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Year: 1866

GY- The Boston Transcript tells an amusing
story of young gentleman who, walking on tho
common a few evenings since, came in contact
with person going the opposite direction. Both
apologized and walked on A moment after the
young gentleman missed his watch, and turning
ran after the individual whom he had just met.
He soon overlook him, and drawing his revolver,
placed it at his head, and demanded that he should
instantly give up that watch. The man, terribly
frightened, obeyed, and took his departure from
that vicinity with the greatest possible expedition.
The young gentleman went home and related the
circumstance to his mother, who burst into laugh,
and told him that his own watch was in his room,
and that he had been the robber and not the
robhpd
Year: 1866

certain gentleman of Nashville, who shall be
nameless, was to have been married on Friday
night. The bride was bushingy expectant, the
minister and company had arrived. Imagine the
feelings of all concerned when it was announced
that the candidate for connubial bliss was "hung''
on jury. And there he stayed that night.
Year: 1866

eY- Portland is now Or active place, in spite Of
its desolaton. Preparations for rebuilding are CO.
ing on vigorously. A single man is employing
nearly thousand laborers in clearing away rub
bish, where he is about to rebuild and most OF
the streets are now passable. The heat, however
of the fires was SO great that very few of the wall;
left standing are safe for use.
Year: 1866

GV Every day brings us additional proofs thai
the friends of the President and his policy will


stand shoulder to shoulder in the fall election
No matter what party they have acted with here.
tofore, common enemy and common cause will
induce every true patriot TO make any sacrifice to
er war.
Year: 1866

To the Edi0r Of the Press: ..


The apple crop of this State is valuable to
the cultivator, and an indispensable necessity
to the consumer. 1 thought suggestion to
prevent the ravages of the apple worm or cat
erpillar would be acceptable and interesting.
The following remedy applies to all trees.


Make a hay rope band and wind it me der
ately tight three or four times round the tree.
securing the end to prevent its becoming loose
and falling of. The Horticulturist says a tree
with this band secured two hundred Of to ese
rebels. The band should be put on about the
first of May. In examining the traps, all that
is necessary is to slip it up the body of tree
few inches, and all the little cocoons with
the worms are exposed, and nothing rem aims
but to crush them with the hand, with or
without glove. Then push the rope back to
make it as tight as it will bear without br eak-
ing. The bands should be examined every two
weeks, as long as the warm weather lasts II
the orchard is pastured, the bands of course
must be put out of the reach of the animals
This remedy is simple, inexpensive, and quick
ly applied, and sure to trap the enemy. All
the fallen fruit should be gathered early and
destroyed, and not given to the hogs. Unless
some remedy is applied our fruit crop will be
totally ruined, and it becomes everybody to see
to it and apply the remedy, and not wait till
our trees are destroyed. One steady campaign
will subdue the enemy, or he will conquer.


ISL, s..-.. .--. A CULrIvAToR.
Year: 1866

PAvING.-The work of street paving was
commenced this week 1.-THE first of the season)
on Middle Street at the corner of Union St
1t is intended to continue the work up Mid
die Street through Market Square and up Con-
gress street as far as the intersection of Casco
Street; which will be all that can be done on
this portion Of these streets the ensuing season.
Year: 1866

ALL those who have not availed themselves
of the chance to secure some of G. W. Jarvis
superior Southern and Western Flour should
do so Immediately, as it is going like hot cakes.
Remember the place, is and 10 Market
Square
Year: 1866

We commence in our present issue. h|
authority, the publication Of the General
Laws passed by the Maryland Legislature
at the special session held last Winter -
Wo have made the Assessment Law the
initiative publication. as that law, is now
being carried INTO effect and IS one Of The
most importan; to The interest Of eur p'o-
pie that was passed by the late Legislature,
By means of this publication, it will be an
easy mater for our readers to make them
selves familiar with their rights and duties
under this law, and, as II may be an I'M
por.ant matter that they should do So We
hone that none of them may neglect it.
Year: 1866

THE DRESS QUEsTIoN.-On this subject our
ideas are entirely in keeping with the following
expressed opinion of the editor of the Auburn


Stars and STRIPES -. A good many Of our ex-
changes are protesting much sympathy with a
woman calling herself De VOLTA Free Lover
and itinerant charatan, who '.pants for notor-
ety., and was recently fined in the San Fran
cisco Police Court for promenading the streets
in male apparel They talk about Mother De-
VOLTS good sense and independence, and
hope that every woman in the country VIII ADOPT
her style and wear breeches Even Judge Rix.
whose disagreeabie duty it was under the
law to sentence the creature, could not refrain
from indulging in a bit of twaddle, to the effect
that Mother DeWolfs breecheS were the acme OF
perfection in female costume, and that, but for
the law, her wearing of them was to be highly
commended. 1t is smart and popular to profess
progres ssivencss," you know. We would like
to see some of these vulgar woman's advocates
show their faith by their works Many of them
are married men-let them array their wires in
bifurcated neither integuments, and set to
promenading the streets for the amusement of
corner loafers and dirty-faced boys. If they
not willing to do this, let them stop their sense
less defense of an abomnable outrage upon de-
cency If a man were to appear in the streets
clad in woman apparel, even though he made
no attempt to disguise his sex, the police We uld
snatch him as suddenly the boys in blue
snatched JEFF Davis when he donned his wile's
crnoline; and the plea that he considered female
garments more convenient and healthy than his
own, would not save him from merited punish
ment No more consideration should be shown
to a brazen woman who sports an indecent cos
tune for the purpose of attracting vulgar noto-
riety, Let
our wives. sisters and daughters, instead of imi-
tating them blush for those who thas bring dis
credit upon their seX.
Year: 1866

Or Secretary Stantons last visit to the late
Senator Foote, be asked whether there any
thing he could do to serve him. 'Yes, said
the dying Senator, with characteristic emphasis,
. there is thing you can do for me, and that
is to remain in the War Department to protect
the interests of the people
Year: 1866

A Panama letter states singular acci-
dent that occurred in the Bay of Valparaiso
on the Sd of May. A German named Flach
having constructed a torpedo submarine
boat made several successful experiments
in sinking and raising his boat In four
fathOms water lIo then got n party of
friends on board, and with them proceeded
some distance outin the harbor, there again
sunk his boat, with himself and friends ON
board, in thirty iathoms. No anxiety was
felt about the expedition for some time.
Flach having stated that he could remain
under water easily for the space Of six or
seven hours. Unfortunately before going
down, Flaeh was so eouiidcnt OF the sue
cess of his experiment that he would not
allow any buoy or rope 10 be attached to
the boat, and thus. no search could be- made
tor them with any certaiDfy of success
Every effort, however, 10 find them was
made by divers and others, but no traces
were had until the sth. when "A diver dis
covered the boat. Ftachs son, fourteen
years of age, was one of the party.
Year: 1866

roUI BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If You Advertise in your County Pspe'
TOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


fyou Advertise In your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE ,9...


II you Advertise in your County Paper
Year: 1866

haste as to be unable to attend to the wound
cd and the dying, who were now his only
companions. He loosened his sash, and
bound it as tightly as he could about the
wound, and seeing q dead soldier lying near
he stretched out his hand and seized his bay
onet he then thrust it through u knot
which fastened the sash, and twisted it
tightly, thus forming tourniquet which so
enectually stanched the blood that when he
was found, some hours after, the great effl-
sion had ceased. No doubt he would have
been numbered with the dead, but for the
extraordinary presence Of mind which at
once suggested the only mode by which he
could be saved. He eventually recovered,
and still lives.


Presence of mind may also be brought to
bear with good effect in many OF the trivial
conjunctures of life. 1t is often shown in
ready answer, turning anger into humor, or
overturning a false accusation, which other
wise might have proved Troublesome. There
can be no question that tmay be improved
for serious emergencies ly being cultivated
in these familiar and NOR. simple cases.


But there is one caution to be observed.
Let presence Of mind be used only as de-
fence. When employed for purposes of de-
ception, TO advance selfish objects. we
may admire it as an intellectual icat,re. but
regret must at the same time arise thai the
direction given to it is one in which we can
not sympathize.
Year: 1866

the best arms of every description that sci
cnce can afford.


The present paragraphs were not written
with the intent to undertake any description
of the Prussian gun, the details concerning
which have been SO largely scattered through
the press, but simply to record in our col
umns the immense triumph in Europe, of q
weapon which we can construct in America
infinitely better than anywhere else. We
behold the oldest and best disciplined armies
of naughty military despotism, dispersc
like chaf before il upon its first application,
and the reflection is forced upon our minds,
that the fate of any hostile array brought
against us by Europe must, necessarily, be
the same, if we but carefully improve and
employ the manifold inventions of our citi-
zens, for destructive military operation by
land and sea.


The Prussans evidently have such conf
dence in their new discovery, that the mag
isterial voice of France is no longer obeyed
by them with alacrity, while Russia with all
her countless hordes, is even less influential
when attempting to check their victorious
career. Their engineer and infantry officers
declare when speaking of the needle gun and
the claims of French, English and other in
ventors that the main secret lies in the pow
der and other composition of the cartridge
through which the needle, pressed by the
spring of the trigger, penetrates to ignite
Ci9 inside cap. They allege that the prepa-
rat..u is known only to themselves, and is
unrivdled, since il will keep good any length
OF time, whereas ordinary Illuminating COM
pounds rapidly lose their strength under the
influence OF zine and moisture Without
TINS peculiar ammunition then, even the
dreadful needle g,n would be comparatively
harmless, and no mater how many the Aus
trians may procure, tiny must know the re-
mainder of the mystery n their possession
will avail them but little.


The last struggle about to he waged un-
der the walls of Vienna, will camplete the
test of this novel and seemingly resistless
engine of warfare. Should it again prevail,
we shall have proof the more, that thedays
of human carnage are drawing to a close,
since neither number, skill nor experience
can withstand the tremendous means of
wholesale destruction which science is daily
placing at our disposal.-Mercaatile Jour-
Year: 1866

TRUE CoURTEsY.-Show me the man
who can quit the brilliant society of the
young, to listen to the kindly voice of age;
who can hold cheerful converse with one
whom years has deprived of charms Show
me the man of generous impulses who is al
ways ready to help the poor and needy
show me the man who treats unprotected
maidenhood as he would the heiress sur
rounded by the protection OF rank, riches
and family Show me the man who never
forgets for an instant the delicacy, the re-
spect that is due to woman as woman, in
anycondition or class-show me such a man,
and you show me a gentleman-nay you
show me better--you show me a true Chris
tian.
Year: 1866

Its aFce business to raise a colt right.
A great mahy promising animals are 80
handled o. rather shirked off, during the
first years of their lives that they never
come to be what they would with proper
handling. To keep colts right they must
be provided for that they Will grow right
straight along. If they get back-set In
the winteE.tt is fatal to their proper de-
velOpmenf and If the colt is obliged to
lean against the fence in the spring with
his lousy coat turned towards his head, it
is an aihdayit Of bad keeping that will
Out-sWear any pr0stestations of plenty
to eat, and fell cared for, #" tina any mista-
ken tarmelGan urge IN palllatlon of his
neglect.


In winter, colts want a dry sheltered
yard, wellAt9cked with straw racks fixed
up on railA15ke an x, across . firm bear
ing beam. These Will afford both fodder
and shelter The yard should be well en-
circled by-0pen sheds, and kept clear Of
rampant steers andall other hooking cat
tie. 1t is well enough to handle the colts
in day time and keep the hair straight
aud clean, but they should sleep at will
during the nights, and not be hitched up
by halter or shut in narrow stall.


For feed, the colts should have what
hay they will eat up clean, and the hay
shonld be Of good quality-nOne Of your
rain-sOakea and NOW burnt stuff, not fit
for bedding We abominate bad hay, and
have wished that, Just for experiment
some Of our slovenly farmers were trans
mogrifed HkeaH old fellow we have read 4
about who saas made to eat grass like an
OK till he learned some good horse sense.
Besides tEehay at regular hours, and the
straw theyIick up between times, the
colts shoulds5aYe a.feed of chopped grain,
or other mill stuff, or oats every day, a
bite of carrots now and then lick Of salt,
with dusb6f clean wood ashes in It Oe-
casionally, ahd regular access to pure
water for dffnk, All this is provision
and care wei laid ont, and that win pay
if the colts themselves are worth raising
at all
Year: 1866

Every man should engage in some use
ful occupation. 1t is his interest as we'll
as the interest of the community, that he
should do so. Employment promotes
peace of mind, the formation of virtuous
habits, tends to prosperity, and We may
say to happine ldleness, on the other
hand, beget 0usand evils. ldleness
leads to the formation Of bad assoeia-
tions, to debauchery, poverty and crime.
Every man who has any respect for him
self, should therefore endeavor to find
some remunerative employment.


In fact 1t Is better to work for food and
clothing than to remain in idleness. Ii
he cannot do one thing he can another
He should not be too particular about the
character of his employment, if it be
useful. The porter has risen to be the
owner of princely establishment. The
man is judged by his conduct, and not by
his occupation. Every useful calling is
respectable, while idleness is degrading
The youDgmen ofour land should remem-
Der this, and go to work at the earliest
possible moment. The longer they delay
the greater the difficulty to find a con
genial pursuit They should therefore
act at once, and determine to win name
for industry, sobriety and good conduct.
Year: 1866

wealthy old farmer was Absal ON Lee,
BE had but one daughter, the mischevious Kitty;
So fair and 50 good and so gentle was she,


That lovers came WOoing from country and city.
The first and the boldest to ask for her hand,


Was trinity dresss dandy who worahipped her stin:
She replied with smile he could well understand,


''Thdt sRsd Wary ape for The sake Of his sia7'
The next was merchant from business retired,


Rich, gouty and gruh-a presuming old sinner
Young Kitty's fair form and sweet face he admired


And thought to himself 81 can easily win her"
So he showed her his palace and made blud bow,


And said she might've there; but wickedIy then
Kitty told him she had long ago made rash vow


''Not to marry a bear for the saks Of his aeH!''
miser came next, he was fearless and bold


In claiming his right to Miss Kitty'B affection:
he said she'd not want for a home while his gold


Could pay for a cabin to give her protection;
Half vsxed at his bOldness but calm in 4 trice


She courtesyed, and thanked him. blushngIy then
Demurely repeated her sage aunt's advice,


''Not to marry hog for The sake Of his penp'
The next was farmer, young, bGshfuI and shy;


he feared the bold wooers who came from the city
But the flush on his cheek and the light in his eye


Soon kindled flame in the bosom Of Kitty
&c Ny life viii be one Of hard labor, he said;


'But darling come share it with me if you ean;''
81 suppose, " she replied gaiy tossing her head,


81 must HaaTgy the farm for he sake Of TIE MANN
Year: 1866

The puTplIsh gray Of twilight was rob
ing the hills; the air was laden with the
richest aroma of summer roses; the birds
in the maple sang as sweetly, and the
brook told as gladstone song as of old,
while every green grass plat and bright
flower bore some message to the calm
observer.


On a stone by the brooks green brim
sat little boy, with his cup and pipe IN
hand, listening to the birds, and the mu-
sic of the ripping water; meanwhile try
ing with all his little strength to catch
one of those airy things floating away on
the still air, and hold it in his hands,
Away he ran, as fast as his little feet
would carry him; nothing could tire his
patience, or wear out his courage; and
more than once the low brambles of the
forest scratched his face sharply, as he
fell forward among them; but with fresh
ardor he spraDg up, pursuing the bubbles
over hill and dale, slippery with dry grass;
stopping at length by the side of bub-
bling fountain, tears of fatigue and dis
cOuragement came into his eyes; then he
dipped again his cup, and blew bubbles
fairer and more brilliant than at first
Again he renewed his chase; but, try as
he would, he could not grasp it. Thus
the day passed, and the night found him
still following the elusive bubbles. Poor
child! How short the time, " he said, as
he saw the gathering darkness, Il must
60 home. or they will be troubled about
me; [ do wish there was time for just one
more bubble-I do so want one" And
slowly he walked homeward, feeling that
he had been hardly used; he only wanted
one-very moderate In his wishes


And not the child alone, who is intent
on chasing bubbles; the bearded boy, the
gay belle of fashion, manhood and old
age, each pursue it with the same ardor
as the child.


Fame, wealth, admiration How fair
and brilliant in the distancel How elu-
sive the pursuit! How empty the posses
sion!


All these shall see the night of that life
come; and like the child, find themselves
weary and disheartened.


Bubbles are not the only things-Why
substance, U5S -t forg stfui Of the more homeiy
wayside fowers-the gems of thought
and fancy, within the reach Of all
Year: 1866

A successful farmer informs us that he
has practiced, the last summer, giving to
each of hismilch COWS FIVE quarts Of cold
boiled potatoes day, and that they were
worth half dollar a bushel for this pur-
pose. Hi534d potatoes were worth moth
ing In the arket and so he boiled up
some twents or thirty gallons at a time
He says heaould see no benefit whatever
from giviu6them old potatoes In a raw
state. There is a period from the first Of
July to the6rst of August. when COWS
need some additional food, and if boiled
potatoes Will kelp them hold out their
milk till it's time to feed out the South
ern corn 4se may hope to carry COWS
through tls whole summer season in a
condition k6 yield a good profit, espeei-
ally on farus remote from the market
Maine FR 3er.
Year: 1866

We never harrow enough; we never
cultivate -enBagh Too mellow ground
cannot be made-the melloWer the better.
And yet we barrow simply to cover the
grain, unles The land is very rough This
is all wrong sBrong Let the oultivatOr
be used freely followed by the drag free
ly. Let them swim" through the soil
Some ground needs frequent ploWIng in
addition to1he cultivating. You cannot
pulverize ehoUgh. But there is no
time for alibhis True. And here is
the great difficulty. we have too much,
too much i8nd; our work has got the
start Of usand it will keep it always
when we haga SO much of it. Better eul-
tivate one agEe thoroughly than two in
the usual anner-for it will yield as
much as tlieg6Wo without manure, unless
your land IS in a very mealy condition,
which Is rarely the case. Harrow more f;
cultivate mere.-Rurok World.
Year: 1866

This world is not made for tomb, but
for a garden. You are to be a seed, not a
death. Plant yourself and you will sprout.
Bury yourself and you can only decay
For dead opportunity there is no res
direction. The only enjoyment, the only
use in this world must be attained on the
wing. Each day brings its own benefit;
but it has none to spare. What escapes
to-day is escaped forever. Tomorrow
has no overflow to atone for the lost yes
terdays.
Year: 1866

Pass not Judgment on thy fellow till
thou hast been in the same predicament;
say not of matters that are Incompetent
sible, that thou canst comprehend them
neither say, when I have leisure L will
study, lest thou mayest never have leis-
ure
Year: 1866

sgThe first policy adopted by the false
friends of freedmen was to coax them from
the South, and huddle them together in
filthy camps and towns, where thousands
persisted from exposure and disease, and
other thousands turned to a life of miser-


able vagabondage This policy was kept up
long after the fact was well settled that
slavery could no longer exist in the South
ern States. If "A true history could be writ
ten of these freedmen's camps, and a cor


rect roll made out on their dead victims, ii
might startle the conscience and dampen


the zeal of the fercest fanatic in America
But since the close of the war, which
| brought amongst its results freedom to the
whole cOlored race in America, these self
styled friends of the freedmen have inauglI-
rated q new policy, but one which is just
as destructive to the negro race as that of
pestilential camps. Under the thin disguise
of Nroiessed regard for his social and polit-
ical rights, the negroes are to be forced into
a pes ION Of direct antagonism with the
white race. As in all contests of this kind
the weaker party must go to the wall it is
plai, chat continued attrition between the
white and black race must end IN the ex-
tinctiOn Of the latter. The programme of
the ultra Radicals once adopted as the set
tied policy of the Government, and a few
generations win find the African in Ameri-
ca as nearly extinguished as the aboriGines


of the country are at present. If the negro is
simply clothed with such civil rights and
privileges as will serve to protect him from


wrong and apprehension, and thus en-
couraged to remain and work in climate
exactly suited to his physical constitution,


he will soon be able to demonstrate the
superiority of paid over compulsory service
If the freedmen of the South are encourag-


ed to maintain friendly relations with the
owners of the soil, and make fair contracts
with them for labor, working for pay the
same lands they formerly cultivated as
slaves, a few years of industry aud thrift
would find almost every family possessed 'of
decent competence or a modest indepen-


dence, and the whole South restored to more


than its former wealth and productiveness


But if the the mad fanatics and ambitious
demagogues at once invest them with full
political power, and encourage them 10


think that the country of right belongs to


them, teaching them practically that liberty


means idleness and vagrancy, then viii fol-


low such scenes Of disSension, tumult. plum


der and murder as Will make the whole of


the Southern States mournful picture of


poverty, crime and desolation.- Missouri


Republican