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Year: 1868

HE LATEST AND GkEATEsT BEAR FIGHT.-
On the 10th of September, Thomas Tyley
foreman in one of Priest & Gray's numbering
camps, met with quite an adventure. He
was returning to camp when he was attack
ed by bear, which he did not see until it
was within ten feet Of him. Tyley was
armed with rifle and hatchet, but the
encounter was so sudden that he had not
time to take his gun from his shoulder before
the bear was upon him. Tyley then showed
the true courage Of Michigan soldier. He
is very large and powerful man, and stands
about six and half feet high, so that the
bear found no easy customer to handle. 1t
was struggle of life or death, and each
determined to conquer or die. The bear
was too close to shoot, so clubbing his rifle.
he tried to beat him off. He also tried his
Ratchet until the bear struck it out of his
grasp. They then came to closer quarters
and clinched, when it became a trial of
strength, and both fell to the ground. Tyley
broke from the anything but tender embrace
OF his bearship. and springng to his feet he
placed the muzzle of his gun against the BEARS
shoulder and fired. The bear not liking this
style of fighting retreated few yards, and
then returned to the attack with redoubled
fury. Tyley clubbed his gun, and met him
with a heavy blow across the head, after
which they clinched and again came to the
ground. Tyley regained his feet, and struck
the bear three heavy blows on the head and
back with the barrel of his gun. The bear
then made a hasty retreat leaving Tyley
very badly bruised and ready to give up the
contest.


lie returned to camp covered with blood
and dust, and says if any one wants to fight
a bear he is willing they should have the
chance but be is satisfied with what he got
His left arm and shoulder are rretty badly
bruised
Year: 1868

This splendid Tonic is now used by all classes
of people for every symptom of Stomach out
of order.''


The secret of it is this: Plantation Bitters are
certain to correct the juices of the Stomach set all
its machinery at work. and enable it to resist and
throw off the approaching danger. The tendency
of the operations of Nature is always towards a
cure all she needs is little assistance at the
proper time. How much more reasonable and
sensible it is to help her along with gentle, yet
powerful Tonic, than to deluge and weaken and
defeat her curative processes with poisonous drugs
and fiery mixtures, which only stupefy and plant
the seeds of disease and DEATH
Year: 1868

A SNAKE SToRr.-Old Deacon Sharp never
told lie, but he used to relate this: He
was standing one day beside frog pond
we have his word for it-and saw larce
garter snake make an attempt upon an enor.
nous bull frog. The snake seized one of the
frogs hind legs, and the frog, to be on a par
with his snakeship, caught him by the tail,
and both commenced swallowing one another
until nothing was left of either of them.
Year: 1868

A great French Physician says: "More than
half of the diseases in the world comes from neg
lect to fortify the SYSTEM against changes of eli
mate, weather, and food. The great secret of
health is to keep the condition of the Stomach
and Blood regular aud uniform so that changes
from Heat to Cold, from Dry to Damp, etc., can
not upset the machinery of the body, and breed
disease"


Now, it is fact, positive and well-known, that
there is no such bulwark and assistant for the
Stomach as
Year: 1868

Maxey's improved Spring Bed Bottom,
advertised in another column, is the best
thing of the kind that we have seen or
tried. We are highly pleased with the
one we have In use, and think every one
who gives Il trial win be satisfied with it,
We would not be without it for any lea
sonable consideration.
Year: 1868

authority is unnecessary to the assurance
that his brain was clear at all times, his
writings strictly analytic and methodical,
and their reasoning logical. To be sure, his
transcendcnt intellectual powers may pre-
sent problem for wonder If not for solu-
tion; bat the idea of their being the product
OF insanity will never once occur to the
readers mind; for every sentence of his
compositions appeals solely to the rational
faculties exerted in the fullest liberty, and
not one of which indicates an intention 10
force an acceptance of his principles by an
arrogant assertion of them. And vet, to
the shame of some writers of the present
day be Ii said, that an oft-cxposed calumny
upon the fame of this illustrious scholar,
and most benevolent, useful and virtuous of
men, is still circulating in our midst, to the
great injury of the cause of true science and
Christian religion, of both of which he was
valiant and faithful champion.


Those who are desirous of knowing the
origin and character of this very erroneous
charge against the sanity of Swedenborg,
can find full exposition Of it in Mobiles
Appeal" And of those who, from what
ever motive, repeat it ut this day, it may be
asked whether they may not be committing
great wrong, and one that is likely to re-
suit in more injury to their own character
for intelligence than it possibly can to the
name of one who has unquestionably taken
rank with the noblcst and purest of Chris
tian philosophers.
Year: 1868

reflect that 3 sound mind and body are The i-o.t
NECESSARY requisites to promote connubial aAp-
piness' Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage m
prosp ct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed w't9
the melancholy reflection thai the happiness g
another becomes blghtcd with your own
Year: 1868

country and for the time putting their YES
sells dnder foreign flag? think IL would
not be just.


As to pntting a stigma upon these gentle
men, think that is a very curious Way TO
look at it. If they had not brought their pe-
tltlon here nobody would have known any
thing about it; no stigma would have been
put upon them by Congress. 1t is very curl
Gus logic that people come voluntarily into
these Halls and say, We have done a Ger
tain thing which you DO not approve, which
the country does not approve, which does not
approve itself to the mind of any right think
ing man, perhaps, for the sake OF gain, or to
avoid loss; we ask you TO restore to us not
only the advantages we have lost thus volun-
tarily, but TO give us a preference, in fact,
over others who took different course from
us, and it you do not do it it is putting a
stigma on us" That is hardly an argument,
l think, to be addressed to the sense of the
Senate on question of that description.


Why, sir, the argument which the Senator
rom Connecticut makes that they did this
thing because the country was unable to
make them secure in the possession of their
property might as well be carried further,
and 1t would justify any other mean or dis
loyal act that was done by any man simply
because he thought himself in danger at the
time his country was in danger. You may
carry it out to justify desertion, or efen
treachery, as more is granted to one who de-
sires to save his property.
Sir, am opposed to this whole thing. not
only on the general principle that carrying
this out the effect is materially to injure the
interests OF men who were not exposed TO
the charge to which these gentlemen are ex-
posed. They must take the consequences of
their own act. They chose voluntarily to
take their chance for the sake of gain. Let
them be satisfied with it, and having saved
their property and made their gain, let them
not come and ask Tor more at the expense of
Others who are more worthy in that particu-
lar than they are themselves. During the war
all these vessels were in fact British vessels.
They were under the British flag, engaged in
British commerce; and their interest was, as
it was the interest of British commerce, to
destroy ours, what we had to destroy; and 1
am told as matter of fact that .he enemy
got probably more information in regard to
us through men sailing these vessels which
were transferred to the British flag than they
did from any other quarter. They were act
Ing against us all the time necessarily, be-
cause they were British ships; and now they
come and demand that they shall be taken
back again under our flag. 1 think that [
would extend mercy to the rebels that the
honorable Senator from Massachusetts, speaks
of to-day quicker than / would grant petit
tiOn OF this kind
Year: 1868

All citizens of this State who rejoice that great
civil war has happily terminated in the discontinue
of rebellion; who would hold last the unity and in
tegrty OF the republic, and maintain its paramount
right to defend to its utmost its existence while
imperilled by secret conspiracy armed force; who
are in favor OF economical administration of the
State and National expenditures, of the complete
trpaton of the principles and policy OF slavery, and
the speedy Reorganization OF those States whose
governments were destroyed by the rebellion, and
the permanent restoration to their proper practical
relations with the United States in accordance with
the true principles ofrepublcan government, are
quested to send Delegates TO Convention to be hold
en- in City Hall, Portland, on Wednesday,
July Ssh. at II O'Clock M, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for Governor, two candidates
for Electors at large, and to transact such ether bus-
ness as may properly come before the Convention.


The basis ofrepresentation will be as follows: Each
city, town and plantation will be emitted to dele
gate and additional delegate for every seventy
five votes cast for Joshua L. Cham 5erlain at the
Gubernatorial Election OF 1866. fraction of forty
votes will be entitled to an additional delegate.


The State Committee will be in session at the Re
ception Room of the City Hail, from to II o'clock
A. NJ, on the day of the Convention Tor the pur-
pose of receiving the credentials of Delegates and
to hear and determine all of contested elections
subject to ratification by the Convention.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Fessenden-That makes a worse case
than had supposed. 1t seems now that at
the time the vessel was being built the own
ers deliberately came to the conclusion that
they would put her under foreign flag, and
tor that purpose made sham sale. So it
seems they are solely responsible for it, and
it was deliberately DONE 1 do not see how
their case differs in the slightest possible de-
gree from a great many other cases where
the same thing was done in precisely the
same way.


The vessel was built early in the war, when
the building of vessels was comparatively
cheap. At this time, in consequence of the
war itself, the cost OF building vessels has
almost doubled. Now, it you choose to bring
back all these vessels thus sold-and they are
quite numerous-you bring into our COM
merce to compete with vessels that were moi
thus sold and vessels built at the present time
at double the cost vessels that have not cost
more than half as much, and thus affect their
interests and the interests of building
| generally.


Mr. Chandler-The Senator will permit me
to state that there were ten hundred and sew.
| enty-siX vessels in all that either changed


theI flag or were destroyed-a very large
| number.


| Mr.. Fessenden-I call that very large
| number. The Senate will see at once wha
| the effect would be upon the existing com


merce that has been built up, so far as i


could be bailt recently. 1t is giving to thos'
| men who choose not to run the hazard owe
| those who chose to run the hazard, as man,


did, this striking advantage. Is that dealin


Justly by those who scorned to cover thei


property in that way, by disclaiming the pre-


lection, so far as it went, Of the flag OF thei
Year: 1868

Owing to certain ,misrepresenta-
tions put in circulation, il is perhaps
necessary for us to make an explain
alton to this Club. aa


About the time of the removal Of
this Office to ontpresentnew quarters,
Mr.. Isaac II. Page. the Secretary Of
that Club, brought us long commu-
nication purporting to be the pro-
ceedings Of their fair, and the annual
address Of Mr.. Page to the society
We explained to Mr.. Page that ow-
ing to The hurry, and confusion Incl
denl to our removal and the pressure
OF other matter, and the fact that we
were crowded for rooms and short of
help, that we could not find room for
anything more than a synopsis of it,
until we wereceived our new press, which
we were just then starting for.


After we had returned from Chica-
90, and before we had got our press
and office Strengthened out, and before
we had found time to insert the adj
dress and proceedings aforesaid, Mr..
Page called in one day and demand
ed the manuscript, as he said by the
direction of the Club, which is the
last we SAW Of it until its appearance
in the Mercury


At the time he made the perempt-
tory demand we explained tohimt the
circumstances, which in our opinion
ought TO have been satisfactory to
him, and to the Club, if properly rep
resented to them, for the non-appear-
ance of the documents in our columns.


We make this long and tedious ex-
planation, for the information of the
Club, who will bear in mind how
cheerfully We have seconded their
efforts from the inception of their or
and because we are in
formed that it has been represented
to them that we refused to publish
theM proceedings which without these
qualifications is not the whole til
Year: 1868

Just wait until you see my sister"
said Charlie, calmly.


Well, have waited, and Charles sis
ter married member of Cong gress, and
Edith is yet shaking her curls in the mat
rimonial market, and the girls are begin
ing to talk of me as settled old bachelor.
But what is a fellow to do? I can't ask to
examine their teeth, as if they were horses,
nor can l pull their curls, as if I were a
barber, nor have the confidence to burst
into their apartments at ten o'clock at
night, to see wether they have any rouge
pots or pearl powder there!


l suppose there are some genuine arti-
cles. Charles sister was one, but a fel-
low does run such an appalling risk, and I
shall never cease congratulating myself on
the escape I had once upon time. One
lesson of the kind ought to be enough, and
in my case it shall be. These are my rea-
sons why didn't propose.
Year: 1868

In Louisville young man issued LEAP
year invitation, and sent the following no.
tice to contractors for publication in the
Courier:


The undersigned, feeling the need Of
some one to find fault with and grumble
at, when business matters go wrong; and
being lonely, with no one to hate him
and, whereas, having arrived at the pro-
per age, he is therefore determined to
" come out"


Sealed proposals will be received until
II o'clock P. NJ. of the 31st of December,
1868.


Applicants must possess beauty or its
equivalent in currency, the latter much
preferred; both would not be objected to.
She must possess sweet and forgiving
disposition, and when one cheek is kissed
turn the other-that is, if the right man
is kissing. She may not chew gum, nor
wear long dresses in the street nor fire.
quent sewing circles !; nor go around beg
ging for charitable purposes nor read the
paper first in the morning; nor talk when
l am sleepy; nor sleep when am talk
ing; nor trade off my clothes to wander
|


ing Italians for flower vases; nor borrow
money from my vest pocket while I sleep
nor hold looking-glass over my face at
such times, to make me tell all know.


She must believe in sudden attacks Of
chills, and make allowances for their effect
on the nervous system. When her &c old
bear" comes home from "a few friends, F."
rather affectionate, she must not take ad-
vantage of his state and wheedle him into
trips to watering places. And, above all,
she may not, on such occasions, put ipecac
into the coffee she prepares for his "poor
head"


She must sit up for him, when he hap
pens to be detained to late hour on his
g committee" or at the "lodge." But
when he does return, tired and chilly, if
she has retired, she will be expected as a
good wife should, to roll over to the other
side, and give him her warm place.


A lady possessing the foregoing qualif-
cations, positive and negative, can hear of
something to her advantage, by address
ing the undersigned, inclosing a red stamp.
All proposals must be accompanied with
satisfactory evidence of the ability of the
applicant to support husband in the style
to which he has been accustomed.
Year: 1868

Ludicrous blunders some times occur in
cases when ignorant persons attempt the
use of language of the meaning of which
they know nothing. Not long since,
while travelling from Pittsburg to Cincin-
natl, two rather verdant specimens of the
female sex came ON board the boat at one
of the landings, whom, for the sake of dis
tinction, we will call Mary and Jane
Now, Mary had her eye teeth cut, or in
other words, was acquainted with the rules
and regulations which govern genteel soci-
ETY.. Jane, the younger, had never mixed
in society to any extent. Her language
was such as she had heard among her rustic
acquaintance. Mary was aware of this
fact and therefore cautioned her to observe
how she Mary acted, and govern herself
accordingly. Shortly after, while seated
at the dinner-table, the waiter asked Mary
what part of the fowl she would have. She
informed him in a very polite manner, that
it was perfectly immaterial." He accord
ingly gave her piece, and then inquired
of Jane what part she would prefer. 81
believe will take piece of the inmate
rial too"
Year: 1868

IF LAUGHTER BEGETs FAT, it is no less
true that scolding is the parent of meagre-
ness. Who ever saw plump termagant
The virago is scraggy-scraggiuess is the
badge of all her tribe.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says: A small, clean potato, with the
end cut off, is very convenient medium
of applying brick dust to knives, keeping
it at .bout the right moisture, while the
juice of the potato assists in removing stains
from the surface. We can get better
polish by this method than by any other
we have tried, and with less labor.
Year: 1868

Nice beef may be known by its color ;
the fat will be of oily smoothness and in
cline to white, rather than yellow, while
the lean will be of an open grain, bright
red. Yellow fat is sure sign of an infe-
rior quality.
Year: 1868

Nothing sets so wide a mark between a
vulgar and noble soul as the respect and
reverential love of womankind A man
who is always sneering at woman is gen.
orally coarse prohigate, or a coarser
bigot.
Year: 1868

For the greatest human intcllects there
is no exception from the common doom. I
have sometimes thought how sublime must
have been the emotions of that man whose
privilege it was to stand by the coffin of
Shakespeare and gaze on the sweet and no.
BILE face, when death had called out all the
strange beauty that ever lives there. 1t
was worth lifetime to have stood there
one minute, to have laid your hand on that
broad brow, and started at the cold chill,
and so pause, to have called up in memory
all the magnificent creations of his genius,
and worship him there in silence and the
gloom


But he is dead and gone


At his head grass green turf,


At his heels a stone


So they all go. Man dies, but nature
is eternal. The seasons keep their ap-
pointed time; day returns with its golden
splendor, and night with its eloquent mys-
terry. The same stars which lit up the
ghastly battle field of Troy, rough with
the dead bodies of ancient heroes, which
shone on the marble streets of imperial
Rome, and on the sad eyes of vigil Sleep
ers in the living glow Of inspiration
watch fires Of the angels which through
centuries of devastation and change, have
still burned on nceasingly-speak to us
as they did to Dante, Shakespeare and Mil
ton. of the divine glory, omnipotence, the
everlasting love and beauty of God.
Year: 1868

The New York Sun, in urging upon
Congress the necessity of at once re-
ducing the taxes, talks thus sensibly
about paying the National debt:


oThe idea that the National debt
must be hurriedly paid is an absurdity.
The country has lately come out Of an
exhausting war, and it is the worst
policy to compel it, while thus weak
and crippled, to strain every nerve for
the mere sake Of seeing how soon it
can cash the war-hill. The country
needs a little time to recuperate from
the late exhaustion. Give it time to
regain its strength; fmpart a fresh
start to productive industry, business
enterprise, and the development Of ma
tiOnal resources, and it will be able to
pay the debt with comparative ease
The true policy is to drain the cOun-
try as little as possible by taxation,
until it shall have regained its ante-war
prosperity. There is neither neces5i-
ty nor excuse for the opposite COURSE
All that the government really re-
quires is enough money to pay its cur
rent expenses, and to meet the interest
payments on the debt. Foreign gov
ernments never trouble themselves
about the principal Of their indebted
ness, being well satisfied if they can
pay the interest. We should not take
them for financial models, but their
policy shows that there is no need for
the course which our government is
pursuing. Ten or twenty years hence,
for instance, the amount of the pres
ent yearly tax in this country could
be raised without half the injury to
business it now entails"
Year: 1868

The following is the resolution,
respecting General Grant, adopted
by the New Hampshire Republicans,
at their late Convention: "Resolved,
That in behalf of tho loyal people oi
New Hampshire, we do hereby pro
claim, as our and their first choice for
next President of the United States
General Ulysses S. Grant, who led
our armies to victory and our coun-
try to peace. Reticent and sagaciOus
in council, seIf-possessed and daring
in battle, modest and magnanimOus
in victory, he is first in the confidence
and first in the hearts of his country
men,
Year: 1868

Why ''merry Christmas" and chap
py New Year?' and why not the
conditions transposed? When the
little folks ask you this hard ques
ton, tell them that merriment is only
proper as a temporary condition, and
hence it is only desirable for a day
Christmas Day. But happiness is for
a longer period, and therefore is ap-
as applied to a period-A
New Year New York Commercial
Year: 1868

Mr.. Thomas, who fred at the ring
master in a circus at Eaton and killed
Miss Campbell, in October last, has
been convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree, and sent to State Prison
for life. Eighty-six jurors were called
before the panel was filed. The
Court in discharging the jury said that
if the evidence established the fact
that the prisoner had not killed the
one he shot at, the crime would be
only manslaughter. But the jury re-
turned the verdict as above. Thomas
was one of the three who started the
affray, and it was proved that they at
tended the circus for that purpose
All were intoxicated at the time.
Year: 1868

POTATO ROLLs.-Boil two pounds
of potatoes, pass through a cullender,
or mash them well; add two ounces of
butter and pint Of milk, a little salt,
one gill yeast, and as much -four as
will make a soft dough; set them to
rise. When light, cut them in cakes;
let them rise one hour, and bake
Sweet potatoes make beautiful biscuits
mixed as above.
Year: 1868

Queen Isabella, of Spaid; is unable
to find a Prince that will marry her
eldest daughter, a young beauty with
dark flashing eyes. All courts decline
to enter into the bonds Of
relationship with her Castilian Majes-
ty, although the young Princess is
rather good hooking, and is said to be
a very amlable girl. The bad charac-
of the mother for chastity may have
something tod with this.
Year: 1868

A little four year old pet stood look
ing out of the window a few days ago,
when an expressman stopped just op-
pOsite, and tied up the horses tail to
prevent it falling in the mud. She
watched the operation intentIy for a
moment, and then called out eagerly,
90, see, Annie! the expressman is
making a waterfall for his horse"