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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-24
&C. BurrlII, ACT,
ELLSWORTH, ME.
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FOR SALE.

farm for sale situated In North BlHehill; one
hundred and forty acres Of land twenty acres of
moving land plenty Of wood, and well watereti
and good buildings. Can be bought for $50. For
further particulars inquire of JEFFERSON Toll
MAN, North Buehill or Of
2mo-3- W. +. SMITH, NiDalhaven.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-24

Remarked to friend the other day that she
knew kemp- Balsam for the Throat and Lungs
was a superior remedy. as it stopped her cough
instantly when other cough remedies had no
effect whatever. So to prove thi, and convince
you OF its merit any druggist will give YOU "a
Sample Bottle Free. Large size SOC and o..
1yr4
A handy remedy for colds, q teaspoons Of
water. 3 Of Browns Instant Relief. Bottle
and take little every 20 minutes
The national leader., 1889-04-06
Women as Takers.

While there will always be a wide
difference of opinion as to whether
there are any intellectual distinctions
between the sexes that cannot be ac-
counted for by difference in the modes
of life and methods of training and
education, and as to which is superior
to the other, if either, it is really graft
flying to know that there is almost a
unanimity of opinion with respect to
the statement that nature has bestowed
upon woman the gift of tongue far
more literally than upon the opposite
sex.
Woman is acknowledged to be an ex-
pert in the art of conversation. The
sweetness and volubility of her voice
are proverbial. Through the power Of
her attractions she readily secures at
tention, and her prerogative to leader
ship in conversation is acquiesced in as
almost necessity of her finer nature.
Women 1raH talk, and when she takes
the notion, all the world cannot prevent
her from having her say. How i'm
portant it is, then, that she should
learn to talk ,CeU and for edifcation.
Speech is the crowning excellence of
human nature, and the skilful use of
words In the expression of thought is
the highest object to which we can at
tain In mental culture. This is the
subtle art which reveals the secret souls
of man and woman to each other, and
the purer woman is, the more clearly
can the loftier parts of mans nature be
seen. 1t is to be regretted that women,
Ill
from the noble purpose for which it is
designed, to mere chattering about all
sorts Of srivialitles. Women should
remember that while the prerogatiye Of
leadership in conversation is accorded
to them by the courtesy of the opposite
sex, it is their duty to qualify them
selves to talk ,cell-to purpose-and
for edifcatton.
The national leader., 1889-04-06
FEMALE SHARPS.
Strange Experience IN Woman's
Prison.

l was for years assistant warden in a
State prison where only male convicts
were confined, and left that to become
warden of prison where over three
hundred females were under lock and
key the year round, says writer in
the New York Snn. If forced to
choose would prefer to have charge of
five hundred males rather than one
hundred females. Most men enter
prison feeling that they have deserved
their punishment and anxious to make
all the good time possible. No woman
admits her guilt, and by the time she
reaches prison she has convinced her.
self that she is a martyr. One not
familiar with the workings of a female
prison can have no idea of the trouble
and annoyance an obstinate inmate can
cause. A male convict who is obsti-
nate, malicious and bent ON causing
trouble can be punished and forced to
give in, but you can only 60 so far IN
infiicting punishment on woman, and
the limit scarcely compels obedience to
routine orders.
One of my first patients was woman
named Mary Noonan. She was on a
life sentence for the murder of her
husband, and had been in the prison
five years. A change of wardens al
ways renews the hopes Of those looking
for pardon and 1t always causes a
change in the conduct of certain prison
ers. / had not been in the new place a
fortnight when l discovered that all
the convicts except one were perfectly
innocent of crime and had been sent up
through mistake or malice. The ex-
ception was young woman named
Haskins, who had poisoned the man
who had betrayed her and who was
making ready to desert her. She not
only acknowledged the crime, but felt
that she had only done her duty in
avenging herself. The innocents were
all agog for some changes to benefit
them, while at least hundred expected
me to recommend them for pardon.
Mrs. Noonan sought an interview
with me for the purpose of stating she
had discovered new evidence bearing
on her case; evidence which would
conclusively prove her own innocence.
She had in fit Of anger. as the records
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
- "
The Size Of Cotton Bales,

Would it not be we'll for farmers. II
their various organizations, to discus:
the Importance of reducing the size 0.
the cotton bale? The tendency, ir
putting up many commodities fol-
market. is to put up in small bulk, as
they are so much easier handled, and
this is a very important matter with
cotton bales. Whoever has had to
tug and push a bale of cotton out of a
wagon on to a platform knows some-
thing OF the trouble Of handling a 500
pound bale; and now most of farmers
who make their cotton have to deliver
it in the market. Let the standard be-
200 pounds and let the size be in pro-
portion, and the bale could be made to
look more slightly in market, espe-
cially when we shall cover them with
cotton bagging, for sOon we hope that
jute bagging will be numbered with
the things of the past.
When We reduce the bale we can
do away with the cotton hook, which
Is a nuisance, as it tears the bagging
OF bale, causing the cotton to be vast
ed by being pulled off and eaten up by
hungry cows Now, imagine a nice
little bale covered entirely with cot
bagging, SO no mud or dirt could
get on the C ton, making the tare
less on the bale, and less danger from
fire, 30 less insurance should be re.
CURED. Some kind of grab could
be used that would not tear the
bagglng, and a hole cut In the
oale could be sewcd up after a
is taken out of it; then VIC
not hear of steamboats, catching
ire in the middle of a river with cot
on on them, and before they could get
% land, the whole boat enveloped in
and many lives destroyed. Jute
5 almost as combustible as cotton IT,
elf.
Then why should we not use wire in.
tend OF ties, as they use wire N balinr
'ay9 and what is to hinder our South
m iron mills from making the wirep
I we could wrap our cotton with
outhern-made bagging and Southern
lade ties, would not this give a boom -,
our Southern manufacturing, and a
ute way OF getting over the tariff :
uestion on these articlesP--Cor. South.
Farmer.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
Fall Colts and Calves.

For growing stock grass Is rec
ognized as n OF the cheapest ant
best OF feeds. Not that it is in al
cases a complete food, but during the
growing season it can be used to good
advantage as a principal food. And in
the management of the farm stock It Is
quite an item to get the largest amount
Of benefit from the grass, either bv
pasturing Or soiling.
Calves and cclts. in the first few
months OF thoh. existence, must de.
pend almost, if not wholly, upon milk,
1t matters little during this time tn
them, at least, whether their dams are
pasturcd upon grass or are fed hay and
grain in the stable. provided the olan-
uty and quality are such as TO enable
them to furnish a full supply of milk,
Bus when they are ready to wean then
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
Scabby Legs.

Many complain of having fowls at
nlcted with rough or scabby legs
his IS hardly ever seen on poultry ir
a well kept establishment. Its cause,
l am satisfied, is from neglected, un,
Kept houses, where the platform under
the roost is allowed to get loaded with
dropplngs several inches deep, and the
1oors are never cleaned up Or the soil
renewed, and too often from the intro
ductlon of fowls from other houses
where it has been allowed to get y
foothold. for if not looked after and
stopped at the beginning it will soon
60 through the flock. To be
free from 1t, the houses must
be kept clean and sweet in
every particular, both by whitewash-
ing and daily cleaning of the drop.
pings from the roost. Rake the ground
over at least once u week, to take IN
the accumulation of feathers and ma.
hure and bring fresh soil 10 the sur
face. Saturate the roost with crude
petroleum, and apply the same thor
and often to the legs of tho
fowls. Do not keep fowls owe
one laying season, unless they are
ones for breeding. for they are
more liable to get diseases of
different kinds, especially this one Of
G gs.-Poultry World.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
Il comes q question Of considerable In

II comes q question Of considerable in
terest, as they will grow and develop
usually, in proportion to the quality
and quantity OF the food supplied.
One Of the principal advantages in
having the colts and calves come in
the fall rather than in the spring is
that, by the time they are ready TO
wean in the spring, the grass will
have made a sufficient growth to fur
nish considerable food, and they will
be able to make their first six.months'
growth, after weaving. upon grass
rather than upon dry hay or fUduur
and grain. In counting the cost OF
preparing an animal for market the
period OF weaving is usually considered
the proper time for beginning the ac-
count, and in Il majority OF cases it
will lessen the cost considerably il
grass a be made the principal food
for the first six months. With the
cows another item can be added.
Whether marketed as milk or made
into butter the milk is OF more value
during the winter than in the summer;
and, after calving, the cows will give
the largest quantity of milk. at sale
for four to six months. and this can be
secured with little, if any more ex-
pense, during the winter than in the
summer.
So far as possible all the stock on
farm should be kept in a good
condition, and if this is done
cost of feeding is but little, If any,
moro during the winter, whether ID
.arge or a small quantity OF milk is
supplied.
With the brood mares it is usually
expected hat enough work can be
lone by them to pay at least for their
ieep. and yet it is an item to get this
work. at a time when it can be- used to |
he best advantage. On most farms
his will be found to be in the spring, |
7hen the work of seeding and plant.
n.y. as well as OF %cultivating, is gen-
most pressing. And by having
no colts come in the fall moro work,
18th less risk, can be secured than il
1ey come in the spring. and in add.
on there is better food for their
rowth and development after wean.
lg.-St. Louis Republic.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
THE 0 Y
Give Them II Chsncr for sunlight Anon
the Clouds of Life.

After the hard work is done the
G boys should be given u few HOLIDAYS &c
= engage in such rccrcatiOns as will sui,
their tastes. Farmers should so ar
| range their work that after zach busy
spell they a afford to take such lolj-
days. Fathers should make it u point
10 engage those ~reCrcatiOns with their
boys, to be companions with them in
their sports, and to be their on
hdants. Teach them the manlinpss of
acknowledging wrOngdOing. VERY
lew people do wrong wiIIfully, and il
the parent will divest himself Of all
desire to revenge his wounded feel
lngs when dealing with the wrongs
his boy has done, and have for the
end in view the leading OF that bov to
govern himself, tho success of his un-
~dertaking il assured. On the con-
trary, if the boy is punished
for every wrong he does, YOU
teach him to lie and to dis
respect authority. Many well-mean-
ing parents spoil their boys by this
kind OF treatment, for they do not
realize that satisfying their own ugly
dispositions and venting their spite on
the child is really what they are doing.
"lhey know not what they do" The
parent should strive to place himself |
IN the position of the boy, and feel with |
him and for him. The man who is
dealing with boys and who will sym-
pathize with them and act on this SYM
pathy can direct them as he p~leases.
Farmers, in their cagerncss to get
their work done, in their cagerness to
grasp uthe almighty dollar, do not
realize that "All work and no Dlav
makes Jack a dull boy" The home
on the farm has not been a pleasant
place for the boy, and as be grows
older, the natural desire to see the
world, coupled with the unpleasant
ness OF farm life, causes him to leave
tie goes to the city, the dis
regard for authority which his father
unconsciously taught him asserts it.
self, and there being no proper tender
home ties he easily falls a prey to the
vices of the city.
Sufficient food, clothing and school
are not the sum total of the
requisite OF a boys training any more ,
than a nicely-furnishcd house is p
home. The farmhouse may not b.
arge and ~pretentious in its appear
ance. but it may with little outlay,
ave suitable literature for the chill
lren, and facilities for engaging in IL {
locent games which may be encour-
lged by the parents. With these con-
'itions will be a home from which
Joys will not care TO leave, aud if they q
10 there will be a tie which will al /
Vays bind them to that home. Stay c
on (Minn) Gazette. O
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
7 II AGRICULTURAL.


: II might as well be understood frs
as last that butter-making can not b,
4 made profitable unless there is suf
ficient time given to it. and unless thu
| work IS done a! the proper time. i
must now be pretty well understood
that profitable butter-making means 9
good article OF butter. But that can
not be made unless every thing is done
property and promptly. ii, as ii writer
OF note remarks, a woman has the
care of a family of children, does the
cooking, mending, sweeping and thou
sand things that devolve upon a moth
er, she car not be n good dairy maid,
or II she is, 1t is more than ono woman
ought to be. As a rule people are not
rapid enough in execution to greatly
multiply duties. Once in a great
while we find a man or woman who
cen do the work OF half a dozen peo-
pie, and seem to do it easily. But such
people are the exceptions.
1t Is not wise, therefore, to expect
that the wife with all her other duties
to perform. car give attention to much
of a dsiry, and, therefore, at the very
beginning enough help should be pro-
vided. There is a great deal Of hard
work In the dairy. and it must be done
at just such a time, 1t is a mistake to
suppose that dairying is easy. In fact
~ Is ii mistake to SUPPOSE that amy
work Or occupation is easy. if it is hon.
est.
We must devote close attention to
any business if we expect to make it
successful, The dairy particularly re-
quires close attention and steady work.
The cows must be MIXED and ought
to be MIXED regularly and care
fully; and We can not be too
particular to see that the help
we employ attend to these things.
There is so much careles sness upon
the part OF some mixers, as shown in
their roughness toward the COW, or
heir neglect to milk thoroughly, that
"a 'fy tSli9tuSl doIS iIciu sumo mixers
will do more damage in a season than
heir wages will amount to. The
process of milking, therefore, should
'e carefully overseen by the owner.
n walking through city streets we al
ways see a foreman-a boss OF street
of men. This foreman watches ,
losely the work of the men, and yet
they did not sweep clean or other
Use neglect their duty, no irreparable !
amAge could be done. The dairvmen :
'eqnently give no attention to the mat :
or OF milking their COWS by the help, {
II damage is done there it can -,
be repaired. The mixer should r
G a cleanIy person. Since milking y
as been entrusted so largely to men, T
lero Is not always that degree of 9
eanllncSs that is absolutely necessary q
Il well-conducted dairy, and the lack :
ten gives rise to the wish for the re- h
IN OF the neat dairy maid. who a .
1t always the sole creation of the i,
'cts. After the milking comes the p
re OF the milk. If the mixer has =
liked with the milk dirt of various :,
'scriptions the milk is spoiled; no n
~ter-care, however great, can restore f.
to prime excellence. The dirt may ~
get cut, perhaps, but the straiuiuy .,
II not rcmove the odors that may a,
We come from the dirt w -,
lral. =,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

So that they all became great friends
| At midnight the rain ceased, and tn,
moon burst in a food OF glory on the
dripping scene.
1--WE can go home now" said Dor,
cas-, clapping her hands. And | dare
say young man." with a pretty air q
patronage, Mr.. Morris could make
you up a bed on the kitchen floor al
our house. without charging very
much for it."
81 should be delighted If he could, -
aid h young man, meekly.
And SO It "as arranged.
The girls made an extra toilet next
morning to meet the ghost" as they
called him. at the breakfast table.
But to their infinite disgust he was
gone when they descended.
"le Sec" said Old Man Morris"
that there white flaming suit o his'n
mad shrunk up with the wet, so ii
wasn't fairly presentable, and he just
cut across lots afore daybrcak an
cleared out"
Il told you So" said Barbara. "IIe
vas a ghost, and being such he dis.
solved into thin air at cock crow"
And had put on my blue cambria
gown" sighed Mary,
and my hair was crimped so nice.
ly." said Dorcas.
IN |
But he gave me this ere" said Old
Man Morris, displaying on the horny
palm Of his hand a gold half eagle.
RATHER extravaganza tor a t%ailor's
clerk, said Mary.
That is just the class Of people,"
said Dorcas loftily, who don't know
how to spend money PROPERLY
II thought he was very nice" said
Barbara; land thought perhaps he
was going to be the beginning of a
real adrenture.n
September set in sultry as the trop-
cs this year, and the three girls re-
.urned 10 Archer's great store with
unwilling footsteps, :
But the cashier met them with q
face. |
I've received Instructions" said :
lie, ITO raise the salaries of all the J.
iris in this department ten per cent. l
Dung Mr.. Archer himself told me do v
o." t
Young Mr.. Archcr:2' :
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
often the only difference

! Very often the only diherepce b
tween something unfortunate and some
thing funny lies in whether It happsnl
to you or somebody else. -Mershan,
Traveller.
Wit loses its respect with the good
when seen in company with malice; and
to smile at the jest which plants q
thorn in another's breast il TO become
a principal In the mischief. Sheridan.
Usefulness is greatness. As the
title OF a book has 1t, there are ''celes.
tial objects for common telescopes"
Sc there are high sphesss ef usefulness:
for the common minds when touched
with a profound desire to do good. No
one Is incapable Of such greatness
Church Union.
ITO DO a universal friendly pres.
once in tho whole Of our common life"
in this phrase is formulated the spe-
cial ministry OF the individual in his 70
lation to humanity. The power Of per-
sonality to stimulate the faculties OF all
with whom one comes In contact and
thus create a working atmosphere, 10
one that implies and comprehends
much Of the responsibility Of lie. -Bos-
ton Traveller.
BE polite to your children. Do you
expect them to be mindful OF your vel
iarep To grow glad at your approach
To bound away to do your pleasure be-
fore your request is half spoken? Then
with all your dignity and authority
mingle politenes. Give 1t a niche in
your household temples Only thon
will you have the true secret OF sending
out into the world really finished gen
tlemen and ladies. Exchange.
"A wise man will turn adverse criti.
cisms and malicious attacks to good &C.
count. He will consider carefully
whether there is not in home some
weakness or fault which. although he
never discovered, was plain to the eye
OF his enemy. Many men profit more
by the assaults Of foes than by tho
kindness OF friends
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
HERE AND E

The farmers Alliance in Forsvt
county, Ca, will fine its members fv
dollars II they use jute bagging.
In johnson County, Ga, the All
ance farmers have adopted a series {
resolutions aimed at "a doctors, trus
or combine" which seems to eyis
there.
-heep the stock well watered
thirsty stock standing around a dr.
trough because somebody forrot I,
pump water, is a waste of valuabl
time.
-One OF u contemporaries advise,
farmers to keep all the tools housed
we have seen farms on which III,
weeds indicated that that sort of advice
passed current in that mock of the
woods"
iced sweet and nutritious food In
the COWS at all seasons of the YEAR
Musty hay, and off favored food are
not the material out OF which to make
good milk and butter.
Give winter protection to tho
small fruit. The thing to do is to So.
lee the best varieties, even if tender
n then go to the trouble of protect
ing them. Hardy varieties are often
IKE the scrub COW, tough, but mighty
Improbable. 'S
The aus of milk sickness, saws
Benjamin Spradlin, OF Kentucky
is lobelia, which is eaten by the mi.
mails. Lobelia, after it has so far ma
tured as to produce seed, will invari.
aoiy produce milk sickness after it is
There is a proper limit to the ex-
OF a cow. II the pasture /, 90
everlastingly poor that a COW must
'raVel over ten acres to get enough tn
Keep her alive. she is getting too much
exercise.
An exchange says. that one who
says that corn fodder in the silo
occupies but one-ffth of the space IL
'oes In the barn-loft. That there ia
'ut len per cent. waste in the silo
nile there is thirty per cent. waste
n feeding the fodder in the old stvle.
1t is best not to think of politics or
our neighbors while milking the COW,
'etter pin yourself down to the WORT,
Il hand' or you may pinch the teat.
'neh the COW may kick, and then
may get mad, and there may be an
Improbable complication all around
"A dairy may be made up from the
milk and butter stock on record.
~ II treated no more judiciously than
great many people treat their cows
win not be a source Of profit. Nat ;
al capability is valuable only when {
fnished with the material with which
work. A Z
III should be set down as a rule and :!
'i's'y adhered to that no noxious I
an' should be permitted to mature !
seed on any part of the firm M s
'hg any roadside contiguous to tbe y
IN. 1t Is the boundcn duty Of ver :.
,mer 70 destroy and utterly exter. 6
nate the weeds on the road tia. DAN
rough or along bis farm. r
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

The large time bell OF the cruiser
Charleston is not composed OF ordinary
metal. and there is quite a little story
connected With it. A few days before
the bell was cast the pattern-maker
expressed the sentiment that it would
be a pity to use ordinary metal, and
suggested that each workman con-
tribute ten cents in sill YER to enrich the
composition and give u superior ring
TO 1t. The entire force at the works
responded to a man, the sum realized
being one hundred and fifty dollara
nearly all in ten-ceat pieces
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
BACKWARD"

stttin' here so kind a lonely,
Gain out across the way:
Nothin' there to look at, only
what / see most every day.
Houses Jest like one d nuther,
Towerin' up four stores high;
Nice enough, but then I'd ruther
See : good 5 ned bit . sky-
Like the sky so blue an soft an
Fleecy-like. How Id enjoy
Seem 1t ez did often
When | was a CROWN boy
when l was a happy yOungster,
Laughln' like, al earthly ills,
Llvin' on the farm amongst tn
Dear oil rugged Berkshire hills.
Nlsht wen | wake up some moruiu'
Ihed find myself again
In the house eZ was born in,
Sleepin' side O. brother Ben.
How the OF straw-bed ed rest me,
Sieepin' through 'tthout a break.
ldunno, tho but I'd Jest be
Satisfied to lay awake.
Wonder eff there's many changes
III the place. ct | he'd see?
Guess the thing twould seem mos'strange is
Me, the boy thet ust to ne.
There was that OF Soup that hung there
On the ellum Tree, where l
Lots o mes have set an swung there
Watln' fer the cat to die.
went TO school then, 'ccpt n haydn
Books, some way didn't love
Mother kept a sayIn'
'AurtJ, MA a quarter vi"
Est TO call myself ill-treated
When had to fpfrh the row