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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-13

| uesuay hItefnOou tn- ere" ~ tde hs"
brick yard of Messrs. Flood and Proctor,
at the Hight farm on the Fairfield road,
began to strike and yesterday they had
seven to eight thousand in the sun. One
machine is run, and the work is under the
general charge of Mr.. Jules Rsbichaud, r
brick maker of skill and experience. Tie
firm expect to make between five and six
hundred thousand before the season closes.
Two distinguished gentlemen, each of
whom is approaching the fourscore mark
if indeed it has not been passed. are here
in attendance upon the Unitarian State
Conference. We allude to Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin, ex-Vice President of the United
States and Rev. Thomas IIill,ID. ID. Both
these eminent men used to work in print
ing office in their boyhood. Mr.. Hamlin in
Oxford county in this State and DR.. Hill
in an office in New Jersey. The latter told
US yesterday that he WAS able to go to the
case. take a stick and set up piece of
matter about rs handily as he ever could.
| lie W as IN AL OHCe sOIie tnfee ytATe.
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. c. A. Long
fellow, of Winslow, was sitting in covered
carriage near the post-otiice, on Silver
| Street. her husband having stepped into a
store close by, when two young ladies came
along with Mr.. Hathswsy's team. The
horse was walking, but by some miscaicu-
iation or carelessness. the team was driven
too close to the carriage in front of the
store and there was a collision. The car
rage was upset, and Mrs. Longfellow
was thrown out, the dasher broken from
the carriage, AMI some other damage done.
Mrs. LoDgfellow was naturally much
frightened but not injured to any extent, rs
we understand it. The accident cause
considerable excitement in the locality fer
the time being. Mr.. Longfellow's horse
was promptly taken IN hand by some of the
bystanders, and there was nothing abou
| the affair in tina nature of a runaway
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-13

Only few hneks - nIroad sheep orsred.
few hundred nf western were nHer'd 10 butchers
~ u. NJ. W. 90. 10 help out the require tusaia
spring hmbs on the decline, with sales Mt sasf
such a. weigh about 60lbs.
III. sheep Trade nIon yaf'. viii lingef along
In a ghi way Tor few week.. " RiekrT -on
sold y fnf 100 lbs sheep at 81 and spring iafnbs
of 20 lbs at sc. a western sh,rp A. lbs at SIC.
.5 spring lambs a. 90 lbs at So T. johnson
Agf. sold Hri y,nrlings Nv r. lbs al g..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-13


The Republicans of the Third Congress
sional District assembled in Granite Hall.
~ 80 p. NJ yesterday, and were called
to order by j. W. Black Of Searsport of
the District Committee. On motion. Hon
A. z. Wisxell was called to the chair, and
the following 9entlem en- nominated A. sec
retaries; Z. 2. Mayo, Fairfield; F. T..
Milliken, Gardiner; +. +. Crowley, Bel
fast; Chss. II. Drumley. Ellsworth. On
motion of Hon. +. A. Nicker.on of swan
vile, the temporary organization was made
permanent.
I, was voted. on motion of o. B. Clason.
Esq, of Gardiner, that the District Com
mittee be committee on credentials The
committee subsequently reported that the
convention was entitled to $40 representa-
tives, and tha. credentials ha a been received
from 37a as follows: Kennebec, 1870; Som
erset, 90; Hancock, 30; Waldo. &c.
The following FAMED gentlemen we're
nominated a Committee on Resolutions !:
Hon. A. X. BiIby, Skowhegan; o. B. Cha
son, Esq. Gardiner; A. E. Nickerson,
Swanville; K L. Gr.ndle. Noun. Desert
In finely worded speech. brief and
to the point, and delivered in q tell
ing manner, L. &. Cornish, Esq of
this city presented the name Of Seth l.
Milliken Of Belfast, as the candidate for
Representative to Congress from the Third
District. The nomination was seconded by
E. W. Atwood, ESQ.,, of Gardiner, and Mr.
Milliken was nominated by reclamation.
On motion of s. J. Walton, Esq, of
Skowhegan, the Chairman of the Conven
ton was made q committee to inform Mr..
Milliken of his nomination.
The following were chosen a permanent
District Committee Kennebec County,
Nathaniel Meader, Waterville; Somerset
County, F. W. Hovey, Pittsfeld; Hancock
County, John ID. Hopkins, Ellsworth !;
Waldo County, J. ". Black. Searsport.
Reading the presentation Of the report Of
the Committee on Resolutions, the CONVEX
ton took . recess until 8 O'Clock. On re-
assembling 1t the hour to which adjourn
msns vas made the Committee on Resolu-
tons reported through the chairman. II IN.
A. X. Bixby, - follows:
Resolved, That Hon. Seth L. MiIliken
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-14
|Ionseur Ledoux and His Ingenious
But Perfectly Proper Device
for Fitting.
he Process of Waxing the Bust Revealed
why Men are Better Tailors
than Women.

special Correspondence of The INDEPENDENT.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-The tailor-made
irl has been the subject of romance and
aragraph, until she has become the very
aoldiest of chestnuts, and yet nobody ever
emit to the trouble of telling the dear public
ow she is made.
assure you it is a fearful and wonderful
recess. It is only few years since the
merican girl took it into her head that a
oman could not make dress. The smooth,
ATTY, comfortable suits of their brothers
lied these feminine souls with consuming
ayy and they began to say one to another:
Why can't we have tailor-made suits, too9"
Thy, indeed! There seemed to be no very
ood reason, save that dress, in order to
t, must needs be fitted, and how was it to
done?
A girl might, with perfect impunity, un-
over neck and arms, yea. even bust and
aoulders, and 20 into crowd where five
undred men might look at her; but to allow
ne poor solitary tailor to look at her in her
orset-cover-why, it would never do in the
rorld; of course not, such 4 thing was not
!, be thought of! And 90 the dear orsa-
Tres we're, as John Runyan might have
smarked. much put to it," until an in
enious Frenchman stepped into the breach,
md devised ways and means that answer
very objection.
| Tho name of this benefactor is Francis x.
edoux, and he had enough good business
bout him to protect his discovery with a
fatent.
After have told all about this unique
Ian of procedure, my feminine readers
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very like it, and your wonder grows when
the half of q waist made of heavy black
WOODEN cloth. and likewise greasy, is slipped
On the other side half waist is put, of
clean white. jersey Webbing and the at
tendants proceed to stretch It over and pin
it on the black half. and they
stretch and pin until it is as smooth
as your skin. I forgot to say that
round the neck, before this fitting begins
When ri is satisfactorily pinned, you sit
down, and the girls get on their knees be-
side You, and proceed to sew you up. Every
seam is closely sewed over and over. Then
q piece of the webbing is fitted over your
arm in the same way, cut ont to ft. and
stiff material is fitted and sewed on, and
there you are half black and half white,
like prison convict, and tho whole bust
ness seved fast to you. At this stage the
bottle of something that steams. You be-
gin to feel bit uneasy. but everybody
looks harmless, 80 you keep still.
could not forbear. however, asking what
1t was when the steaming kettle, with a
big brush in it, came my way. "That is
and straightway he began to plaster me
With it. advise everybody to whom this
description is new to have this part done in
cool weather, for don't think hot wax
comfortable Jacket IN July.
" course as soon as the wax cooled it was
hard, and then began the measuring and
marking. All the lines we're drawn on the
wax surface, until it looked like an outline
map. Then came q lot Of measuring that
went down in a book. Next, q straight line
was drawn by rule down the front and
s0c Of the 5as with iaa :ss:e
knife the waxen armor was slit Just
where these lines we're drawn, taken Oh and
set upon the table, and there was me, or
the upper half of me. done in wax.
The next thing was the dress. The tailor
came back, and instead of asking what sort
of dress WANTED he began to tell me
what ought to have. Before be finished I
decided that he knew exactly what he was
talking about, and abandoned entirely nv
former ideas and got what no told me to.
The result was drsas that is joy forever.
It 10 at once artistic and stylish, . perfect
at, and very easy. Nov" said the tailor,
when the interview, Was over, 81 can 6t I
thousand dresses for you il you vish, and
you need try them On bat once. This model
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will last as long as you remain in the shape
you are now"
was curious to know what use was to be
made of this wax image.
Ledoux-for it was the inventor himself
who made my tailor-gown-''Then I lay it
down fiat and cut q pattern of heavy pa
per- -.
cloth makes it impossible for it to stretch
to 1T a cloth pattern upon tightly when it
was taken off it would spring back into
shape and the pattern would be too small.
But here have the exact lines of your
body and the shape is absolutely correct,
"Why is it that women can not make
dresses as we'll as men?'' asked the tailor.
Because he replied, "a woman pays too
much attention to detail. She depends too
much upon the effect of trimmings and
drapery. Now, the only beauty there is in
follows the outline of the figure. A dress
must first be properly cut and then properly
fitted, otherwise it is failure. Anybody"
said Monsieur, with an expressive shrug
and gesture. team put these things on
discriminating frills and drapery, 'but
or any elegance to garment that is badly
cut"
"What do you think" asked, 'sof the
notion women have lately taken of going
without corsets? Do you think woman can
have really fine figure without corset?"
"Well,'' replied Monsieur with a smile,
"a woman either has fine figure or she
hasn't. If she has, nothing-not even a
badly fitting dress-can hide it; it is there.
And if she hasn't, all the corsetting in the
world, or any amount of padding, would be
useless. We tailors can't make figures.
The only thing that we can do is to try to
hide the defects az much as possible. Now.
| if a lady comes to me who does not wish to
wear corsets, never argue the case with
her. tell her that wish to tit her over
corset. After that she can leave it off. But
cut waist differently that is to be worn
without corset. make three pieces un-
der the arm instead of two, and stitch q
a piece of strong material crosswise over
the hip, to keep the dress in place. Then I
bone it in such way that while it is not
stiff and uncomfortable, it yet preserves
the outlines of the figure. have seen
women look quite as neat and trim without
| corset az with one.
'.There is this difficulty, however. which
is quite important to American women;
French women don't mind it so much. An
American woman objects to the least bit of
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-14

embonpoint below the waist line, and going
without corset has a tendency to induce
what i called high stomach; that is, the
waist limo il shortened in 'front.'"
s'You only fit one half the body.'' I said.
'Supposine the person was not exactly uni
form on both sides: what then?''
If they are not see it at glance" re-
Piled the tailor, "and should at the larger
side. After the dress il cut II n easier To
make it smaller on one side, il necessary"
Monsieur Ledoux thinks that il women
had more confidence in their tailor thew
would get better effects.
"A man Who understands his business. !"
be says, "knows exactly what a lady ought
to wear, IN order to emphasize her good
points and conceal her bad ones. But"
and here Monsieur again shrugged his
they know what thew want and thew ~;ii
have it; and all that 10 left il to do the best
you can. But there 10 NO pleasure in max
ing dress when jon feel an the time that
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-14
Salt Lake, San Francisco and Los Angeles
Excursion Rates.


Salt Lake, San Francisco and Los Angeles
Excursion Rates.
The Union Pacific Railway company will
cell excursion tickets to SaE Francisco and
Los Angeles on Septic and the same date
monthly thereafter at the following named
rates:
To San Francisco, going via Ogden and
return same, $75.
t. San Tsa aas going via Portland and
To San Francisco, going via Ogden and
return via Portland, or vice versa. $50.
To Los Angeles, going via Ogden and
Sacramento and return same $50.
To Los Angeles, going via Ogden and
Sacramento and return via San Francisco
To Los Angeles, going via Ogden and San
Francisco and return same, $S6.
To Los Angeles going via Portland and
return via Sacramento and Ogden. or vice
TO Los Angeles going vi. Portland and
return same, $96.
Passenoers can have choice Of two routes
between Portland and San Francisco, either
by the way of the all rail, the Mount Shasta
route, or by steamer.
The above tickets are good going sixty
DAYS from date of sale; extreme limit six
months; stop-over privileges allowed going
or returning 6G any pOlut Wltu1u VIC lAulAt
The Union Pacific will also sell excursion
tickets from Helena to Ogden. Salt Lake
CITY and Garfield Beach, on the 18th of each
month, at rate Of $40 for the round trip;
good going ten days from date of sale: good
Returning ten days from date stamped and
written on back Of ticket bv agent at desti-
nation; extreme limit sixty days; stop
over privileges allowed going or returning
at any point within the limit.
A. j. vEAZIE, Pass. AGENT
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-14
THE LIBRARY.

Give me the room whose every nook
Is dedicated to book.
Two windows will suffice for air
And grant the light admission there;
One looking to the south, and one
To speed the red, departing sun.
The eastern wall, from fri szs to plinth,
Shall be the poet s labyrinth,
Where one may find the lords OF rhyme
From Homers down to Dobson's time;
And at the northern side space
shall show an open chimney place.,
Set round with ancient tiles that tell
Some legend old and weave spell
About the iii 9 dog guarded seat,
Mhere one may dream a1d no taste the heat
70. curios and bric-a-brac-
Not much. but Just enough to light
The DOM up when the #! Q is bright.
The volumes on this wall should be
All prose and all phi, o lCphy,
From Plato down to those who arc
The dim reflections of that star;
And these tones all should serve to show
How much we write-how little know;
For since the problem first was set
No one has even solved 1t vet.
Upon the shelves toward the west
The scientific books shall rest;
Beside them, history; above
Religion hope and faith and love;
Lastly, the southe n wall should hold
The story tellers. nsw and old;
Haroun al Raschid. who WAS truth
And happiness to all my youth.
shall have an honored place of all
That dwell upon this sunny wall,
And with him there shall stand thron8
OF thos who help mankind along
More by their fascinating lies
Than all the learning of the wise.
Such be the library: and take
This motto of a Latin make
To grace the door through which pass:
Hic Habitat Felicitas!
frank Dempster Sherman. in The Century.
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waist, whips out little book, saying, after
looking a moment: "You may come next
Monday. at II O'Clock, and please be
prompt
But" you ask, "aren't you going to
measure me any more than that. and don't
you want to know"
''That will all come later, madam" says
monsieur, the tailor.
to talk it over" which is such a disap-
pointment.
Well, when you get around the next
Monuay-you are taken into the back par.
loo, and two lady attendants divest you of
your raiment, down to corset and under
vest. and then to your utter astonishment,
all covered over with grease, or something
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-14

Attsntioo Il called to The fact that On and
after Sunday. May I, train No. I, which
lsavss Helena in the morning for Butte,
viii leave Sundays at . o'clock instead Of
els q herstofore and will continue to de-
part at that time until further notice for
the purpose Of accommodating the large
numbef Of excursionists Who wish TO mako
Gipo 10 eay elegant summer resorts.
B. II. LAMoIxY,
General Tiokst Aeonk
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your customer ought not to have it, and
ought not to wear it,"
Monsieur sighed deeply, and his face as
sumed an expression of sadness as he re-
hected upon the sacriices he was obliged to
make Of his beloved art to the whims of
capricious women. MARGARET MANToN.
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Till not have the delightful uDeeEtainty
'hich I enjoyed. in wondering what upon
arth this or that was done Tor, and what
,suld come next. it was all 30 novel:
Ill him you want dress. He says: Every
Issll, madam" without any question - 70
that sort of dress II d TO b. Or the style
e it He measures 700 about thu bust and
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-09
Advantages of Early Maturity.

Sheep can not mature early if they arc
not well fed. In speaking of the lamb
flockmaster has correctly said that
under scanty feeding--that is, the eve
being insufiiciently fed to yield good
flow of milk-the mutton lamb would
make slow growth of about one and
half pounds per week. and would
weigh about twenty one pounds at three
months old. If, on the other hand, the
eve is a fair mixer, and is fed one
third extra food adapted to produce
milk, the extra milk will double
the weight of the lamb, reach
ing forty pounds at three months.
The significance of this double
growth is not measured by
doubling the value OF the lamb, how
ever, for the forty pound lamb often
brings in April and May $40 in our best
markets, while the twenty-pound lamb
would scarcely bring So: Doubling the
weight often trebles the value, or more.
A yea1ling wether that weighs $50
pounds will sell for more than double the
price of the one that weighs 80 to 100
pounds; so that the more rapid growth
means not only one-third less cost, but
double the value. This is decided en-.
couragement both way for good feed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-09
STOCK AND GRASS.
The Developing Capacity Of the South
Stock and Grass Growing.

The Developing Capacity Of the South for
Stock and Grass Growing.
The cotton States are slowly, but GER
tainly, developing their capacity for
growing grass and stock. We do not
fear to reassert that there can be no
permanent and increasing prosperity in
agriculture if the system be not to a
large extent on grass and livestock.
We are strong in appreciation of COM
mercial or concentrated fertilizers; we
indorse fully the claims of clover and
peas and other renovating crops to
most important place in successful
system of restoration and improvement
of the soil; but the growing and feed
ing of livestock must be a neces-
sary adjunct to any extensive system.
1t will not do for the South to
grow cotton by the seven millions
of bales per annum and import from
abroad, at loss, compared with the
cost of home production, aggregating
greater than the entire profits on the
entire product of cotton. The man who
raises plenty of grain and forage. full
supply of pork, beef, butter and milk
for his family is the one who prospers-
not the one who makes big crops of cot
ton and has big bills to pay for the very
things he ought to consider his first
duty to produce. And it is not because
the first can produce cotton at less
cost, but mainly because there is more
satisfaction, solid comfort, happiness
and real profit in producing the things
we need, and must have, and of which
we care to sell only the surplus, than in
producing a crop which we can not use,
but must sell, and often at an actual
loss. Southern Cultiyator.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-04-09
EVERY BODY LEFT
Except the Country Youth with His Loud.
Smelling Burden.

SNSSPS eho SouhkEy 1Outu WIFI LOuUS
Smelling Burden.
1t was at the outer end OF the Eff
tenth Street line late yesterday after
noon, just when the business from the
Independent dummy line was at it's
best, that a lanl, hungry-looking coun-
try youth with bundle under his arm
got aboard the car. He edged his way
through the crowd of passengers, and as
a gentleman got up to leave the car the
young countryman slid into the vacant
seat. He brought his bundle around on
his lap, where he held it carefully with
both hands.
At the moment the young man got on
the car every body noticed a dreadful
smell. Few noticed the young man,
and every passenger turned to the next
person, and, with look as disdainful as
turned-up nose could produce, moved
as far away as the crowded condition OF
the car would permit. One little man
turned to his neighbor, a fat puffy-look-
ing old fellow, and, with look full OF
meaning, drew his coat about him, and,
holding his nose, edged off foot or two.
The big man looked suspiciously at the
little fellow moment and then blurted
out:
':Lookahere, you ant insinuatin' that
I'm the cause of that smell, are you?"
The little man murmured something
and the big fellow grumbled and got off
the Car. The lady passengers held their
noses, and the polish on the stove began
to slowly crack and peel off. Then a
window pane broke and the atmosphere
in the car became so dense that you
couldn't hear the bell two feet away
when the conductor rang up fare.
After five minutes the passengers got
tired Of looking at each other insinuat-
ingly, and the doors were rot big enough
to let them off as fast as they wanted to
go. In ten minutes the car was vacated
by every one except the country youth
and the conductor, the latter hanging
feebly on to the rear step. He reached
for the bell-rope with trembling hand
and stopped the car. Not ringing again
the gripman came back to learn the
trouble.
whats up9" he asked. eye sick?'
''I'm hoodooed," returned the conduct
or, gasping. 1.-THE cars haunted, sure
S you live"
The gripman opened the door and en-
tered. After moving two steps he
stopped.
'Great guns" he shouted. "Lool
here, boy, how do you stand this?"
The country lad looked up with a sur
prised air. ''Stand what?" he asked. 81
don't see nothin'."
''But the smell-where does it come
from?"
"Oh, that's it, eh?" responded the
rural youth. II guess if there's any smell
it must come from the pole-cat I've got
in the sack"
The strong arms of the gripman land
ed the youth, sack and all, in the street
in less than ten seconds.
''Rule of this here comp'ny's regula.
tions," remarked that individual, 'ssays
that no skunks kin ride on this line
outside the baggage car."-Kansas City
Times