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Year: 1870

bid, mentally diseased, discontented
women and men; just the reverse
The world is beginning TO realize that
this is no romance, gotten up merely
to crafty the perverted taste of an
idle hour, but a demand that must ere
long be met. You have shown you
are not afraid of giving the right of
suffrage to the negro, do not be afraid
of giving it to your mothers, sisters,
wives and daughters, that we may be
no longer branded with "inferiOsity," !"
and as asubjugated party. If women
are capable of guiding the home-ship
Of state; Of rearing, nurturing and
developing the tender, plant mind of
the child, of training il in the way it
should go, land this early teaching
lies at the base of all future educatiOn)
then surely she who mOulds these
minds and "makes the man." is not
far in the background as many may
at first be led to suppose.


Wyoming has shown herself to be
in the advance; let others follow the
glorious example, that the dark word
sldUeTy may never more be written in
this grand republic, and not only one
half of this nation but all join in q
never-ending hallelujah that all have
tasted freedoms glorious boon.


MERCIA BOYNToN LANE.
Year: 1870

An NJ. D. writes: Thousands Of
children in this city, especially those
of German parentage, are suffering
from whoopfng cough, and wish to
call the public attention to the follow
ing simple remedy: To one ounce OF
the dried leaves of the common chest
nut tree add a quart of boiling water,
and when the infusion Is cold give a
cupful three times a day, the5ast dose
being given when the patient retires.
After twenty-four or thirty-six hours
the patient will be relieved, and then
the dose maybe administered in small
er auantity.b
Year: 1870

A Vermont doctor recently gave up
a case as hopeless, and on his way
home broke his leg, while, to illustrate
more fully the uncertainty OF human
predictions, the man he had doomed
to death recovered in time to make
him a pair of erutches.
Year: 1870

wARyEas PrLE REMEDY has never failed not
even in one easel to cure the very worst cse Of
Blind Itching or Bleeding Piles. Those wha
are afflicted should Immediately call on their
druggist and get WARMERS PTLB REMEDY. II
is expressly for the piles and is not recommen-
ded to cure any other disease It has cured
many cares Of over thirty years standing Price
One Dollar. For sale by all druggist every
where.
Year: 1870

Cur IT THIcK.-Ths parties who got
up the transparencics for the Democratic
torchlight procession on hast Saturday
night, cut it most too thick. Their most
pointed transpatencies reflected somewhat
severely, and without cause, upon the
POLITICAL character Of lifelong Democrats,
who are not disposed to let new recruits,
coming in at the last hour, run the
machine at their expense. A slight dis
agreement, resulting in black eye, be.
tween two Democrats, wound up the great
and glorious ratification meeting.
Year: 1870

PIcKLED SALMoN.-Mcssrs. p. G.
Harper & Co. have received supply of
picked salmon, the last catch of the
present season, and which were put up at
or near Astoria on the Columbia river,
which arc without an exception the very
best sample of cured salmon ever put
upon the market. The fish were in the
finest condition when caught, and have
been put up in superior manner. We
predict that after our epicures get taste
of them, they will disappear like hot
cakes. Go to Harper's and invest.
Year: 1870

Pres AND PoLITicIANs.-Prof Tyndall.
in his very interesting volume, The Gla-
eiere of the Alps" speaks of sleeping one
bitter cold night high up the mountains,
in q COW house attached to Swiss chalet.
He was prevented from sleeping by a
group of pigs which occupied the same
ground floor Just under him. To use the
language of the volume, 1.-The object of
each individual of the group was to secure
for himself the maximum amount of heat,
and hence the outside members were in
ceSsantly trying to become inside ones,"
This is a very good illustration of political
parties. The warm pigs inside think all
is right. and struggle to keep the others
where they are the outside pigs are ever
struggling for q warm place, and growl
and squeal and complain that all iswrong
because they are out in the cold. 1t is so
in the nation, SO in the state, 80 in the
town. continual contention between the
the cold and the warm pigs-most Of the
politics of the day is that of position. :
Year: 1870

PEAKS IsLAND.-The Gazelle has now fairly
entered upon her trips to the Islands having
been completely renovated and repainted since
the last season, and is as good as new. Yes
terday morning was superb morning to be on
the water, the heat being intense in the city at
an early hour. Quite number took advan-
tage of the opportunity afforded, for a short ex-
cursion down and back, to Peaks Island. The
old bowling alleys near the landing have been
torn down and fine new ones erected about 100
yards to the right of the old Site The Union
House is being repainted and having blinds put
on the windows, and will fully sustain its well
merised reputation this summer We learn that
post Office is sadly needed on the Island. One
man informed us that he had brought 250 let
ters from the Portland office the past two
months for only about 1=ord OF the Island ano
had Carried as many as sixty at one trip to the
city. What then must be the amount for the
whole Island? As there are many summer
boarders who have to depend upon the polite
ness Of the inhabitants, who happen to go to
and from the city, for their mails. it seems as il
some arrangement should be made and espe-
cially when we consider that there are about
400 inhabitants who have a greater or less cor
respondence. There are now forty mine houses
on the Island and two in the course of erection.
We hear that the new boat which is going on
the route shortly (the Libby) will remain all
night at Peaks Island coming up to the city al
an early hour, SO that this charming summer
retreat will probably be well patronized by
boarders from the city this summer.
Year: 1870

SUMMER tourists and pleasure seekers can
not find a more delightful excursion than to
take a trip over the Portland & Rochester
Railroad to Gorham, thence seven miles by
stage to Standish, at the foot of Lake Sebago
where they will find the beautiful steamer
Oriental ready to take them over the most de.
lightful and romantic steamboat route in New
England. The sail through the crooked Songo
river (seven miles) is of itself worth the price
OF a through ticket to Harrison. The steamer
passes through lock at the head of the river


and through a draw bridge at Naples The
ever varying scenery in the river, and through
Lake Sebago and Long Pond to Bridgton and
Harrison, thirty-three and half miles, is un.
surpassed in steamboating, in this State at
least. Tourists will find the officers of the
Oriental ready to poiut out object of interest
and to afford them every facility for a pleasant
trip. Good hotel Accommodations will be
found both at Harrison and Bridgton. We
congratulate the travelling public, both o


business and pleasure, on the establishment o.


this route over the Lake. Success to the en-.
terprise. L.
Year: 1870

PoLICE.-A sailor from a Portuguese bark
lying in this harbor, Tuesday night stole boat
and deserted the vessel. Officers Gribbon and
Cammett yesterday arrested him at boarding
house on Fore street and he was sent to Ban
gor in the afternoon to join the vessel which
has sailed for that port.


The police yesterday arrested Abby Smith
at her daughters house on Green street for the
larceny of twenty pounds of pork from the
house of Stephen Grant in Westbrook, where
she had been employed as a servant girl. The
pork was recovered
Year: 1870

The TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. Mass
Temperance State Convention will be held at
Auburn tomorrow. Those desirous of attend
ing can go and return for the sum of $1.40,
leaving the Kennebec depot at o'clock in the
morning and return early in the evening. 1t
is hoped q large delegation will go from this
Year: 1870

ELEGANCE AND COMFORT exist throughout
the AMERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON. The hotel is
still kept by the veteran host, Lewis Rice,
whose supervision for quarter of century
has rendered this house so popular.
Year: 1870




adopted With demonstrations Of hearty aa.
proval


feSolced, That we rejoice in the vast and va
iied material resources Of our State; and that
1t should be the constant efforts of every de-
paftment 0f the State government by wise, uni
form and foreseeing State Policy to develope
their resources and bring them into active op-
Grafton and thus to present profitable employ
ment tor our industrious people and home
market for the produce of our farmers SO as to
stay the tide of emigration from our State and
increase its wealth and population.


Resol0ed, That while we would maintain and
preserve the sacredness of the public debt of
the State and nation and the gradual payment
of the same according to the letter and spirit
of the contract; we are also in favor of the re-
duction of the burdens of taxation, internal and
external, so far as is consistent with the public
credit and wise regard to all the industrial
interests OF the country, and we are opposed to
fostering one branch ofindustry at the expense
of another, but hold that the burdens and the
benefits should be equally distributed to all.
ReSolUed, That the shipping interests of the
State and nation demand the care and protec-
ton of the government and the adoption of
such measures as shall afford relief to the own
ers and builders of vessels


ResotUed, That we renew our adhesion to the
princlples OF prohibition and vigorous and
impartial enforcement of the laws to that end.
Resotved, That we have entire confidence in
the ability, integrity and patriotism of Hon.
SIDNEY PERHAM, the nominee of this conven-
ton, and as an additional evidence of the f.
deity of the people of Maine to true Republi-
liean principles we propose to elect him by a
triumphant majority.


The Committee that received the votes then
reported:


Whole number of votes cast 1894


Necessary to choice 648


Sidney Perham had 667


Samvel f. Hersey 627


The announcement of the vote was received
with deafening and long continued applause,
at the close of which Hon. Henry E. Prentiss
of Bangor stated that he was exceeding ely sorry
that the choice of the convention had not fallen
upon Gen. Hersey, but assured them that the
Generals friends knew when they were beaten
and would give his successful competitor a
hearty, sincere and enthusiastic support,
whereupon he moved that the nomination be
made unanimous, which motion was carried
by accamation.


The Convention then adjourned. ="
Year: 1870

The GRAND TRUNK-I have recently re-
turned from long journey to the West, pass
ing both ways over the whole line OF the Grand
Trunk Railway. have nowhere seen a better
road than this; in all the divisions where the
rails have been relaid the cars run smoothly
and without rattle or noise Very soon the
entire line will be relaid, and will then be in
perfect condition. The stations are substan-
tally and handsomely built of blue lime stone,
and are far superior to the majority of the sta
tions on the other Western roads.


The quantity of business offering to the
Grand Trunk is almost without limit; it would
be safe to say that it will always be up to the
full capacity of the road, even with double
line of rails. Milwaukee has now become a
shipping port of importance, nearly or quite
equal to Chicago, and the course of transit
from that port is by water to Port Sarnia,
where every facility is found for transhipment
from the vessels to the cars of this road. The
interests of this city require that the Grand
Trunk should be encouraged and sustained in
all proper ways. ND.
Year: 1870

William Bache, Il private In the u. ).
Army at Newport Barracks, WAS tried as
deSsrter and condemned to one years
imprisonment at hard labor. The same
evening he had been sent down with
others, to the edge of the Licking river
TO assist in the filling Of the tubs, on
which the garrison is now dependent for
its water supply, armed sentinels as
usual, accompanying the party. A
moment after reaching the river bank,
Bache plunged headlong into the stream
and began swimming for the opposite
shore. The sentinels fired hastily and
carelessly, and missed the strong swim
mer, who rapidly widened the distance
between himself and danger The guard
rushed to the scene upon hearing the
firing, but when they were prepared to
open fire upon the deserter the latter
was about 800 yards up stream, and well
away toward the Covington shore. When
the guard opened fire there was rattle
of musketrv like the coming from skir-
mish line, and the bullets fell thick and
fast around the head of the swimmer.


The excitement at this moment was
intense. Both banks of the river were
crowded with people, assembled to hear
the music of the band at parade and
witness the military display, little ex-
pecting to be present at a shooting trial
in which the target was a human life.


The sympathies of the people seemed
to be with the deserter, and many a
heart beat hard and fast as Bache, reach
ed the shore unhurt, rose erect, and
pause | exhausted, or, perhaps, with a
wonderful presence of mind that saved
his life. Certain is it that the slightest
movement toward further escape would
have been the signal for his death, for
twenty muskets had the range of his
body, now wholly exposed to the fire.


At the command of the officer of the
day, the guard ceased firing, but kept
their mark covered, while detail of
four men went over in skiff and recap
tured the desperate prisoner, who was
taken back and placed in irons.
Year: 1870

he looked upon the strong man thus
PROSTATE before him. He visited the
patient daily and his very life seemed
to hang upon Gardeners recovery, and
when the danger was passed, the long
fever which ensued was broken, and the
engineer began to recover, the Supt. was
as happy as IA child.


| may say, in conclusion, that the III
cident was not without its result, for at
once the Valley Road was thoroughly
rebuilt in the best possible manner, new
ly stocked and is to-day one of the best
roads in the country, running its trains
on time and giving great delight to the
travelling public, thanks to the energy
and enterprise of Superintendent Gar
diner, kind-hearted, grey-headed gen
tleman, who is ranked among the best
railroad men in the country. / go down
to see him twice year, and we always
talk about the day when he undertook to
run his time table and the results thereof
Year: 1870

Nor long ago, the Independent contain
ed sensible article on Getting Mar
ricd" The substance of it is too true
that while young men say they cannot
marry because the girls of this generation
are too extravagant, the fault by no means
is altogether with the girls. In the first
place, young men as II general thing,
admire the elegant costumes in which
many ladies appear, and do not hesitate to
express their admiration to those who are
more plainly dressed And what is the
naturi, effect of this In the second
place, many young men are too proud
themselves to commence their married


life in u quiet, economical way. They
nrc not willing 10 marry until they have
money enough 10 continue all their own
private luxurics. and also support wife
IN style. The difficulty is not alto
gethcr ON either side but il both men
and women would be true to the best
feelings of their hearts, and careless about
what the world would say. pure and
happy and noble homes would bc more
abundant.
Year: 1870

RICHES. The man with good firm
health is rich. So IL the man with n
clear conscience. So il the parent Of
vigorous. happy children. So is the
clergyman whose coat the little children
Of his parish pluck, ~ he passes them ut
their play. SO is that wife who has
the whole heart of u good husband. 80
il the maiden whose horizon Is not
bounded by the coming man. but who
has purpose in life, whether she ever
met him or not. So is the young man
who, laying his hand on his heart, can
say. al have treated every woman !
saw IN | shoild wish my sister treated
by other men," so Ia the little child
Who goes TO sleep with kiss on It's lips,
and for whose waking kind blessing
waits.
Year: 1870

A GEORGIA paper truthfully says 1t
is n very easy matter 10 criticise n news
paper, but to print one to please every
body and the rest of mankind. il no
small undertaking. Those who find
fault with every little item which does
not suit their ideas of right and wrong.
should buy type and publish MI organ
of their own. Let them try IL for u
while, and If they don't get some new
ideas on this subject then we are no
Judges Of human nnturc-that's all.
Year: 1870

AZurich correspondent of the ST. Louis
Republican, writing of the Town of
Shaffhausen, Switzerland, says


There is a fine old cathedral there,
dating from 1104 castle or fortress
commanding the town, which dates from
the 18th century. 1t was renewed dur
ing the famine of 1864 in order to afford
support to the INDECENT. Like all old
castles, it has its legends. One of the
most interesting connected with this
will relate.


The legend saith, that during the Cru
sades the lord of the castle went off to
the holy war, leaving behind a young
wife to whom he was recently we'd After
long time he returned He arrived one
very dark night precisely at 9 o'clock on
the bank of the Rhine, opposite his
castle. Impatient to behold the wife
from whom he had been so long absent,
he could not brook the delay of boat or
daylight, bu5 plunged into the rapid
waters, attempted to swim across, and
was lost The disconsolate wife had an
immense bell of silver made, hung III the
great tower, and set apart large sum of
money, the interest of which was to sup



port a person whose whole duty should
be to ring this bell every night at 9
o'clock, III commemoration of the sad
event which occurred precisely at that
hour, and as it happened only four OF
five or SIX hundred Years ago we know
the time to be exact. After this loud
expression of her grief she retired to a
convent for life, thereby setting widows
a very exemplary example.


In the course of time the French
stormed the castle, and very ungallantly
melted this bell for mercenary purposes.
1t was replaced by one of baser metal,
which is rung for fifteen minutes, begin
ming at 8 o'clock every night and will be
by the conscientious Shaghausites until
the end of time. The present bell-ringel
is an old man who told me he had per
formed this duty nineteen Years.
Year: 1870

I think old women-I don't like the
word " lady" because it don't mean any
thing now-a-days-ar the most beautiful
and lovely beings in the world They are
so near Heaven that they catch the glow
and brightness which radiate from the
pearly gates and illuminate their faces.
When the hair begins to silver, and the
embers in the fire grow gray and cold, and
the sun has got so far around In lite's horI-
zon that the present makes no shadow,
while the past stretches down the hillside
to a little mound of earth, where we viii
rest for the season-a little mound not big
enough to hold our corner lots, and marble
fronts and safes, which we shall have to
leave on the other side of the hill, but big
enough, l trust, to hold our memories and
fancies, our air castles and secrets and
when the journey is nearly done, and the
night is setting in, and the darkness begins


to gather around US without any stars, and


the birds sing low in the trees, and the
flowers whittier and die, and the music we
hear comes from afar, strangely sweet. like
sounds coming over the water, and like
/ little children we live In ourselves, and


the world gradually recedes from us-then
l should ike to be an old woman, full of
blessed memories and peaceful anticipa-


ton


l think l know the best woman in the


world, and think every other man knows
/ her [ think the one l know has the


kindest heart, and the dearest face, and
the most .eareSsine hand. and the most IN
dying devotion among all women. Her
4 eyes were once to me the boundaries of


the world, and were the first things l ever
/ looked into. And | think the best woman
every other man knows has all these quail
/ ties in the same degree. And l think there
/ Is not one of US who has strayed so far
/ from that woman-the best of all women
NOT one of US so calloused with the strife


and toll of life, not one of US in the midst


of difficulty and danger, who does not feel


the invisible arms around him to shield


him, and VINO does not long to 90 back TO
/ the arms and the love Of that woman. and
! to rest, as we rested before our feet cot


into the flinty walks of life
Year: 1870

ago married young lady, and for years
they lived on III perfect harmony, but one
day she sickened and she and her friends
supposed she would die; at this crisis she
became anxious about the welfare OF her
husband and busted herself in selecting her
successor, who was to share with Warren
the ioys of matrimonial bliss. This diff


Guilty she at last overcame by selecting
woman she thought worthy to follow in her
footsteps. Once settled in her mind, she
desired the twain to be made one flesh,
even before her death, that she might be
made happy in her last moments. They
were accordingly married by her bedside,
and the sick woman having her hearts
wish gratifed turned over to die; but it
was not so to be, for she, much to the as
tonishment of all parties, rapidly grew bet
ter, and soon recovered her health, only to
find her husband given 10 another. This
was more than the woman bargained Tor,
but the two females fixed up the matter,
and it was agreed that they would live in
harmony in the same house, and thus they
lived for years. Both women raised a
family of children one had six and the
other FIVE. Some of these children are
grown up men and women at the present
time. About six months ago the women
quareled and the husband was called on
to settle the difficulty, and he espoused the
cause of the youngest wife, and 1T was de-
termined on by the two to get the old wife
out of the house. which was speedily ac-
complished, and she Is now doing house
work in the neighborhood, while the sec
ond wife enjoys the bed and board that
were once hers MattedlCan Herald.
Year: 1870

The Rev. j. Hyatt is rather humorous
as well as pious, judging from his relation
of the following good joke on himself;


We stopped at Syracuse, n. Y. for
dinner You remember the railroad de-
pot, centrally located, with its eastern and
western entrances exactly alike-as much
so as the two ends of car. After we had
dined, the depot master informed me that
we bad seventeen minutes to spare before
the departure of the Eastern train. This
l thought, will give me an opportunity to
see the city, and a glorious chance for "a
smoke" provided a clergyman could be
tempted into such a piece of wasteful and
worldly amusement. l sauntered forth,
and after an absence of exactly thirteen
minutes, having enjoyed delightful and
soothing stroll, was leisurely returning,
watch in hand, when, to my sudden as
tonishment, beheld the train slowly Gid
ing out the other end of the depot, and in
creasing its speed at every puff of the gi-
gantic locomotive. Here indeed was a
q CALI that admitted of neither correspond
ence or delay; there was no time for " tax,
! ing into consideration" so. without con.
ferring with flesh and blood, | put off like
sky rocket with double fuse. For a
Year: 1870

The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
not to issue any more of the fifty cents
fractional currency notes. on account of
the counterfeits of that denomination now
in circulation. A new design will at once
be prepared.