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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
In the Churches YESTERDAY.

The Congregational and Liberal
churches observed Christmas yesterday.
In most Of them sermons appropriate to
the Advent were delivered, and the ap-
propriate music-whose programmes
have been published in the PREss-were
finely rendered by the choirs. There
were Sunday school concerts in the after
noon or evening at number of the
churches. There was large attendance
at all the services. The churches were.
to a greater or less degree, decorated
with Christmas trimmings
Today the Episcopal and Catholic
churches will hold their Christmas SER
vices with the special music already
noticed, and Christmas decorations. The
State street church will hold service at
the morning hour also.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Irven R. Webster of Cambridge,
Mass, is in town visiting friends.
The engineer, William q. Willcutt, was
kindly remembered by the ladies and
gentlemen of Hotel Winslow, State
street, with Christmas turkey.
Professor Oscar Faulhaber has re-
signed his position as head of the French
and German department. of Phillips-Ex-
eter Academy. For more than score of
years Professor Faulhaber has been con-
nected with the academy, and hundreds
of New England students have enjoyed
and appreciated his instruction.
Mrs. John A. Bellows read paper on
'Plppa Passes'' befor the Browning Soci-
ETY. IN Boston last week. Mr.. Thomas
Whlttemore prefaced the essay with a
reading from the poem.
The friends of Miss Ella Lewis will be
CAD to learn that she is recovering from
her recent illness.
captain Seaman of Montreal, port
captain of the Dominion Steamship
Company, who is in town for the winter,
is confined to the house by illness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
BosWoRTH RELIEF CORPS.
Sneak Thief, During Meeting, Steals
Members Pocket Books.

A meeting of Bosworth Relief Corps
was held Friday afternoon at which a
committee of five members was appoint
ed to make arrangements for the cele-
bration of the anniversary of the corps
to take place in May next.
When tie ladies went into their ses-
sion in the hall, Mrs. Alexander. the
guard, was the last one who went in, and
was also the first one to come out after
the session. The ladies had put their
wraps in the ante room, and when they
went out resumed them. Mrs. Alexan-
der's pocket book was in an inside pock-
ct of her coat. and so was that of anoth-
er lady. Mrs. Alexander had $40 in hel
pocket book, and the other lady had S.
While the corps was in session some one
entered the ante room and stole the mon.
ey from the pocket books.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
ALL A HUMBuG.
So Hon. Frank Jones and MIR. Ferguson
Say of the Talk About an Electric Road
Between Boston and Portland.

A hearty laugh was the reply made to
the question What do you think OF the
proposed electric railroad between Bos-
ton and Portland?D which was promul-
gated to Hon. Frank Jones by news
paper correspondent. THAT talk has
been going on for years, and the same
stories will be revived annually. When
you see an electric railroad in operation
between those cities you may expect the
resurrection day to follow. / have never
heard any one talk of carrying out such
an undertaking. 1t will take more sub
stantial talk than has been made to
make me believe the story. 1t is an
impossibility to carry out such an I'M
dertaking successfully at this time"
The report was shown to Mr.. Ferguson,
of the firm of Shaw & Ferguson, electri-
cal contractors in the Exchange build
ing, by reporter, and he said as he
read it,
All this is in the air at the present
time. The writer probably got hold of
some one who had heard the matter dis
cussed as probable and built story out
of it. 1t is not an impossibillty, and can
be done at moderate expense per mile
say about $4,000 a mile with double
where necessary, and equipment.
But there has been no move toward
putting. this plan into practice. am
sure there has not been, but it will come
sometime have no doubt. We run now
seventeen miles, line from Haverhill
to New buryport The Lynn and Boston
operate from Boston to that city. 1t
MO rnIa hi W. IL 10 rrof
possession of somesof these roads, In this
state corporation would have to get a
charter from the legislature or authority
to build from the railroad commission
ers, and i'll Maine it would be necessary
to go to the legislature, which does not
meet until a year from this winter, so it
| is easy to see that this story is all on
| something still in the air.
There is great future for the electric
road" said Mr.. Ferguson. People like
| electricity roads. The fares are cheap
and it is pleasant riding on them. When
| they get a line from Boston to Portland
the fare will probably not be over S..
There is no reason why electric roads
| should not make faster time than steam
roads. Of course the motor cars would
| have to be built with larger wheels, and
| the motors would have to be larger and
be built with especial reference TO speed.
| Motors are growing more efficient and
| cheaper every year.
Inside of our time person can charter
car on an electric road, to accommo-
| date thirty persons, and go on an excur-
| sion from Maine to New York, with a
buffet at one end, and every convenience
| now found in the steam trains. The cost
will be moderate too.n
Mr.. Ferguson said the Boston and
Albany could operate its circuit line by
electricity for so per cent of whatit cost
to run it by steam. The Boston and
Maine could operate its suburban lines
to Wakefield and Reading for half the
expense by electricity that it costs by
| steam.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
A New Years Gift Hera1ded

Tie measureless popularity of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters has been the growth of more
than a third OF u century. AS in the past, the
coming new year will he ushered in by the
appearance of Il fresh Almanac, clearly set Ing
forth the nature uses and operation of this
medicine OF world wide fame. 1t is well worth
perusal. Absolute accuracy in the astronom.
ical calculations and calendar will, as before
be valuable characteristics, while the reading
matter will Include statistics. humor and gen
eral information, accompanied by admirably
executed Illustrations The Almanac is issued
from the publishing department sof The Hos
letter Company at pittsburg. and will be print
ed on their presses in English German. French
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland, Be-
hemian and Spanish. All druggists and coun-
try dealers furnish it without cost.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
Bowdoin College.

The appointments for the '68 prize
speaking were announced at the close of
the term. Only six men are appointed
all from the senior class upon their abill-
ty in writing as shown in the work of
the first three years. This opportunity
is regarded as the highest literary honor
of the course. Following is the list:
Harry E. Andrews. Kennebunk.
Frederick w. Pickard, Portland.
George. A Merrill, Pownal.
TIC. Chapman, Springfield, Mass
Fred libby, Richmond.
Edgar M. Simpson, Newcastle
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
Worked the Racket Here.

Our readers may remember case pub
lished short time ago of woman in
one of the Maine towns who was visited
by several men who said they were en-
gagged to work ON a road and wanted to
engage board for the party. They picked
out rooms ate hearty dinner and got
her to cook lot of provisions for the
rest of the gang, who were at work and
could not come to dinner Evidently the
gang has struck Portland for the same
racket was worked at the ST. james
on Free street the past week by men who
claimed to belong to an electric light
company.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
Happiness.
Is it a good thing?


The children want to come to the
Christmas Club festival. Not for the
dinner only (because, thank God, the
great majority have dinners at home)
but for the good time, the music, the
enterta inment, they being in friendly
touch with humanity-a happy unit for
the time.
1t was told us centuries ago that the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. We have
all had glimpses of that heaven"
Freedom from evil thought, harmon
ious relation with the ghbor, and the
enjoyment of the highest sensibilities
make to us the heaven on earth. Such
for few bright hours is the atmosphere
of the Christmas Club.
Is it a good thing? E,S.S.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
G1ories of India.

Tonight, Mr.. stoddard will give the
last lecture in his course at City Hall.
The topic will be 'sThe Glories of India"
and it is said to be one of the finest lee
lures Mr.. Stoddard has ever delivered.
There are few good seats left at Stock
bridges, and they should be secured to-
day. Mr.. Stockbridge will keep the
store open all day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
The Last Chance.

The gray, disagreeable weather of
Saturday morning was followed by clear
ing skies and rapidly rising temperature
in the afternoon. The sidewalks and
stores on Congress and Middle streets
were well filed in the afternoon, but in
the evening there was a tremendous jam.
The mild weather and magnificent moon
light brought out the town. At J. R..
Libby's dry goods store police officers
had been kindly placed by Marshal
Tricky, and the crowd passed in one
door and out at the other. At other
prominent stores there was also a rush.
People had to be careful how they
walked, for the soft weather brought
down the ice from the roofs of buildings
and made the sidewalks very slippery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

People of Portland, please help us.
We want to make this a festival worthy
of the name.
We need help from you all.
Will you send US candy, fruit, cakes,
nuts and raisins-nioney!
We shall be in the City Hall Tuesday
and Wednesday to receive anything you
will contribute towards the children S
pleasure.
club to register their names, pay in their
fees and lend hand.
We want all children in Portland to at
tend our festival Thursday, December 2S,
at o'clock.
CHILDREN's CHRISTMAS CLUB.
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A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Patrick j. Hollywood's FaIl-Sad Drown
ing at Harpsweli-Other and
Minor Mishaps.

John s. Prince, youngest son of Sam
uel G.. Prince, aged 25, and member of
the firm of s. c. Prince & Co., of Orr's
Island, and George Black, another resi-
dent of the island, and member of the
schooner FL. W. Black, went cunning in
a punt Friday morning last at Bailey's
Island. All that is known is that the
men rowed through what is called
Wills's Gut, near which place the punt
was picked up by a fisherman. The punt
was bottom up and the forward row.
locks broken. At the homes of the
young men nothing unusual was suspect
ed until Friday night and as they did
not return an alarm was sent out. 1t
was then learned that the punt had been
picked up. All the men and boys on
the island were set to work graphing
the Gut Saturday afternoon with the re-
suit that the bodies were found, that of
Blacks being found near the shore while
the body of Prince was about in the cen
tire. Both men leave wives.
Patrick j. Hollywood Gets a Serious Fall
Patrick j. Hollywood, laborer, who
resides on Danforth street, was en-
ployed as stageman on the coal laden
schooner, lying at Randall & McAllis-
ter's wharf Saturday night discharging
coal. The bucket with the coal it con-
tanned, swung around and knocked him
off the stage into the vessels hold, dis
lance of 25 feet. His thigh was broken,
and he was badly cut about the head,
and possibly sustained internal injuries.
Drs. Sullivan and O'Neil administered
to him until he was taken in the ambu-
lance to the Maine General Hospital.
Yesterday he was very comfortable and
the surgeons thought he would recover.
He is unmarried.
A Fatal Fall.
Little Ethel B. Quincy, aged 10 years,
daughter of Lemuel D. and Lizzis A.
Quincy of Quebec street, met with a
fall last Tuesday that resulted in her
death during Friday night. She was
skating on the sidewalk when she fell
and struck her head. She went home
and complained of a headache, but ap-
peared to get over it. Friday she grew
worse and that night died unconscious.
She was NorthSchooI scholar and much
beloved by teachers and pupils.
Minor Accidents.
Mr.. Len Wallace, stage manager at
Portland Theatre, cut his hand badly
with some glass Saturday afternoon,
severing two arteries necessitating the
services of a physician.
Saturday afternoon, little son of Mr..
VIM. N. Davis, Is Paris street, about
two and half years old, put stick in
the fire while his mother was absent
from the room fer an instant, and the
flames communicated to his clothes. His
mother returned just in time to extin-
guish the flames with rug. The child
escaped serious injuries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
The New Boston Steamer.

The Bath Times says that the keel of
the new Portland and Boston steamer is
being laid in the New England ship
building company's yard while the mill
was> started up this week to saw the
frame. A large share of the timber
needed (oak) is already in the yard SO
that the work can go on very rapidly.
The frame will be iron strapped to give
greater structural strang 9Th.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.

A merry Christmas to all.
The store of Ira T CLARK & Co., cloth
iers and furnishers, will be open until
noon.
Park Commissioner Smith requests
that Portland people will send their
Christmas trees, after they have been
used, to Deering Oaks for the deer. The
Park Commissioners now have to send
to the woods for evergreen for the little
animals.
DR.. Blanchard will lecture on 'sSocra-
ties and the Religion of Greece tomor-
row evening.
One of the heaviest undortows of the
year was heaving into the harbor Satur-
day, and considerable damage was done
to vessels lying at the wharyes by chat
ing. There was scarcely any wind, and
dense bank of vapor hung over the
bay. Yesterday it was very mild, and
much of the snow had gone from the
streets.
The BARRIERS will close their places of
business at 12 o'clock noon today.
The prize doll at the Little Samaritans'
fair weighed six pounds, four inches.
MI. J. ]. Pooler, landlord of the Sher-
wood, guessed the nearest to the correct
weight.
Rev. Mr.. Perkins has found in the bel
fry of the First Parish church trunk
containing full supply of the original
records of the parish from 1888 down to
date covered by papers already in the
hands of the parish.
Superintendent Roberts will give the
poor at the almshouse Christmas din
ner, and an entertainment will be given
them in the evening.
Whole number of arrests for the week
was 55, of which 45 were for drunken
ness.
The Portland Yacht Club will hold it's
annual Smoker at the club house next
Saturday evening.
There will be Christmas service this
morning at State street church, at 10. 80
o'clock.
Ex-Oficer Smith, who, it was reported,
had been drowned in South America, was
seen and talked with Saturday, and said
he was unable to give any reason for
such report.
There have been many fine puhlica-
tons for this holiday season, and all
have sold well, in fact souvenir editions
of standard works have become quite a
fad The Stevens & Jones Company
have had an immense trade in this line,
considering the general condition of bus
mess. and will close out all holiday
goods remaining on their counters at
prices that will sell them. Open till
noon today.
The annual meeting of the Martha
Washington Society will take place
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. at Mrs.
N. E. Redlon's, Brown street.
The Sarnia will take the Oregon's
place in the Dominion sailing dates. as
the latter ship is receiving new smoke
stacks. The, Warwick will be the next
boat to arrive in the Donaldson line.
C. S. Fairfield is to give the children
of the Protestant and Catholic orphan
asylums free sleigh rides at different
hours this afternoon.
The committee on laying out new
streets filed report Saturday, recon-
mending the laying out of Marion street
from Washington to Sheridan.
Portland Commandery will elect Off
GERS today, and at H. 45 a. m. will assem-
BILE at the armory to drink the health of
the grand master of the order.
The anniversary of the birthday of
Robert Burns will be observed by the
Burns Club on January 25th Governor
Cleaves, Mayor Baxter and others will be
invited to attend
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
Horse Breaking.

Tonight, at Congress Hall, Professor
Beaver will tame five wild, vicious
horses. Professor Beaver uses the Glea-
son method which drew so many specta-
tors when Professor Gleason was here
some seasons ago. The hall should be
crowded tonight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
Smashed a Building.

A heavy snowslide, or rather ice slide,
from the roof of Williams block on Con-
gress street yesterday. smashed part of
the roof and two Windows of Aliens
candy and cigar store on Chapel street.
Deputy Marshal Sterling covered the
breaks with canvas and notified the own
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

There was great deal of travel on the
railroads Saturday. The trains from the
east were forty-fve minutes late and
station agent Whitney put on special
which left at ~. IS p. m. over the western
division. A special arrived from the east
ut & u M
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
At the Post Office.

The post Office will be open today as
follows: Cashiers and general delivery
window will be open from s 10 a. M,
and to 2 pm. Delivery by carriers will
be made at I'm. and residence delivery
at 1870; collection at IL a. m. and 2 pm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
has been used over Fifty Years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
. he Gums. allays Pain. cures Wind Collie, reg
uIates the bowels, and is the best remedy for
Darrhoea whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c. a bottle
apr17MW &F&wtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

No Christmas and New Years table should
be without bottle of DIR. Siegerts Angostura
Bitters, the world renowned appetizer of ex-
quisite favor. Beware of counterfeits.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
st. Luke's.

Services at St. Luke's this Christmas
morning, will be held at 1890 O'Clock
instead of II o'clock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
H. H. HAY & SON,
Middle Street.
~ N
Messengers Notice.

Messengers Notice.
Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County
State of Maine. Cumberland IS, Dec. 23d,
A. D., 1898.
T1HIs is to give notice, that on the 22d day
u OF December A: d., 1898, a Warrant in In
soivency was issued out of the Court of Insol-
veney for said County of Cumberland, against
the estate of
EDWARD X. WHITNEY, of Harrison,
adjudged to be an Insolvent Debtor, on petition
Of said debtor. which petition was filed on the
22d day OF December. A, D., $685. to which
date interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor, and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by him are forbidden by law. That a
meeting OF the creditors of said debtor. to
prove their debts and choose one or more as
signees of his estate, will be held at Court of
Insolvency to be holden at Probate Court room,
in said Portland In said County of Cumberland,
on the 18th day Of January, A. D., 1894, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written. SAMUEL d. FLUMMER,
Eeputg Sheriff as Messenger of the Court Of
Insolvency for said County of Cumberland.
dec2b&jan1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

New Wants, To Let, For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
heir appropriate heads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25

Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed: Castoria!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENT TODAY.

Stevens s. Jones Co.
H. Fl. Hav & Son.
Schlotterbeck.
Messengers Notice.
Lung Kuro.
Loring, Short s. Harmon.
Notice-Chase Leavitt & Co.
ADJUSTMENTS.
City Hall--Children's Christmas Club.
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We have a new line
superior in every
way to all others.
Also the low priced
ones, 81 and 75c.
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
LIVING scAREcRows.
A Farmer Utillses His Children to Keep
Crows from Pulling Up Corn.

A Farmer UtnlEes His Children to Keep
Crows from Pulling Up Corn.
A wre;king gang on the Delaware
division of the Erie Railroad we're
clearing up a wreck at Nobody's
Block, not far from Cochecton, N. j.,
last week, when their attention was
called to curious, shrill, cooling
sound which came at short and regu-
lar intervals from cornheld directly
across the Delaware River in Wayne
County, Pa. They made an investi-
gatiOn, and found that the sound
emanated from the children of Ger
man farmer who had been stationed
around his cornfleld to scare away the
crows from pulling up the young and
tender shoots of corn. The farmer
had been unusually we'll blessed with
progeny his wife having borne him
no less than twelve children, includ.
ing four pairs of twins. He had been
yearly bothered with crows in corn
planting time, and he had adopted
all the scarecrOw devices In common
usage among farmers, such as placing
stuffed straw men in the fields, string
ing Irvine over poles with bits Of white
rags auttering i'm the wind, ETC., but
the crows had become used to these
things, and, cpow-like, would post
their sentinels in lofty tree-tops to
give warming OF danger while their
companions were at work uncovering
the hills.
A happy Thought struck the farmer
by which he could protect his corn
and utilize his several offspring.
Aiming two of them with old tin
pans each day, he placed them in the
field at 4 O'clock in the morning and
told them to call out 600! cool" and
pound their pans whenever they saw
any crows flying near When the
children became tired the father re-
placed them with two others, and
thus by successive relays the crows
were kept away. This process was
repeated each day until the corn was
of size sufficient to protect itself.
1t was this strange noise, kept up all
day long, from early morn till eve,
that made the Erie wreckers marvel.
1t is said that this is the second year
in which the Wayne County farmer
has protected his cornfelds with liv-
ing scarecrows. New York Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
Engaged Couples in France,

After q girl has passed her eigh.
teenth birthday she is thought to be
une demoiselle a marier, but it is
considered bad taste for the parents
themselves to make any effort to
achieve a daughters marriage
Young men, excepting in the country,
where far greater liberty Is allowed,
are seldom asked to visit a family
where there are grown-up daughters,
and, under rare circumstances, are
never asked TO come to lunch or
dinner. On no account would a
French mother allow her daughter
to speak to a man of known bad char.
acter or obviously unfit to become her
husband.
Marriage is an ever present posi-
bility In France where young people
are concerned, and as may be easily
this has both its advantages
and disadvantages. None Of these
rules apply to near relations Abroad
families sec great deal Of one an
other and cousins hardly ever develop
into husbands, probably because they
are allowed to see so much OF their
younger cousins.