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PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), BY SPRAGUE, OWEN & NASH. TERMS: SEVEN DOLLARS PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPIES, FOUR CENTS.
VOL. 1.
AUGUSTA, ME., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1870.
NO. 26G
JUitiukt Jmmtal.
Published ou Water Stioet, Foot of Court,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
BY SPKAUIE, OWEN ii NASH.
Sailg funnel)ct Journal.
Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail,
gives reports of the Markets, and lias carefully pre
pared political and local articles, and a generous
amount of farming, home and miscellancdi- read
ing with a full compilation of Slate news.
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Amusement Notices, $2 per square per week.
MIeehtu 'Jienncbcc Journal
Published every Wednesday morning,
Is the largest folio paper In the State, containing
news, political articles, agricultural and scientilit
matter, tales, poetry, anecdotes, household recipes,
markets, Ac., Ac.
Terms $2 per annum in tulvance.
Transient Advertisements, $1.50 per inch ioi
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insertion.
Special Notices, $2.00 per inch f*»r lir-t week;
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Business Notices, in reading columns, 20 cents
per line for first insertion ; 10 ceius per line lor each
subsequent insertion.
All transient advertisements to be paid f»»r in
Advance.
See, See !
JONES & CO.
Bored, Bored, Bored,
Tubular, Tubular, Tubular
Well, Well, Well.
A Great Improvement over the uM drive Well 3
WELLS BORED AND WARRANTED AT SHORT
NOTICE.
Territorial Rights for sale. All orders left at
A. VV. SCOTT’S Offlee, Meonlait Balhllngi
Water street, Alovsta, me.
C. C. JONES & CO.,
3 Cahoon Block, Portland, Maine,
jgg- Dealers iu Now luventions. sepi-.-’u
'VVlij' do l’oopU’
PURCHASE THEIR KISH at BIKER’S
FISH M.tKHKT! Because they g.-i«lnl
they call for. -uppo-v they get poor il.li.'wny,
they don’t often I but if Uiey do their money is re
lauded.
Fish. Lobsters, anil tiaras,
Fresh and nice, delivered In any part of the eilv.
J. S. BI KER, «iar(llner.
Gardiner, Sept. 15,1870. i^ept 17-t^rn_
PATENT ROOFING!
at HE SUBSCRIBERS would most respectfully
inform the oitlrens of Augusta, Hallowed ana
Dresden that they have purchased the Exclusive
Bight to manufacture, apply and sell
Hutchins’ Celebrated Patent
Hair Fabric Roofing
In the above named towns. We claim many advan
tages lor this roofing over any other invention.
It Does not Overload the Koof.
It will form a perfect sheet over any shingled
roof and make it tight.
It is equally applicable for all kinds <>t fiat <>r
sUep tinned roofs.
The Fabric Rooting is prouounced by all who are
acquainted with its merits i«» he Sl’PKRIOR to any
Hooting ever before ottered to the public.
J. S. BtJKER,
S. K. & ROBERT LITTLE*'!GI 1>.
GAKDINER, ME.
All orders for Hoofing lelt at J. S. Buju.rVs Fish
Market, - doors below Johnson House.
Orders may be left with
C. W. JONES.
AlGlIbrA.
H'W30.t3m
Shooting Tackle.
n. W. LOH«,
SUCCESSOR TO L. 31. L EL AND,
G-TX JXT SMITH
And Dealer in
Shooting Tackle of Every \ aricty
Killes ami Shot Guns mnde to ouler ami war
ranted. Old shot Guns rimmed out smooth uml
luude to shoot thick and strong. Also, Ammunition
of the nicest quality.
ItepairiiiK doit* Aratly and Promptly.
BlaeUngr Powder.
The best quality and largest stock ever kept in
this market. For sale at Factory prices. Country
Dealers supplied in any quantity or quaint at dis
count. V»an-ly
FIRST OF. ASS
EATING HOUSE!
mUE subscriber would inform the travelling l>ub
jL lie that ho has opened
A First Class Eating House,
— AT -
NO. Ill W ATE It ST It 13 KT
Gardiner, fiiaine,
formerly known a.i Somes' Saloon.
"Theroems have all been refiimisliod in the best
Iioasible manner. The J.aili.w’ Boom, up stairs, is
argo and elegantly arranged. Meals will be lur
nislied at all hours.
Table Boarders Ae«oiiiinodale«r
By the week at reasonable rates.
And by strict attention to business, the Proprie
tor hopes to merit a liberal share nt *bo lmtiltc
patronage. v- V . S.0'
V Gardiner July 18, lS7n. fSm-intylS
M ANSION
STATE STREET, !
HO USE,
AUGUSTA, M
'pui
1. wl
Wr'
where Hot and Cold Baths can be had at nil
1 times. It has also a First-Class Billiard llall, for
r Guests only. Connected with the House is a largo
f and commodious Sample Hoorn, on Water Street
\ centrally located, where Sample Agents can show
1 their goods, free of charge.
The Proprietor, thankful for the liberal patronage
which the above House has enjoyed since its ojien*
takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he
will run Free Carriages to ami from the C.iisatid
, Boats until further notice
Connected with the above House is a Livery Sta
hie, where good teams can be bad nt reasonable
rates. W. M. THAYER, Proprietor.
O. P. Cochrane. Clerk.
Jk/L C3r E3 3K2 9 S
INGE ! !
THE LATEST AND BEST.
Combining the A dvantnges of* .A. 11 Others !
M idi iiiun.v \EW anil I'ATKSTEM Fealurcft.
BEAiJTii’rrxj tint design :
phhfuct X3\r opehationt :
OWXjXj AND SDEX3 IT !
Every Range Warranted in Every Particular !!
For Sale by .v. l>. ciOULO,
One Door ftortli Kailcoiid Bridge, Al Oi STV.
Alho lor Halo ilie X<? w and Improved “PEKItI^I]N8MC'o»k Wl<»vef
For Coal and Wood—'] he Best Stove in the Market. The “(ioldeii Eagle Fnrnace,*’
For Coal, constantly for sale. ang*25*ttf
FRANK KINSMAN'S
DRUG STORE,
Is the place to buy
Pure and Reliable Drugs and
Medicines,
Toilet and Fancy Articles, and Apothe
caries’ Goods generally.
t >i\ e him n call at
142 Water St., Avyusta,
maim:,
OPPOSITE MARSHALL WHmiKIVK
Red 1'iioxt Stoke.
F.W. KINSMAN.
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p - V
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Trunks 2 Trunk.s!
THIS I'LACK TO HUY
Proncli, Sugcuo, Solo Iicatlxor,
And nil kinds of common
TR A CELLING TRUNKS!
Also Ladies* and Gents’ TRAVELLING A SHOPPING BAGS, is at
HAMILTON 81 TURNER’S,
135 Mater Street.
Tim lUghi Pluce to buy your HARNESSES, nud get tlm celebrated PUN'S HAUXESS, is at
ilinil/rON A TURNER'S, 1*5 WATER STREET.
The cheapest place to buy WHIPS, CUURVCOMIts, HKUSHES, iU.AXKUT.S, SUHCINUI.ES, IIAT.
TERS AC. is at HAMILTON A TURNER'S,
135 WATER STREET.
HARNESSES!
Tor Uissiiicss, I'leiisure, Tunming, Trucking, t ai ling A iaitrrssing.
Manufactured front GOOD OAK STOCK, and by the best ot workmen.
We would remind the public that our Harness took all the premiums offered at the last state lair—
four in number. Also tlu? tin* premium at the late New England Fair. .
As our customers are daily informed that our Harnesses are Machine Stitched—we would invite
hem and the public generally*to call and examine the largc-t stork of ready-math* Harnesses ever ob
cred in this eitv. and we will couvinee them that we make the bebt HANl> SiTIClILl) work to be had
dr the same amount of money, and if we don’t have on hand what is wanted, can make it at short
notice. Samples of Gold Gilt) Oroide silver, Covered, and Japanned Trimmed Harness inav be seen at
our salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. HENIIY DUNN & SON.
For Mule by
Hamilton cfc Turner,
135 WATER STREET, - - AUGUSTA, MAINE
tllfeb-tf OPPOSITE DEERING & HOLWAY’S.
Cutlery and Plated Ware!
A lull assortment of
Table ami Parke! Callery, Seittort
TIC.I Tit.I I**, »'e.
Also Plated Ten Sets, lee Pitchers, Goblets,
Knives, Spoons, Porks and Castors ol
the best quality, at
riERCE’8 CROCKERY STORE,
Ho. ISO IVnter Street - - Augustaf
ivuiy¥«ttf
wanted !
AUMFUSand Hunters having prime Min* skins
1 on hand will llnd a caO' customer at highest
market price by bcuding ilium to
J. If. WEIXN A VO.,
FOR SALE.
LACK SALK in Halhnvell, about Thirty acres oi
tillage ami Sixty acres of wood land and pas
ture. For particulars inquire in Hallowell of
•epfW fly THOMAS 11. HIBBARD
I
S_A_ WHEAT &c DOE,
TAILORS,
Have the Largest and Best Selected Stock of
Clotlis, Olotliing,
— AM) —
FURM1SHIHG GOODS
'X’o Ixo )o.i iicl in tlxo City.
\ Their Stock of Cloths oinhiv.eo* all the FOUEIGN and DOMESTIC
3NTovelties Iel Trowserings,
SUITINGS & COATINGS.
Ready IVlade Clothing' & Furnishing Goods
in *V re at g ariely and I; a test Styles !
Give um n enll. liook fit our Goocis; micl X*riccs,
AM) DON'T lTItCIIASE UNLESS YOU WISH.
< >m* Store is No. BRIDGE’S BLOCK,
.Water Street, Augusta.
octlT-tlm y
BOS "W O IR, T ZE3I
fs oin:i<n<.
I
G-rea^t Inducements
to nrvF.us of
| WOOLLEN GOODS,
Sternly Made Clothing,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
My Stoclt is tlio TlAitGrBST over offorecl
ill tills City !
Large Sales and Small Profits!
Those wishing Garments MADE TO ORDER will find it for their interest to call.
Cutting Done at Short Notice.
R. T. BOSWORTH.
174 Water Street, Augusta.
eept!7*ttf
New Goods !
New Goods !
Wo are now opening our stock ol
K 17 31 31 E II
Dress Goods
Comprising all the
NOVELTIES of the SEASON!
We call special attention to our stock «»t
TBT^YCIv SILKS !
For Ladies’ Suits and Out
'side Garments.
Also to our
JAPANESE SILKS,
In Plain, l’laitl*, and Slri|t<'S
N. It. - Always on hand,
Androscoggin Ucimi.mls
OP BItOWN COTTONS.
ltarton & Russell.
June Id, 1870. tn
LAWN VASES!
Wishing to close out our stock of
H.uivm ami Uai'drn Vuscs,
We offer them at
•REPUCED PRICES.
y. I>. PIKltCE ^ NO A,
aug.Vftf .\o, 150 Water Street.
Picture Frames!
CHROMOS, BRACKETS, ALBUMS!
&«., Arc., Ac.,
In Larue Variety.
Picture FvaniC' of any td7.e made to order; | nhorf
notice at
Hendee’s Photograph Rooms,
’Opposite Post Office, Augusta.
tjunei-tf
MOSES M. SWAN,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
His Stock embraces a fine line ol
American and Swiss Watches,
in gold and sliver case, including- the celebrated
National or Elgin Watch, Wailhuin, Trenumt, Bor*
oiiin, Bounell. Durdeaux, .Jacoi. Ac., in both La*
die*’ andgentlemen's size-*.
Pino Gold Jewelry,
Solid Gold Leon it on
Vest and Neck Chains,
STEKI.IXU A; COIN SIL.YUK GOODS,
FINK FLATKI) IV A HE,
SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES,
of the most approved kinds.
CLOCKS or ALL KIXDS,
including the celebrated ITHACA CALENDAR
all ol wliich w ill be sold at the
Lowest Prices, and Warranted.
Particular attention given to repairing all kinds ol
Fine Watches. Chronometer Balance.- applied and
adjusted to temperature and position ? Ijan70-ll
0, C. WHITEHOUSE & CO.,
-DK \ 1.15Ilf* IN
Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS
And Carpetings,
>•<>. 1JJ WATKIt KTHKKT,
ACGCSTA, Me.
O. C. Win ri not sf D.nmv.l WiiiTK.uousr.
tmavJi-tt'
UFO. E. BRICKETTf M. 1).,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
At «rm, ME.
Office over Hunt’s Cap Store. West End ol the
Kennebec Bridge.
Uenidence on Spring Street. mytfO’fig
LIGIITl.Mi THE FIliE
Millions of housewives light millions o''
fires every day; yet how few could ex
plain the reasons of the operations they
perform, or the appearances they perceive
in stove, grate, or fireplace. A very sim
ple yet interesting little lecture could be
made about lighting the fire. Let us see,
madam, whether we can tell you some
things you will be glad to know.
You "have before you in the grate a
newspaper, loosely, crumpled, upon which
are a few splinters of pine, and upon these
some larger sticks, lu your hand is a In
citer match. You mean to ignite the end
of the match, and set lire to the paper,
which will set fire to the splinters, which
will set fire to the wood. Then you will
put' on the blower, and when the whole is
in a roaring llame, you will add coal,
which will form the other end of the series
of combustibles begun by the chemical
substance forming a little knob on the end
of your match. Quite a complex matter,
isn't it ? It reminds one ot the nursery
legend, in which “the rope began to hang
the butcher, the butcher began to kill the
ox,” etc., etc., until finally “the kid began
to <;o 1 which wasall the old woman want
ed.” (No otfense to you, madam, by this
comparison !) When your little girl asked
you the other day why you needed to use
matches, and kindling, and blower, and all
that, you told her not to he silly, but to use
her eyes, and she would find out; but you
felt a little ashamed to reflect that you
didn't know yourself. Now, in this private
manner, so as not to wound your feelings,
we propose to tell you that, and more too.
Burning is a chemical process; that is,
it changes not merely the forms hut the
elements of the substances involved. One
oi muse are m\ artauiy me oxygen <>i me air.
This in\ isildc atmosphere which wc breathe
consists principally of two gases, mixer!
together. One is oxygen, and the other
nitrogen. If you eouhl separate them, and
measure them in quart dippers, you would
| fuul about a quart of oxygen lor every gal
: Ion of nitrogen. This oxygen unites with
: a great many elements, forming what we
call oxides acids.
The other substance necessary to com
bustion is called the fuel, and must con
tain one or more of tiio.se elements with
which oxygen can unite. Ordinary fuels
contain two such substances—hydrogen
and carbon—at lca-t, paper and wood and
soft coal do. Charcoal and anthracite are
nearly pure carbon, all but the ashes. A
gooil many other things will burn, how
ever. Iron, for instance, burns like tinder,
if it is ignited in pure oxygen ; though in
this diluted oxygen of the atmosphere, it
burns quite slowly. Still, your grate bars
do burn up, you know, in the course ol
time, and would do so much faster, if you
did not keep up a supply of other fuel
which the oxygen prefers, it is lucky for
us all that there is so little oxygen in the
air, and that it will not readily unite with
the most substances, except at higher than
ordinary temperatures, otherwise we
should all be carried oti by that ugly and
incurable disease, spontaneous combustion.
Now, every substance lias its own par
ticular temperature at which it will unite
rapidly with oxygen. Phosphorus isn’t
long about it, 1 tell you. Just the little
heat you get up by lriction on the end of
your match wakes up tho phosphorus. As
for paper and wood, they are composed ol
the same substances, and one would think
they ought to burn equally well. But here
another point must be considered. Paper
burns more easily than wood, because it is
more fragile iir texture, and hence its com
ponent parts are more easily heated to the
required point. For the same reason,
splinters and shavings lmrn better than
sticks; and, indeed, thin shavings better
than paper, if the latter has had printing
ink and other substances spread over it.
Solid lumps of coal arc still harder to heat
to the burning point. If you should try to
get one a-burnitig by applying to the cor
ner of it one match alter another, you
would liml the rest of the lump drawing
away the heat as fast as you could supply
it. You therefore put paper or shavings
at the bottom, to catch lire readily. Then
you lay wood above them, because, being
more substantial, it will burn longer, and
therefore atl'ord a longer contact of Maine
to heat the coal. As you know very well,
the paper would not do without the wood,
nor the solid wood without paper or shav
lint this union of oxygen and fuel which
we call combustion, although it requires
heat before it will take place, produces
more heat when it does take place Olh
ertvise, you see, your ingenious little ar
rangement ot material would not work,
j You get up a small amount of heat by
friction, which starts the combustion of the
phosphorus on your match. That combus
tion produces an amount of heat sullicient
to set the hotly of the match on lire. This
amount in turn suffices to ignite the paper,
ami each burning portion ol the paper has
plenty of heat to set the adjacent portion
on lire. So it goes on, until the cold, black
coal is glowing and blazing; and all this
has been done by the scratching ot the
match. Y ou remember the story of the
liltlo mabh-girl, who scratched all her
matches just to watch them flame and to
warm her hands for an instant over tlit1
blaze, and then died in the cold winter night
Yet every one of those matches might
have lit a great hie like yours. Where
does the heat come from wliieh enables a
substance once heated by you to a certain
point to pay you beck a thousand-fold on
your investment? It is as though you em
ployed one man to unlock a prison door,
and out jumped a crowd of liberated cap
tives to do your bidding. It is as though
this heat were imprisoned or hidden in the
silent fuel, and sprang forth the moment
its kindred llame drew back the bolt. In
fact, these figures arc nearer the truth than
ton can, at this stage of our pleasant con
versation, perfectly understand. But it is
now time lor you to talk ; and as it would
not he polite to print, like a vulgar inter
viewer, what you say, we will continue to
j report our own wise remarks in another
| number. We have not yet begun to tell
you all the curious and practically useful
hting the
I tilings that may be learned iu lig
* tire.—Manufacturer and Builder.
NOVEMBER.
“Lon the leaves lie m the forest, on the damp earth
brown and chill;
< iather near the evening shadows: Hark! the wind
is sorrowing still.
Vanished are the pinc-crownerl mountains, hid
den in a dusky cloud;
see the rain, it lalloth even from the wan and dreary
sky;
Iiusheth on the swollen streamlet, wildly whirling,
foaming by;
And the branches, leafless, waving in t e Kali
wind, low and bowed.”
November! the month of Thanksgiving
Days; the season of thanksgiving hearts.
The erops are harvested and secured; and
though drought, or other causes, may have
cut some of them short, an abundance for
all, man and beast, is left.
The terrible famines which occasionally
cut oft' the people of other lands, will not
probably be felt here. Our country is so
widely extended, that some portion of
it will always be blessed with abundant
harvests. If drought, insects or storms
prevent crops It om maturing in this re
gion, some other in the wide domain of
our sister States will have a surplus to
spare.
lu earlier times, (Ids might not have
availed us much ; but now that the country
is threaded with railroads aud canals,
transportation is so rapid and cheap, that
one portion of the country can supply
another and distant one with the necessi
ties of life in a very short period. In this
we are highly favored. It is one of the
great securities against those terrible ca
lamities which have occasionally taken
place in other portions of the world. Three
or four hundred years ago, the most griev
ous famines occurred iu England, because
the land was wretchedly cultivated. Men,
women and children perished of actual
hunger by thousands; and those who sur
vived kept themselves alive by eating the
uaiK vi in.'!.'*, acorns, aim pig-nuis.
A deficiency in a staple article here, has
more than once been made up from the
abundance of the West, and this change
is always going on in this country.
The November work of nature is now
going on. Heavy rains usually saturate
the earth, fill up the ponds and streams,
carrying with them not only moisture for
the roots of plants, but treasuring 141
warmth for winter use. The observing
farmer says:—“It will be a cold winter.”
Why? it is asked. Because little rain has
fallen, the ponds and streams are low,
and the winter will be a cold one. And
so it would prove if the rain were with
held. The lull streams and ponds con
tain a certain amount of heat which is
given off in the winter, and the weather
is considerably modified by it.
lint the rains not only do this ; they also
carry warmth to the soil, and various ele
ments of fertility, which feed and stimu
late the roots of plants, and prepare them
for a vigorous spring growth.
November frosts are also as useful as
the dews ol June or the showers of July.
They have their time of coming and their
part to perform, and will not postpone
them to another season.
All these operations in nature ought to
be suggestive to the farmer, that he, too,
has various labors to perform in Novem
ber, that ought not to be left for Decem
ber.
The permanent improvements of the
farm, the care of the animals which serve
him, preservation of the fruits and other
crops, which have been harvested, the se
curity of buildings and cellars agaiust
storms and frosts, and the social inter
changes between neighbors and relatives,
all require the attention of the farmer in
November.—New England Farmer.
PROTECT VOIR EYESIGHT.
Milton’s blindness was the result of o\ er
work and dyspepsia. < hie of the most em
inent American divines, having for some
time been compelled to forego the pleas
ure of reading, spent thousands of dollars
in value, and lost years ol time, in conse
quence of getting up several hours before
clay and studying bv artificial light. His
eyes never got well.
Multitudes of men and women have
made their eyes weak for life by the too
free use of the eyesight, reading small
print and doing fine sewing. In view of
these things it is well to observe the fol
lowing rules in the use of the eyes:
Avoid all sudden changes between light
and darkness.
.Never routl by twilight, or moonlight,
or on a very cloudy day.
Never sleep so that oil waking, the eyes
shall open on the light of a window.
l)o not use the eyesight by light so scant
that it requires an effort to diseriniitate.
Never read or sew directly in front of
the light, or window or door.
It is best to have the light fall from
above, obliquely over the lelt shoulder.
Too much light creates a glare and
pains, and confuses the sight. The mo
ment you are sensible of an effort to dis
tinguish, that moment ceases, and talk,
walk, or ride.
As the sky is blue and the earth green,
it would seem that the ceiling should be a
a bluish tinge, the carpet green, and the
walls of some mellow tinge.
The moment you are instinctively pro
moted to rub the eyes, that moment ease
using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
waking tip, do not forcibly open them,
but apply the saliva with the finger—it is
the speediest diulent in the world—and
then wash your eyes and face in warm
| water.
WORK AXD WAIT.
There tire two things that always par,
even in this not over-remunerative exist -
j ence. They are working atid waiting.
| Either is useless without tne other. Both
I united are evincible, and inevitably trium
phant. lit* wiio waits without working is
simply a man yielding to sloth and des
1 pair. ' He who works without waiting is
fitful in his strivings, and misses results
i by impatience. Ho who works steadily
and waits patiently may have a long jour
ney before him, but at its close be will find
: its reward.