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Year: 1870

The memorial to Gov. Hoffman in the case
OF Sheridan under sentence Of DEATH has for
ward some time ago No has been received from
,be GoyerDor but he has written District Attorney
vim for his opinion 10 TO what his decision should be
Year: 1870

At a meeting Of the Committee OF Arrange
nents this match held the Office Of the Union Ball
grounds yesterday the following list Of players who have
nobly volunteered their services for the Pccott benefit
were named represent the respective cities The game
promises be Of the very best Of the many good
rames played this season.
Year: 1870

In consequence of the purchase by Mr.. Stew
art Of Hampstead Plains the old Washington Course,
on the southery side of the Plains has been given up,
and streets and cut through Within the past
few days the old Newmarket track situate on the north
erly side OF the Plains and about one mile from the
House has been graded and put In complete order
bv Mr. stewards contractor. On this track Eclipse,
Henry, and other wcknOwn horses were trained The
reOpenng Of this track will give JOY to many old tur
Year: 1870

impeachment Of Judge Nat. Harrison,
Of the Seventh judicial District.


IN the House yesterday the political
struggle over the Registration qYSs-
tinn was the most prolonged contest
that ever transpired in the Legislature
of the State.


The liberal and straight Republicans
united in the passage Of Wells bill re-
storing the power of appointment in
the Governor.
Year: 1870

from n second visit to the Church in
thc afternoon, when I found that the
Council had adjourned, ! called on an
ecclesiastical friend who was behind
the scenes. and from him / learned
that the Transactions Of the session
were confined TO the reading and ac-
ceptance of " Profession of Faith, "
a document not now presented for the
first time, bat one familiar in the
"Ordcr" of the Church. This Is the
latest Information which l have been
able to obtain before the closing Of the
mail, and if any new disclosures are
made, they must be reserved for an
other letter.
Year: 1870

A Waterville correspondent of the Lewis
ton journal says that severe accident hap
pened at Smiths mill in that town, on Thurs
day evening, by which Mr.. Mark Davis of
Newport, came very near his death. He was
standing between the rolls on which the edg-
ing table runs and not noticing, was caught
by the tables which had a load of lumber and
two men upon it, and was dragged over four
of the rolls before it could be stopped. Then
the workmen thinking it the quickest way to
get the table off of him, reversed the motion
and dragged not only the table but the poor
man back over the rolls again. He was taken
out dead but the prospect is, that he will re-
cover. Mr.. Davis came from Skowhegan
about three weeks ago; was engaged at saw
ing laths in the mill at the time.
Year: 1870

BosToN, Aug. 80.


DEAR Journal: The Dirigos left this city
last Saturday afternoon for Waltham, via,
Nashua railroad, for the purpose of playing a
game of ball with the Young America club of
that town. Waltham is the place where the
celebrated Waltham watches are manutac-
tured, and is abont as large as Waterville,
but not near as pleasing to the eye. They
have very pretty park through which we
passed on our way to the ball grounds. We
found the latter in pasture about mile from
the depot, and very poor indeed. The tops
of the right and centre fielders heads could
barely be seen from the catchers position,
while the ''strikers" stand was in sort of
cavity in the earth. The game commenced
little past 8, the Dirigos taking the bat first.
Johnson was the only one who succeeded in
making run. The Waltham boys then made
two, they taking the lead at the first stage Of
the game, though they did not range more
than three ahead, after the second innings.
1T the close of the eight inning the score
stood Dirgo 81, Young America 23. The
Dirigos went to the bat on the ninth and Tay


or, Parker, Porter and Flagg scored The
Dirigos going to the field with total of %
runs The Americas went then to the bat
with runs to make in order to tie, and three
to win the game. Logan went first to the bat
and fouled out to Scruton. Lawler got his
first on safe hit, and soon got round to the
third and home on passed ball. Hawley
got to first, and soon to third. A ball went
past Scruton, and the man on third came in
but was touched by Morse and declared
out by the Umpire. The Waltham 'crowd
denounced at this" decision, alleging that the
ball had been stopped by an outsider, and the
Pitcher (Morse) would have to be in position
before the man running could be put out. A
boy and policeman were brought forward to
support the assertion that the ball was stopped
by an outsider, but the umpire not seeing it
himself adhered to his original decision.
This came near bringing on row, and play
was suspended for some time. Saltmarsh
then went to the bat, and the excitement was
very great for on him depended the game.
His getting run would have tied the game.
He struck a foul, which was ''muffed" by
Moore, something hardly ever done by him.
The next one struck was foul, and Scruton
always ready took it on the bound which de-
cided the game in favor of the ''fellows with
hay-seed in their hair" as the Dirigos were
Year: 1870

The vessel with large installment of the
iron railroad bridge, arrived at Gardiner Sat
urday night. i special train was sent to
Gardiner on Sunday to bring up the material.
Forty tons yet remain behind at Philadelphia,
which will be shipped at once. The work OF
erecting the bridge will now be prosecuted
with vigor.
Year: 1870

By reference to our advertising columns
this morning it will be seen that Messrs. Ii.
L. & W. Z. Whitman of Winthrop offer for
grain together with the good will Their
only reason for selling is their engagement in
manufacturing in the west. 1t is rare
chance and will be sought by the shrewd
ones
Year: 1870

This afternoon the Capital Guards will
show themselves in their new uniforms, and
make public parade and drill in presence of
Governor Chamberlain. In the evening
there will be promenade concert and ball
at Granite Hall.
Year: 1870

On the east bank of the North river.
in Hampshire county, West.Virginia. is
perhaps one Of the greatest curlesities
in the State. 1t is literally an ice noun
tain, from four hundred to five hundred
feet high. The Western side OF this
mountain is covered with loose stone Of
light color from base to summit. BY
removing the stone, pure, solid, ice can
be found in the warmest days in sum-
NOR, and it has boen found there as late
as the middle OF September. 1t may
exist throughout the entire year, if the
rocks were removed to sufficient
depth. What seems strange 10 that the
side OF the mountain where the ice is
found is exposed to the sun all day, and
it is said the sun does not have as much
effect in melting the ice as continuous
rains. AL the base of the mountain is
aspiring of water, very clear and cold.


Some years ago the owners ofthe pro-
perty removed the stone and erected n
small log dairy or spring-house,i which
meats can be kept at any season AS safe
as they can be preserved in an ice hoase.
Flies and snakes sometimes find their
way into the spring-house, where they
become chilled and torpid. On being
removed they soon recover life and mo-
ton. The mountain is situated six
miles northeast of Winchester, and six
teen miles from Romney, in Hampshire
county, West Virginia.
Year: 1870




A farmers first concern il for his
family. the next for his live stock, the
third tor his men, that they have work
enough laid out, and do it we'll. No;h
ing so destroyes ones peace of mind.
and so depletes his purse, ms hiring
lazy men, who pretend to do his work.
A good man will be spoiled in few
days sometimes for the lack of knowl-
edge and appreciation on the part OF
the master. The employer must be
critical and comendstory. His praises
should be direct and INT, rental rather
than positive; but the man should real
ize that you are pleased. not With HIM,
but with his work. A good man Will
nsurlly stand very little patronizlng
Respect mans Independence of feel
ing, bat cheek it if it exceeds ths
bounds oil common sense, as it is very
apt to do In the case OF the newly var
rived foreigner.
Year: 1870

Ifyou will hold yourself erect, with
your chin close TO your neck, swing
your arms freely, and move rapidly,
you will find walking the very best ex-
ereise. Few muscles cscape work,
while you enjoy fresh air, sunshine,
and constant change OF scene. l
have taught gymnastics as profession
for many years, but as a source of
health | believe walking is superior to
any of the artificial exercises. The
best hour during the autumn and WIN
ter for people Of average strength is
from seven TO eight o'clock in the
morning; for invalids from ten TO elev-
en-. Mrs, Lewis and myself have walk
ed around our common more than a
tn1usand mornings with the happiest
results upon health and spirits. BY
the way, is it not a curious fact that


while our people are clamoring for a
large park, which must be located sew
eral miles away, this most beautiful
park which lies at their worry doors
should never be visited by them? Dur
ing these years OF morning walks we
never that we can recall met single
person out tor 'seonstitutional.
With the exceptional of the children of
toll hurrying across to their tasks, we


have it all to ourselves. .-Dr. Uio LelciS.
Year: 1870

At a special meeting Of the City Council
held on Saturday afternoon, the following
order was passed:


Ordered, That the city of Augusta hereby
agree to assume the responsibility of any fish
way ordered to be made through or over the
Kennebec dam at Augusta, in accordance
with the terms of the petition of b. II. Cush-
man and others, this day presented.


The petition referred to in the order is as
follows


To the City Council Of augusta:
The undersigned, citizens of Augusta, re-
spectfully represent that they regard the i'm
mediate repair of the Dam, and the prescrva-
ton of the Water Power created thereby as
of great Importance to the property of the
city. And, understanding that the recent
legislation, in regard to tisli-ways, stands in
the way of making such repairs, we deem it
expedent, and recommend that the city should
assume the expense of making fish-way in
the Dam, or of defending against want Of
it, upon the condition that the owners of the
Dam proceed at once to complete and repair
it, and then to go forward in the erection of the
new factory.


This petition is signed by our most re-
sponsible and reliable citizens, representing a
large amount of taxable property. There is
now no doubt, that with this guarantee, the
Messrs. Sprague will go Immediately for
ward in the construction of the dam, and the
erection of the new mill. The petition was
presented jointly by Messrs. Farwell and
Bradbury, who represented the necessity of
this action in an able manner.
Year: 1870


The meeting of the labor association last
night was largely attended. The speakers
protested against further Mongolian emf
grafton, and against the payment of subsidies
TO steamships in the China trade, and advo-
Gated the repeal of the treaty with China.
The meeting resolved to call a convention in
this city on the Chinese question.
Year: 1870

CHEYENNE, July Q.
Nothing has been heard of the Big Horn ex-
petition since they left camp Brown, and
strnck out into the wilderness, further than
that they were beyond the reach and hearing
of friends, among intensely hostile Indians,
and the belief is general that not one of them
will ever get out alive.
Year: 1870

A young man residing in Boston, who has
been visiting some relatives in Gardiner, was
thrown from his carriage while passing down
sewall street in this city, on Friday evening,
and stunned. When he was first taken up
it was thought that he was seriously injured.
At the time he was in q most inglorious state
of intoxication. 80
Year: 1870

The following is clipped from the
Lars Of Life:


Very few ladies know how to appre-
ciate an easy, healthful dress. They
think their dresses are loose, when a
man or boy put into one as tight would
gasp for breath, and feel incapable of
putting forth any effort except to break
the bands. Ladies are 50 accustomed to
the tight fits Of dressmakers, that they


fall all to pieces when relieved of them.
bed or lounge. TO be up, they must be
stayed up, and to recommend a comfort
able dress to them is not to meet con
scious want of theirs. 1t is great pity
none the less. If they could once know
what Il luxury it is to breathe deep and
full at each respiration, to feel the re-
freshmrnt which the ayatom takes on
by having the blood enlivened and sent
bounding through the arteric. ana
veins, to have the aids to digestion
which such process gives, to have their
own strong elastic muscle keep every
organ in place aud themselves erect; if
they could for a good while know this
blessed luxury, and then he sent back
into the old stiff strait jackets, they
would fune, and fret and rave in very
desperation if they could not get rid of
them. AS it is, they prefer to languish
and suffer dreadfu!ly, and die young,
and leave all their friends, and their
husbands and their little children, and
do not see any other way but to let
them be sick and die till they are salts
fled. If only the sinner was the sufferer
it would not be worth while to make a
great ado about it, but the blighting of
future innocent lives which must follow
renders the false habits of our women
in the highest degree criminal
Year: 1870

Correspondence of the Chicago Post


OrTuMwA, Iowa, Feb. The IA
nous colored orator, Icctured before Il
crowded house on the evening of Feb.
9Th, under the auspices Of the Lecture
Association. His subject, "Our Com
posit Nationality was handled with
consumate ability, WIN Tie earnest inn
pressiveness and eloquence worthy of a
polished orator He was frequently
applauded, and his address was pro-
nounced the best, by far, that we have
thus far listened to.


One might, with good reason, think
that the prejudice of caste had ceased
to stain the escutcheon of this State since
eighteen months ago it's citizens re-
moved all political disabilities from the
colored man, and by an overwhelming
majority made him the equal before the
law of the white. And, especially,
might one think that man who had
hob-nobbed with the nobility of Eng
land and the balance Of Europe; who
had been received at court; who had
stretched his legs under the tables of
the aristocrats of the Old World, was
fit to be the guest of the best hotel in
the United States, or to be entertained
with honor wherever he might choose
to claim admission. 1t would be reason
able to suppose that the landlords and
innkeepers Of radical Iowa would be
glad to count Fred Douglass among the
number of their guests-tO treat him as
the gentleman which he is by instinct,
by edilrcafion and by habit. It would
seem that our hotels. -elieap as they are
would be glad to set before him the
best they have; to treat him with the
limited hospitality, at least, which they
customarily exercise toward others.
The BalliDgall House, of this place,
Year: 1870

Business is dull. And this depres-
sion of business extends to every trade.
1t is felt by the banker. and is the
cause of much hard talk among the
bootblacks. Hence the necessity of
pushing business. We give an in
stance:


Copper" one Of the last mentioned
fraternity, had taken his stand OIL the
Sherman House corner, and, having
Year: 1870

An astronomer predicts for this year
a comet Of such brilliancy, and so near
the earth, that our nights will be almost
as bright as our days.


What is the difference between a
twenty-five cent stamp and ride in a
Broadway stage" Fifteen cents.
Year: 1870

a stcry comes frcsn Texas which
quite eclipse, the famous performance
accredited to William Tell. Some few
months since party of Texans were
when wager was proposed that piece
of silver should be placed on a cork, on
the head of one Of the number, aud the
cork shot cut, leaving the coin resting on
and at a distance of five PAGES the parties
were placed in position, the target ad-
justed, and the feat performed without
injury to the supporter of the target.
Year: 1870

SEED CoRN.-It may be favor to re-
mind farmers, that there Is a probability
that they will have trouble with their
corn crop the coming season, II they do
not secure reliable seed. The spring aud
summer of 1886 was much like 1869, cool
and wet. Very little Of the small crop
which was planted ripened thoroughly;
consequently the next season from mat.
tention to securing good seed replanting
was necessary, and often there was an
entire failure. Let them be warned to
obtain perfect seed IN time. Igive them
sure criterion by which to judge Of
pure seed. "The chit or germ side Of
the kernel should be smooth, the germ
white, oily when crushed on the nail; II
iii yellow, dry and mea!y it is defe ctive..
Year: 1870

She staid chatting half an hour longer
with her neighbor but she asked no
more questions, and to this day she has
not the remotest idea how Mrs. John
Smith makes her excellent cheese.
Year: 1870

a friend sat up with Il sick man at
Fond du Lac. the other night, to whom
he was to administer brandy at brief In
tervals. The friend took the brandy
himself, and the sick man recovered.


We often hear, and all of US frequent
ly quote with sign, how much nicer
everything and every body used to be in
"the good old times of u good allie ago
than they are now in these degenerate
days Of 1870. We notice in the New
York Tribune paragraph which by
the way is copied mainly from Adam
Clark's Commentary on Matt, Xxx: 2,)
from which it would appear that the
good old times were not worth recalling.
1t states that before the discovery Of
America money was SO scarce that the
price of a days work was fixed by act Of
the English Parlimcnt in 1851 at one
penny q day; al! in 1914 the allowance
of the chaplain Scotch bishops then in
prison in England was three haifpence
per day. At this time, "a eggs were
sold for II penny, pair of shoes for four
pence, a fat goose for q pence, hen for
u penny, wheat three pence per bushel,
and Il Fat OK for six shillings and eight
pence. So that, in those days, days
work would buy hen or two dozen
eggs; two days work would buy pair Of
shoes, and Il fat OK cost eighty days
work. On the whole, human labor
bought i'll the average about half as
much food aud perhaps one fourth as
much cloth or clothing as it now does.
We know Of no one who wants ~ work
Il whole day for Il fat hen cr two dozen
eggs.
Year: 1870

THAT SKETCH OF OTTAWA, published in the
FREE TRADER two weeks ago, seems to have
given our neighbors of the Republican severe
attack OF jaundice. While doubtless it was n o
fault OF theirs that the young man who got it
up did not give it to them to publish, IA they
nearly logged the life out of him to ge. it, We
can in all honesty say it was ne fault Of ours.
Ihe only reason the young man gave rs for de-
string that We should publish it was, that before
he came TO Ottawa, well as after he came
here, everybody told him that the FREE IRA.
DER was the paper in which to have i. inserted.
Indeed, he said, after feeling the pulse among
our business men, he found that he could hardly
get notices enough to pay him for writing the
sketch unless he could ge. the FREE TRADER to
publish it. If the Republican happens to stand
in such low favor among our business men, sure.
ly that is no reason why its publishers should
be so iaundiced against US Better ego for" the
business men.
Year: 1870

The Circuit Court has been engaged assidu-
ously during the week on the common law docket,
disposing OF large number of cases. The case
OF Penn w. The Eureka Coal Company resulted
in verdict in favor Of Penn for 800. In the
case OF John James against The same company,
the Jury failed to agree, and the case goes over


In the case Of the La Sale County Mutual In.
surance Company VS.. Buechsenstein and others,
the company ran against snag in the matter of
making assessments at time for which no war.
rant could be found in the company's charter or
oy-iaws and had to take nonsuit. The little
difficulty promises to dismiss good many other
suits of the same character brought by the
company.


We have looked over the list and find no other
suit among those disposed Of in which our rea.
ders would be likely to take any interest.
Year: 1870

near Pontiac, had formed an engagement to be
married to young man in Pontiac, in which
she was so strongly opposed by her father that
he struck her; upon which the young lady went
to the railroad track, and as fast train ap-
preached deliberately laid her neck upon the
rail, and let the train pass over her. Herr body
was literally torn into fragments and scattered
along the track for dozen rods.
Year: 1870

BEAuTIFuI.-There are few eyes 80 gross and
sluggish but that they love to feast on something
beautiful. Well, drop in at the drug store of
Messrs. Beck & I.orriaux and take look at the
aquarium. the gold fish, the min iature fountain,
and the curious ball suspended at the end 1t .
threadlike jet of water, all duplicated and drawn
out in thousand fantastical shapes BY the globe
reflector opposite. The whole is certainly in the
highest degree creditable to the taste of these
skillful and thoroughly scientific druggists.
Year: 1870

1t will only cost dollar to buy bottle Of EDWARD
WILDEE's COMPOUND EXTRACT WILD CHERRY, which has
never been known to fail in giving rapid prompt reefin
all kinds of Coughs colds and In Bronchitis Lar.
yngs Asthma and Phhisic it gives immediate comfort fol.
lowed rapid 1t also admirably adapted to the relief
of the cough and difficulty OF breathing consumption In
Pneumonia Winter Fever Peurisy and every conceivable
form of Pulmonary disease Indispensable and should d.
ways be kept in every household
Year: 1870

twill only cost you dollar to buy bottle EDWARD
WnDEEs CHILL TOXIC which is purely vegetable and wiz
not only cure you OF your family Of chs and Fever
Fever and Ague and every type and variety of Maarsl
or Paudal Fever Affections, hut will entirely drive them
from the system which no other chill medicine made will
do. Don't buy any the old than vauce.s nos.
trum but only EDWARD WLDEEs CHILL Tonic as cure
Is guaranteed In all cases.
Year: 1870

A SAD MISTAKE is made every time you i'm.
agine you can bny better article in the whole
boot and shoe line, or at lower price, any where
elsc than at Joe Meffaffini. All smart people
have found that out long ago.
Year: 1870

The maple trees are tinged with red,
The birch with golden mellow,
And high above the orchard wall
Hang apples, rich and yellow;
And that's the way through yonder lane
That look $ so still and grassy
The way L took one Sunday eve,


When Mary was lassIe'
You'd hardly think that patient face,
That looks so thin ana faded,
Was once the very sweetest one


That ever bonnet shaded;
But when went through yonder lane,
That looks so still and grassy,
Those eyes were bri ght those cheeks were fai
When Mary was lassie-
But many n tender sorrow,


And many patient care,
Have made those furrows on the face
That used to be 50 fair.
Four times to yonder churchyard,
Through the lane so still and grassy,
We've borne and la id away our dead,
Since Mary was las~ie.
And so you see I've grown TO love


The wrinkles more than roses;
Earth ; winter flow ers are sweeter far
Than all spring oewy pCsies;
They'll carry us through yondcr lane
That leoks so still and grassy
Adown the lane l used to go


When Mary was a lassie.