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Year: 1875

In o heavy fall of snow, a sufficient
quantity will collect upon a weak roof
to break it down or force the rafters to
spread and distort the shape Of the
building. Much damage occurs every
winter by neglecting TO clear roofs of
snow Immediately after storm, A
barn roof is not often accessible, nor
is it safe or agreeable to stand upon
tile roof of shed and shovel snow
while "a northeaster is blowing We
suggest the following plan OF doing
this work in more Comfortable fash
ion A board II inches wide and I
feet or less in length is fastened to 8
long rope One end of the rope i:
| thrown over the barn roof and held by 6
person on the rear side, who draws
the board up on the roof until il
reaches the peak. The person in from
then draws the hoard down and
scrapes the snow down with it The


board is then drawn up again, the per


son in the front guiding it to the pro
per place with this end of the rope


The one in the rear steps along each


time the board is drawn mp distance


equal to its length, so as to bring The


scraper in the proper position eacf


time. To facilitate the drawing %


the board up the roof, short rope IL


temporarily fastened to its upper edge


and 10 the long rope, by which it il
made to lie flat as it is drawn up. Tht


roofs should be cleared as soon a


possible altar each fall of snow
Year: 1875

About two months ago, Mrs. Lucille
Thompson, n handsome young widow,
arrived in san Francisco from Wash.
ington in search of employment. Her
husband was an officer in the army and
had fallen upon the field of battle She
brought with her letters of introduc-
tion from prominent officials in the
First Assistant Postmaster Generars =
office. Her years were on the sunny
side of thirty. She ives Il prepossess-
ing blonde, and withal a well-educated
lady, with vivacious tongue In her
head. She had served as clerk in
one of the departments at Washington,
but her health failing she threw up her
position and went to California, hoping
TO regain In its salubrious climate hel
health and strength. She applied In
vain at,the Mint and at the Post office in
tho city for something to do.


n prominent official whose voice had
once been heard in the halls of Con
gress, interested himself in her behalf
and endeavored to secure some light
occupation for her, failing in which
and as a last resort the young widow
started out as bookcanvasser. Sht
solicited subscribers with but indiffer
cnt success. In one Of the offices visi
ted by her she met an elderly bachelor
named Watson, He was millionaire
and needed only wife to make HIN
happy. He Immediately made love tt
the forlorn book canvasser. and withiI
twenty-hours after they had met pop
ped the question; which was accepted
They were married on tho followin,
day, and on the last trip Of the Ajax t


Portland the newly.weddcd and happy
pair went home. Another lady ha


undertaken to finish the work begun b,
the happy bride.
Year: 1875

Z


SECOND ST. DOORS WEST of MARKET


The undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public that he has on hand a
large and well selected stock of FALL AND
suitable for Ladies', Gentlemen, Misses and
Children, which are manufactured from the
best material and made In the best manner,
and VIII be sold as low as the same article can
De optalned In this or any other city. Ladies'
and gentlemen buying at my store will have
the advantage OF a large and varied assort.
ment from which to select q fashionable and
neat fitting boot or shoe, The public are cor
dlaily invited to call and examine my stock
may2l-u JOHN X. ABCOCK,
Year: 1875

It isn't always best to be too spunky. In Mount Joy, Ohio, last Friday, a young lady and gentleman were amusing them selves with a pair of scissors, when the young man threatened to cut her nose off, thinking, of course, that she would draw her head back when he would snap the scissors at her; but she wasn't to be scared or dared, and stood her ground, and the consequence was he cut the end of her nose almost of. The doctor managed to stick 1t on again, but it isn't the same nose that it was before. CS1eci1o- 11tt6 Enquirer.
Year: 1875

Was it the voice of bell or bird

 Which, careless, 1. half.hearing. heard!

 It bubbIed forth with laugh inblent,

 And girlsh scream of merriment.

 And these the words on my ear that fell.

 You can't most always sometimes tell.

 marveied much sucn words to hear,

 But smiled at their conjugation queer,

 For in them was pregnant thought,

 To be in many judgment wrought,

 For what is ill or what Is we'll

 We can't most always sometimes tell

 The outside glitter of worldly show

 Obscures the meanings that turk below;

 We gaze and wonder and think we see, But our eyes are blurred by the glamOury, We check our verdict, saying, "Weil,

 We can't most always sometimes tell" Superlatives ID dress and air

 May take the careless by their glare, And simulated virtues shine As bright as jewels from the mine; We judge the kernel from the shell, But we can't most always sometimes tell. So verdicts every day are given Of many matters Lnder Heaven; With honest hearts and truthful tongue They earnestly are said and sung, Where people pray or preach or sell, We can't most always sometimes tell. That smiling look may haply hide A covert where the gloom abide The dullest tone in jaw or love May treacherOus and wicked prove; The smooth mien hide purpose fell We can't most always sometimes tell. But if 'tis thus, reflection saith: We loose in men all living faith; The people moving rOnnd about, Are seen through clouds of fear and dosbt, And they may say of us as well, We can't most always sometimes tell.
Year: 1875

A country dog came into town on business with hl5 master this morning and went down to the steamboat landing to inspect the SuDnyside. There he met two city dogs who were strutting around looking for something 10 eat or a fight. They proceeded to make the acquaintance Of the country uOg, out not inclined to such sociability, country walked away, but was followed by the city CUTS, who were not long in kicking a three cOrnered fight. The dispute was near the edge of the dock and withing three feet of a horses heels. The horse turned his head to see what the noise was all about, and taking the situation at @ glance, turned partly around, and giving one of the city dogs a broadside, kicked him clear into the river. The un- pleasantness between the other two dogs ceased at once. When the kicked dog came out of the river, he trOtted down Second street in reflective mood. while his city companion stood behind bale 0f cotton, undecided what to do.-IrOy Press.
Year: 1875

This Is the season for SOWING wheat
in the south, and every one who at.
tempts to raise a bushel of this grain
should know how to prevent the growth
of smut, which is Il foul and blighting
parasite. We regret to see mistake
made by Mr.. Lynch Turner, chairman
of committee of the Pulaski grange
in this state, appointed 10 examine
into the cause of smut in wheat. having
wide circulation in agricultural papers
as Il matter of fact to be relied on by
farmers. The report of this committee
was first published in the Rural sun,
with editorial Endorsement. The mate
rial part of the report is copied into the
Rural New Yorker which SAYS: This
is an important subject, and one which
oranges, farm clubs and individual
farmers throughout the country should
investigate. This association of farm
ers recently becoming so popular and
successful, inauguratcs n new era in
the progress of American agriculture.
etc.


The error into which Il half dozen
agricultural papers have been led and
the Pulaski grange committee in the
first start of this nominal investigation.
has its origin in the fact that all these
intelligent and respectable writers for
the press entirely overlook the careful
observations and studies of men of
science, aided by microscopes applied
to the investigation of parasites ON
wheat during the last two hundred
years. This is one among a thousand
cases where book knowledge has great
value to the farmer to prevent serious
mistakes. Not to do Mr.. Turner a
seeming injustice, we copy from hi,
published report H. follows:


This is small, browni,h bug.
about the size of buffalo gnat, which
makes its appearance soon after harvest
times, and deposits its eggs in the cleft
of the wheat grain. These eggs are,
of course, sown with wheat in the fall
and when termination takes place
these eggs are, Of course, sown with
the wheat in the fall, and when germ
ination takes place these eggs are en-
veloped in the plume and carried
upward in the future growth of the
stem until, perhaps, the latter part of
NAV, when those conditions favorable
to insect life Obtain, and the larvae are
hatched, and may be found in one or
more Of the lover Joints Of the stem
Year: 1875

Some of the young men of this place tried
to scare the girls by getting up bachlor's
club. the chief feature in it being hat no
member should marry for two years, but as
the girls appeared indifferent about the con-
cern the thing Of course collapsed.
Year: 1875

A Washington despatch says number of
bets have been made there on the Ohio elec-
tion on basis of the election of General
Hayes as Governor, and of the Republican
State ticket by majority of twenty-five
thousand. The Democrats are not anxious
to accept bets at these figures.


The Richmond Wing argues that one of
the main features OF the Democratic policy in
the next Congress must be the maintenance
of state rights, although mot the old doc
trine that each state is sovereign within
herself, and that all unconstitutional laws
enacted by the federal government may be
rightly resisted by any commonwealth that
may dare to disregard them."


Tha result of the election in California will
be to disorganize the Dolly Warden party, as
che Independents in that state are called, and
to place such men as Newton Booth, Senator
from that state, on the uppermost shelf of
oblivion, where they belong. The state is
Republican on National questions, beyond all
doubt.


The bogus reformers in Wisconsin have so
thoroughly disgusted the Norwegian voters of
the state-a powerful element, by the way
that they have suspended their central news.
paper organ, Den Liberale Demokrat. and 1t
has been revived as straightout Republican
newspaper. In short, every indication points
to the political redemption Of the state.
Year: 1875

1t is an old trick of the Democracy to be-
little and avoid the real issues of political
campaign, and to endeavor to turn public
attention from the questions of the hour to
some imaginary subject of dispute. They are
famous for defending positions which have
not been assailed. Just now the Democratic
journals in this state are pretending that the
principle of religious federation is threatened,
and that the Republican party has committed
itself to a warfare of creed and sect. The
charge is not new one. 1t is standing
campaign dodge of the D Democracy, aud has
been brought by them against every party
with whom they have been brought in con-
fict. They have ever endeavored to play up
on the fears and prejudices of religious de-
nominations, sometimes by representing that
the opposition favored the establishment of
state church, sometimes by asserting that it
was instigating a crusade against freedom of
opinion.


Charges like these are not worthy of seri-
Gus consideration. In a country where the
pagoda of the Buddhist, the synagogue of the
Israelite, and the tabernacle of the Mormon
stand side by side with the church Of the Chris
tian it is absurd to say that the principle of re-
ligious liberation is not firmly grounded and
generally respected. Certainly the charge of
sectarianism in religion, or prejudice of blood
cannot with any show Of reason be brought
against the Republican party. That party
grants the broadest liberation, and is entirely
free, as an organization, from religious or
race preferences. So long as members of re-
liglous sects and men of alien races conform
to our laws and to the spirit of our institu-
tions' that long are Republicans pledged to
to their protection. 1t is in the highest de-
gree absurd to accuse of race prejudice the
party which has secured the protection of
our naturalized citizens abroad and the dis.
avowal of the doctrine of perpetual alle-
glance. 1t is in bad taste for party to
speak of intolerance when one of its fore :
most leaders has just advanced the demagogic
plea that the industries OF the country have
been ruined by "Chinese cheap labor"
Year: 1875

People have heard so often of revival of
business, and the revival has so often failed
TO put in an appearance, that they have be-
come incredulous. Proof enough, however,
to convince the most skeptical, is accumulat-
ing. 1t is now the third year since the pam
ic, and the period of depression has about
run its course. Trade has opened with un-
usual promise, and larger orders are coming
in than have been seen for many months.
The revival is especially noticeable in the shoe
and leather and dry goods trade. Retail
stocks have run very low, and merchants
find it absolutely necessary to replenish. The
tendency is to buy s'close" and for cash, and
to avoid overlooking shelves. A return of
confidence and consequent unlocking of
capital is also indicated. A considerable
shrinkage of values is apparent, noticeably in
leather, not so marked in dry goods.


The favorable tendency of trade, restora-
ton of confidence, and approximation of val
ues to gold basis, are alike encouraging to
producer and consumer. Unless some great
disturbance to business occurs steady prog
ress toward ''hard-pan'' cannot be impeded,
and the return of prosperity cannot be far off.
The only threatening feature in the situation
arises from the visionary and dangerous cur
rency schemes entertained by many of the
prominent leaders of the Democratic party,
and the support which these schemes may re-
1t is but just to say that the interests of busi-
ness demand complete stamping out of the
imitation heresy. Any movement of the peo-
pie which looks toward the endorsement of
imitation will produce distrust, will unsettle
values, will destroy confidence. 1t is the
duty of every business man in Maine to show
by bis vote on Monday next that he and the
state are opposed to the dangerous tenden-
cies of the Democratic party.
Year: 1875

BRIDGroN, Sept. 8, 1875.
To the Editor Of the Press:


A very interesting case of change f?) of re-
ligious sentiment is reported in this town. The
great Democratic leader or rather dictator in
this locality has recently concluded that it is
high time that he should look to his future
we'll being. He was once an active party in
the Congregational Society, but in time that
became too unweldly for him to manage as he
now controls the Democratic party, and lie then
took hand in organizing the Universalist So
ciety. About three weeks since, however, he
rose early Sunday morning, harnessed his horse
and rode to a locality in this town known as
''Pinhook." There small church of the Free
Baptist denomination is located. To that house
of worship this notable mon repaired. After
service there was conference; and the audi
ence who knew the man were greatly surprised
to see him rise and hear him speak. He had
been an attorney for and against members of
his audience He was not only known but re-
membered by many of them. Every eve in
that little church was fixed upon the Demo-
cratic autocrat as ne rose and proceeded to
speak something as follows:


Friends and Neighbors:-You ara doubtless
surprised to see me in this meeting, and par
ticularly to have me address you; but have of
late been thinking that as I am growing old. it
is time for me to look little closer to nv life
and prospect for the future. have dcne
great many things 1 ought not to have done
Perhaps some of these people here think that /
have at times in business been hard on them.
am sorry if such is the case, and desire for
giveness. came to the conclusion few weeks
since to seek better course of life; and l
thought there could be no better place for me
to make public my desires than in this little
church with these good people


The venerable Democratic leader continued
in this strain at some length. trust that he
is sincere, but there are lots of wicked people
who say that the old gentleman is dreadful
tricky, and is merely taking this as means
to win votes for his SOD, who desires to be
elected Clerk of the Courts PrNHooK
Year: 1875

Reports from various parts of the state in
dicate that the Republicans are awake to the
importance of the occasion, and that an un-
usually full vote will be polled. The Demo.
Gratis are generally very active in a quiet way,
and will bring out large vote, but we can
easily hold our ground if our party friends
will but spend time to go to the polls. Our
danger lies in feeling that the Republican
majority is so large that thousands can stay
at home without affecting the general result.


In this county the Democracy are making
a special fight, and it becomes every true Re-
publican to give his earnest efforts to the
work of bringing out full vote. Let no one
excuse himself from doing his duty. 1t is
the same enemy, animated by the same pur-
poses. In order to secure his defeat, let Gen.
eral Apathy be cashiered and General Actiyi-
ty be place in command.
Year: 1875

IF the neurology man of the PRESS failed
to put in an appearance Wednesday the same
charge cannot be brought against the man
who holds that onerous position on the
argus. Does the argus man forget his
little adventure Wednesday night, after the
Worcester and Nashua reception, when he
hurried to the office and wrote an obituary
of Enoch Lincoln? Does he remember re-
plying to the remonstrance of an attache by
saying "But have the best authority for
saying that Enoch Lincoln is dead. I heard
Gov. Washburn say SOP" Does he forget
that he was only induced to forego bis prof.
ect by the solemn assurance that Gov. Lin.
coin died forty-six years ago? Dare he deny
these statements on his honor as a gentle
man?
Year: 1875

An earnest desire to justify your generous conf
dence, and strong regard for the honor and aoel-
fare of State, inspire NTH the firm resolve to
spare effort and to consider no other consequences
in the ededUor to faithfully discharge the duties that
aoil be incumbent on if your choice shall prove
to be the choice of the people also. pledge you and
thousands for avhom you act in that event, honest
purpose and ced determination to make the public
good my single aim and constant care.


Gen. Connors Acceptance
Year: 1875

The argus announces a doctrine which
we were not before aware formed part of
the Democratic platform. 1t is belief in
hell-fire. Possibly this accounts for the gloomi-
ness of its tone during the last few weeks.
Among those whom it consigns to eternal
torment are the know-nothings. Does it in
clude the Democratic candidate for Senator
from the Portland district?
Year: 1875

Our Republican friends should be careful
to arrange their business so that they can be
at home to vote and work on election day,
and those temporarily absent should be urged
to return in season. Every voter should be on
hand next Monday.
Year: 1875

Now is the time to prepare for correction
of The voting lists before the Beard Of Alder
men Friday and Saturday. Every Repub-
lican should look up all cases requiring at
tention in his neighborhood and either take
care of them himself or promptly notify the
CITY Committee.
Year: 1875

WHAT suffering Republican that fellow
must be who yearns to vote for Benjamin M.
Baker of Windham who was so anti-Republi-
can and benighted in 1866 as to vote against
the abolition of slavery, and also for Mr..
Brown of Pownal who howls about salary
grabbing, and executed steal of two dollars
when member of the Legislature! That
suffering Republican has always voted the
Democratic ticket
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
hut as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu.
nications that are not used.
Year: 1875

In view of the facts that the Republican
majority in North Carolina on the popular
vote was $1,000, and that the Democrats only
carried the convention by gerrymandering
the state, the argus claim of Democratic
victory is absurd.
Year: 1875

Thirty-tbree italian ships of war have been
recently put up for sale, not being considered
bousSt up by come company and turned into
passenEer boats The sale of vessels which
originally cost very large sums Of money, and
which will be disposed of for little or nothing,
has produced universal feeling of disgust,
for it makes people see that the public funds
have been sq1andered.
Year: 1875

Terre H2ute, July 9.-At Long
Point, where train stopped to wood
there being no house in a mile and
a half of the statiOn-robbers board
ed the engine, one from each side.
and ordered the engineer to start the
engine, whC after q few moments
hesitation did so, when one of the
robbers saying, We will run the thing
ourselves, SHOT the engineer: both
fired, killing him instantly. a fire
man hearing this ran to the rear train
to alarm the trainmen. While this
was going n>cOntcderateS detached
the express car and engine. The
robbers ran TIE train two miles when
they demanded admission to the ex-
press car which the messenger, Burke,
refused, saying that he was ready for
them and If they entered they were
dead men. The robbers commenced
firing into the ear. The messenger
thinks there were a dozen of them.
The train men came up and the rob
,bers fled.
Year: 1875

In the tropical parts OF the Atlantic
Ocean there are sometimes found mon
ster swarms, swimming in the water, of
cylinder-shaped animal from three to
seven inches is length. At certain
times in the year, in dark nights, these
little animals shine with a phospho-
resent light 50 brilliant as TO make the
water seem as though filled with fire.
Year: 1875

some of its propositions are faulty.
The great object effected, however,
is the very feasible plan decided up.
on for uniting all classes of working
people throughout the country.


This was Diseased at length and
finally, when completed, an efficient
committee was appointed to put it
in practice. The intention is to put
anational anti-monopoly ticket in the
field next year, upon a thoroughly
digested platform; and it is made
the duty of the committee to pre-
pare such platform and arrange for
the holding Of a national convention
and securing it a full attendance
from all the States.
Year: 1875

mands. He must hold that violent dis
turbances Of the volume of currency
are prejudicial to the business interests
Of the country. He can hardly favor
currency that is, or is likely to become,
below par with gold in the markets of
the world. And he surely does not be-
lieve that the people should pay a great
er rate of interest on the public debt
than is actually necessary. So far,
then, he agrees with the anti-monopo-
lists. About the details of the method
whereby these desiderata can be affect
ed, he may differ with US, but that af-
fords 60 reason why we should refuse
to honor him with our respect and con-
fdence.