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Year: 1872

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor and Al
l. dermen of the city of Portland, the duly quail
fed electors of said city residing in Wards one two
three and four, and six will meet in thier respective
Ward Rooms in said wards, and those residing in
ward five will meet in the Machigonne engine house
ward seven will meetin the school house on Vaughan
street. in said ward, on TUESDAY, the twenty-ffth
day of June instant at ten o'clock in the forenoon
give in their votes upon the following question


"sWhether the inhabitants of the city of Portland
will accept act of the Legislature of the State OF
Gland to grant further aid in the construction of the
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad" "Approved
February 27 A. D. 1872 and will grant further aid
sin the construction of said Portland and Ogdens-
"burg Railroad in accordance with the provisions of
said act to the amount of thirteen hundred and fifty
'thousand dollars


The said inhabitants 10 vote by ballot on said ques-
tom Those in favor of accepting said act and grant,
ing further aid in the construction of said railroad
accordance with the provisions thereof to the amount
aforesaid, expressing it by the word "YES' upon
their ballot, and those opposed to the acceptance of
said act and to granting said aid expressing it by the
word ''NO' upon their ballot.


The polls on such day of meeting to remain open
until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be
closed.


The aldermen of said city will be in open session at
the ward room in City Building entrance on Myrtle
o'clock in the afternoon each of the three secular
days next preceding said day of meeting, and from
three O'Clock to five O'Clock on the afternoon on the
last of said three secular days. for the purpose of
ceiving evidence of the qualification Of voters whose
names have not been entered the lists of qualified
voters in and for the several wards, and for correct
ing said lists.


Per Order.


HI. ROBINSON, City Clerk.


Portland, June II. 1872. je12dtd
Year: 1872

Needed in the Family can be done upon it with great
er rapidty and of execution to beginners than
can be accomplished on any other 1t has received
the HIGHEST PREMIUMS over alias Family
Machine-on both sides of the Atlantic.


Those who want the best should obtain
Year: 1872

This practical and easily managed machine has now
stood the test Of time and thorough experiment. and
the thousands who have fortunately used ours frank
this country and in Europe Study, capital and in
ventve genius have been devoted to its Improvement
for years, till, now with
Year: 1872

TRENTON, November THE Supreme
Court this morning unanimously decided
that An act 10 submit the question Of
license or no license to the people, Is con.
stltutional. This Is against the opinion Of
Attorney General Gllchrist, given to tho
Legislature last winter.
Year: 1872

THE dry goods business is supposed TO
be very lively just now. At least We are
so informed by our new reporter, who says
le noticed great deal Of "bustle" around
the dry goods stores last week.
Year: 1872

A Texas correspondent Of the Mobile
Register tells how he dresses sheep for
mutton Hang the sheep by the heels
and cut his throat thoroughly
pipe, swallow, jugular vein and all. He
will die very quick. So soon as life is
extinct, Or motion ceases, remove the
entrails with asharr knife, opening COM
pletely from tail to tongue. This job |
generally get through with in just about
half minute. | am satisfied that the
peculiar flavor of badly handled mutton,
said to come from the wool, is due to
the entrails lying too long in the animal.
| pay no particular attention to the
wool other than is demanded by neat.
ness. On the plan above named fre
quently kill mutton four miles from
home, tie them to my saddle, take them
home, and even allow them to remain over
night, without skinning, and no woolish
flavor results. My mutton is prov erbal
for its delicacy and sweetness, and now
you have exactly how | manage it,"
Year: 1872

and tit for use, as it will drive impuri.
ties to the bottom. River water, when
muddy, is better to drink 10y this process.


To REMOVE FREcKLEs.-One of the
best lotions we know of is the following:
Mix two tablcSponnfuis of grated horse
radlsh in a teacupful of sour milk, and
apply frequently with a linen rag.


To REMOVE TAN.-Mix magresia in
soft water to the consistency ot paste.
which should be spread on tie face and
allowed to remain a minute or two.
Then wash OFT with CASTLE soap.suds,
an i rinse with clean soft water.


How To PUT Down CuCrMBER Pickles.
Take two quarts of molasses to one OF
water, or in that proportion. Put in
the cucumbers, fresh from the vines,
adding more molasses and water as YOU
ill IN. Set them i'll Il warm place, and
III few weeks they will be sufficiently
sour to SUIT any palate. Spices can be
added after they become sour


10 CLEAN KID GLovEs.-Have ready Il
little milk i'll one saucer, some brown
soap in another, and clean cloth or
towel folded three or four times Then
take piece of flannel, dip it in the
milk, and rub the glove downward to.
ward the fingers, holding it firmly with
the lett hand. Continue the process
till the glove, if white, looks of dinsy
yellow, or, if colored, dark and spoiled
then dry, and they will become soft and
glossy.


TO KEEP MEAT.-Meat is much better
for family use when at least one week
old in cold weather. The English
method for keeping meat for some time
has great merit. Experts say, hang up
a quarter of meat with the cut end up,
being the reverse of the usual way, by
the leg, and the juice will remain in the
lneat, and not run to the cut and dry
up by evaporation. 1t is worth trial,
and when made will be continued.
Year: 1872

The New York HeraldS most diilident
reporter describes an eminently salts
factory interview with Charles OConOr:


" In regard to your letter published
this morning, was it intended to be
construed as positive declination Of the
nomination, or is there an understand
ing whereby your name will yet be used
as that of the Democratic candidate ?'


al can answer you no questions. |
will not say anything upon the subject"


"But there S some curiosity telt by
the public to know what secret arrange
ment may have led to the confidence
with which the Bourbons cling to you
as their candidate"


"My letter, sir, is sufficiently clear to
myself, and if not to others | cannot
help. it'


GAS it is understood, then, you are
unwilling to assert yourself candidate,
yet will accept II spontaneous"


g i care not what is understood, sir.


"Will you permit me to ask you
final question


al will give you the privilege to ask
me no question. What right have you,
even as representing the public, to in.
terrogate me? You may ask me the
question in spite of my teeth, but l tell
YOU beforehand that shall not answer
it,"


"Suppose that you were willing to
run"


81 do not give you the privilege to
ask that question"


"And were elected, would YOU"


81 repeat, you shall have no an
swer."


accept the office as the spontaneous
ch oice of your party?"


Mr.. O'Conor took up a paper and be-
gan to read.
Year: 1872

AT a recent meeting Of the Royal


Society Il paper on Further expert


ments on the effects of alcohol and exer-


else on the elimination of nitrogen, and


on pulse and temperature OF the body


was presented by DR.. f. A. Parks. 1t


contained detailed description of ex-
! perimcnts made on q soldier-a Scotch


man-who had been brought up on oat


meal and milk. and who at one time


had been in the habit of taking more
than IL fair amount of whisky. As a
soldier, however, he bears the charac-
ter of steady man in the enjoyment of
perfect health.


Ills experience as to the effect of
| alcohol is noteworthy. He commenced
the exercise and brandy period of the
experiment with a belieftha the brandy
would enable him to perform the work
more easily, but ended with the opposite
conviction. The brandy was taken IN
four doses at 10 a. H., = p. M. and 6 p.
M, IN an equal quantity of water, and
the work was chiefly done in two hours
immediately succeeding each dose, and
from to a. m. The two hours work
from l0a. NJ. to II M, Immediately after
the first four fluid ounces of brandy was
drank, he thought was done equally
well with and without the brandy.
The man affirmed that he could tell no
difference, except, to use his own words,
" the brandy seemed to give him a kind
OF spirit which made HIM think he could
do great deal of work but when he
came to do it he found he was less
capable than he thought" After the
second four ounces of brandy he felt
hot and thirsty; but on the first two
days he thought he worked as well as
ON the "water days" On the third
day, however, he had palpitation of the
heart, and was surprised to find he was
obliged to stop from time to time, be-
cause, to use his own words, GOT his
breathing not being so good"


The third four fluid ounces of brandy,
at 10 a. m, produced on all three days
narcotlcetfects; mmediately ly after taking
it he became heavy, felt the greatest in
disposition to exert himself, and could
hardly refrain from throwing down his
spade and giving up work. He worked
with no vlgor, and SO the second even
ing thought his muscular power de-
cidedly lessened. On the third evening,
as 1t was raining, he could not dig, but
took walking and running exercise
under cover. On attempting to run he
had palpitatiou and got out of breath
and was obliged to stop, SO that he
stated, on the next day, {" if he had his
accouterments on and had been ordered
to DOUBLE he could not have obeyed
the order" After coming in from work
on each evening he fell into a heavy
sleep from which he was reused with
difficulty. This lasted three or four
hours, after which he was restless and
sleepless.


The mans own judgment was, at the
end of the trial, that he would prefer
to work without the brandy; and when
asked his reasons, he mentioned the
increased thirst, the heav ness in the
evening, and the fiuttering at the heart"
Year: 1872

Not long since, at private entertain
ment, Bret Harte told the following
story:


"A teamster went counting girl who
was good church member, and while
in her company, being on his very best
behavior, he was careful not to use any
language that would shock the exceed
ing proper ears of his sweetheart; but
one day, driving up a hill, he burst
forth in o the most objurgative address
to his animals, never dreaming that the
object of his affection was standing by
the roadside listening to his profanity.
But when she opened upon him the
batteries of reproof, he knew she was
there. But he held his ground. Do
you call that swearing?' said he. If
you do, | don't know what you'd say if
you heard that fellow just behind me
exhort an impenitent mule ?"
Year: 1872

The special. meeting of the Board of Trade
Managers will be held, this evening There is a
growing interest III tile proposed Daily Meetings.
The Morocco Manufacturers Exchange, at their
meeting on Friday, unanimously adopted the
following:


Resoioed, That this Exchange cordially ap-
prove of the daily meetings of the business men
of the city as proposed by the Board of Trade,
and pledge their influence to promote the sue
cess of said meetings
Year: 1872

Especial invitation is made to any one dssirous ct
visiting our Truss Department. to call and examine
superior assortment OF Trusses, all made of eX-
Celent material We claim the largest stock and
assortment OF trusses braces and suspensOry BAN
dages OF any retail house in the State, and we feel
satisfied in establishing our claim on the fact OF
various truss makers constantly calling on us, and
examining our stock who unanid ously pronounce
our asso tneuJ the best they hare euer s8en in Gag
RttuiL ho sG and that our tact Tor applying are
superior to any.


in view Of This fact we can offer patrons and the
afflicted sucn Inducements as to quality, price and
fitting, as can only Oe found ia our establishment


Every truss sold at our Truss Room is guaranteed
to be the Finest qua ty afforded in the market, each
one being practically examined and handled before


Irussts from so cents to slOOO and finer finish at
higher prices.


Great pleasure taken In showing Trusses whether
wishing TO purchase or not.
Year: 1872

The San Francisco [Cal Bulletin says
there are three wheat farms in the San
Joaquin Valley with areas respectively
of $4,000 acres, % 900 and II 900 acres
On the largest Of these farms the wheat
crop this year is reputed to be equal to
an average of 40 bushels to The acre, the
yield running up on some parts of the
farm to 60 bushels. The product of this
farm for the present year is l ,440, 900
bushels The boundary on one side of
this farm is about II miles long At the
season of plowing, ten four horse teams
were attached to ten gang plows, each
gang having four plows-or forty horses
with as many plows were started at the
same time the teams following in close
succession. Lunch or dinner was served
at midway station, and supper at the
terminus of the field, II miles distant
from the starting point The teams re-
turned on the following day. The wheat
in this immense field was cut with twenty
Of the largest reapers and we believe has
now all been threshed and put in sacks.
1t would require over forty ships Of
medium size to transport the wheat raised
on this farm to foreign market. Even
the sacks required would make a large
hole in the surplus money of most farmers


We have not the figures touching the
product of the other two farms; but
presume that the average is not much be-
low that of the first. There ars thousands
of tons of wheat which cannot be taken
out of the valley this season, and must
remain over as dead capital, or, what is
nearly as undesirable, will only command
advances at heavy rates of interest.
Year: 1872

a young lady from New Y ork has been
visiting relatives in this city during the
past two weeks, and had made arrangements
to return home last Friday night, having
storing impression upon her mind that
she must 60 home without delay For
the sake of the company of her relative
on her journey home, however, she was
Induced to postpone her departure until
Monday evening last. On Sunday morn,
ing, after quiet nights rest, she was
suddenly awakened between three and
four o'clock and saw a figure distinctly,
or was convinced she did, standing in her
room, near the door, looking toward her.
Tho figure bore an exact resemblance to
a sister she left at home in New York in
her usual health. The young lady got
up and went toward the apparition, aud
it disappeared. s5


She then opened a window and looked
out, but seeing nothing more of the figure
or anything else unusual, she returned to
her room and fell asleep again. In
short time she was awakened and saw the
apparition of her sister again, with the
same life-like appearance and in the same
position as before. She got up again, and
as she advaced toward it receded form
her approach and disappeared as before,
Again, she looked about from room to room
aud out of the window, but saw nothing
more of it. Being now too much excited
to sleep longer, she dressed herself and
remained sitting up in her chamber wait
ing for day light. Her uncle, who is an
early riser, heard her moving about the
room, and on his inquiring why she Was
up SO early she related her experience as
stated above, and when the family had all
risen it was the subject of general remark
and comment. On Sunday noon the
young lady received despatch from
New York informing her that her sister
had died SUDDENLY at the very hour the
apparition appeared in her chamber
Providence Journal
Year: 1872

A few weeks ago, two horses were
drawing each load of coal up rising
ground in the suburbs of the CITY,
The hinder horse had the bearing rein
swung loosely on his neck, and the ami
NAL was hanging his head forwards, and
by throwing his weight into the collar,
was dragging his load steadily and with
out andue strain on his muscles and
joints The foremost horse, with his ton
of Goals, was braced up with tight bear
ing rein, his head cramped and raised,
his mouth fretted, and every joint and
muscle starting and straining at each step
he took. The two men were talking to
each other, and the carter of the hinder
horse was heard by the writer to say,
bill, go and give thy horse his head :
he'll phil that load easier" Bill went
and gave him all he wanted The horse
Immediately did his work in way which
conveyed the relief he felt as clearly as
if he had said, There, thank you I'm
all right now" We would commend to
every one who has charge of draught
horse when he is at work, the advice Bill
received and followed, "Bill, give thy
horse his head he'll pull that load
easier"
Year: 1872

Other young people may find the ad.
vice of Daniel Webster to his grandson
of value for themselves. He wrote it
about four years before his death: Two
or three things wish now to impress on
your mind. First, you cannot learn with
out your own egorts. All the teachers in
the world can never made a scholar of
you, if you do not apply yourself with all
your might Iu the second place, be of
good character and good behavior boy
of strict truth, and honor, aud conscience
in all things Have but one rule, and
let that be always to act right, aud fear
nothing-but wrong doing. Finally, "re-
member you Creator in the day of your
youth" You are old enough to know
that God has made you and given you
mind and faculties and will surely call
you to account. Honor aud obey your
parents love your sister aud brother be
gentle and kind to all avoid peevishness
and fretfulness be patient under rest.
raint. Look forward constontly to your
approaching manhood, and put off every
day more and more all that is frivolous
and childish.
Year: 1872

a fellow who has been shaved in China
says that his barber first stropped the
razor on his leg, and then did the shaw.
ing without any lather. The customer
demonstrated, but was told that the lather
was entirely useless, and had a tendency
to make the hair stiff and tough, and was,
therefore, never used by persons who had
any knowledge Of the face and its ap-
pendages.


After the beard had been taken off
and it was done in a very short time
the barber took long, sharp, needle
shaped spoon, and began to explore his
customers ears He brought up from
numerous little crevices bits Of wax and
dirt, that had been accumulating since
his childhood. The barber suddenly
twisted his subjects neck to one side Ia
such manner that it cracked as if the
rertebrae had been disloeated.


"Hold on ~ shouted the party, alarm
ed for the safety of his neck.


"All right" replied the tonsor, sine
no hurt you," aud be continued to jerk
and twist the neck until it was as Timber
as an old ladys dish rag. He then fell
to beating the back, breast, arms and
sides with his fists, then he pummeled
the ID musces until they fairly glowed with
the beating they received. He then dash
ed a bucket of cold water over his man,
dried the skin with towels, and declared
that bis work was done. Price two cents.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Rural Ne,e
Yorker says that last year on piece of
ground 10 by 20 feet, he raised ten bush
els of onions from black seed He raised
onions on the same piece of ground the
year before, and they did not pay for the
seed they were destroyed by maggots
aud wire wroms. He procured three
bushels of salt and two barrels of fish aud
pork brine and top dressed his garden
(about one fourth of an acre. with it, at
ter he had gathered all his vegetable les.-
Last spring be ploughed the garden and
put on three OK cart loads of well rotted
how and chip manure, and such vegeta
ables he never raised before.
Year: 1872

1t is said that milk can be kept year
or more as sweet as when taken from the
COW, by the following method Procure
bottles, which must be perfectly clean,
sweet, and dry; draw the milk from the
COW into the battles, and as they are ill
ed, Immediately cork them well, and fas-
ten the cork with packtEread or wire
Then spread little straw in the bottom
of "a boiler, on which place the bottles,
with straw between them, until the boiler
contains sufficient quantity. Fill it up
with cold water, heat the water, and as
soon as it begins to boil, draw the FIRE,
and let the whole gradually cool. When
quite cold, take out the bottles and pack
them in sawdust 10 hampers, and stow
them away in the coolest part of the
house.
Year: 1872

Mr.. Richard Dyas, with the wholesale
grocery firm of Warriner & Co., Delaware
street, met with quite an adventure
while on an excursion to Colorado, short
time since. He went up into the noun
tains to fish, and found nice little nook
hemmed in on ali sides but one by the
creek or bluffs, where he sat down and
soon pulled out of the mountain stream a
fine string of trout As he got up to re-
turn home, he saw young bear, prob
ably about half grown, coming towards
him, and occupying the only path by
which he could leave the place. The
bear didn't seem very savage, and Dyas
thought by giving him the fish he would
be satisfied, and thus afford an opportun-
ity to escape. He threw the fish, but
there's where he made mistake. Bruin
mistook this act of kindness for an as.
sault, and at once advanced upon the foe
Man and bear then grappled, the bear by
some means getting Dyas' arm in his
mouth, both tumbled to the ground, and
after short struggle, both hugging each
other closely, rolled into the creek. This
had the effect of separating them, and
Dyas hastily climbed out of the stream
and ran for dear life. The water doubt
less cooled the bears wrath, for he did
not follow his enemy, going away in a
different direction. Dyas lost his hat
and fishing tackle, and reached his friends
in rather sorry plight, his clothes be,
ing thoroughly soaked Omaha De.
spatch.
Year: 1872

A SAVANNAH negro died one day
last week, but came to life the same
evening, much to the indignation Of
the mourners. The next morning he
died again, and to prevent a repeti-
tion Of the former contretenps they
buried him before dinner.
Year: 1872

TuRY have not come to perfect
weather yet out West. An iratc jour-
nalist writes this is fine time to set
out flowers and have them frozen as
stiff as an iceberg In less than an hour.
In planting seeds put each one In pill
box and wrap the box up In cotton
batting. In setting out onions put an
overcoat OH each onion, and place n
layer of hot bricks under the bed. II
your hear anyone predicting u thaw
between now and June shoot him on
the spot.
Year: 1872

A French correspondent writes: 1t
is calculated that more than fifty sports
men left Paris within the three closing
days Of August. l happened to witness
the start for the country OF few hun
dred Nimrods at the Mount Parnassus
terminus. The waiting rooms there
were thrown by them into indescribable
confusion. There was hardly a sports
man without dog. Some had with
them thorough bred pointers and re-
trievers; but the general run Of the dogs
bore traces of very mixed ancestry.
The noise these mongrels made was hid
eous. Whether their hswls arose from a
fear of being shot before the day was
over, or from the strangeness of their
position, / am unable to decide. 1t was
but too evident from their reluctance TO
follow their masters, that they were
hired for the occasion of those dog fan
ciers near the horse market. who let
pointers or retrievers by the day or week
to Parisians ambitious Of shining as
sportsmen. A gentleman no taller than
NJ. Theirs, and looking as melOdramatic
as one Of Trochu's National Guards,
was ignobly capsized by a kind of setter
which be was trying to drag after him
to the platform. No sooner was the
leash Abandoned than the dog scam
pered of homeward. 2