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Year: 1875

And after all the bowling of the Augusta
official organ over this subject, the fact still
remains that Maize got only 525 cents per acre
for her lands. while some other states realized
as high as six to eight dollars an acre. and
were thus enabled handsomely to endow their
agricultural colleges, while ours is sadly in
need of funds, requiring $4,000 to 900
year from the public treasury to support it.
-Aryus.


Unfair as usual The Legislature of Maine
concluded that it was wisest to establish a
new institution. To do this it was necessa-
ry either for the state to advance the money
and hold the lands or sell the same. Against
the advice of some of the men whom the
infamous DR.. Jordan charges with fraud, the
Legislature decided that the lands should be
sold at once, and after being advertised, the
greater portion was sold at prices ranging
from. .523 to 571 cents, on the first day of
March 1866. The price received was nearly
as high as single land warrants were quoted
at the time. The balance of the land was
sold in September 1870 for "a cents an acre.
Now how did the states get from six to eight
dollars an acre? In New York the Legisla-
ture accepted the offer of Mr.. Cornell to
found the department contemplated by the
act of Congress in connection with an insti-
tuition which he had founded, on con-
dition that he should furnish the funds
and dispose of the lands. Mr.. Cornell
went West and located the lands here and
there, securing valuable tracts of pine
growth. None of this land was sold until six
years had elapsed, and we understand that
large part of it is yet unsold. For the rart
he sold he received, it is stated, 81 per acre.
Wisconsin is another state that gets large
sum from the proceeds of its college land
scrip. There the state advanced the money
and the state officials located the land and
held it six years or more and have large
part of it left. Being near the public lands,
the state officials were able to select the most
valuable timber lands, the value of which has
been more than quadrupled by keeping them
out of the market until the most favorable
time for disposing of them.


What would the argus, the Standard, the
Commercial and the balance OF this class of
papers have said, had the Legislatures of 1865
and 1866 voted large sum of money to es-
tablish the new college, and kept the land
scrip, taking the chances for rise? 1t
would have been a fine thing to have had
Republican like Ezra Cornell advance the
money and hold the land for better sale.
But Democratic malice reached that gener-
GUS man, and his years of pure life did not
save him from the calumny OF such partisan
blacklegs as DR.. Jordan.
Year: 1875




The communication of ''Northern Cumber.
land" should be considered mere political
argument, for change of our Clerk of Courts.
L believe large majority of the intelligent
voters of the county are of the opinion that an
office like that of Clerk Of Courts should not be
given as a reward for mere political services.
There is not one man in a thousand, not of the
legal profession, who can make a competept
and satisfactory Clerk of our Courts no matter
how we'll qualified he may be as business
man. and l venture to say that the bench AMI
the bar will sustain this prediction 1t is true
the late U. Z. Harmon and r. A. Bird both
made excellent Clerks and were not lawyers
but they had both had long experience and
training in the office, and when elected had the
whole routine of the office business at their fin
ger ends, as you might say. When we have a
man who We all know makes an efficient Clerk
satisfactory to the court and bar, and the COM
munity in general, as our present one is be-
lieved to be, we ought to keep him there as
long as he will stay, and If political workers
are to be rewarded, let us give them something
suited to their capacity. One reason given by
your correspondent for change is, "that the
financial affairs of the office should be closed
u least once in fifteen years." when he
ought to have known that this is done annual
y. SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND.
Year: 1875

WE have good authority for the statement
that the editor of leading Democratic paper
in this state positively refused to publish Mr..
Pillsbury's "open letters' and that he has
privately denounced them as disgusting exhi-
bitions of personal malice and calculated to
do the Democratic party no good. A leading
Democrat in this city, in our office the other
day before the appearance of the second let
ter, referred to the first as puerile and mali
cous attempt to ruin the personal character
of man who had won national reputation
and whose public record had been most thor
oughly scrutinized and completely vndicated
to the satisfaction of honorable men of both
parties.
Year: 1875

Upon the first page Of the Argus the two
Ohio platforms. are not to be found; nor are
they to be found upon the second page; nor
upon the third; nor upon the fourth. The
argus contents itself with saying that plat
form which opposes contraction and resump-
ton, is ''every whit as good" as one which
favors contraction and resumption. Are we
to understand this to be the position taken
by the Democracy of Maine?
Year: 1875

To quicken its hatred of National dishon-
esty the PRESS glances occasionally at the
Ohio Democratic platform. When it looks
at that declaration for expansion and repu-
diation and national dishonor it does feel
very much like boasting over the Republican
Ohio platform, and doesn't consider any
apology necessary.
Year: 1875

an earnest desire to justify your generous conf
dence and strong regard for the honor and acel-
fare of our State inspire Nth the firm resolue to
spare effort and to consider other consequences
in the edeavor to faithfully discharge the duties that
soiH be incumbent on me If your choice shall proce
to be the choice of the people also. pledge you and
thousands for aohons you act in that event. honest
purpose and fred determination to make the public
good my single aim and constant care.


Gen. Connor's Acceptance.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith


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

r AIDES send your address to 81 Spring St.. and
~ have the agent of the Ladies' Easy Cutting and
Work Table call and show this gem of the work
room. Patterns cut free Tuesday to test the system


marie If
Year: 1875

son her aunt might be, but of her he said
never word. Early in the morning, they
arrived at the station where they were to get
out, and where light wagon was in readi,
ness to convey them to the farm. A half
hours drive brought them thither, and Alice
saw low, picturesque looking house, sur,
rounded by trees and fences, with garden in
front and an orchard and some fields in the
rear. Children of various sizes appeared to be
swarming at all the doors and windows, and
one little curly-headed girl ran out to meet
her father, and sprang with boisterous glee
into his arms Mr.. Fielding led the way into
the house, and as his wife advanced toward
the door, he drew Alice forward and placed
her hand in hers


"This is our new daughter, Caroline" he
said, cheerfully. But Mrs. Fielding greeting
was not warm, and the brief touch Of her lips
on Alice's brow sent chill of disappointment
to the little strangers aching heart.
Year: 1875

considered had scarcely claim upon them.
Mrs Lynn had been separated from her
brother since early childhood, he having lived
with his own fathers relatives, and was an en-.
tire stranger to his family. She had married
early and very imprudently, and being left a
widow soon after the birth of her only child,
had struggled on for some years in poverty,
unwilling to seek help from those who had
disapproved of her marriage; and finally,
under the pressure of want and disease, had
resolved to seek the halfbrother whom she
knew scarcely more than by name, and throw
herself upon his kindness and protection:
Thus it was that her daughter, the little
Alice, found herself, helpless orphan, cast
upon the charity of strangers, at the early
age of nine years, in small boarding-house
in Columbia, while awaiting the decision of
her unknown uncle, upon which her fate de.
pended. Her mother had led strange and
wandering life and Of her nearer relatives,
in whose care she should, by rights, have been
placed, the child knew scarcely the existence
or the names.
Year: 1875

DISHONEST MEANS IN L1vING.-President
Lincoln used to say that the volume Of people
pouring into Washington, in search of "some-
thing for nothing" led him to fear that sew.
en.eighths of our population Of the country
were trying to live off the other eighth. This
would be discouraging view of society; but
it does seem as though very large fraction
of our people was attempting to get dishon-
est living at the expense of the honest portion.
Year: 1875

BY EMMA LEE.
have just word to say to you,
When me you come to see
You know that none in all the world
Is half as dear to me.
'ris this I would request of You,
That when you come again
To see me in the evening,


You won't stay after ten.
For after ten, as moments fly,
l tremble DER and DER,
Lest papa's visage l should see
Come peeping at the door.
He's there to execute his threat;
He said he'd surely come,
If ever you stayed so late again,
And tell you to go home.
And when down to breakfast go
Papa will frown at me,
And say, "My child, that beau of yours
Is going to hear from me.
This sort of thing will not have;
So, when he comes again,
I'll Just go down and show him out,
If he don't 60 at ten.'
And so, though your society
Makes heart and pulse throb warm,
I heave a sigh of vast relief
At your retreating form.
You know that you are welcome, aye,
o! best beloved men;
But many scolding you have caused
By staying after ten.
Year: 1875

AB~ It doesn't cost near as much to take
newspaper as it does to keep yellow dog
Still there are lots of people too poor to take
a paper who have dozen worthless dogs on
their premises, ..
Year: 1875

A child may be easily managed
by an expert swimmer; but if the
drowning person is strong and pow
erful it is often imperitively necessa-
ry to keep out of his reach until he is
partially exhausted; otherwise he
will clutch his rescuer, and both
may go down together, helpless.
Caimness and caution are invaluable
in the water. The sufferer will
clutch any thing extended toward
him at frst-an oar, branch of 3
tree "a neck-tie, or a sleeve Of a jacket,
and if the other end of the article
can be held in the mouth the rescuer
has the use of his arms. But still
it is needfnl to keep out of the reach
of the drowning person. Go behind
him and push him along, but never
attempt to reason with him. II ne
becomes insensi BILE a good swimmer
can easily bring him ashore, ana t9en
the proper means of restoration
should be Immediately used. I'M


pulsiye reoklessness, even though
Inspired by the most generous feel
inc. is not so apt to save drowning
person as thoughtful caution. 1t
NAV be we'll to mention that in case
one feels cramp coming on while in
tie water it is best not to stop, but
to strike out faster than before; .
sudden jerk of the limb is often an
effeetual relief.-RlGraI Nele Yorker.
Year: 1875

THE Democratic msss-me Getting called
for tomorrow night, at the Greenlaw
Opershouse, promises to be all that the
most earnest and honest Democrat could
ask for. The attendance will no doubt
be very large.
Year: 1875

There is one Senator from Alabama
that the country hears very little Of.
Probably there Is no State in the Union
that is worse misrepresented in Con-
gress than this Stale OF Alabama. With
Spencer and Goldthwaite in the Senate
and a set of carpetbaggers in the House,
with only one exception, that of Brom-
berg, Alabama has no reason to be proud
of It's position in Congress.


Ii Goldthwaite is little old man with a
weazened face, which has a sort of rat
and devoid of hair on top. The little
that Is there stands up in an erect top
knot. His face Is thin, eyes sunken,
nose sharp, mouth sunken in, and over
his countenance there is an expression
of good motherly querulousness that is
very amusing. He sits upon the back
row OF the Democratic side of the house,
and potters all day long over few pa
pers. He hardly ever talks to any one,
and seems always perfectly absorbed.
He is so absent-minded as to give rise to
the suspicion that his mind is unsettled.
Coming up the Senate elevator the other
day, he hunted about all the way up tor
place to pass his money through to the
driver. thinking he was in q bobtall
street-car. He went to the Presidents
room the other day, thinking it was the
retiring room. He continually loses
his spectacles upon the top OF his head,
and often spends hours looking for them.
His orst trick Is to carry off the wrong
oYercoat from the cloak-room. He
hardly can concern himself when he gets
ready to get home-just home he goes.
He walks into the cloak-room, takes the
first coat and hat that is convenient, and
then begins his daily struggle to get out
OF the Capitol building. After entering
several committee-rooms, and attempt
ing various windows, he finally finds his
way out, but always upon the wrong
side of the Capitol building, where he
falls into the hands of hacAmen, who all
know his peculiarities and convey him
home.


His trick of carrying off the wrong
coat got Senator friend of his into a
good deal of trouble the other day. This
friend had lett three thousand five hum
dred dollars in his overcoat in the cloak
room. This was the overcoat selected
that night by Goldthwaite to carry off.
You may imagine that the owner of the
money was made very wild, when he
discovered the loss OF his coat. He EN-
ployed detectives, and after four days
useless search they concluded that Gold
thwaite was the man. This conclusion
was confirmed by the fact that an over
coat had been left unclaimed in the
cloak-room, in one Of whose pockets was
a letter addressed to Goldthwaite. A
detective approached the Alabama Sem
ator and said:


"Excuse me, Senator, but is that your
Overcoat that you have ,onw


Goldthwaite started at the question,
and looking at the coat he had on, he
said, sit don't look like mine," and
diving into the pocket he brought out the
pocket-book with the $500 that he had
been innocently carrying about for four
days.


He was surprised for moment, but
for moment only. He became absorbed
in hunt tor his handkerchief which he
held in his right hand, and it was sever
al hours before he found it.
Year: 1875

The Legislature of the State of Maine
has passed law prohibiting the killing


of moose before the first of October, 1880.


There are still few moose in the State
but without some such protection, they


will very soon be exterminateQa
Year: 1875

Miss Molie Binford, one of our most
amiable and accomplished young la
dies, has for some days past labored
industriously at the task of getting up
an entertainment for charitable pur-
poses. TO say that she has succeeded
will not be news to those who know
how earnestly and faithfully Miss
Mollie works at whatever she under
takes. She has procured the assist
ance of our leading local artists and a
number of the young lady and gentle
man vocalists are named in the bills.
Miss Binford has evinced excellent
taste in arranginglthe programme of
the evening, and what with the Ia
bleak, recitations, statuary, and vocal
and instrumental music which she has
judicially interspersed in the cast, we
shall be surprised if all who attend are
not delighted. The entertainment
will take place at Turn-Verein Hall on
Tuesday evening next, and as Miss
Mollie is the moving spirit, the object
charity and the tickets but fifty cents,
we expect the hall will be crowded.
Year: 1875

Some one or other had given him a
hundred pounds to send to an en-
tremely poor minister; but, thinking
it was too much to send him all ut
once, he sent him five pounds in II
letter, with simply these words inside
the letter, More to follow" In a
few days time the good man had an
other letter by the post, and letters by
the post were rarities in those days.
When he opened it there was five
pounds again, with just these words,
"And more to follow A day or two
after there came another and still the
same words, "And more to follow"
And so it continued twenty times, the
good man being more and more as
founded at these letters coming thus
by post, with always the sentence,
"And more to follOw.n Now, every
blessing that comes from God is sent
in just such an envelope, with the
self-same message, "And more to fol-
low." 81 forgive your sins, but there
is more to follow" ~ have helped
you to old age, but there's still more
to follow" ~ will bring you to the
brink of Jordan, but there's more to
follow. In the midst of that river, as
you are passing into the world of spir-
its, my mercy shall continue with
you; and when you land in the world
to come, there shall still be more to
follow" Light is still sown for the
righteous and gladness for the upright
in eart.-Sprgeon.
Year: 1875

" With this ring do 1 wed thee," he placed on


her hand
The daintiest, brightest, wee plain golden


band.
81 'Tls for better, or worse, in life, until death,
1 will love thee, my wife, as long as Ive


breath.
The wedding was o'er, yet the heart of the


bride
Gave back no response to the one by her


side;
He had sought the fair hand, nor thought OF


the love
That's more to a woman than worlds up


above.
Years passed and the jewel its luster had


lost,
lie had tarnished the gem and forgotten its


cost,
But the woman's fair face in beauty and


pride
Covered over with roses tho wound she


would hide.
The mask was part of the cross taken up:
She'll drink life's bitter draught as she


would joys cup.
The longing for love thatwll enter her heart
VIII steal through each fibre and crush


every part.
Until worn and weary the cross is laid down,
Then Love, the Eternal, will give her the


crown.
Blind world call her happy, think she was,


and is now,
All! the ring has been broken, and SO has


the VOW.
Year: 1875

I remember reading somewhere in
Grecian story of man who killed him.
self through envy. His fellow-citizens
had reared statute to one of their
number, who was a celebrated victor
i'm the public games. So strong was
the feeling of envy which this melted
i'm the breast of one of the hero's rivals
that he went forth every night in or
der, if possible, to destroy that mon
ument. After repeated efforts he
moved it from its pedestal and it fell,
and in its fall 1t crushed him. An un-
Intentional symbolic act was this,
showing the suicidal action of envy
on the soul. 1t is ever an element Of
misery, a burning coal, which comes
"hissing hot from hell. l.n-Dr. Thomas.
Year: 1875

AT 10 O'Clock A. NJ, TO nominate candidates for
the Assembly and Tor county Offices, to be
supported by the Independent voters of said
county at the coming election.


The apportionment of delegates is based ON
the vote of 1873. Delegates will be elected by
ballot, and all residents of the county are
qualified to vote at the elections hereinafter
called who are in hearty sympathy with the
reform movement and who will pledge them
selves to support the Peoples Independent
Party in the approaching county election.


Elections for Delegates to said Convention
will be held in the several voting places on
Year: 1875

Coleridge, in his later manhood, ex-
pressed his sorrow at having written
SO shallow q sentiment on the subject
of prayer as that contained in one of
his youthful poems, in which, speak
ing of God, he said:


-"Of whose all-seeing eye
Aught TO demand were impotence of mind"


This sentiment he so severely con.
demued that he said he thought the
act of praying to be, in its most perfect
form, the very highest energy of
which the human heart was capable.
The large majority of worldly men
and of learned men he pronounced in
capable of executing his ideal of
prayer.-StiU Hour.
Year: 1875

the greatest trust committed to him.
Turbulence and defiance of law
stalks high in the public
ways, and the Senate did not know
but even now, as it was celebrating on
this resolution. peace, order, security
Of life and law were being trampled in
the mire in the streets Of New Orleans.
The Senator (Thurman) says it is for
us to say absolutely, in the twinkling
of an eye, that before the sun goes
down tomorrow, the President must
communicate all the facts to the Senate.
This resolution was specially one in
which the Senate should leave it to
the reason, prudence and discretion Of
the President to say whether this pub
lication would be incompatible with
the public interest. In conclusion. Mr..
Conkling moved to amend the resolu-
ton be inserting after the word "re-
quested,' and'' If, in his judgment. not
incompatible with the public interest.
Mr.. Thurman replied that
in respect to foreign affairs it had al
ways been the usage to use the words
moved by the Senator from New York,
but in time of profound peace SIM
pie resolution Of inquiry as to our do
mestic affairs was not left to the dis
cretion of the President, for him to
answer according to his will or desire.
This resolution related to what had al
ready taken place-was question OF
fact. and there was no possible way by
which the President could prejudice
public interests by answering. lfinter-
ference in Louisiana matters did take
place, the Senate conld ask the Presi
dent to tell by what authority it did
take place. The Senate had right to
request the information, and if there
was any reason why the President
should not furnish it. it was for him to
communicate the fact to the Senate
or if he deemed it proper he could send
it to the Senate under the seal Of secre.
sy to be considered in executive session.
Louisiana was net the only State in
which trouble had occurred in refer
ence to the organization of Legisla.
ture. In Ohio, on one occasion, there
were for two weeks or more, two bod
les, both claiming to be the Legislature
Of the State, but thank God they had
no fraudulent returning board; they
had not descended to that depth Of per
dition. If Martin Van Buren. who wa.
then President, has sent the military te
interfere in that Legislative conflict
the troops would never have left Col
umbus alive. In Pennsylvania. also
there had hecn a similar instance anC
how would the people Of that Stat,
have acted had the fedora
government interfered What wonle
not be tolerated in Massachu
sets for a single moment was now the
case in Louisiana. He drsired to know
whether, because Of the first fatal steY
in ioisting an illegal Governor upon th'
people Of Louisiana, all liberty and al
law in that State was to perish !! III
wanted to know who it was that callet
into use the military of the Unitee
States to organize the Legislature o
Louisiana. He did not want this mat
ter decided by clamor or tumult ther'
would be tumultuous spirit in New


York, Ohio. and Michigan if either 0
these States were suffering from tn
same cause.


| Pending the discussion, in which Sen
ators Morton. Howe, Logan, and Ed
munds participated, the Senate ad
inu-ned
Year: 1875

From the Constitution of the National


Grange Of the Patrons OF Husbandry1


The ULTIMATE OBJECT OF THIS ORGANI-
ZATION IS FOR MUTUAL INSTRUCTION AND
PROTECTION.


Human happiness is the acme OF earthly
ambition. Individual happiness depends
upon GENERAL PROSPERITY.