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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
OLD FABLES OF SIDNEY.
Dates from the Town Records and
Facts from Vari0us Sources.

| Ihe recent passing Oh the ctEttHnia
Of the good old to Sn of Sidney.-th
anniversary Of whose hundred years %
Cured on Jan. :,0.h-has called atteE
1 ton to the fac. that there are none 0
these old Maine towns whose incorpora
alton dates back hundred years, who's
records do not contain many facts Of in
terest TO readers Of the present day
From these old towns early went GU
the younger people who have helped Il
settle the other towns in Main
and the other states, and where
ever they have become dispersed
they turn with loving affection back Il
the old native soil and the homes Of theil
fathers, and are glad TO obtain facts re
Iating to the old families and the incl
dents connected with the first settlement
Of these historic towns. The records Of
the town OF Sidney are comprised in two
sets Of bookstore embracing the doing:
Of town affairs, the other containing the
records OF families, publishments, mar
ria9es and deaths. The Journal Is in
debted to the kindness Of +. f. Blake
Esq. the present efficient and popular
town clerk, for an opportunity to
consult these old records from
which some interesting facts re-
garding few Of the old families
OF Sidney have been obtained, which
will have an interest for all residents Of
the town and for those who formerly re.
sided there but have now drifted OFF to
other parts OF the country. 1t is to be
regretted that these records Of families
are 30 deficient in facts about which the
present generation would be glad tt
know. In no instance do. they give ths
town or place from which the person
came, nor IL the family name of tbs
man. wife given 10 any case.
One OF the earliest records given ii
that OF the family Of Edmund Hayward
born March .;.l1G2, and "Sukey his wife.
born Nov. Z 1875. Their children with
dates OF birth we're:
Samuel, June 8. 1888
Hannah. March 1896.
Edmund, Dec 1886; father OF Charles
r. Hayward, city clerk CT Augusta il
1866.
sukey, June Il, $50.
Ambrose, June. 10, 1902; town clerk o.
Sidney from 1882 TO 1856 died March )
1888
Elisha, Sept. ID. 1905.
Harriet, Aug 81. 1907.
Caroline, April 3, ISIS.
Abial Lovejoy was born Feb :, 1864
and died Nov. 3, ls->. He was probably
t. son Of Old Squire Ioveiov the old slav,
holder, and was the person TO whom
Daniel Cony of Hallowell issued his war
rant to notify the inhabitants Of Sidne,
to meet at the first town meeting ant
choose town officers. He was twic,
married and had family Of ten children
Samuel Butterield was born June %
1861, and Mary, his wife, was born Ma,
10, Ill. Mr.. Butterfeli died June II
1929. Their children. and dates Of thei
birth were:
William. April y. l.,s.
Charlotte, Dec y, 1889.
Fanny, May y. 1903; died, April Il
| 1921.
Sarah. July {, l19. died, June I, 1926
Samuel, Sept. 20 l,91 was town clerl
for many years, a trader, and prOminen
man.
Franklin, Feb 1900.
| Polly, Jan. Il, 1902
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

Ice hsrvss'ers on the Hudson seen h.
in better cor dition than Il o,e in M,,,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

quite party attended the ms,o,.,.
ball in Cony hail last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
Variety and s-si. Store .! J, 4, Piper
CATCH ON

TO THE ALPHABET
4 is for Axes, both thick and thin.
3 is for Boilers, made of copper and tin.
C. is for Clarion, Of fame and renown.
D is for Door-hellq the best line in town,
e for Edwards, boss plumber is he.
r is for Furnaces, headquarters are we.
c is for Gas-fxtures,a fun stock in store.
n is for IIarrows, of kinds, three or four
] is for Iron, made In all kinds of ware.
J is for Jack knives, our prices are fair.
X is for Kitchen, which we'll furnish for
you.
L is for Lanterns, of styles not few.
M is for Malcomb, who makes the prices
right.
N is for Nails, our prices are a sight.
O is for Oil-stoves, both great and small.
p is for Percival, pleasant to all.
Q is for Quality, that takes the lead.
r is for Ranges, we've Just what you
need.
S is Tor Sad-irons, both nickle and plain.
r is for Tea pots, best line in Maine.
u is for tfn-poetical, which we know
this to De.
v is for apor-stOvcs, Just come and see
W is for WILLIAMSON he'll use
you white.
X is for --. well Y is all right.
Y is for Yankee. this pillow takes the lead
Z is for Zinc, any quality you may need
We have everything else in the Hard
ware line,
just drop in and see us whenever
you've time.
We've farming machinery and pump
by the score.
II yOu want any Of these don't pass by
our door.
20 we are yours Tor Business. Pleasure
Or Fun. And Just sign here,
q. WILLIAMSON.
apuf2ldts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

A little snow sqa,ll before the ,uo,,,.
yesterday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
TO PROVE G Ggk M nA5Ta r.

ON and after October |, ls0i. we give every
person selling our medicine the privilege Of
selling six hotties for $500 aud guarantee
that IN case it does you good you can
receive your money back. Read guaranty
with every bottle. We claim to cure Dss-
pcpsia, Headache, Sour stomach. Heartburn.
Kidney Complaint, Neuralgia, Distress after
eating. Palpitation OF the Heart, Collie. Ner-
vou7hess, Loss of Sleep, Dizziness Irregular
ity 81 the Appetite, rleuri-y Pains. Bln4t.
W ind on the stomach. Hacking Cough. and
constipation. AMI Why Viii IL curc? IT,
rtlr'' II Is Eciasing. Purifying. Snothing,
and Healing. 1t Is compounded from tie
priest roots and herbs, fee from AIoohm
or Aonhia. 1t is harmless To- the smallest
chld, children like it, aud 1t is far Supt rt1r
I" Castor on and all other preparations
call for Graders botanic Dyspepsia
syrup None genuine unless hearing our
trademark The Beaver
THE GR0DER DYSPEPSIA CURE COMPANY,
WATERyILLE, MAINE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
4ocal 21latters,

foiitsness That Dumbsouua..
MY head WAS In such an awful vh,
To day In the cars that | could ust ~,
For minute; gave up my sea, 10 a.,
And she said as She took it, Il thsnt ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
Local Notices.

SS"Ses Boxes At + -is'' jns;s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
NOTICE.

Subscribers who fail to re..;,.
Journal promptly will confer , = =
by notifying the office immea,.,. ave
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

Hereafter advertising matter, pe,s
will be excluded from our local column. w
cept such as refers to advertiser, -. q
space in our advertising columns, and ~
run under separate head on the loc,,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

1t is said to be not the horse or electric
street railroad in one Of our Maine cities,
now, but mule railroad" Well, there
10 IS much danger from one end Of a
mule at least, as from an ordinsry dead
WIRE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26
Daily Etuutbff aoatai
FRIDAY, FEB. Is, 100,

Cards Of thanks and resolution, o,
will be charged st the rate Of ten o,,,.
All advertising announcement, a, a..
ments whose object is the raising a. ~
will be charged at the rate Of nf,s., ~ w
inc w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-26

NOTICE.-Sinc the hrr MI Dudley has been
domicfed nj the iIiii Macombcr Block North
End Water St. where he viii be glad TO see boil,
and new customer, and gus ntees them the
OF satsf a. tion frblsdeC dc Ia
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION.
The Duty of All Vermont Re-
publicans.

Every Man Is Individually Responsibie.
Earnest words Of senator Proctor in a spec, h
at Rutland
81 wish to impress upon you the
importance of the coming Sep
tcmber election. 1t is not state
matter, but a national one. The vote cast
for the state ticket next month is really
your vote for president and the expression
of your choice between the principles of
the two great parties. The main question
cannot be covered up by any state issues.
If the Republican party maintains its
average majority it will be hailed as a Re-
publican victory If the Democrats re-
duce that majority it will be heralded far
and wide as an omen of Democratic sue
cess in the nation. You are indiVid-
ually responsible for a full vote for
Fuller and Stranahan, and | believe you
will do your duty and see to it that Yer
mont rolls up a handsome majority in
September that will presage the election of
Harrison and Reid in November
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
The Tariff Not "a Tax.

The Phoenix learned that certain lines
of hosiery that are made in Germany, and
upon which the Mckinley bill raised the
duty, are now selling at a lower price than
before the bill took effect. The same quail
ity of goods is manufactured in this
country, but rather than lose the Ameri-
can trade the German manufacturers, EN-
ploying cheap help, pay the increase of du-
ty by reducing the cost of their goods, and
sell in competition with American firms.
We addressed letter to II. :. Bingham,
importer and manufacturers agent, Ben
nngton, VT, inquiring about this, and the
following extracts from his reply speak for
themselves:
The manufacturers of Germany have been i'm
porting about as many goods since the Mckinley
bill was passed as before. and have overcome the
advance in duty by reducing the price of goods TO
meet the advance. They cannot take it from the
wages as they low as it is possible to make
them, and the only faith in the success Of their
business is that the administration will change
this fall and the duty will he reduced. | am quite
sure they are making no money, and they are on
ly trying to get a new dollar for an old one, and
is with the United States; consequently they do
not want to lose their business with us They
must have made large profits before the bill went
into effect, they losing money now. l
might add that while our manufacturers Of un-
derwear are busy the price of goods has not ad
vauced any since the Mckinley bill took effect
More hosiery with cotton aud wool. and all wool
is being made in this country now than b fore
the bill as manufacturers in England cannot ak
that class Of goods to overcome the duty as
cheaply today can, SO that lines Of goo Is
now being made that were not made before for
several years
II 5. BINGHAM
This is simply another illustration of
the fact that foreigners are eager to gain
the American market, and that they will
not allow any tariff to stand in their way
if they can possibly overcome it.
Did some one say "the tariff is taX?'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
The Duty of Republicans.

Only ten days remain before the Sep
tember election. The next week will be
a busy one with speeches and rallies, which
are good in their way. But the main
thing is for Republicans to make up their
minds that they are going to the polls to
vote, and then do it. The best thing that
Republican committees can do is to stir up
the voters to come out. The best thing
that any Republican can do is to come to
the polls and make sure that his neighbors
do likewise. Could this plan of individual
effort, and such a feeling of individual
responsibility prevail throughout the state,
there would be Republican majority of
10000 votes cast on Sept. 6. A few days
of quiet work will count for more than all
the rallies and brass bands.
There is one particular reason why it is
for the interest of the Republicans of every
town to poll their full vote, and that is so
that they may have the largest possible
representation in the conventions of 1894.
That representation will be based on this
years vote. Two years hence some town
may have favorite candidate whom it
would like to bring forward in one of the
conventions. In such case one or two
extra votes would come handy.
Let every Republican take care of his
own vote, and the work will be done.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26

Reductions in II years by Republicans, S362 1853
This table does not take into account the
reductions of the Mckinley bill, which
would bring the grand total to nearly $780,
100000.
In the l years of Democratic control of
the House, /. e., from March !, 1873. to
March !, 1881, and from March 1, 1883, to
March 4, 1888. there was a reduction of
internal revenue taxes of 6,36S, ,935; no
reduction of duties, no revision.
During these last periods the Republi-
cans controlled the Senate and of course
could block measures that passed the Dem
ocratic House. But no efforts of the Dem
ocrats to reduce taxation were blocked by
the Senate unless they were attacks upon
the protective tariff, and every such was
deemed by experts as more likely to in
crease the revenue than to reduce it. The
only prominent measures of the sort were
the Morrison bill and the Mills bill, both of
which would have resulted in larger i'm
portations, and therefore i'm an increase of
revenue.
1t is well said that the Democratic party
never accomplished anything. The Repub-
lican party is the party of action. The
old slogan, cleveland and >reform,' has
been heard for eight years, and people are
getting tired of it. Opposed to that may
safely be put, factions speak louder than
words.n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
whi,eIs,v Reid at III. Old Ham.

Whiteaw Reid and his wife arrived at
Mr.. Reids home, one mile from Cedarville,
O., last Saturday morning, where a cordial
welcome awaited him from his aged mother,
now in her S0th year, who simply idolizes
her distinguished son. 1t was not gener-
ally known when he would be at Cedar
vile, but crowd gathered, and it was
decided to hold a non-partisan reception,
the reception committee consisting of prom
inent citizens from all parties. A number
of newspaper men drove out to the home
stead and, preceded by the Cedarville band,
accompanied the Republican candidate
for vice president and his wife to town.
He was cheered on all sides and received a
perfect ovation when he arrived A large
platform had been erected, on which were
seated the leading citizens of the place In
a brief speech acknowledging the welcome
extended to him, Mr.. Reid felicitously said:
at will be the proudest laurel shall ever
hope to win if, at the end of my career 1t
may still be said that | never forfeited the
regard of the friends at my old home. No
applause can ever be so grateful to any
right-thinking man as that of the people
who have known him earliest and best and
have followed his whole career. with that
kindly yet critical watchfulness which one's
elders and ones playmates give. Sweeter
always the cheer Of ones native village
than the proudest honors of the metropO-
lis, or even of the nation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26

The Isles of Shoals have been bought
for $550,O00 by a syndicate composed of
seven men.
A fine equest rian statue of President
HarrisOn's grandfather, William Henry
Harrison, has been completed at Chicopee,
Mass, this week, and will be sent directly
to Cincinnati where it will be erected as
soon as the pedestal is done. The statue
is of bronze, heroic size, and represents
the general in military costume in the sad
die. The work has been done by Mr..
MOsman with much spirit.
Some interesting developments have
been made in the inquiry into the affairs of
the failed Maverick national bank by the
Congressional committee of which Senator
Chandler is chairman. A number of er-
rand boys, clerks, and employees of the
bank, some of them minors, testified to
signing accommodation notes for thou
sands of dollars by request of their employ
ers and directors of the bank, and some
signed blank forms upon which large
amounts were filled in afterward.
1t is the general belief at Indianapolis
that the Iron Hall is a doomed organiza-
tion. Following the announcement of the
assignment of the Philadelphia bank,
| WHICH NOUS bllc OIutI uOll-
ey, comes an order of the court restraining
the indianapolis banks from paying out a
dollar of the Iron Hall deposits. A large
number of checks drawn by the supreme
cashier of the order have been allowed to
go to protest. At the investigation Chief
Justice Somerby acknowledged that the
supreme sitting had no right to donate the
$4,000 to the Mutual bank of Phladel-
phia, but justified the act on the ground
that ii was imperative to save the half mil
lion on deposit there.
Charles Vincent and Thomas Welsh,
two cOnvicts, attempted TO escape from
Sing Sing prison Monday morning, and, as
a result, desperate fight ensued between
them and number of the keepers, during
which Vincent was shot and instantly
killed and Welsh was seriously wounded.
The keeper who first discovered their es-
cape and started down the corridor after
them was knocked down and his gun tax
en- away from him. Two of his fingers
were bitten off, and then he was thrown
from the gallery to the floor below, a dis
tance of about 16 feet. During the fight
which ensued the 1900 convicts in the prs-
on, most of whom were asleep at the time
of the attempted outbreak, were aroused,
and kept up constant yelling and cursing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
The Democratic Remedy.
LFrom the New York Tribnne.l

The Boston Herald attributes the labor
troubles in Tennessee and New York to the
general system of legislation for which the
Republican party is mainly responsible, and
of which the Mckinley law is, perhaps,
the most striking and forcible expression
What is the remedy implied for the mon
strous evil of having the most prosperous
body of wage-earners on the face of the
earth? Why, low tariff, of course, which
will cut down wages all over the country.
Workmen are now striking for higher
wages, but if the Democratic press is to be
believed, they will meekly submit to a gen
eral reduction of wages under low tariff
and not make any fuss over it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
RetaIlatIon ON Canada.

President Harrison issued on Saturday a
proclamation directing that after September
/, a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied and
collected on all freight of whatever descrip-
tiOn passing through st. Mary's Falls canal
in transit TO any port in the Dominion of
Canada, whether carried in vessels of the
United States or of other nations. This
proclamation is in accordance with the act
of Congress, approved July 2G entitled
can act to enforce reciprocal commercial
relations between the United States and
Canadar and for other purposes" On the
understanding of the treaty of Washington
that American and Canadian freights were
to be treated alike by the Dominion gov
ernment, the st. Mary's Falls canal was
made free to Canadian boats. Canada has
not lived up to her agreement, but by
means of a large rebate paid to owners of
Canadian boats she has Disseminated TO the
extent of 20 cents a ton against American
freights passing through the Welland canal
In answer to the remonstrances of our
government she promised to abolish the
discrimination at the end of the present
season, thus acknowledging the injustice of
the rebate. Canada's policy was framed
with the intention of diverting the Euro
pean grain trade from the United States,
and it has been largely successful 1t is
belived at Ottawa that the Canadian Off
cals will not recede from the position
which they have taken, while at Washing
ton different opinion is held.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26

having issued from the court at Indian
apolis for the appointment of receiver
ment in the case, saying that, in all his %
years experience in the practice Of law, he
never heard of an institution where bust
ness affairs were so loosely taken care Of
Among other items which have disappeared
is one of S2OO,0OO which went to bolster up
broken bank at Philadelphia, and the
money of the members was used as a vast
corruption fund for "fixing' legislatures.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
sixth Corps Reunion.

The officers of the reunion committee of
the old Vermont Sixth army corps give no
tice that "rousing reunion" of the corps,
and of its divisions and brigades, will be
held in Washington during the session of
the national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic in September.
Commodious tents will be provided for the
veterans, the old commanders will be pres
ent to meet the "bOys" and address them,
and the committee cordially invite every
surviving member of our dear old corps to
be present on that occasion, as being the
last opportunity that we will probably have
to meet a large body of our surviving com
radesn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
NO. '35.

O5S worth. Figures prepared for the
whole year would show still larger
amount. Can there be any doubt that an
advantage must come to the farmer be-
cause of an increased market afforded by
decreased importations? 1t will be re-
menbered that the Democrats are opposed
to favoring the farmers in this way. This
subject was clearly treated in The Phoenix
of July 20. The Democrats are also op-
posed to the reciprocity clause of the Nc
kinley act which provides markets for
farm products abroad.
See the reciprocity article in The Phm-
nix of Aug. II.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
Favorable State of the Government
Treasury.

Treasury officials state that the depart
ment has balance of $4,000, 900, and the
revenues, Notwithstanding the loss of the
100000, 900 on sugar, are increasing at the
rate of 81 ,0O0,0 a month from customs
alone. This rate of increase has been going
on since the first of March. The increase
of internal revenue for the year closed July
was S3,OOO,OOO over the year before, and
this year there will be an increase of 81, 1000,
600 over the year just closed. 1t is esti-
mated that the customs revenues this year
will produce a surplus of 100000 over
expenditures.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
The Switchmen's strike.

A great strike of switchmen on railroad
centering at Buffalo, n. Y, ended Thurs
day with the defeat of the strikers, which
was acknowledged by an order from the
grand master of the switchmen's union,
declaring the strike off, and the switchmen
free to go to work wherever they could find
a chance. A large number of men were
involved, there was great disturbance of
traffic, and much property was destroyed,
The governor of New York ordered the
state militia of 5000 men to the scene.
The railroad companies succeeded in OBJ
tanning new men so that they began
moving their trains early this week. The
strike collapsed sooner than it otherwise
would because of the refusal of the engi-
neers, firemen, conductors and others to go
into a sympathetic strike. The strikers
were guilty of the grossest acts of violence,
setting cars and merchandise on fire, mis-
placing switches to wreck trains, and at
tacking men guarding the railroad property.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26

James Buchanan, Democratic Presi-
dent, after 10 Years OF American Free
Trade, IS4O-5S.
In the midst of unsurpassed plenty in
all the productions and in all the elements
of national wealth we find our manufact-
ures suspended our public works retarded,
our private enterprises of different kinds
abandoned, and thousands of useful labor
ers thrown out of employment and reduced
to want
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
HappIIY Naned.
LFrom the New York Press.

A Rhode Island turkey less than eight
months old, and already exceeding ten
pounds in weight, has been named in honor
of Grover Cleveland. The aptness of the
naming becomes apparent when we reflect
that the juicy bird will look well when he
is stuffed and that he is going to be slaugh-
tered in November.