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it fc.>- admitted those little ones irt n special
tavor. which we were authorized by the Iak
isiaturj to accept* 1 ho Orphans Home, at
Hath, is now established under the most hap
pv auspice*. The conditions annexed to the
appropriation of last winter were promptly
fulfilled by generous citizens of Hath whose
■lames are already venerated for acts ot char
ity i and a commodious estate was bought and
refitted tor the Home. It is not completely
furnished as yet. hut the space i* ample, and
v* ith the benefactions which w ill follow this
institution will become the dispenser of many
blessing*. There are thirty-three orphans
now there. The amount paid for their siip
lxrrt r* 82.000. The whole amount disbursed
up fa the present time is 811.230; remaining
in the hand.; ; f the Hoard for disbursement
during the next quarter 82.020. Expenses of
the Board thus far 8800. making the total
drawn from the treasury on this account for
ihf a'far ftl&.CWV), which l<‘ivt* tin.* b.» hi ncc*
of the Appropriation, viz.. tJ-S'K*". unexpend
ed and h.it drawn from the treasury, u nat
ever uieau* you prov ide for the care ot these
orphans, it is a <1 titv too sweroutn ho sligliUMi.
The alms house, tfie hovel, and the street,
are sad homes for the sons of martyrs.
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Tlie Altorney General suggests important
changes ill our law. Especially do 1 concur
in Ills recommendation that the act of 18-.' re
lating to 'reviews in capital ease-, together
with die ielated and consequent sections of
other acts, he repealed. This whs one of |
those acts hurried through near the close
of the session without due consideration. Al-t
though impressed with grave doubts as to its
cow-miuwionniify and fitness to promote the
cnls oi justice.! was in inui min mm
able to prepare and present such reasons o‘
public policy as would warrant me in oppoe- j
ing an act which had the weighty sanction of j
n majority of the Legislature. I believe the
intent and practical working of the law were
not at that time fully understood.
The Governor and Conn d were instructed
at the last session to provide for a revision
an 1 consolidation of the Public Statutes by j
contract or commission. After careful con
sideration it was deemed advisable to appoint
Commissioners for that purpose. These gen
tlemen have been diligently employed upon
their work, and their report will be laid be
fore you at an early day. I he matter of
changing the phraseology, he it never so j
slightiy of existing laws in order to harmonize j
and consolidate them. i- so delicate a ta-k j
that you will pardon me if I remind you of the I
close scrutiny with which such a revision
must he examined before it is passed upon,
making no doubt at the same time that the i
work of the board will be found in a high de
gree accurate and judicious. The period Imp
pens to Ik* a critical one: the census about to j
be taken, the new valuation of property to (
bold for the next ten years, and various mat
ters of unusual importance awaiting your de- j
cision, render it of the utmo.-t importance that j
you should use the best discretion and fore- j
sight in repealing obnoxious or unnecessary j
laws, and in enacting such as incorporated
into this revision may give it some chance «»f i
standing for ten years without being so moti-1
latcd and overlaid as soon to become almost j
without advantage.
The complaint is not unfrcqnentlv made |
that the administration of justice is neither so j
prompt nor so impartial as-it should be in this
State. If this is so the remedy is beyond the ;
reach of my suggestions. I am of opinion. 1
however, that an injustice is done the court j
as well as the people by reason of the tact that
the Judges of the Supreme Court are required
to travel over the length and breadth of thi*
State without proper remuneration. 1 am
not aware that this is the case with any other
officer on public duty. It is well known tie
salaries of the judges are inadequate, and
without derogating aught from that high rev
erence for the court which i- naturally enter
tained by us alb and so especially commanded j
by the character of our present Bench, it i*;
still l*y no mean* unnatural that a judge de- j
tained from home at heavy expense, every |
day making deeper inroads upon his scanty
means of support, might become impatient of
long terms, and in bis anxiety yo.?sibiv slight
some duties. When it is the case as now.
that the more one does the less pay he has,
the tendency and effect it is not difficult to
perceive. An unembarrassed independent
judiciary is of inestimable value. I would re
spectfully suggest that the actual circuit ex
penses of the Justices of the Supreme Court
be audited and paid by the State.
It was made the duty of the Governor and
Council to count and report the vote on the
proposed amendment to the constitution, au
thorizing the legislature to divide towns into
voting districts. The whole number of votes
upon tliis amendment was 5186. Number
voting ** Yes, ” SltiOO; number voting “ No. ”
2.177. So the constitution is amended accord
mgty.
The account of the State Liquor Commis- |
sioner, and his method of doing business }iR\e j
been carefully examined and are found highly |
satis factory. Souk* points remarked on in his |
report, will demand your attention. The
practice of turning in confiscated liquors al
ways more or less impure, to tin* town agen
cies. taken in connection with the fact that
we have provided a State Commissioner who
is paid and placed under bonds to furnish
nothing hut the purest liquors, which the town
agents are imperatively required to purchase
exclusively of him, is so absurd that good j
logic, if not good morals, demand that it j
should he prohibited.
It is proper that I should inform you that;
there seems to l>e a general tailing oil' in re- !
speet for our liquor laws. The enforcement
of these laws conics in no manner within the
power of the Executive. It very properly de- '
volvc' upon municipal officers, and the degree
ot their Zeal and efficiency is measured by tin* |
prevailing local sentiment. It is not an un
reasonable theory that the State should secure j
the even and impartial execution of her laws
throughout her jurisdiction. So far probably
all good citizens would agree; but the erec-!
tion of a special police for the purpose mainly j
of enforcing the liquor law beyond, certainly,
if not against, the wishes of the municipalities,
has been urged by some as a proper measure
mill jmrn jiuiueu i»v u iuw .1 ivbi ui iuiv^iaiia'
to the came of Temperance, llut in a gov
ernment like ours one of the most delicate
things which a .State could he called upon to
do is to invade the ancient right* and digni
ties of towns, which the historian and states- j
man know, are at the foundation of our liber
ties. It is still more difficult when tin* issue
is upon a contested question of social ethics,
or public morals, on which even good men
might be divided, and had men find pretext
for giving the most dangerous passions way.
The antagonism to excessive measures is
likely to react against a virtue which all good
citizens hold high.
Unfortunately wo have made the experi
ment our own; and the salutary lesson to be
learned from it may warrant me in taking
public notice of it here.
A principle prized by all was arrogated by
a few. and made the placard if not the watch
word of a political organization. The result,
as might have been expected, was to give* to a
worthy and a sacred cause the appearance of
defeat. The cause hits suffered, but should
nor be held to blame. Its very virtue was its
misfortune. 'The strong hold which it had
upon til<* hearts ot the people was the occasion
of its being seized upon t-» cover sinister in
tentions. Various elements of disaffection
availed themselves of the confusion which
their erii*• had raised, and rallied in a strange
coniparfhtnship, under a banner which had
never been so entrusted to them, and which
lost iU codhccration by their laying on of
hands. The elements which conspired in this
movement and the animus which impelled it.
appear to have been so well understood by our
people as to require no Hiialv*i- by me. 4,7<MJ
vote* in a total of nearly 1<M)<0OO after the un
paralleled resort* of that campaign, prove
that whoever of*e voted that way. the Temper
ance men of Maine did not. They answer t<
a longer roll-cal!. They muster a noble!
host. The people of this state are a temper
ate people, and *‘iii favor < t temperance/
1 it' that can moan anything more. I hey arc
' also a manly people. They do not fear to
express their opinions, nor shrink front es
pousing any just cause. What they desire ot
right or expedient in their laws they will in
their own good time have. Hut anything
forced upon them contrary to their best judg
ment. and consequent upon their good nature
alone, cannot bo expected to receive their
heavtv moral support, or be productive of real
good." It is a sad day. however, for the wel
fare of this state when a rash measure must
be adopted simply because no one dares tor a
moment to question its expediency lest its
champions should taunt him with infidelity to
a creed of which they are not the chosen apos
tles, and anathematize him in the name of a
power which they have usurped.
Gentlemen, I yield to no man in respect for
the rights of minorities. This is the glory and
nobililv of liberty. Men may vote as they please
and be protected. They may do and say what
they please, perhaps; but not without being
held responsible for the abuse of the privilege.
And if I may be allowed the opportunity to
advert to mutters which, although of a per
sonal nature, yet in their effects rise to the dig
nity of a public consideration, let me here de
precate the practice so recklessly resorted to
in the last campaign, of aspersing the motives
of official conduct, and of misrepresenting
private character for political and sinister
ends. So far as those efforts were success
ful. 1 fear they did no good to the cause of
temperance, or to the young men of Maine.
It is a regard for their welfare and solicitude
that those who have followed me on other
fields may not he seduced to wrong ways, by
the false "fancy that they are following me
Mill, that 1 ask you to let me lift my standard
for a moment that they may see where 1 am.
Let them not think that the record of a life
long loyally is so easily reversed. I sluill
not seek safety in the lines of the enemy to
escape the mutinies of the discontented,
more anxious for their own way than tor vic
tory: nor turn hack to camp because some
raw recruit on picket, with the impetuosity of
terror, unable to discern front from rear, or
friend from foe, shrieks at me tortile counter
sign.
Lot us not. However, in our iujiw ;
raev, or resistance to ill judged or encroach
ing measures, i>e forced into a seeming an
tagonism to virtue, and to those who love and
labor for its cause. l!ut rather with cool
hrain and steady nerve, summoning all the
agencies of good, whether of heart or hand,
go on to practice and promote the things that
are honest and pure and of good report.
Those who join wisdom with zeal to promote
virtue among tlte people, will laborto nourish
a right public sentiment as well as to secure
punitive enactment. Some margin must al
ways be left for differences of moral senti
ment. Otherwise we might break down the
public conscience. For one, however, 1 do
not object to a law's being somewhat in ad
vance of public opinion—that is. more strin
gent in its provisions than the people really
like to obey. The requisitions of even an
impossible virtue may avail for good. Its
broad, high aspect may strengthen and hold
up some that would otherwise fall before the
influence of had surroundings, and the terrors
of its penaity might eool the recklessness of
some who would not be restrained bv milder
persuasives. Hut when a law is widely dit
ferent from the peoples’ judgment, and provok
inglv contrary to their wishes; then, instead
of expecting’ it to go on crushing its way
like an unrelenting law of the universe,
il would be better to look for one that
takes some cognizance of human conditions,
and reach out a hand that w ill meet halt way
the trembling instincts of good. Ind-ed it
may be said that wisdom consists in seeing
the practical points of contact between the
abstract and the human right. For the human
law is not as tile divine. That declares the
ways of absolute Justice and the inexorable
Eight. Hut the object of the human law is to
protect individual rights so that every man
may he free according to his own conscience
to work out his obedience to the higher. Any
law. therefore, which proposes to abridge
personal rights should be ventured upon with
the utmost caution and administered with the
widest charity. There are other things to be
thought of besides restraining men from tile
use of intoxicating drinks, though this be a
[parent of crimes and begets monsters from
which all the good avert their faces and seek
to save their fellows, yet we must not expect
that it can be wholly subdued and driven from
among men. The laws against intoxicating
liquors are as well executed and obeyed as the
laws against profanity, theft, unchastity or
murder. Even if they are executed, they
will not avail to extinguish crime, nor banish
evil from the hearts of wicked men. These
are questions which go to the foundations of
society. We must consider what can be done.
Kcstrain and intimidate as much as you can
by law; it is only by the Gospel still that men
can be converted from evil.
■ 1 see no reason why measures lor the pro
motion of temperance should not be ap
proached as calmly, and, if need bo, as bo il
ly. as any other question of so much moment.
Nay. it is such questions as those, most of all,
which demand the full measure of your wis
dom, your candor and your courage.
MATERIAL INTERESTS.
Agriculture considered in reference either
to the amount of property it represents, or to
the numbers employed in it, stands at the
head of our material interests. Our w ide and
thinly settled territory, while it makes this a
leading industry, still gives it certain character
which is in some respects unfortunate. The
tendency is to too much breadth and too little
skill. If farming is a hard business at the
best, then we cannot ulford to do it otherwise
than well. Hut of late we see more thought
fulness and more Courage. The best agencies
are brought to bear upon this interest, and
the discussions and Reports of the Board of
Agriculture show what sturdy good sense and
what fine talent these pursuit* may develop.
1 have upon other occasions endeavored to
express my sense of the importance of this
great branch of our industries, and I shall not
now venture more than two suggestions. That
we do not waste our forests, which are more
valuable than we have been taught to think ; and
mat we try to raise our own orcau-siuus mm
save the enormous loss of paying three or four
profits on foreign grain, and twice as many
more on its transportation. Fanning is rather
a hard way to get rich, hut it is a good way to
he independent. And I think as a general
thing farmers are far happier and more com
fortable than any other class of men who work
as hard, whether with hands or brains.
The Commissioners on the settlement of
our public land*, w ill make their repot, to
you. It has not'passed under my eye. I
learn, however, that well-matured and feasi
ble plans are proposed for encouraging wor
thy settlers on the rich lands now lying idle.
It is a little curious to see that everybody,
who really examines the subject of Swedish
immigration, whatever may have been his
prejudice from the failure of imperfect exper
iment, comes to a warm support of the meas
ure. I confess I can see no reason why we
should not make good work of this, as well
as the Western States, who find it an element
of wealth and power. A little retouching of
our color by the the infusion of fresh, young
northerly blood, would do ua no harm.
Two instrumentalities, which will power
fully aid us in proportion hn they flourish,
are manufactures and railroads. It appears
to me that the last few years have witnessed
sueli an awakening of interest in these mat
ters ns almost to mark an epoch in our history.
, Capitalists from abroad are beginning to un
derstand our extraordinary facilities, and im
prove their own opportunities; yet much—
almost all—remains to be done. 1 will not
weary you with iterations upon ourw'ant* and
our advantages—you already know them 01
you may. The now completed work on tin
water power of Maine, which 1 cannot men
lion with any feeling less than that of pride
1 commend to your careful perusal, and for i
wide distribution. You cannot contemplate
the astonishing results so admirably present
ed in this report without seeing where oui
nearest way to prosperity lies, and what is ye
to be the work and the wealth and the fam<
of Maine. Shipping lias been mir glorv. but
w-c shall look in vain for that prci minenee to
return. Causes, more powerful than any
within human control have turned the tide
from our shores. Still our power is in the
waters. We may lay hands upon their w ild
career and ask of them a service and a bless
ing ere they mingle with the sea. We must
foster this great interest which is the hope of
the State. We must do it generously, yet ju
diciously. We have still to bear the sight of
our noble powers running wild, our rich mate
rials lying waste, waiting the magic touch of
mind and skill; our abundant products sent
away, raw. or rudely shaped, to receive their
chief value elsewhere. To export abundance
of raw material is thought by some to be great
prosperity; though the most that they receive
in payment is a portion of the same material
finished into costly fabrics for a thousand
uses by the skill of other hands. This may
do where civilization has not much advanced,
but does not seem a wise policy for a State
which is mature and has abundant facilities
for manufacturing. Take for example one of
our common trees, worth jn the rude shape we
give it for the market, say twenty dollars. Now
set talent and skill at work upon it, fashion it
for all the fine uses and finish it to the high
perfection which sooner or later it would have
found elsewhere—put 8100 worth of such
work upon it and you have made it worth
S'.’OO. You have done more. You have
gained the countless advantages of cherishing
the industry and skill—the talent and charac
ter employed upon it. Carry this out on a
large scale and into all the fields of enterprise
that invite ns on every side and you are doing
something for others as well as yourselves.
You encourage diversified industries and in
crease wealth. You lend a helping hand to
humble toil and honest ambition. 1 ou quick
en hope and pride and higher aspirations.
You carry life into deserts and happiness into
homes- 'This I somewhat more than fancy is
the right policy tor a State like Maine, with
her unparailed advantages and her strong
sinews anxious and eager to be at work.
Then as to Railroads we are doing all that
is possible. More than Z50 miles of new
road are now building in many directions,
wherever enterprise points. The great road
which connects us with Halifax,—hence
already freighted with so many stirring hopes
of good, now lacks but about fifty miles of
completion; to secure and hasten this, the
State has already made generous gifts, and
an effort is to be made to induce Congress to
recognize the claim assigned to the road by
Maine aiul Massachusetts. V\ o trust this
may be successful, and that the year may
witness the consummation.
In the west too we have openings which
are scarcely less, if not indeed more, in their
promise of good. The courage anJ energy
of Portland in undertaking the task of cut
ting her way through to the great lakes and
the greater West; forming thus a link in the
magnificent continental chain, has already
ensured victory. Other efforts as worthy I
can scarcely name here, hut they also deserve
our interest and care.
The Railroad Commissioners make valua
ble suggestions in their Report, which I com
mend to your attention. The feature of im
mediate interest which will come before u« is
the proposed consolidation ol prominent lines
in the iState. If this means to place the pub
lic at the mercy of a monopoly unrestrained
by responsibility to the State and relieved
from the cheeks of competition. I cannot
resomtnend it to your favor, Hut this prols*
ably is not the case. The roads however, j
have already the power to consolidate to all I
practical intents, by lease. What they want I
understand is that the rights they already
severally have be unified and legalized so as
to economize their own efforts, and provide
better securities for their public obligations.
It is not the mere authority to fix times and
rates. That they already claim to have. I
do not believe, however, that they are inde
pendent of the State. Whatever their char
ters may contain, I do not believe it is com
petent for a State to grant away her powers
over great public thoroughfares like these. It
is to cede away her “right of eminent domain.”
These corporations took private property for
public uses. Have they no responsibility to
that public for whose uses this property was
taken ? It is the indefeasible duty of the State
to take care of herself, and of her citizens.
Everything is licrs, if need be—our fortunes
and our lives. Shall railroads claim immu
nity? With this understanding. I need not
feel it necessary to oppose consolidation.
There arc manifest advantages for the State
in it. 1st, We may take the occasion if there
is any doubt, to declare or reaffirm the ultimate
right of the State over the roads. 2d. The
public convenience may be thereby facilitated.
3d, lletter securities based on the whole prop
erty and franchise would be given in exchange
for old ones. 1th, The wrangling which
railroads have indulged in before the legisla
ture, and the political control which they have
sought, would be entirely at an end. 5th, It
would be a saving of money and strength.
These things I can see in favor of the meas
ure. Hut I leave the decision to your better
judgment.
Tlte things we have been considering are
great matters. We must not let them drift;
but seize them with a strong hand and wield
them for the common welfare. It is not
enough to call a power into exercise; we must
be able to guide and control it, and shape it to
useful ends. We must be ready when the in
cubus is lifted from enterprise and the bolts
thrown back from capital to receive the influx
of strength and population, that will surely
come, and to take part in the great reciprocities
of civilization which are as the tides of life
to nations.
Gentlemen, we have reached the nnieni
year of our existence as a State. We are not
ashamed of her history. One of the earliest
in discovery and colonization, she is one of
the latest in the development of her resources,
and the fruits of civilization. Yet all the ob
scure jrial and toil that have intervened
wrought for the times that were come. The
State secs tier place and owns her duty; and
does not spurn the task that enfolds the
triumph. The gates of Destiny are opened,
and she enters on her proud career. We
shall watch with admiring interest and help
with untiring toil her onward way. Nor can
it be that we hope and prophecy in vain. ()ur
work may he obscure and the reward far u<T;
hut both will live. The early discoverers of
this territory foresaw the future and foretold
its glory. Then by reason of human weak
ness and immature times, they fell short or
perished. Then came two centuries of dull
mechanical advance—slow moving by mere
force of physical laws, without any grand
mastery of mind and inspiration of idea. Iiut
in fact beneath this dull and lifeless seeming,
forces were in preparation, elements in fer
ment. and germs maturing which wi re in due
time to ripen into blessings of which all that
work and waiting-were actual elements. The
seeming death foretold and foreordained the
I life. The thrilling story of the voyagers rang
round the world and seemed to have rang
itself away. Kut it is heard again coming
round on the other side, swelling with the yet
more wondrous harmonies of prophecy ful
I tilled.
So we may be “building better than we
know.” Our humble works wrought in faith
are regenerated by a mightier Spirit than that
in which they were conceived, and built into
loftier monuments than our hands have
reared. We pass and are forgotten, hut
amidst the silent or tumultuous years our good
deeds are working free from tin1 taint of our
imperfection, and stand solid and shining in
the perfect day. God deals with men as the
I meltcr of metals, lie puts the earth-mingled
ores into his crucible, and seals it up in fiery
furnaces out of view. Men forget it, but He
does not. In the fullness of time it is opened
i —h>. on one side tile dull earth, on the other
I the glittering ore. Surely, He ‘-sits as a re
finer of silver.”
lie who thinks of these things will he hum
ble, but will not be idle; trustful but not
spiritless; reverential but not afraid, lie is
| the true worker, heir of the ages past, and tes
tator to the “all hail hereafter.” It is thus
j tliat they who labor must also wait; that they
who arc faithful shall endure. It matters lit
tle what becomes of us if we so conduct our
great concernments that they who come after
us are thereby made wiser and better than we.
It matters little that our poor toil seems hur
ried in the dust, if so be that it shall spring
up again to bless the coming time.
The ways of Providence seem slow to our
brief, impetuous lives; but they are swift ill
the centuries of God.
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i 1 am now prepared to sell all the various kinds of
goods usually found in Hardware Stores,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
j Those iu want of (ioods iu my line, w ill do well to
CJ a 11 iiiul Examine
before purchasing elsewhere.
123 Water Street,
Opposite Post Office.
AMOS WILDER.
j Augusta, Dee. 80,1809. Wtf
Great Bargains at
WELLS’
FURNITURE ROOMS,
Water Street, Augusta, Me.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW AM) SEC
OND HAND
Which will tie sold at very low rates for cash.
We also keep the best stock of
Walnut Caskets anti Coffins,
And COMMON COFFINS of all kinds, and the land
trimmings, with Plates engraved to order, and have
lately added an assortment of
HOBBS OF ALL KINDS,
All of which will be sold as low as at any establish
ment I,, the State. c. k. A H. U. WELLS.
| mt _ _____
SAVE THE CHILDREN.
M ULTITUDES of them suffer, linger, and die.
because of Pin-Worms. The <>nlv effectual
i remedy for these most troublesome and dangerous
; of all worms, in children or adults, is found in DIE
GOULD’S PIN-WOKM hVltl’P. Purelv vegetable;
I sale ami certain. A valuable cathartic, and bene
1 tidal t-* health. GEO. C. GOODWIN & CO., Bus
i ton, and all druggists. bin42
PRICKS REDUCED!
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
AND
Fancy .Articles,
AT
JOHNSON’S
FAMILY DRUG STORE,
Opp. POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, Ale.,
Where can bo found one of tho largest and best
selected stocks on the Kennebec river,
and Prices that defy compe
tition.
PATENT MEDICINES
Of all kinds and in large quantities, sold to suit
purchasers, at
JOHNSON BROS.
CATARRH REMEDIES.
B R. XT SB US S
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
Feather Dusters,
Fine Sponges,
Carriage anil
Bathing do.,
Chamois Skins,
At JOHNSON BROS.
O I~L S,
PUKE SPERM. CASTOR. OLIVE, NEATS-FOOT,
ESSENTIAL OILS OF ALL KINDS, AT
Johnson Brothers.
FINE SOAPS,
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
and Genuine
Imported Castile,
G-L^OEIFtlTSTE
AND HONEY SOAPS,
5 Cakes for 25 cents, 25 Cakes for one d liar.
Shaving Apparatus,
Comprising RAZORS from the best manufacturers
in the World ; STROPS of all kinds ;
the COMBINATION MUG-a novel
and convenient article. BRUSHES
cf every description, and SOAPS
of the best quality.
JOHNSON BROS.
HAIR PREPARATIONS
OP ALL KIND3, for 75 CENTS,
At Johnson Brothers.
PORTE-MONNA1ES in every style.
HAND MIRRORS of all kinftls.
Fine Playing Cards, &c., &c.
At JOHNSON BEOS.
SACHET POWDERS.
A Large Stock of
LXJBIJST’S,
CAUDRAY’S,
AND AI.L OTHER
IMPORTED PERFUMES.
Also a LARGE L<JT of
TOILET POWDERS,
DENTIFRICES,
TOILET ARTICLES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AT
JOHNSON BROTHERS
PURE CALIFORNIA
AND
IMPORTED WINES.
For Medicinal Purposes, at
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
OLIVES,
PICKLES, &c.,
CIGARS & TOBACCOS
OF ALL KINDS.
CANARY, RAPE & HEMP SEED,
AT
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
REED’S, HOWE’S
AND STEVENS’
DOMESTIC FAMILY DYES,
And DYE STUFFS generally.
Also MEDICATED PAPER, at
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
Peopriciors of
DR. BKWtT'S Ctltdirked Jaundice Billers.
Persona from the country, Physicians and all
i others, will do well to call and examine our stock
I before purchasing elsewhere.
Remember the place!
OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE,
t JOHNSON BROTHERS.
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which would offend against morality and
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1870.
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