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Year: 1870

We must abandon the idea that art is n
device OF leisure and luxury,-a merciric-
ious addition, which the pallcd appetite
of fself-indulgence and superfuous wealth
makes to its weary stock OF the merely
useful and the necessary. II is mans in
most dream and longing for perfection,
striving 10 realize itself in external forms.
Oh, what hidden poetry there is in al
souls. what latent wealth of sentiment,
what scnsiblity TO beauty, what yearning
for harmony and fine effects Of tones and
chords in color and tune! Who does not
see the secret evidence Of an incxhaustblc
capacity for the enjoyment and use OF
beauty in color and form. in every lovely
woman's dress, however humble; the
twist and folds of her hair, the plais in
her bodice, the sweep and set OF her skirts.
The neatness and finish of her simplest
attire? And what American home--ay,
cabin-has not some shrine Of taste, even
though it were only the white curtains in
the spare room, the few pictures, perhaps
cut from the newspaper, over the
daughters chest of drawers, or the posv
stuck in the broken bottle upon the mantle
piece? We commend this
example. then, to our village circles.
Three times in the year, at least, have q
series of tableaux in your townhall. Let
all the people come together. Meke the
occasion one OF charity. Let ii build up,
now this, now that, religious or philan'
thropic cause. Let all join to aid tho
Congregational, the Episcopal, the Uni
tartan, or Universalist society, whichever
happen to be beneficiary for the day.
Mutual consideration and common charity
will thus be promoted; above all, taste
and beauty will creep into the community.
Worship will catch unexpected inspira
ton home will grow more artistic and
beautiful sparks Of genius will be struck
out of many cold-seeming breasts; old
people will appear in new characters
many prejudices will be softcned ;sectarian
rancor will subside; and the wealth and
richness Of humanity will come out OF
what seemed monotonous and unpromis.
ing spheres. Dull and vulgar life will
put on little bravery and ornament; the
taste for pictures will grow the better
art. journals will be taken more attention
given to domestic anil church music; a
finer sense of color and form in nature be
developed; and the sacred and divine
mission of art be sped on its way in II
country now so bare Of its refined in
fiuenees. yet so ready to carry it, finally.
to pitch never before realized in religion
or common life.-[From "Old and News
for September.
Year: 1870

To TRAIN HORSE TO STAND. The
American Stock Journal contains the
following directions: Take your horse
on the barn floor and throw strap over
his back and flstcn il to his right tore
foot lead him along and say "whoa, at
the same time pull down the strap which
throws him on three feet and makes him
stop suddenly. This is the best way
known to teach whoa, though you can
put on the war bride and say whoa, and
gave him sharp jerk that will stop him
about as soon as the strap 10 his foot.
Then put him in harness with the foot.
strap, and drive himup TO the door The
moment he undertakes to move take his
foot and say whoa. Get in your carriage
and get out again; rattle the thlls, make
all the noise getting in and ont that you
can: give him to understand, by snatch
ing his toot every time he moves, that he
must stand until you tell him to go; and
after few times you can put the whole
family in the carriage and he won't stir
out OF his tracks.
Year: 1870

grooms men until the end Of tho wed
ding day. and they are supposed to keep
strict watch over her until the hour of re.
tiring. II one of the guests can, in any
manner, succeed in stealing the shoe Of
one Of the brides feet, a search warrant
is issued. and when the same is found, il
is put up at auction, and no one is allow
ed TO bid for it save the groomsman, the
proceeds of the sale always being the
cooks perquisite.


At the wedding referred to the shoe
was stolen during the dinner hour. A
mischievous guest managed to get under
the table while the wine corks were fly
ing in every direction, and the party
were laughing nj the height of their
voices. Secretly he wended his way un-
derncath tho table until he arrived at the
brides chair, where. with a sharp knife,
he gently cut the satin ribbons that held
the dainticst little slipper on very pretty
little foot. He then retroated from his
position. and was successful in mingling
again with the happy crowd before his
absence from the. festive board was motto.
cd. The rcpast finished, the party arose
from the table, and not ill then did the
bride become aware OF her loss. There
WIS 4 merry laugh, and the recovery OF
the slipper was TO be effected


An Alderman of Allegheny was one OF
the guests, and he was applied to for Il
search rant. The document was is.
sued. and the gentlemen present. with
groomsmen rs presidents. resolved them
selves into a committee OF the whole for
recovery of the lost slipper. After n
long search the article was found in tho
possession of the gentleman who COM
mitted the larceny. He was appointed
auctioneer, and the satin slipper was
knocked down TO one of the groomsmcn
for eighteen dollars. He restored il to
the bride. the money was handed to the
cook, and the rest of the evening was
spent in highly enjoyable manner.
Year: 1870

HIcu ST. EXCURSION annual excur-
sion OF our High street friends will take place
to morrow. The steamer Charles Houghton
will leave the wharf foot of State street at 8 80
o'clock for Evergreen Landing, where one of
the pleasautest days of the season will be spent
by all who may join this excursion, as the COM
mttee will spare no pains for the comfort and
entertainment of both old and young. Let
every one carry with them bowl and spoon
for chowder. Ice cream will be for sale ON the
Year: 1870


PoLICE.-Yesterday afternoon Annie Bal,
alias Annie Dutton, had an attack of delirium
tremens at her house, and sent out one of the
girls with her bank book, in which she had
written "Please pay to bearer my funds as
am on my death bed, and oblige, Annie Pow
ers" Cher maiden nancy. Then she heaped
all the clothes in the middle of the room and
set them on fire and it took a hogshead Of
water to put out the flames. When the ply.
sician arrived she few at him and be had to re.
treat and get Deputy Sterling to go down, ,whe
brought Annie to the station. Arrived there
she proceeded to smash everything in her eel
and tore an elegant shawl she had on all t
pieces. The Deputy then went for the cir
with the book book and luckily recovered it al
right for she had $500 to her credit. She has
gone to the workhouse to reform.
Year: 1870

RoBBERY.-On Monday last an Irishman
employed on the P. & O. Railroad went over
to the circus at Cornish, and after the perform.
ance stole nice horse and wagon and started
off with it. Going over Hemlock Bridge be
broke the wagon but, nothing daunted, stole
another TO replace it, After proceeding some
distance misfortune pursued him and he broke
the second one, and he therefore made love te
a third. Mr.. John F. Anderson returning
from the Notch, passed him on his way thithel
and noticed him particularly from his remark
ing that the road was narrow for two people
although he did not recognize him. Shortly
after Mr.. Anderson passed man in hot pur
suit of the the thief and shortly after encoun
tered the Sheriff with his posse comitatas head
ing in the same direction.
Year: 1870

IRON IN THE BLooD.-When the blood


well supplied with its iron element, we feel
vigorous and full of animation. 1t is an in
sufficiency OF this vital element that makes us
feel weak and low spirited; in such cases. the
Peruvian Syrup Ia protoxtae of irony can sup
ply this deficiency, and its use will invigorate
US wonderfully. js26eod1w
Year: 1870

VERY full reports Of the meeting of the Cum


berland County Medical Association and the
Aged Brotherhood excursion are laid over un-
til tomorrow on account of the pressure Of
| other matters.
Year: 1870

RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF GEN. Lee
At the last meeting of the trustees of Man
chester the following preamble and resolll.
tiOns were adopted:


Whereas the trustees of the town of Man.
chester have learned with deep regret OF
the death OF General Robert L. Lee There
fore, be it


1. Resolued, That we, rs the representa-
tiyes of the town, sympathise in the gene
ral bereavement which the people of this
State now experience.


2. That we recommend to the people OF
Manchester the observance of such day a:
shall be set apart by the Governor as day
Of public mourning in cOmmemoratlon o
his death.
In no place in his native State had the
gallant Lee more devoted admirers than il
Manchester, and her citizens yield to none
in deploring his loss and in reverence to hl'
eail1ted memory.
Year: 1870

FIRE TgLEeRApH.--This apparatus was
thoroughly tested on yesterday BY Messrs.
Paynter & Dowell and the Chiefs of the
Police, and Fire Departments, and found to
be in excellent working order. The alarm
was turned In from every box, and each
one indicated its location. The machine ut
the bell-house is under perfect control,
and can be struck at the rate of one hun
dred and twenty strokes to the minute,
which would be rather too fist for practical
purposes.
Year: 1870

ter and doubt it you ever have a better offer.
How many, many times is girl advised to ac-
cept man on this account! An inventory of
the man is taken, and a whole neighborhOod
comes to the conclusion that she cant DO any
better ~


If marriage is to be regarded rs merely a
civil, business contract, all head and no heart,
then it is of course the shrewdest part to take
the man with the best inventory But if IA
woman is believer in the theory that there is
to her tcOrld Of difference between two men
who may be to a casual observer exact counter
parts, and that while one answers to every
finer tone of her existence. and the other is
mute or diScordant nature, she recognizes the
fatality of ignoring the difference And any
woman stands on her heart at the mar
riage to a man whose face is not the most pre-
ciOnS one on earth whose presence does not
give her the SupremeSt rest, satisfaction and
content, VOWS to love, when she cannot, to
obey because of force, to honor and cherish
where she will find contempt and repugnance
1t is pitiable SHIFT, trying to drive liking to
love trying to be good and true wife because
you haye PROMISED to be SUCH and trying to
subject yourself to wtely requirements when
every spark of feeling and nature in you is dis
loyal 1t is a pitiIul thing to be simply Jodiy
married, and so | say to unmarried women, for
the sake OF happiness, tor the sake of self res
pect; for the sake OF genuine responsibility
for the sake of all that is noble, pure and di-
vine in wOmanhOod as well as manhood, do not
marry for the sake of any " because under
the sum- for any reason in the infinite category
OF reasons save because" the best and divin
est in you demand it, aud for the reason o.
! Lore


Human existence is a compensating one.
Every JOY has its equivalent in sorrow, anC
| somehow there is a happiness answering to tbt
cry of misery. Nobody ever came into tn
world without getting out of it, There are tn
earth and the sea for the dead and amshouse
and charitable institutions for people who fint
a niche nowhere else And there's work to b
done in thousand forms each soul to be edu
Gated and disciplined for the next life Heave
to he won; God glorfed and enjoyed forever
and think you are yet to learn that nowher


but under the matrimonial tent life finds il


Alpha and Omega.--Nuy A. f. Wager, 1


Rlrdt Net0 IOrEer
Year: 1870

The Cedar Falls Iowa Gn=cftc tells story
of sharp practice in that vicinity: a person
at Parkersburg recently went to a lawyer, and
stolen. The lawyer advised that writ of re-
pevin be procured and the log replevied and
it was done. The other party went to the same
lawyer for advice as to how he might recover
the log. He advised that it be replevied and
that was done. At this point party No went
for more advice. The same process was sug-
Gested. The last time We heard from it. that
log was being replevied as fast as the several
parties could get out papers"
Year: 1870

A Town Clerk in Illinois, who had recently
given young man marriage license, received
from him the following note. SIR will
send you the license that you gave me to get
married for this reason because the girl whose
name is on the paper went back on me because
she could get another feler his name is George
Jones send them so you can give him license
for her but bee sure and get your fee for so
doin. No more at present but believe me
your most hart broken Joseph Miller"
Year: 1870

A negro woman in Virginia, sevcnty-one
years old, recently took it into her head to learn
to read, write and cipher; 50 she entered a
school, and regularly every day paid the teach
er. She got along very well until near the
close of the second week, when she missed
her lesson" and was ANONYMOUSLY kept in
during recess much to her chagrin and great y
to her disappointment at not being permitted
to play wild the rest of the children"
Year: 1870

Bishop Simpson said in one of his recent
lectures that while in Europe he never travelled
with German student without being told that
he (the STUDENT was saving money to go to
America, nor rode with an Irishman that did
not ask him if he knew his cousins!
Year: 1870

The latest invention in the railroad line is
that of counter steam locomotives, by means of
which the use of brakes is almost entirely dis
penSed with, even on steep, descending grades.
Year: 1870

LONDON, June 8, 1870.
A distressing accident occurred at the Alhambra
Concert Hall last night. While the ballet was In
progress and the scene was crowded with dancers
one the large trap doors in the centre Of the stage
gave way. A number of the dancers who were
grouped on the spot were violently precpnaed into
the space under the stage which was unusually
deep and was filed with machinery and theatrical
lumber. Eleven Of the unfortunate girls were
badly injured some Of them, it is feared, fatally.
The catastrophe caused panic in the audience,
which, however, had no serious results.
Year: 1870

HUDSON, june 3, 1870.
The Montreal express train on the Harlem Exten-
sion Railroad met with an accident this morning
az Clarendon, where bridge had been washed
away by the heavy ram last night The engine and
three cars run into the river The fireman is miss
ing and is supposed TO be Killed. The engineer broke
his leg ana Is otherwise severely injured. The
baggage master Is slightly injured No other casual
ties are reported.
Year: 1870

at each and every Public Fair since 1867, (ths
year it was completely whore any premium at
al has been given, or where its strong points
have been really exhibited


There is this difference: All the Premiums that
the WEED Sewing Machine Company claim, from
the
Year: 1870

The bankrupt law has been amended by
recent act of Congress in some few par
ticulars which are worthy of public notice.
Provision is now made that the circuit
Judge, in case of sickness, absence or
other disability of the district judge, may
make all necessary rules and orders pre-
paratory to the final hearing of causes in
bankruptcy. The law now provides also
that the provisions of that section, known
as the fifty per cent. clause, shall not ap-
ply to those debts, from which the bank
rupt seeks discharge, which were con-
tracted prior TO the first of January, 1869.
In other words a debtor, whose assets do
not pay fifty cents on the dollar, must now
obtain the assent OF a majority in number
and value of those creditors only whose
debts were contracted since the first of
January, 1869. A clause of the thirty
ninth section makes it an act of bankrupt
cy, that person "being banker, mer-
chant, or trader, has fraudulently stop
ped or suspended. and not resumed pay
ment of his commercial paper within a
period of fourteen days Much difficulty
has been found by the courts in the con-
struction of this clause, especially as to
the meaning of the word ''fraudulently. y
All the ambiguity has been removed by
an amendment as follows Tor who be.
ing a banker, broker, merchant. trader
manufacturer or miner, has fraudulent,
stopped payment, or who has stopped o
suspended and not resumed payment o
commercial paper within period OF four
teen days" The bankrupt law is improv
ed by these amendments, but it would b
still further improved by an amendmen
to provide for the custody of the bank
rupts property between the time o
filing the petition and the appointment o
an assignee.
Year: 1870

The Indians were formerly very numerous
and very annoying to the early settlers, but
they have most all been taken on to the Res
ervation. There are few living with farmers
who have become civilized and speak the Eng
lish language fluently. There also some white
men married to squaws, one certain Judge in
the county has two for wives, sort of a
Mormon.


Humbolt bay is noted for lumber and pota-
toes. There is one vast forest Is miles wide
and extending up the coast hundreds of miles
Some of the trees are ten and twelve feet in
diameter. | saw spruce trees on Eel river
seven feet in diameter, often attaining the
height of $50 to 200 feet. Bears, deer and elk
are plenty, which make fine hunting ground
for the sportsman. Pigeons too are plenty in
the summer.


Most all of the houses have fire places.
something on the old style, and while sitting
by them it carries one back to early days in
Maine, when back log gave comfort and or
namented the sitting room. | remained there
about two months taking view of the place,
and during that time it rained by spells most
every day.


The avaricious propretors and the land spec
ulators has caused land to go up within the
last two or three years that it has been al
most impossible to buy land without paying
three times as much as it is actually worth.
But a reaction has taken place. The dull
times now prevailing is bringing real estate
down to o reasonable price.
Year: 1870

The f. & n. A. Railway Company have
commenced work on the Saltwater Branch of
that road, and it will probably be completed
this fall. The Sunrise is authorized to say
that the road will be completed, and the cars
running through from Bangor to Halifax as
early as August or September of next year.
This is but a short time to wait for so impor-
tant an event. The finishing of that road will
revolutionize nearly all of the business of
Aroostook.
Year: 1870

On Tuesday the decomposed body of a man
was found in the water in Falmouth, and iden-
tilted as the body of Timothy Anglon, who was
drowned by the upsetting of the small sloop
yatch Gipsey, down the harbor on the 2lst of
June last
Year: 1870

The dodge of the coal miners last
year for keeping up the price of
that necessity, was so successful that
they have attempted again this year
with result more promising to the con-
sumers than to themselves. The miners
determined on an eight hour strike, but
unlike that of last year. this was an entire
failure. On the day when the turnout was
to come off, there was no body found
among the men of the Scranton coal re-
gion to be ready for it, theminers keeping
to their work, and it is expected those Of
the Schuylkill district will resume work
Immediately The attempt will prove a
failure, and it is now pretty generally be-
lieved that people will get their coal for
next winter at reaso nable prices.
Year: 1870

The Bath Times says that as the train on
Tuesday was starting from Brunswick for
Portland JAS. Peters in attempting to jump.
on the train missed his footing and fell by the
track. the cars passing over his arm and lace
rating it in a terrible manner. Medical assis-
tanee was procured aid the unfortunate per-
son will undoubtedly have TO submit to am
putation of his arm.
Year: 1870

The Androscoggn Herald says that horse
belonging to Mr.. Harrison of Mechanic Falls,
ran away one day last week frightened by the
ears, and upsetting the carriage threw out his
wife and child. 1t was feared at first that
they were badly hurt, but the facts have hap
PLY proved to the contrary. The same day
Miss Aggie Robson and Miss Annie Chandler
were thrown from a carriage by seat tipping
ont and quite badly frightened though not Sc
riously hurt.
Year: 1870

To DESTROY MoLEs.--Make corn
meal into dough with water in the
usual way. Mix Herewith small
portion Of arsenic. At the break
ing up of cold weather in the
Spring, when the moles first begin
to travel forth, break through their
roads and deposit q lump about
the size Of marble, and cover
again with q clod of dirt to ex-
clude the light DO this at many
points and the moies soon disap-
pear. @'@ @a Is g,


1t has sometimes been asserted
that it is not the moles that does the
damage, but a monse that follows In
the wake. Indubitable reasons ex-
ist for believing that the moles par
take OF the poison and are destroy ed,
and that whether the injury to
crops is done by the moles or mice
the evil ceases after q thorough
application of the above.


= o.. s's CdrottaG Farmer.
Year: 1870

CHieSoSs.-Ihere is o lady in
Washington who wears her own
fair hair without q chignon, which
fact deserves mention in honor of
the one sensible woman of the age
who does not disfgnre herselfwith
the current vile wad. No enc il
deceived by these monstrous tu-
mors into believing any other
thing than by their assumption is
indicating q woful lack of that
long hair which is the glory ofwo-
man in the persons wearing them.
They defile collars, they exhale
graveyard sayors, and do away
with one Of the pleasantest part of q
woman's head, next to her face
the round shapely noddle, to wit,
OF beauty unadorned. Even the
close shorn .spoll = Of a bruiser
is preferable in judicious eye
to the back brain Of q pretty wo-
man fouled up with q mass of
horse-bair, sea moss, and dead
folks tresses. A way with it,
taen, good ladies. The summer
is nigh, and its heat may reveal
those taints Of the chignon which
the cold of the winter has kept
under check.