysterl-
GUS love of seventy years ago.
FRANK GEORGE CARPENTER
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they are as large as the homes of the million
aires of the present. Ships from all parts of
the world then came to the Alexandria wharfs.
and there was great deal of trade with the
West Indies. One of the big West India ships
brought among its passengers in the October
of this year a well dressed Englishman and
his beautiful wife. Two French maid ser.
wants accompanied them. and he pcVly t TX
up their quarters at the City hotel, at Alex
andria. where Washington used to sleep, and
which was then one of the fashionable taverns
of the south. 1t still stands on the corner of
Cameron and ROYAL streets, and is now used
as an auction house. Here the young wife
became sick; and within few weeks she died.
During her sickness her husband, for so the
man calls himself in the epitaph on the tomb
stone. watched tenderly over her But he
would have nothing to do with the citizens of
Alexandria. and would give no account what
ever of himself The mysterious couple of the
City hotel were the talk of the town, and the
goSsips of the city were trying to learn some
thing about them. They were baffled at every
point The French maid servants could not
speak word of English, and the physician
who attended the beautiful lady's last hours
would say nothing in regard to her. When
death came the female servants and the hus-
band alone beheld the face of the dead wife,
and they alone were present when the funeral
services were celebrated. The citizens were
not admitted to the upper rooms of the hotel,
and the closed coffin was carried directly to
the hearse, and from the hearse to the
cemetery. By his orders this tomb was
erected, and he disappeared after the death as
mysteriously as he came This in reality is
all that is known in regard to this mysterious
lady. Conjecture has run riot in explaining
the story, and the romance of a haunted
cemetery and a hermit stranger who hangs
around it are whispered over Alexandria tea
tables By some it is thought that the female
stranger was an American, and by some she
is supposed to be the daughter of Aaron
Burr, Theodosia Burr, and the ship on which
she had embarked from Charleston disap-
peared two years before the female stranger
died at Alexandria, and she was, think,
older than 3 years Why the strangers hus-
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Selections.

The time has passed when there is any
necessity for man being clodhopper
because he carries on farm. The call
ing of agriculture is consistent with the
highest intelligence. and the farmer bov
has more than an average chance to make
of himself an educated and influential
man. And when the boys, as soon as
they pass beyond that period of age when
they cease to be boys, make up their
mind to leave the farm for the uncertain
ties of trade. they make very great mis-
take. Consider that out of every hun
dred who enter mercantile life not over
half dozen of the number make sue
cess of it.-Rural Canadian.
Peter NJ. Gideon of Minnesota, who has
originated many Siberian crab seedlings,
says; perhaps would not be far from
the truth to say about one to each 500
seedlings will produce fair-sized apple.
There is no variety without the Siberian
crab in it that can stand our greatest ex-
tremes of climate-hence the necessity of
cross. The best we have to operate
with are mass of mongrels. Our pro-
cess is to cross mongrel with mongrel and
al each repetition select the best and try
again, planting close together to give ma
ture chance to mingle. Field, Farm
and St0ckman.
The mich COW should be gentle, milk
easily, give a fair flow of milk and hold
out well. A COW that does not possess
each one of these virtues is not suitable
animal t" be kept long on the farm.
Kicking and restless cows and cows which
milk hard are ruisances and trying on the
temper, and there is no call to keep them
that their species may be propagated.
Dr.. 7. II. HoskinS, IN Vern1om Wdttmapa
The injuries from the unrestrained
range OF cattle in woodlands are scarcely
less than those from fires. as we'll from
browsing as from breaking and trampling
down. These damages are less apparent
in pine forest, because the leaves are not
eaten, but the loss even there is enormous.
and constantly runs to ruin.-Dr. Charles
Mohr.
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An ALEXANDRIA WHARF.

Alexandria is only seven miles from Wash
ington. Ferry boats and trains run every
half hour, and pleasant way to 90 to it is to
cross the Georgetown bridge in a carriage
and drive past Arlington, where Gen. Lee
used to live, and on down the Potomac shore.
The ferry takes you from the ragged edge of
the capital city, and a half hours ride down
the Potomac lands you on the Alexandria
shore, very near where Braddock Jumped
from his boat on his way to his disastrous de-
feat The city has 1900 people now, but it
covers enough territory for twice the popu-
lation. AS you approach it from the river it
is not hard to recognize its ancient grandeur
The buildings are old and many of them are
breaking with age Empty warehouses line
the wharves, and the god of decay points his
palsied finger at you wherever you turn.
The place seems to have fallen into a Rip Van
Wrinkles sumber. Your feet echo along the
closed houses as you pass through what were
once busy thoroughfares, and the chief signs
of life are here and there sleepy looking ne
groes, in ragged clothes, leaning against the
brick corners of buildings whose edges have
been almost rounded by time. The main
business street of the city is livelier, but even
the business men move as though they were
youthful Methuselahs, with centuries of life
before them and the very wagons go at the
pace of hearses
The people, however, are well bred and
kind. The raggedest boy will tip his hat to
you if you speak to him, and if you ask di-
rection of a business man he will leave his
store and go four blocks or more to show you
what you want.
The citizens of Alexandria have a great
reverence for Gen Washington, and the
town is full of unwritten tradition about him.
Mount Vernon is only nine miles away, and
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Proposed Scale of Points for
Judging White Plymouth Rocks.

|. The popularity of this new family OF
hens. which originated with Mr.. y. +.
Frost of Monmouth, in this State, has in
creased to such an extent OF late that it
has been found advisable to arrange a
schedule of points by which they may be
judged. In the absence of such scale.
the following has been made up. as stated
below, 1--WE copy from the Poultry Month
ly,) and is submitted to breeders and fan
ciers. 1t has not yet been adopted by the
American Standard Association, and is
liable to receive notifications:
The following weights, scale of points
and description of White Plymouth Rocks
have been prepared by the eastern breed
ers, and submitted to the originator OF the
breed, Mr.. o. F. Frost of Monmouth, Me-,
who fully endorses the proposed standard.
DIsQUALIFICATIONs.- Feathered legs.
color of legs other than yellow, enameled
white In ear-lobes. Topped combs, crooked
backs or breast bones, wry tails, twisted
feathers in wings, brassiness or colored
feathers in plumage, cream color IN cocks
Objectionable and to be cut severely.
WEIGHTs.-Cock, nine pounds; hen,
seven and half pounds; cockerels, seven
and half pounds; pullets, six pounds.
SCALE OF PoINTs.-Symmetrv, twelve ;
weight eight; condition, eight head, six !,
comb, eioht wattles and ear lobes, six;
neck. seven; back. eight; breast and
body, ten; wings, eight; tail. eight; fluff,
six; legs and toes. five; total, 100; de-
Quoting two points per pound for any de-
felt from standard weights.
CoLoR.-Pure white throughout; form,
shape. symmetry and carriage like
Plymouth Rocks.
We believe that the above will meet the
approval of all who are now breeding this
to-be popular variety.
Wherever they have been introduced
they have given entire satisfaction. and
we propose to push them to the front.
where they belong, for they are the ideal
bird.
Chicks, when first Matched, are some
times off color, but when feathers appear,
they are pure white.
Although only eight years since MIR.
Frost commenced the breeding of this
variety, they breed to day as large per
cent of choice, selected chicks as any OF
the older Breeds
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FLORENCE SILK MITTENs.

the non-descripts that are only profitable
on 800 land and 81 hay. By careful
selection he can breed up steadily so that
more milk or butter will be produced by
fewer cows. And more than this, his
dairy will supply something besides milk
or butter. For the increase of his home
bred stock can be turned to profitable ac-
count. The slaughter of baby calves three
days old will cease when the dairy is
what it should be and the demand for
good veal, and even beef, can be supplied
by dairy farmers at a proft-Farmer' s
Re7fe2r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-02

Thoroughly cleanse the blood which is tho
fountain OF health, by using Dir Pic,,V'a Gold
en- Medical Discovery. and good digestion, II
fair akin, hu0Sant spirits, vital strength. and
soundncss of constitution will be established
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humOrs,
from the common pimplc, blotch. or crupt on,
tn the worst Scrofula, or hlood-poison. ES-
pccinlly has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt-rheum or letter. Fovor-sores, Hip-Joint
Disease, SCrofulous Sores and Swellings Gn-
lnrgcd Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
tion (which is Scrofula of the Lungs, by MS
wonderful blood purifying. invigorating, ana
nutriive properties. For Weak Lungs Spit
ting of Blood. Shortness of Breath. bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, Asthma. and kindred aiiec-
tions. ii is sovereign remedy. 1t promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver. Biliousness. or Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, II is
an unequalled remedy. Sold by druggists.
DIR. PuERCE'S PELLETS Anti.
Bilious n1d Cath artic.
be. a vial. by druggists
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AN EDITORIAL OPINION.
iebldM wSlynv

The editor of the Portland, Maine, En-
his paper:
"Maurice Baker & CO., at les and 1870 Middle
Street, Portland, Maine, are propretors of Bakers
Grea, American Specific. 1t is one Of the best med
icines that we have used. ANY one suffering with
colds, sore lungs, throat. indigestion, cholera
morbus. teethache. neuralgia. rheumatism. sprains
or weak eyes will find this to be safe and sure rem.
edy We speak from experience. being cognizaut of
its use for the various diseases named 1t saved my
wife,s life in an attack of pneumonia. We feel it a
duty to say this tor the benefit of others We know
of many of the best citizens of Portland who will
endorse every word and more than we have said in
its praise.' o~cDo6wN OF
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named Fairfax who lived at Alexandria
Washington supported Fairfax, and during
the campaign he and Payne meeting one day
on the side of this market began to talk
politics Payne thought Washington in
suited him in a remark that he made and he
resented the insult by promptly knocking
Washington down. Washington was a
colonel at this time, and the report went like
wildfre through the town that Lieut.. Payne
had killed Col Washington. Washington's
troops wanted to take charge of Payne, but
Washington, as he pointed to his black eye,
said that the assault was his affair and he
guessed that he could manage it. Every one
thought that this meant duel, and when
Payne got note from Washington the next
morning asking him to come to the hotel he
expected nothing else than challenge. He
found Washington with his head tied up, and
with some wine and glasses on the table
before him. As Payne entered Washington
apologized for his words of the day before,
and the two drank to new friendship over the
wine. The Alexandria market is filled with
hundreds of little booths where the farmers
bring their produce and display it for sale.
In the Alexandria cemetery, surrounded by
pines through which the winds moan a con-
tinuous requiem, lies the grave of the female
stranger. A great slab Of marble, big enough
to cover the coffin of giant, rests over it, and
the six queerly cut marble pillars which up
hold this look as fresh as though they had
been cut yesterday instead of in the days of
seventy years ago. Around the grave runs
little wall Of granite, but the great tree, which
during this long period grew up and over
Swallowed it, has been cut away, and the mid
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The Home Raised Dairy.

The home raised dairy is Mr.. John
Gould's ideal. The dairy of the future,
he says in the Press, must be bred for a
specific end. butter or milk, and who can
do this as we'll as the farmer, who knows
just what he wants. and can direct his
breeding in the line of closest adaptation
to his needs2 He need not pay the top
price for fancy stock, bat he can discard
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A Note of Admira ion.

The Washington Post says: We admire
the stand taken by numerous eminent physi
clans in changing the mode of treatment of
coughs and colds and politically endorsing
Red Star Cough Cure because it is efficacious,
free from dangerous ingredients and without
morphia or opium. This excellent remedy
costs but twenty-five cents.
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day sun beats upon it now as it did when it
was erected. Around the outer edges of the
granite wall the grass is now green, and a
spray or two of ivy is growing here and there,
but under the slab the black earth has sunken,
and the coffin and its contents have long since
crumbled into dust
In this grave is buried one of the most mys-
FERROUS stories of American romance. 1t is a
story which the old people of Alexandria
have discussed for years, but which they are
no nearer solving now than they were when
Washington was a village and Madison was
president. Before tell you the story let us
read the epitaph cut upon that big marble
slab. The type is well engraved, and the let
tiers are sunken deep into the stone. They
read as follows:
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PERsONAL. 1t will cost only postal card to
investigate business requiring little capital in
which men making from $1,000 to o., 900 year.
Send for circulars describing new publication for
which we want representatives everywhere. No
competition, as there is none like 1t. Experienced
men pronounce 1t the best thing ever offered to can
vassers Experience not necessary. Write at once to
E. B. FAIRCHILD, Publisher, 70 Milk St., Boston.
sept1edkwim
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This stone is placed here by her disconsolate hu
hand

This stone is placed here by her disconsolate hus
band,
In whose arms she sighed out her latest breath
And who under God did his utmost even to soothe
the cold dead ear of death.
How loved, how valued once avails thee not
To whom related or by whom begot,
A heap of dust alone remains of thee,
IT'S all thou art and all the proud shall be-
''To whom gave all the prophets witness that
through his name whosoever believeth on him
shall receive remission of sins"
Acts 10th; Ard verse.
In 1916 Alexandria was greater than Wash
ington. 1t surpassed Baltimore in size, and
it was one of the leading shipping ports of the
interior. Many of the old houses which were
the mansions of those days still stand, and
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Alexandria was Washingtons town. Old
citizens tell me that he had little office here
and did great part of his business in it. He
used to ride up from Mount Vernon daily, and
while he was n young man he was such
lover of horses that at one time it is said he
rode ten different horses during the same day
through the Alexandria streets. He owned
property in Alexandria, and one Of his first
investments was couple of lots in the city.
During the greater part of his life he went to
church at Alexandria, and the old church he
attended still stands and is used now as it was
then by an Episcopal congregation 1t has
queer green window shutters which lift up
ward from the bottom and under which show
out small, square, old-fashioned panes of
glass. A large lawn surrounds the church
and this is filed with the tombstones of gen
erations long passed away. Curious stones
they are Slabs of slate with death heads
and cross bones Slabs of broken marble
with oherubs above the inscription, and a
whole volume of obituary poetry below it.
Most of them date back to 100, and none
are later than 1920. The interior of the
church is filled with high box pews, and
wide gallery upheld by yellow pillars runs
around the walls below the ceiling. On either
side of the pulpit is sunken into the wall a
marble slab, one of which reads
In memory
of
ROBERT EDWARD LEE.
and the other,
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Notice..
CITY OF AUGUSTA. \
CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE.
AUGUSTA, Jan, IA.

Fast Driving.
Chap. XII, Sec. /, OF the city ordinances:
No person shall ride or drive any animal. loose n,
attached to carriage of any description, or cause
them to be driven through any part of the citv.
within one mile Of the Kennebee bridge at an unns
ual, immoderate and dangerous rate, on penalty n
not less than two nor more than ten dollars
BY reason Of frequent complaints made of late
thfs ordnance viii be strictly enforced.
1aal b. T. MORSE, City NarsAsl.
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a;'iraHna ami STEAMBOATS,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Arrangement of Trains in Effect
June %, 1886.


Until further notice trains will leave Augusta as
follows:
Going West 6.l5 A. NJ. for Lewiston, Farm
ington, Rockand, Portland and Boston; los A. NJ.
for Hallowel and Gardiner; .. so A. NJ. for Bruins.
Wick and all intermediate points; 10.l5 A. NJ. Eek
press) Tor Lewiston, Pennington, Rockland, Port
land and Boston, stopping between Augusta and
Brunswick at Hallowell and Gardiner only; 1.45 P
NJ Tor llallowell and Gardiner; 2.55 Z. NJ. (accom-
modaton) for Brunswick and all stations between
Augusta and Brunswick and Brunswick and Port
land; $50 p. Nj. (eXpress) Tor Brunswick Bath,
Lewiston, Portland and Boston, on Saturdays
and Gardiner; IL p. NJ. (night Pulman) for
Lewiston, Portland and Boston, and for Bath Satur.
days only.
Going EaSt-220 A. NJ. might express) for
Skowhegan. Dexter, Belfast, Bangor, Bar Harbor,
st. stephen. St John and Aroostook Co.; 9.lO A. Nj.
for Natervilie; 2.43 Z. NJ. (express) for Bangor,
Ellsworth, bar Harbor, stopping between Augusta
and Bangor at Waterville only; $40 L. M (accom.
modaton) for Skowhegan Belfast pexter Ban gor ST.
stephen, st John and Aroosook Co.; s Z. NJ. for
Waterve.
The Night Pullman Trains run each way every nj ht
Sundays included, but not to Skowhegan on Monday
mornings, or TO Belfast and Dexter, or beyond Ban.
gor, excepting to Bar Harbor, on Sunday mornings.
for ASs ss1,, :, Train leaves Gardner
lowell, at 1872 A. M. LIS and 500 +. NJ.
Freight Trains for Portland. n.aO A. NJ;
for WateIville and Vanceboro, 1850 r. NJ; due from
Boston. IL "a P NJ; due from vanceboro and Water
vile, 1l.20 A. NJ.
and West may be had of Z. Ii. Walker, ticket agent
Augusta, the only office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free Of expense,
PAYSON TUCKER, GenI Manager
+. T.: B0OTHBY, Gent Pass. and Ticket Ag't
Portland. June % 1886.
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Washington's pew was in the center of the
church. and it is still preserved as it was
when be and Martha used to occupy it. Old
Alexandrans tell me that Washington was
not half 50 pious as he is painted; that he
often got up and left before church was out,
and that he did not stay for Communion.
There has always been good deal of doubt
as to the exact nature of Washington's re-
hgious belief. He had no preacher at his
death bed, and though he undoubtedly be-
heved in the Christian religion it was ques-
ton whether he was not a little more liberal
than the people of his day.
The Alexandria market is quaint
sight. 1t is kept inside of great court
on the spot where Payne had his fuss
with Washington Lieut. Payne was q
candidate for the legislature against . man