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Year: 1868

PREsIDKNF JOHNSON, the other day,
cOmplimented the typOgraPhers who ad-
dressed him, with the good-natuTed and
trite remark that the Presidency is as open
10 the working man in this country as to
any other order of men. This general
fashion of speaking is, after all, fallacy.
No working man ever reaches high office
here or anywhere else. Il was not tailor
that got into the chair of the President in
the person of Andrew johnson. It was
the clever lawyer, the active politician,
the Governor Of sovereign State, the loud
voice on the land, heard above the roar Of
cannon. II is always 80. No mere me-
ehanic or worker, however good and
worthy, need try for the Presidency unless
he first wins distinction in the courtroom,
the caucus or the camp.-New York Times.
Year: 1868

Which win be Sufficient TO duplicate lines TO
all or nearfy al the paying points reached By
The present monopoly.


Tne present Telegraph Companies Of the coun-
tTy have been consolidated into ons huge
monopoly and are now earning over
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS per year, or
over one hundred per cent. on the actual cost
Of their lines, theii present capital having been
watered over ONE THOUSAND per cent.


THE NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have 4 recognition from the United states
Government Of ths Importance Of their enter
prise, with grant OF the most valuable fran-
ehises ever conferred upon a telegraph COM
Pany. No competing line has ever had the
right now granted BY Congress to this company
to construct and operate lines over syery
RAILROAD and MAIL ROUTE IN the United
stases. The position OF this con pany differs
from that OF any company ever before organ
lied. The question Of the RIGHT OF WAY -
FOREVER SETTLED.


The stockholders OF this company cannot bs
sold out or TRANsFERRED to any other
company. The act OF Congress uaAsf Wbich
this company has been organized, prohibits
any trznsleF os the franchises srantec.
Year: 1868

THs ELECTION 10 being carried on with
great vigor, and it 10 doubtful which party
will come out ahead, but amid the clash Of
battle will be found men who will not finch
from their duty, but will giss and take
and these are the kind Of people that buy
their clothes Of Sam Perry, As Brady st.
Year: 1868

FATAL MIsTAKE-Mr. Alvanus R. Davis
well known as the proprietor Of the stage line
running from Windham to Portland, via Cor
ham, Thursday, came to this city and among
the other articles that he purchased was bot
tie of medicine containing a large proportion
OF laudanum. He also had in a similar bottle
some whiskey and on the trip out in the after
noon he accidentally drank from the bottle
containing the medicine and was taken very
ill and obliged to leave the stage at Little Falls
DR.. Carter was called and administered two
powerful emetics without perceptible effect,
and every effort was made to rouse him from
the lethargy, but at half past eight he breathed
his last, passing away easily and without ap-
parant pain. He was enterprizing young man
and great favorite with those with whom he
came in contact by his daily trips to this city
Year: 1868

The students of Westbrook Seminary were
addressed a few days since by Mr.. G. A. Stack
pole of this city, on the subject of temperance.
The students felt what he said. His words
came from the heart and went to the heart
His instructions will long be remembered by
teachers and students. They will ever regard
him as an earnest and eloquent advocate of
temperance and true and faithful friend to
the vouno
Year: 1868

A ALUNATIC-The New Haven Palladium
says strange crazy man, protesting at lucid
intervals to be from Portland, Maine, has been
wandering around Mystic Bridge lately. The
authorities sent him off on the train for Prov-
denee. He amused himself on the way by i'm
agining his coat tail to be fishing rod and all
outside the car Nindow a pond, where at
length he imagined he caught founder
which he drew in with much evident satisfac-
ton at his good luck, exhibiting it to the par
ties in the depot on his arrival there.
Year: 1868

AT a Parish meeting of the Second Univer-
salist Society, ON Wednesday evening, there
was very large attendance and it was almost
unanimously voted to Sc the old lot of this
society at the corner OF Pearl and Congress
streets and purchase the lot on the opposite
side of Congress street, at the corner of Pearl
known as the Hussey lot. This lot is 126
feet ON Pearl and 125 feet on Congress street.
1t is splendid location for church, and it is
expected that arrangements will be perfected
SO that the foundation and yestry walls will
be put up this summer.


PETTENGmLs MNsTRELs.-We readily en-
dorse the opinion of numerous good judges
in deciding that Pettengill's minstrels that
performed in City Hall Thursday and last
evening, are the best that ever visited our city.
The music both vocal and instrumental was
excellent; the jokes new and not too numerous,
while the amount ofgenius displayed in each
branch of the entertainment was wonderful in
its way. Charley Pettengill has no superior
as minstrel in the world and we hope the
time is not far distant when we shall receive
another visit from them.
Year: 1868

"A new fish-hook has been invented, the
shank of which, instead of ending in an eye
doubles up almost its entire length, SO that
the new hook looks like hair pin with a
barbed hook on one shank This continuation
of the shank acts as lever to turn the hook
in the mouth of the fish and insure a catch,
Year: 1868

MAUD's REvENGE.-The young ladies of the
High School repeated "Maud's Revenge" yes
terday afternoon with a better audience than
assembled the day before. The mock heroics
of the piece and the skill displayed by the
youthful artistes in rendering it amused and
interested all present in the highest degree The
extravagances of "Maud's Revenge are even
more laughable than those of "Pepita." If it
could be performed with the advantages of
scenery and the other usual theatrical acces-
saries its success would be unbounded The
novel features of the orchestra are especially
deserving of notice. 1t is to be hoped that this
charming operetta will be repeated sometime
after it 'cears off"
Year: 1868

GOOD drainage promotes health saves use
less expense, and is necessary for long life and
happiness. Cement Pipe is the best thing
used for the purpose, because most durable
and cheapest in the end. Please send in your
orders early. may 20. eod2w
Year: 1868

A Busy PLACE.-We yesterday visited the
establishment of the American Water Works
Company on the corner of Lincoln and Preble
streets. There are in all about fifty workmen
engaged here now, and our first impression on
entering was that each one was trying to see
who could make the most noise,-and the
longer we staid the more convinced we became
that each mans endeavors was success.
Besides being the noisest this is one of the
busiest places that we ever visited About
seventy sections of this pipe are now turned
off daily and set away ready to be cemented.
The temporary building erected for this pur-
pose is 100 feet long by 40 feet wide, with an L
of the same width and fifty feet long. Thus
far all the pipe has been cemented at Sacca-
Kappa, but arrangements are now being made
and will soon be perfected, to do part of it
here. The process of making the pipe is quite
interesting: The iron is delivered at this es-
tablishment in sheets about six feet long and
three feet wide. A sheet of this is first taken
and trimmed the proper size, when two men
take it and place it under mammoth punch
ing machine, when at one motion the end is
perforated with holes about three inches apart.
1t is then turned and the other end punched
in the same manner. 1t is next run between
three rollers which gives it the tubular shape.
After this the riveters take it over the man
chills and the rivets are inserted and fastened
with sets. Three of these parts are then rivet-
ed together which forms section ready to be
cemented.


1t is all under the foremanship of Mr.. Buck
man machinest of this city,
Year: 1868

LEcTUREs.-A highly interesting and in
structive course of lectures on Physiology and
Hygiene have been given the past term before
the students of Westbrook Seminary by Dr.


Foster of this CITY, Such lectures ought to be
given in all our advanced schools and colleges.
Year: 1868

A traveller while vending his way thro''gli
the eastern portion Of the State Of New York
stopped over night at the village Of $,
with some friends, who were great wags. IN
one Of the bed rooms Of the house there was a
bedstcad fastened by pulles to the ceiling
Night time came, and the traveller was shown
to his room. A girl led the way, candle in
hand and after pointing out the bed, departed
with the light saying that she needed it for
the other dodgers. The traveller undressed,
and groped his way to the bed, or to the spot
where he had seen IT, but was amazed to find
that II had disappeared. From cornertocorner
he gropsd. be. the search was nseless. Some
what frightened, he commenced shouting, pro-
claiming that the house was bewitehed. Tho
landlord and two or three of his guests, bearing
lights, answered his emphatic summons, and
Just as he was about to tell the story Of tho
missing bed, he looked, and 10 there it stood
as it was before He tried 10 inform them OF
his inability to find the bcdstead, but they only
laughed at him, telling him he must be crazy.
Bidding him good night, and advising him TO
60 to bed at once and sleep off his dehrium,
they left him. AS soon as they had shut tho
door he made dive for the bed, and landed on
the floor. lie then began to halloa and yell
louder than ever, aud darted for the door. In
attempting to descend the stairs he fell head
long to the bottom, making such terrible
noise that all the inmates rushed TO him 10
learn the cause of the disaster. Again he told
his story. but it was received with rdicnle.-
To satisfy him that he had been mistaken, ono
of the guests proposed TO enter the room with
him and remain there until he should fall
asleep. The proposition was gladly accepted,
and IN about twenty minutes the traveller was
sound asleep. The wags then gently hoisted
the bedstead almost to the ceiling, and COM
menced shouting {" fire, murder, etc. Thor
oughly alarmed, he spTang out Of bed; but tho
distance being fully six times what he had CAL
culated, he imagined that he had fallen over
fifty feet Fear seemed 10 strengthen his lungs,
and he shouted like trooper, procaming that
the house was haunted, and that the imp Of
darkness had attempted to fly away with him.
The other guests who had entered the room,
codly pointed to the bedstead, saying that II
could not have moved but they were unable
to shake the belief that his internal majesty had
taken refuge in the mysterious bed.
Year: 1868

An intelligent and thrifty farmer says
"But for the cooperation Of my boys should
have failed. worked hard and so did they
The eldest is near twenty-one, and the other
bovs in the neighborbood, younger, have left
their parents mine have stuck to me when
most needed their services. l attribute this
result to the fact that | have tired to make
home pleasant for them. I have furnished
them with attractive and useful reading; and
when night comes, and the days labor Is ended
instead Of running with other boys to the rail-
way station and adjoining towns, they gather
around the great lamp, and become absorbed
in their books and papers"


Such is substantially the testimony Of
farmer who has known how hard the struggle
for footing on free soil without capital Is
and how valuable and comparatively cheap
are the aids which good reading brings HIM.
Year: 1868

demanded how it came into the possession Of
the Countess.


Then the dying woman told her. Poor Es-
sex when arrested, remembering the injunction
of his royal love, gave the ring to the Countess
begging her to convey it to the queen. But
her husband, bitter enemy of the EarIs,
persuaded her to keep it. Had she obeyed
the imprisoned Earl in all probability lie would
have been saved.


The countess mplored the queen to forgive
her, but with the fury of an enraged tigress the
queen sprang forward, violently grasped the
dying woman. saying: "May God forgive you,
never can" and Immediately left the room.-
From that moment the queen sank rapidly,
and died at Richmond in 1909, just two years
after Essex.
Year: 1868

MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT asnsr-
lar fact that no President Of the United states
up to thepresepttimebas bad a child born IN the
White House. It is understood that tho TACT
will not exist long after the fourth Of March
next.
Year: 1868

BIsnnP LEES LECTURE at the Congrega
tiona. church last evening was not so large
ly attended as it deserved to be. A crowd
ci house should have rewarded the lecturer
for the treat he gave his audience. As i,
was the Young Meas Christian Associa-
ton will realize something, but nothing
near what it should have been. Those
who attended were much pleased with the
ecture
Year: 1868

A . 'OAA9 AAg'S We ~0' WV
Of the most remarkable sights in
Kentucky is the crow roost, sew
en- miles from Lexington, on the
Danville pike. The roost is so
old that the mind of the oldest in
habitant of the blue grass region
runneth MOTTO the contrary. Many
years ago the roost was nearer
Lexington, but as the trees were
cut away the crows moved south
ward, always seeking the next
piece of timber. At the present
there are no large forests in the
country near the city, and
many pieces of timber have been
called into requisition to lodge
their black highnesses. Hundreds
sleep in the open fields for want
of limb, and the wrangle over a
desirable bed in treetopis some
thing fearful. By the amount of
cawing and jawing done every
evening, we should think the
question of reconStructing the
roost, or moving it altogether,
was under discussion. Wether
the crows will ever abandon their
ancient rOostS is a matter of some
doubt, but judging by the fact
that hundreds, if not to say thou
sands, have already given up the
trees and roost on the ground, we
incline to the opinion that when
there are no more trees all will
content themselves with a bed on
mother earth. A gentleman who
lives near the roost, and who has
a fine locust grove in front Of his
house, was surprised one evening
to see it black with crows. For
time it all went well but the
roost became popular, and every
evening there was a wranele to
| see who would get it. AS the de-
sirable place would hold only a
| few hundreds, and there were
some thousands who nightly ap-
piled for lodging, the noise and
confusion became intOlerable.
Sometimes in the middle of the
night an overloaded limb would
break, and then a battle would
ensue, lasting not unfrequently
until daylight. Tired out with
the din that banished the idea of
sleep, one night the old fellow
and his son sailed out with shot
guns and slew some hundreds of
their annoying visitors. Next NOR
ming the crows were all gone, and
returned no more to that grove.


The other evening we drove out
to the roost, and witnessed a sight
we shall not soon forget. 1t was
four o'clock when we arrived on
the ground, and already the crows
had began to arrive. At sundown
they were coming from all direc-
tons, and long lines continued in
tering the woods from every quar-
ter until dark. Each flock had
its f1ier or leader, who few oyel
the tree tops until he found his
roost, when the head of the col!


umn lighted, the rest circling
round and round and winding
themselves about the chief. Only
a few crows would light on the
same tree where the leader light


ed, from which fact we judge he
is a sort ofan aristocrat with the
common herd, and that the per
sons who slept on his tree were
his royal family and crows higt
in authority in the flock. Wieth


er we imagine it or not, certain i


is that on one tree only two o


three crows sat, who kept up al


incessant eawing, and every nov
and then one would quit the tree


and. after fiVing to an approach
Year: 1868

Jennie June" thus discourses in one of her
spicy letters to Boston journal Delicate hands have
always been the theme of praise Of poets and lovers and
there IS charm about them must admit; STILL the
mere charm Of whteness and softness entirely second
ary in my opinion, to the still greater charm of


like best TO hand slender and delicate enough not to
offend critical taste but also not afraid OF freedom and
impulse A kind hand, willing hand, capable hand,
as well soft and white hand. But II Is the softness
and whiteness that the chief object OF attainment
and various the means, diligently and perseverngly
tried by fashionable bellies 10 achieve this desirable
result Now II is not an easy matter for healthy girl to
obtain unfOrmlywh hand If the blood flows actively
and in swift currents 1t will sometimes rush TO the
cheeks and sometimes the hands, and generally 1t does
this just when it is not wanted covering the poor subject
Of its vagares with still more vivid bushes OF shame and
modification. Why girls should be mortified at flush
which simply shows youth and health, IL is hard TO
but they so, and it be because fashion has de
creed mpassveness OF appearance and manner as the
desirable Of virtues and voted the natural cir
cuation of the blood common and vulgar 1t is medical
fact that the deicacy Of appearance common 10 most
American girls is owing to their sedenary habits the
want of activity the circulation Of the blood and the


ncpent liver complaint, which afterward changes them
into premature old women. When their youth has de
parted they know that they could well have afford
ed little Of the health which produces permanent beau
ty the expense Of their scky delicacy. But who can
make them believe IL nowP
Year: 1868

The order of attachment issued by Judge
against the Union Pacific Railroad Company the Credit
Mober of America and Others for the parties defend
ant to show why injunction should not issue
against them, returnabe yesterday; but owing TO
the nOnappeaTance OF the witnesses the question dld
not for adjudication On motion OF Mr. Shear
man. plaintiffs counsel another attachment order was
issued for their appearance conditioned in penal sum
Of $4,000 for violation thereof Mr. Shearman Informed
the Court thatOne Of the parties defendant Mr. Ham
had been arrested by deputy sheriff In obedience TO the
order of the Court made the 2lst but that order
staying proceedings having been served on the Sherh


few minutes before the arrest was made he was dis
charged from custody The Court then directed alias
attachment returnabe Aug 25 TO issue against Mr. Ham
Year: 1868

On Sunday night, just previous to his
departure from the city, General Howard
addressed congregation of freedmen in
Wesley Chapel on Liberty street. A briei
notice Of his remarks was published in the
REPUBLICAN and also in the Crescent. 1t is
noteworthy that in each report it was
stated that the General confined his re-
marks to the moral and religious duties Of
his hearers, and did not say any
thing which could be tortured into charge
of political discussion. Another city pa
per, however which has published no re-
port Of the address, makes general charge
in this mornings issue, in these words


Among the distinguished departures from
our city yesterday was General o. o. How
ard. Before leaving he delivered an ad-
dress to the colored folks, in which religion
and politics were strangely blended.


1t would be interesting to know when
and where that address was delivered.
Year: 1868

The old dodge of attempting to bribe
voters with the promises of situations has
recently been revived in this city with in.
different success. Under a thin guise of
encouraging the ,colored people to vote
the COpperhead ticket, an absolute bribe
is held out. The offer stands thus Ifyou
will vote the Democratic ticket, and can
produce the written certificate of any
white Democrat to that effect, you shall
have plenty of work but If you vote for
the Radicals you may starYe if you like,
for We shall not employ you. As there
are some eighty odd thousand able-bodied
colored voters in this State, and as they are
nearly all Republicans, the chances are that
the Democracy intends to completely disor-
ganize our system of industry. How long
will it be before we hear a whine that
"the niggers will not work.


To the colored men we merely say, pay
no heed to these movements. They are
founded upon wrong principles, and can
not be carried out. Any man who employs
another to work for him does SO with a
view to making profit on the transaction.
And strong arm and skillful hand COM
mand higher price ia any labor market in
the world than the most orthodox political
opinions. An engagement for labor found
ed upon a political consideration would
naturally be very short and unsatisfactory.
Therefore, celored men, vote as your judg-
meut directs you, and work for the man
who pays you best. asls7h ~ N
Year: 1868

The Democratic papers have figured II
ont to their own satisfaction that the Re-
publicans in Maine will require more than
twenty thousand majority to insure vic
tory. Fortunately the victory has been
assured, according to the Democratic
arithmetic; but we tremble when we think
what the consequences might have been if
the majority had not exceeded l9, 500! We
hope such rule does not apply in all the
States. An odds of twenty thousand votes
in about one hundred and ten thousand is
asking too much.
Year: 1868

and that, considering the bad condition OF the
track, as proven by the evidence, this rate OF
speed was altogether too fast This is an Opt :
ion which many unfortunate people took with
them into eternity, if any consciousness OF
worldly events passes the portals of the grave,
and which many poor, manned and bereaved
wretches will entertain to their dying day; but
it is not satisfactory verdict for jury
to lay before the country as palliative for
heartless bloodshed. 1t is unfortunate that the
jury in this case should have been selected from
community living on the line of the railway,
and thus, by implication, identified more or
less with its interests. The verdict is in fact,
an apology for the Erie Railway Company, and
perhaps nothing else could have been expected
under the circumstances.
Year: 1868

ternal pressure shall be brought to bear upon
it. In due course of time, when all the ma
lignant conflicting influences at work In Mexico
shall have mutually annihilated each other,
new generation Of Mexicans will gladly well
come from the great neighboring republic the
advent of fresh elements of civilization, power
and prosperity. "After us the deluge" seems
to be the present motto of the Mexican revo-
lutionary leaders; and after deluge that shall
have drowned them all the rainbow of hope
and promise will shine.