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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22
Philadelphia Press.
Summing Up the Record.

The sixth month of the present democratic
Congress is two-thirds gone anu pretty clear
idea OF the record it will make can now be
gained. 1t was elected in a presidential
year, when all parties take particular care to
define their attitude upon every issue before
the public There is hardly voter in the
land the tympanum of whose ear does not
even yet vibrate with the vociferous promises
of reform dispensed from every democratic
stump in 1884. If that party was given con-
troll strict economy was to rule in all branches
of the government, pernicious legislation Of
the past was to be repealed and wise and pru-
dent measures were to be passed to relieve
business of the depression under which it
was suffering. Under these assurances the
democrats were given majority in the pres
ent House of Representatives.
What has been the result? Let such good
democratic authority as the Louisville Cour-
Ter Journal tell the story. 1t says: "There
has not been an extravagant or an unconsti-
| tutional measure before Congress this win
ter the passage of which could not have been
/ defeated by united democratic opposition
Instead of united opposition to these schemes
Of usurpation and plumber, democrats have
aided and allotted their manlpulators by every
means in their power" Never before" it
adds, ''were congressman so hungry. Never
before were such appeals made to the pocket.
Never before has Congress shown such an ut
ter disregard of popular distress and grow
ing discomfort" Such, according to pa
per the soundness of whose democracy can
not be impeached, Is the fruit of the demo-
cratic promises sown so bountifullv two years
ago
With this record before him it is not aston
lshng that Senator kenns hesitates to accept
the craftsmanship of the Democratic Congress.
sionsl Campaign Committee, to which he has
been elected. He is naturally unwilling to
take charge of party demoralzed by it's
own corruptions and unnerved by its failure
to receive the offices it anticipated, and with
whose inefficiency the country is only too ev-
identity disguised. Business men will want
to know why the bankruptcy bill was not
passed; the South will be curious about the
| failure of the Blair educational bill; the
enemies of initiation will ask why the coinage
of useless silver dollars is allowed to 90 on /;
manufacturers will inquire why it was neces-
sary to add to the general depression by a
useless agitation of the tariff question; Dako-
ia will want an explanation of its denial of
Statehood, and all the country will want to
know why the army and navy have not been
recognized and strengthened, additional
Mormon legislation passed, aud numerous
other measures of Importance have been
killed. A losing campaign is not a pleasant
prospect to face, but it is the situation which
the record made by the present House will
compel the Chairman of the Democratic Con-
gressional Committee to confront this year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22

The Washington authorities say they are
seeking information in relation to the seizure
of American fishermen. There is another
thing of which they have greater need
back -bone.-Boston Trarelier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22
WO3lted.
For SNke

IHOR SALE-An Old established Grocery bust
H. ness in the thriving village of Winthrop, Me.
The present proprietor is the third in succession from
the original starter of the enterprise nearly 100 years
ago; Nathaniel, his son Cyrus and the present own
err grandson of the first mentioned. This Is rare
opportunity, and energetic person can make
money. Good for selling. Inquire or ad-
dress, NEWLAND BISHOP, winthrop, Me.
Winthrop, Me, May II, 1856. may15dtf
ENOR SALE OR RENT-House and lot, Il
e Elm street. formerly occupied by HENRY
CRAIG. may7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22

Nor SALE-Five new ard four second. hand
Il carriages, at 5. s. Brooks Store. may4dtfI7
LNOR SALE-Second hand brick, all hard, good
T. for cisterns, for % per NJ, from old Maine
Farmer building. Inquire Of H. .. NICHOL-,
Augusta, Ne. feblldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22

Il city, ranging In price from Sehe to $4,000. Also
desirable store on Water street. Also good farm.
in this city and elsewhere. apply at the office Of
z. 8. FOGG,
next south American EXPRESS office. feb26d
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-22

Children Cry
FOR PITCHERS
CA STOR1A

III So OXFORD STREET,
Brooklyn, Feb. q, 1872
"Castoria is so well adapted to the de-
rangements Of children, that l can recon-
mend it as superior to any other known
remedy" h. A ARCHER, M. "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
A Stranger Here.

If an Italian now in England passes
through France on his way to the Eter-
nal City, he stays at Paris, or Lyons,
or Marseilles on his journey; but all
the while he is not Frenchman, he is
an Italian. Wherever he stays upon
the road he says to himself, g This is
not Rome. This is not the place of my
nativity. l have no citizens rights
here; I am going onward to my own
dear city, and l must hasten as best l
may until I reach it," That is the con-
dition of the Christian; his face is stead
tasty set to go to the New Jerusalem,
and nothing must detain him. Il pill
grim in the old crusading times started
out to reach Jerusalem. You know
how many were attacked with that in
sanity in those times; commend them
not, but ] use that illustration in all
soberness. The crusader journeyed on
foot across Europe. Whenever he
came in sight of a goodly city, whether
it was Vienna or Constantinople, he
stood and gazed upon the towers, the
spires, the minarets, and when he had
done so he turned to his companion
and said: 60 A fair sight, my friend,
but it is not the Holy City to which you
and are journeying." So whenever God
brings us to any place however pleasant
or delightful it may be, it is for us to
say: g A fair sight, and God be thanked
for it; but it is not the Golden City
yet. "-SpurgeOn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
A Hard Hit.

One of the pastors of this city preached
not long ago very pithy and pungent
sermon from the text, "Will man rob
God?" The question was answered in
the affirmative, as regards some men,
judging both by past history and pres
ent examples. This was illustrated by
an anecdote, very felicitously told. We
shall aim only to give the point. 1t
was so sharp it could not well escape
the listener. A man asks another,
" Are you believer in the Christian
religion?" ooh, certainly" "You are
member of some church, then, sup
pose?" Member of church? No,
indeed. Why should I be a member of
church? 1t is quite unnecessary. The
dying thief wasn't a member of a
church, and he went to heaven" "But
of course you've been baptized? You
know the command" I" Been bap-
tized? Oh, no. That's another need
less ceremony. l am as safe as the
dying thief was, and he never was bap-
TIED" But, surely, since you will
not join church or be baptized, you
do something in acknowledgment of
your faith? You give of your means
you help the cause in some way?" " No,
Sir do nothing of the kind. The
dying thief" Z" Let me remark, my
friend, before you 60 any farther, that
you seem to be on pretty intimate terms
with the dying thief. You seem to de-
rive great deal of consolation from
his career; but, mind you, there is one
important difference between you and
him-he was dying thief, and you
are living one, "-Michigan Herald.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Help the Young Christian.

There are thousands of new converts
in the churches, babes in Christ, who
will need careful nurture until they are
established in the faith. We read to-
day that there are seventeen thousand
children born in the single city of
Chicago in year, but of these at the
end of the year five thousand are dead
A similar proportion of those born into
the kingdom, we fear, die during the
first year, and in both cases from the
same cause-neglect and improper
treatment. Death results too often
from exposure or improper food. A
babe cannot digest the food which is
adapted to adults, and yet in many
congregations the new converts are ex-
pected to grow fat on the food melted
out to veteran Christians. Paul's plan
was to feed young Christians on milk,
the food of babes-the milk of the
word-that they might grow thereby
Let all shepherds do likewise. Keep
up prayer-meetings for them until
they are broken in; see that they are
in the Sunday-school and Bible classes
welcome them TO the house of God with
friendly greeting, being especially
careful to shake hands with the timid
and hesitating; if any are absent, look
after them at once; lay out work fol
them which is adapted to their capacity
and keep them busy. In addition, il
you wish them to become intelligent
and active Christians, see that all take
and read some good religious paper
Try to have them form this habit al
once, and it will be pillar of strength
Christian Evangelist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Doing No Harm.

The story has been told of soldier
who was missed amid the hustle of a
battle, and no one knew what had be-
come of him; but they knew that he
was not in the ranks. AS soon as OPP
portunity offered the officer went in
search of him, and to his surprise found
that the man during the battle had beeu
amusing himself in a tiower-garden
When it was demanded what he did
there, he excused himself by saying,
"Sir, am doing no harm" But he
was tried, convicted and shotl What
sad but true picture this is of many
who waste their time and neglect their
duty, and who could give their God, il
demanded, no better answer than,
Lord, am doing no harmN-Gospe
Trumpet
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Acknowledge the Debt.

A venerable clergyman said, recently:
" Men of my profession see much of
the tragic side of life. Beside death
bed, the secret passions, the hidden evil
as we'll as the good in human nature
are very often dragged to light. | have
seen men die in battle, children, and
young wives in their husbands arms,
but no death ever seemed so pathetic
to me as that of an old woman, a mem
Der of my church. knew her first
as young girl-beautiful, gay, full of
spirit and vigor. She married and had
four children; her husband died and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

left her penniless. She taught school,
she painted, she sewed; she gave her.
self scarcely time to eat or sleep.
Every thought was for her children-to
educate them, to give them the same
chance which their father would have
done. She succeeded; sent the boys to
college and the girls to school, When
they came home-pretty, refined girls
and strong young men, abreast with
all the new ideas and tastes of their
time-she was wornout, common
place old woman. They had their own
pursuits and companions. She fingered
among them for two or three years,
and then died of some sudden failure
in the brain. The shock woke them to
a consciousness of the truth They
hung over her, as she lay unconscious,
in an agony of grief. The oldest son,
as he held her in his arms, cried: You
have been good mother to usP Her
face colored again, her eyes kindled
into smile, and she whispered, You
never said so before, john Then
the light died out and she was gone"
How many men and women sacrifice
their own hopes and ambitions, their
strength, their life itself, to their chill
dren, who receive it as matter of
course, and begrudge caress, word
of gratitude, in payment for all that has
been given theml Boys, when you
come back from college, don't consider
that your only relation to your father is
to /" get as much money as the COVER
nor will stand" Look at his gray hair
his uncertain step, his dim eyes, and
remember in whose service he has
grown old. You can never pay him
The debt you owe; but at least acknowl
edge it before it is too late.-Presby.
terrain Observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

AN INVENTORS ADvICE.-George
Stevenson, when advising young men
how to get on, would finish by saying
" Do as have done-persevere." For
fifteen years he plodded and worked
before giving the finishing touches to
his locomotive. In as many days those
persevering in the use of DR.. Pierce's
hGolden Medical Discovery" have ex-
perienced great relief and found them
selves on the high road to health.
Liver complaints, impure blood, chronic
lung diseases and many others yield to
its healing influences never to return.
Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

GREAT age carries with it certain
responsibility, whether it attaches to a
person or thing. This is seen particu-
larry in the case of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, which is the most marvellous
internal and external remedy ever dis
covered. 1t ought to be kept in every
house.
If farmers and others continue to
buy dust and ashes put up in big packs
and sold for condition powders it won't
be our fault. We have exposed the
swinde time and again. Sheridan's
POWDERS are the only kind we know of
worth carrying home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Reli9ious 1fliseellamp.
The immortal Name.

These many years I've watched and waited,
Until my heart has grown forlorn
As every hope, with promise freghted,
Has passed. of all its fruitage shorn.
have no crown of earth's creating
Unsung my name by mortal voice;
And yet the choirs above are waiting,
And at my coming will rejoice.
Earth's brightest day will soon be ended,
And fulfilled hopes of little worth;
And though our lives with Joy are blended,
There comes day untouched by mirth.
why seek we here, with footsteps weary,
A path which leads to earthly fame2
And, at the last, in darkness dreary,
Awake without heavenly name.
Seek first the kingdom and his glory,
Comes to us from the ancient past;
And then, throughout the cycles hoary,
We have a name to live and last.
"A. Thdyer Prescott, in Saturday Trdcelier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

THERE is nothing will make you a
Christian indeed but taste of the
sweetness of Christ. "Come and see
will speak best to your soul.-Samuel
rutherford.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

If we practice goodness, not for the
sake of its own intrinsic excellence,
but for the sake of gaining some adj
vantage by it, we may be cunning, but
we are not good. Cicero.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS have
no equal as prompt and positive cure
for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton, pain in the side and all liver
troubles. Try them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

PURIFY your blood, tone up the sys-
tenn and regulate the digestive organs
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

HOLINESS, as well as pardon, is to be
had from the blood of the cross. Der
ridge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09

A MAN at his wits end is not at his
faiths end. -Mdtthel0 Henry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-09
Homestead of the late Mrs. W. B. Hubbard,

These lots are all near the Union School-house and
Vermont Methodist Seminary, and within few min
utes' walk of churches, postq@ce, raHrodd stations
and the business portion Of The f0pn are well drained
byseper can be supplied with excellent spring her
lin water and are the choicest locations in town,
Apply to GEORGE w. WILDER, Montpelier, VT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11

were pointless and barren of information
and stood them on a galley, and changed
the dates and localities and used them
over and over again till the public inter-
est in them was worn to the bone. We
marked the ads, but we seldom paid any
attention to the marks afterward; so the
life of I'd ad and If ad was equally
eternal. | have seen I'd notice of
sheriff's sale still booming serenely along
two years after the sale was over, the sher-
if dead, and the whole circumstance be-
come ancient history. Most Of the yearly
ads were patent medicine stereOtypes, and
we used to fence with them. Life was
easy with us; if we pied form We sus-
pended till next week, and we always sus.
pended every now and then when the fish.
ing was good, and explained it by the i'll
ness of the editor, paltry excuse, because
that kind of paper was just as well off
with sick editor as well one, and bet
ter off with dead one than with either Of
them. He was full of blessed egotism
and placid self-importance, but he didn't
know as much as Il 3-m quad. He never
set any type except in the rush Of the last
day, and then he would smouch all the
poetry, and leave the rest to jeff for the
solid takes. He wrote with impressive
hatulence and soaring confidence upon
the vastest subjects but putting aims
gifts of wedding cake, salty ice cream,
abnormal watermelons, and sweet pota-
toes the size of your leg was his best hold.
He was always a poet-a kind Of poet OF
the carriers address breed-and whonev-
er his intellect suppurated, and he read
the result to the printers and asked for
their opinion they were very frank and
straightforward about it. They general
ly scraped their rules on the boxes all
the time he was reading, and called it
hog wash when he got through. All
this was thirty-fve years ago, when the
man who could set 700 an hour could put
on just as many airs as he wanted TO; and
if these New York men, who recently on
a wager set 1000 an hour solid minion
for four hours on a stretch, had appeared
in that office, they would have been re-
ceived as accomplishers of the supremely
impossible, and drenched with hospitable
beer till the brewery was bankrupt.
81 can see that printing Office Of pre-
historic times yet, with its horse bills on
the walls, its ID boxes clogged with tai
low because we always stood the candle
in the * box at night, its towel, which
was not considered soiled until it could
stand alone, and other signs and symbols
that marked the establishment of that
kind in the Mississippi valley; and |
can see also the tramping jour who fit
ted by in the summer and tarried day,
with his wallet stuffed with one shirt and
a hatful of handbills; for if he couldn't
get any type to set he would do a temper
ance lecture. His way Of life was sim
pie, his needs not complex; all he wan
ted was plate and bed and money enough
to get drunk on and he was satisfied.
But it may be, as have said, that ! am
among strangers, and sing the glories of
forgotten age to unfamiliar ears. ] will
make even and stop"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11
Something for al NE Preachers.

Rev. II. L. Fairall, d. d., editor Of the
Lo,ca Wetlodist, says in tho November, 1883,
number Of his paper 1--WE have tested the
merits Of Ely's Cream Balm, and believe
that, by thorough course Of treatment, il
will cure almost every case Of Catarrh.
Minister, as a class, are afflicted with head
and throat troubles, and Catarrh seems more
prevalent than ever. We cannot recon-
mend Ely's Cream Balm too highly" Not
a liquid nor a snuff. Applied to nostrils
with the finger.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11
A'irqinia FREE grrss.
TERMS:

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Months
The terms OF advertising are fora square
.1ne-inchl or less one Dollar md tvY Cents
Tor three iusertons-largcr ones ln the same
nroportion Each continuance tVtr Cents.
es--N0 advertisement to Doe considered py
Che month OF year unless specified ON tae min-
a.cript. or previously agreed between the par
ties.
An advertisement NOT marked ON iLe
-o-,y f,ro ,necifed number of insertions VIII
6, continuel until ordered ont, and payment
viii be- cvactel accordingly.
-T-RrGrrAE ADvEErIsE,fENI7-to aNoiU
any misunder,tanding on the part oil lne an
nuli advertiser, it is proper Co state e'si'iet'3
tbat their privilege only extends to their mn
mediate business Real Estate. legal or other
advertisements sent by them lo be an addition
o.. charge and mo- variation.
,-Obituary notice, gilmore than five lines
viii bc charged ior.
JOB WORK Posters. sale BILLS, circulars
cards. etc. executed promptly, neatly and at
EIir prices
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11
NOTICE
To
USERS OF TN PLATE.

We don't use small tin and
want everybody to know it
The reason why we don't is
that if you have small tin put
on your roof the more seams you
will have and the more leaks
will be in your roof. Call on
us and we will prove to you
that large tin is the best to put
on your roof. 1t will pay you
to look around. You will not
only save time but money by
calling on
EARNSHAW & DOOLEY
Apr. I6. IS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11
A Safeguard

The fatal rapidity with which 81 hit
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the grayest maladies Of the throat
and lungs, is Il consideration which should
impel every prudent person 10 keep ~
hand, rs household remedy, a bottle OF
AYERS CHERRY PECT0RAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate relief
and works so sure 4 cure in all affections
Of this class. That eminent physician.
Prof. Il. Sweetzer, OF the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, says
Medical science has produced no other ano-
dync oxpectOrant so good as AYERS CHEnRr
PEcToR4L. Ii is invaluable for diseases Of tie
throat and lungs"
The same opinion is expressed by the
well-Lnown DR.. L. j. Addison, of Chicago,
H., who says:-
Il have never found. in ihirty-fve years Of
continuous study and practice Of medicine, any
preparation Of 80 great value rs AYERS CHERRY
PEcToRAL, for treatment Of diseases Of the
throat and lungs. II not only breaks up colds
and cures severe coughs, but is more effective
than anything else In relieving even the most
serious bronchial and pulmonary affections
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11

Bradstreet's for January 80 presents data,
and calculations based thereupon, the out
come of which is that the total visible and
invisible surplus Of wheat in the United
States on July next will be about 10000, 900
bushels, famine reserve" only, in the es-
timation Of large dealers in wheat. The
outlook may be said to be, therefore, some
what favorable for firm prices toward the
close of the crop year.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-02-11

An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch says the prohi-
bitionists Of that city have been thrown into
considerable CONSERVATION over the an
nouncement that four men who have more
than million dollars in business there
have made preparations to move to Texas,
owing to the recent prohibition movement.
The men are Paul Jones, Louis Gholstine.
Charles Currier and william Heath. Brad
street grades their aggregate wealth 1t g..
$4,000. There doesn't seem to be anything
TO prohibit the.s going 70 Texas il t5ey
want " DO %.