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M A P L E -S U G A R M A K IN G .

BY DORA READ GOODALE.

This is still the sugar-camp, with the shiver­ing woods around it,

Where the eager, early alders loosen first their kerchiefed curls,

By the distant, russet ranks of the drippingmaples bounded;

Hither, in the April weather, come the coun­try boys and girls.

Out across the olive down, still the lagging feet are guided

To the fire of shattered branches, lightning- riven long ago;

By the narrow, bubbling brook, field and forest stand divided,

With the scarlet maple blossoms whirling in the pool below.

Here they feed the open blaze; here they build the shelter lightly;

Here they swing the gipsy-kettle—merry- hearted Jack and Sue;

Here they follow one another through the dusky forest nightly,

While the silver April crescent drops to west­ward in the blue.

Btill the buckets back and forth to the heavy kettle bringing,

Tain to hear the squirrel’s warning, or the sparrow’s note of war,

Treading to the broken pulses of a robin s careless singing—

buen a rhythm, such a measure, never dancer listened for.

^°ft and sultry are the days that the watch­ers spend together,

” ith the stolen sweets of April—month of promise and delay;

'vrid the searching winds at night touch witht frost the ardent weather,Tre the little play is ended, with the coming

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That Bad Boy.

“ Well, how is the baby?” asked the grocery man of the bad boy, as he

into the grocery smelling very horsey,” and sat down on the chair

^hth the back gone, and looked verybred.“ O, darn the baby ! Everybody

ashs me about the baby as though it mine. I don’t pay no attention to

he darn thing, except to notice the °olishness going on around the house.

I y. I guess that baby will grow up to ,e a fire engine. The nurse coupled

, ”e baby on to a section of rubber ° Sc that runs down into a bottle of

^ ‘•k, and it began to get up steam and jdetty soon the milk began to disap- ^ ar> just like the water does when a

fire engine couples on to a hydrant.Pa calls the baby ‘Old Number Two.’I am ‘Number One,’ and if pa had a hook and ladder truck and a hose cart, and a fire gong he would imagine he was chief engineer of the fire depart­ment. But the baby kicks on this milk-wagon milk and howls like a dog that’s got lost. The doctor told pa that the best thing he could do was to get a goat, but pa said since we nishi- ated him into the Masons with the goat he wouldn’t have a goat round no how. The doc told pa the other kind of a goat, I think it was a Saman­tha goat, he said, wouldn’t kick with its head, and pa sent me up into the Polack settlement to see if I couldn’t borrow a milk goat for a few weeks. I got a woman to lend us her goat till the baby got big enough to chew beef, for a dollar a week, and paid a dollar in advance, and pa went up in the evening to help me get the goat. Well it was the darndest mistake you ever see. There was two goats so near alike you couldn’t tell which was the goat we leased, and the other goat was the chum of our goat, but it belonged to a Nirish woman. We got a .bed cord hitched around the Irish goat, and that goat didn’t recognize the lease, and when we tried to jerk it along it rared right up, and made things real quick for pa. I don’t know what there is about a goat that makes it get so spunky, but that goat seemed to have a grudge against pa from the first. I f there were any places on pa’s manly form that the goat did not ex­plore, with its head, pa don’t know where the places are. O, it lammed him, and when I laffed pa got mad. I told him every man had to furnish his own goats, when he had a baby, and I let go of the rope and started off, and pa said he knew how it was, I wanted him to get killed. It wasn’t that but I saw the Irish woman that owned the goat coming around the corner of the house with a cistern pole. Just as pa was getting the goat out of the gate the goat got cross-ways of the gate, and pa yanked, and doubled the goat right up, and I thought he had broke the goat’s neck,and the woman thought so too, for she jabbed pa with the cis­tern pole just belowr the belt, and she tried to get a hold on pa’s hair, but he had her there. No woman can get the advantage of pa in that way, ’cause ma has tried it. Well, pa explained it to the woman, and she let pa off if he would pay her two dollars for dam­ages to her goat, and pa paid it, and then we took the nanny-goat, and it went along with us. But I have got my opinion of a baby that will drink goat’s milk. Gosh, it is like this stuff that comes in a spoiled cocoanut.The baby hasn’t .done anything but blat since the nurse coupled it onto a livery stable? the goat hydrant. I had to take all j teller in a bank

milk wagon, and he got the hired girl to milk the goat, and they were just hunting around the basement for the goat with a tin cup, when the fireworks went off. Well, there was balls of red, and blue, and green fire, and spilled powder blazed up, and Tie goat looked astonished, and looked on as though it was sorry so much good fodder was spoiled,-but when its hair began to bum, the goat gave one snort and went between pa and the hired girl like it was shot out a cannon, and it knocked pa over a wash boiler into the coal bin, and the hired girl in amongst the kin­dling wood, and she crossed herself and repeated the catekism, and the goat jumped up on top of the brick furnace, and they couldn’t get it down. I heard the celebration and went down and took pa by the pants and pulled him out of the coal bin, and he said he would surrender and plead guilty of being the biggest fool in Milwau­kee. I pulled the kindling wood off the hired girl, and then she got mad, and said she would milk that goat or die. O, that girl has got sand. She used to work in the glass factory. Well, sir, it was a sight worth two shil­lings admission to see that hired girl get up on a step ladder to milk that goat on top of the furnace, with pa sitting on top of a barrel of potatoes, bossing the job. They are going to fix a gang plank to get the goat down off the furnace. The baby kicked on the milk last night. I guess besides tasting of the powder and burnt hair, the milk was too warm on account of the furnace. Pa has got to grow a new lot of hair on that goat, or the woman won’t take it back. She don’t want no baby goat. Well they can run the baby and goat to suit themselves, ’cause I have resigned. I have gone into business. Don’t you smell any­thing that would lead you to surmise that I had gone into business? No drugstore this time,” and the boy got up and put his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, and looked proud.

“ O, I don’t know as 1 smell any­thing except the faint odor of a horse blanket. What you gone into any­way?” said the grocery man putting the wrapping paper under the counter and the red chalk in his pocket, so the boy couldn’t write any sign to hang up outside.

You hit it the first time. I have accepted a situation of teller in a liv­ery stable,” said the boy as he search­ed around for the barrel of cut sugar, which had been removed.

Teller in a livery stable ! Well, that is a new one on me. What is a teller in a livery stable ?” and the gro­cery man looked pleased and pointed the boy to a barrel of seven cent sugar.

“ Don’t you know what a teller is in It is the same as a I have to grease the

the smell of horses I shall be a states­man, but if she objects to it and turns up her nose, I shall not yearn to begovernor at the expense of my girl. It beats all, don’t it, that wimmen set­tle every great question? Everybody does everything to please wimmen, and if they kick on anything that set­tles it. But I must go and umpire that game between pa and the hired girl and the goat. Say, can’t you come over and see the baby? ’Taint bigger than a small satchel,” and the boy waited till the grocery man went to draw some vinegar when he slipped out and put up a sign written on a shingle with white chalk, “ yelloxc sand wanted for maple suyarp— Peck's S an.

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Third-class.— Printed matter, in un- my playthings out of the basement to harness, oil the buggies and curry off sealed wrappers only, (all matter en- keep the goat from eating them. 1 1 the horses, and when a man comes in j closed in notched envelopes must pay guess the milk will taste of powder j to hire a horse I have to go down to ' letter rates.) one cent for each two and singed hair now. The goat got to . the saloon and tell the livery man. ounces or fraction thereof, which must eating some Roman candles me and That’s what a teller is. I like the tel- be fully prepaid. Limit of weight 4 my chum had laid away in the coal; ler part of it, but greasing harnesses is lbs,, except for a single book, whichbin, and chewed them around the fur nace, and the powder leaked out and a coal fell out of the furnace on the hearth, and you would a-died to see upa and the hired girl and the goat, j horses. It all depends You see pa can’t milk nothing but a!whether I stick or not.

a little too rich for my blood, but the ; may weigh more. Productions by livery man says if I stick to it I will be copying press or the type-writer are governor some day,' ’cause most all the1 first-class matter, great men begun life taking care of Fourth-class.— All mailable matter

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o Friday, May 4.

T .'is “ P h . o n ”O. M. M O O RE, E D IT O R .

i a m l i s i i e d a t P h i l l i p s , F r i d a y s

“Paying the Parson."Well, they didn’t pay him, that was

the worst of it. Deacon Simkins said, ‘ •Ministers shouldn’t be mercenary; they had no calculation in financial matters,” which was a contradiction in itself. No one else knows how often tiiev are expected to make bricks with­out straw, and then declared to be mercenary and without calculation be­cause they refuse to do it. Elder Da­vid Rowe had six children, and six hundred dollars salary, “ that he might be free from worldly cares and avoca­tion.” What a satire the phrase be­comes to a country clergyman with a large family !

Elder Rowe was no theological trea­tise bound in black ; he was a wide­awake, earnest man, a trifle blunt, with no finesse about him— not making the best impression first; and what oppor­tunity had a man to take the tide at the full? It took all his time to fill those hungry mouths, for they had as good an appetite as the children of his more fortunate classmates. Few men of his years could make a better sermon ; but most of them understood better the ways of the world, and found their patrons, and paid court to the influential families, and so pros­pered as regards the loaves and fishes. David Rowe was ground between the nipper and nether mill-stones— a sharp, calculating parish, and the increasing wants of a large family. He had a hard row to hoe.

Much of the elder’s salary was “ turned in,” if you know what that means. If he bought apiece of pork, a bushel of potatoes, or a cord of wood of his parishioners, they let it go on their subscription. He did not un­derstand it when he first came among them ; he did now. When the day of settlement came, most of the sala­ry had been paid in truck at a hand­some price, as David said indignantly, to his wife, when he learned the state of affairs. It was rather sharp prac­tice ; a sort of pious deal— so much gospel for so many supplies ; and the eider found he usually paid a little amove the market price. Now, this did not add to the spiritual peace of the Rev. David Rowe, and he some­times was on the point of rivaling his namesake in the bibical earnestness of his righteous wrath ; but at such times he retired to his study and read one of the Psalms in the original with an unction that was not wholly. spiritual in its inspiration.

One of the customs of the Johns­town church was to have, every year, a fair to assist in paying the minister’s >ahry; that modern device to entice money out of the pockets of sinners, catching the people with guile, the bait often being hardly worthy of the piety of the church people who en­gaged in it ; the motto seemed to be ‘ •by hook or by by crook” this money must be raised, and we will not inquire too critically into the ethics of the matter, the end justifies the means. They were in the habit of raising at least a hundred dollars to supplement the religious barter that had been in progress through the year. \\ hen this fair was under way, the prayer meet­ing was well nigh deserted, and on the Sabbath it was the principal topic of conversation in the Sunday School, and following the benediction in church. What time and labor and skill they put into it 1 It was a standing joke among the rich portion of the parish, who were not members of the church, that it was not best to have a pocket book too well lined that night, as it was fall- in" among theives to attend the fair.

I f they only had been in earnest for a revival, what spiritual results might have been reached ! But the church -

was greatly injured by these periodical gatherings ; its spiritual life was check­ed ; its reputation injured in the eyes of the world; it could not recover from such a severe strain upon its in­tegrity. And why did not the Rev. David Rowe express his condemna­tion of all tjiis ? He had done so when he was a younger man, and he came near losing his charge in consequence. The bread and butter question— dis­guise it as you may— is a serious one lor a rural dominie. When he looked into the faces of his wife and little ones he knew he must suffer himself to be in bondage to a worldly people. He would have enjoyed travel, after the monotonous round of the year. He desired the freshest books and pe­riodicals, but all these must be denied. Every one said their pastor was a good preacher, and the wise ones congratu­lated themselves that they had secured him at so low a rate ; Deacon Simkins had remarked, esteeming' it a huge' joke, “ that if the Lord would keep him humble, they would keep “him poor.” There never came a time when the el­der’s salary was paid when due; the quarter came and passed, sometimes without a penny in the house. They saved the interest by holding on to the money. They not only get their min­ister at a low figure, but they got the interest on his money by barter and holding on to the quarter’s payment. The parson had a “ Raven Book,” as he called it, which recorded what was given to them ; its items increased in these days, when the funds were low, often as he prayed in his study, plead­ing the promises, the raven would come to the door bringing bread and meat.

But the time had come for the an­nual fair, meetings were held, com­mittees appointed and preparations made for a great time. The weekly prayer meeting was even curtailed that the young people might arrange for an “ Allegory,” they called it. It had been suggested by Cora Boyd, who saw it— but that she kept to herself— at the Theatre Comique, in the city. Timothy Hoag, a broken-down law­yer, was to deliver a lecture, in cos­tume, on phrenology, examining the young people’s heads. No one asso­ciated with him on any other occasion

his bondage, and, putting his.hand to paper, he wrote. His text was from the Decalogue, “ Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” and, like Elijah of old, he represented the law in that discourse. The Sabbath service was thinly attended, of course ; every one was tired out. Elder Jones’ wife was incensed at Esquire Hayes, and Cora Boyd had' answered sharply Mrs. Judge Heald. There was a heart­burning and disaffection. Two parties would be the result, and .Christ would be wounded in the house of his friend.

But that Sabbath morning was long remembered in Johnstown. The par­son came from his knees. He hail been in agony, as he thought of his little ones ;. but he did not waver. “ Preach the preaching I bid thee,” said the voice of God and he would

Madagascar. There are one hundred varieties of crotons from the Fiji Is­lands, five hundred varieties of foliage plants from Central America and the East Indies. A collection of ferns from Central and South America and the East Indies numbers three hun­dred varieties. In summer many of the plants are in beds outside the con­servatory. The flower garden com­prises three acres and the vegetable garden four acres. There is also a vineyard of two acres, and a large or­chard containing some four hundred apple trees and five hundred pear trees. There are *any quantity of strawberry vines, gooseberry bushes, etc. An importation of rare plants from Central Africa is expected to ar-

j rive soon. Mr. Gould will expend : this year one hundred thousand dol-

obey. The people’s ears tingled that i lars in the drainag-e o f his place, andday, for he did not spare. He.hewed to the line, and with uncomrnon elo­quence he charged them "to return to their God. David Rowe forgot him­self, his family, and, leaving his manu­script, with impassioned appeal he be­came the vehicle of God’s convincing Spirit; There Was awed silence, with no movement in the audience, and, when the benediction came, the peo-J pie sat in their seats stupefied and condemned.

But the Rev. David Rowjaiwas no,t asked to resign. They hacrspent a month in preparation, had raised a hundred and fifty dollars, brought scandal on the church, and dissension among its members. They could pay the parson, but at what a price ! They stood condemned under the scathing words of the man of G o d ; the Lord spoke to them, and like the people of Nineveh, they listened. It had been more from habit than any intended sin that they had fallen into such dis­grace. The Rev. David Rowe closed his sermon with his resignation— couching it in such tender terms that many wept. But they did not let him go ; they raised his salary two hun­dred dollars; they voted to pay it reg­ularly in quarterly installments in mon­ey ; they rolled away the heavy stone of worldliness, which had made the church a sepulchre for a dead Christ and the Lord entered in and blessed them. It was a mighty revival; and,

millions have already been spent to make the place what it is.

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A Wonderful Flower Garden.

He was a disreputable character; but, when their pastor was called to a large this was a religious enterprise, you | church at the county seat, he could know. Then there was the grab-bag, not go, for God called him to a de- which usually realized seven or eight lightful work among a converted peo- dollars and cost scarcely one ; and the guess-cake, which had in one piece a brass ring; and there was a chain to be presented to the handsomest man, and a cloak to the homeliest woman.It was the business of the most win­ning young ladies to inveigle the gen­tlemen into buying nn the night of the entertainment. There was quite a ri­valry which should sell the most in this way. One year a young lady pro­posed to sell kisses ; but this was final­ly vetoed as not quite the thing.

Well, the night came, and propi­tious weather ; it was good sleighing, and the hall was crowded. The grab- bag was exhausted; the guess-cake sold ; the handsomest man and hom- liest woman were remembered. Tim­othy Hoag gave his lecture— a little too blatant and sacrilegious even for Johnstown people. The “ Allegory'” was “ stunning” as Charles Deforest said, who had seen it in the city. The best people of the church were griev­ed and ashamed. Mr. John Place, a stranger, was induced to spend a good bit—in fact, compelled by the charm­ing young ladies. The Rev. David Rowe closed the exercises with prayer, as was the custom, to take the curse off, as if the Lord could bless such an undertaking.

When David Rowe got home that night, he was a thoroughly disgusted man ; righteous anger filled his soul.He declared such abominations were an insult to the Almighty, and that if his ministry must be upheld by such doings he would quit at once. He slept little that night, but tossed to and fro, seeing strange phantoms and dream­ing horrible things ; but in the morn­ing he entered his study, resolved he would prepare the Lord’s message, whether men would hear or forbear.David Rowe communed with the Al­mighty that day. He had thrown off

An alarming increase of dyspepsia in both sexes is noticed.by physicians. Americans, and especially New York­ers, eat too fast. They gulp down their breakfast, swallow their lunch without half masticating it, and are al­ways in a hurry at dinner. And yet men wonder why they feel so dull and stupid, and women marvel that they are ill and have such an unhealthy col­or. A well-known Wall street broker who lunches in Delmonico’s now opens his watch and places it near his plate. He was sitting, at a side table a day or two ago, with a mutton chop, fried potatoes, bread and butter and a glass of ale before him. “ Make haste or you will be late,” said a friend. “ I am not trying to eat fast,” he replied, stopping and leaning back, as though glad to lose a few seconds ; “ I am striving to do it slowly. My best rec­ord for a lunch of - this size is six min­utes. I was proud of it. I could pop out of my office, fill up,, and be back at my desk inside of a quarter of an hour, easy; but just as I got myself trained down to that point, my doctor said I had got to throw away my rep­utation for celerity or get measured for a coffin. You see this hurried way of eating brought on indigestion, and he ordered me to spend half an hour every day over my lunch. I sat down here at 1 2.20, and I mustn’t get up till 12.50. A great waste of time isn’t it? But it is a choice for me between time and eternity, and I am not ready for the latter just yet.”

A Chinese Bride.

On a recent afternoon a strange pro­cession of hacks with gay colors flying, with a scent of burning spice about them, drew up at the shed of the California

A reporter lately visited Jay Gould’s conservatory at Irvington, on "the Hud­son, which was to replace the one de- Steam Navigation Company, where the stroyed by fire over a year ago. Mr.Gould’s hobby is horticulture, and with limitless means at his command he pursues it with the same enthusi­asm that other men bestow on fast horses. Last winter a list of new plants, covering almost every variety of vegetation, was made out, and this spring an enormous collection was im­ported. It is Mr. Gould’s intention to have at least one specimen of every

steamer M ary Garratt wss loading. In the first hack was a lone female, with her head in a bundle of bright colored Chinese silk, which concealed every feature. Be­hind was another hack, in which several Chinese boys rode.each carrying a burning taper. Then came two more hacks, both filled iwith Chinese women. All alighted at the wharf, and the hooded woman was assisted out and conducted on board the steamer, her course being attended by the

flowering plant known. I he rnain j b0y S witl> the lighted tapers and the women, building is over four hundred feet long. The woman was so closely veiled as to beIt has several wings eighty feet long, the temperature in each of which is regulated independent of the adjoin­ing sections. By this means fruit and grapes can be insured all the year round, as the vine can be kept in dif­ferent stages of development. The conservatory contains over four thou­sand varieties of plants. There is room for twice that number. The gardener estimates there are from six to eight thousand plants in the conservatory and on the grounds, which are five hundred acres in extent. The major­ity of the plants have been brought from the European conservatories, es­pecially from Belgium. In one room are one hundred varieties of double geraniums in full bloom. One section eighty feet long is devoted to roses, of which there are four hundred va­rieties. There are four hundred vari­eties of plants, three hundred of them from Ecuador and one hundred from Asia. Some of the specimens cost two hundred and fifty dollars. There are forty varieties of the pitcher plant from

practically blindfolded. Then it was ascer­tained that she was a daughter of Sonora George and was going to Bouldin Island to be married. She was, according to the best information obtainable, literally “ go­ing it blind,” as she had never seen her betrothed, who had bargained for her with her father, and was being sent to him ac­cording to contract.

She had been kept over by the slough, her attendants said, for thirty days blind­folded the whole time, and was to be al­lowed to see no one till given to her future husband. She was allowed two female attendants, who were eyes for her, and during the thirty days had been wrought upon by certain ceremonies intended to render her especially conducive to the happiness of her husband in the future. Those who accompanied her to the steam­er stayed about half an hour on board and then were dismissed by the bride’s attend­ants, and rode back to Chinatown. The affair was an especially aristocratic one, judging from the fancy dresses of the fe­males of the party. No Chinamen were permitted to participate in the send-off'.— Stockton Herald.

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Formerly I used to raise calves by feed­ing them skimmed tnilk twice a day, says a correspondent of the R u r a l N ew Y o rk er , and I usually fed them until they were five or six months old, and thought, on comparing them with others not fed so long, that it paid extremely well to do so; but last spring not having conveniences to handle milk profitably, and wishing to send it to the factory, I tried a new plan. Oil meal was bought at $ 2.50 per ewt., and every morning a kettleful of porridge was made. One porringer full of this oilmeal was used, wet up in a pan with cold water and then stirred into the boiling water. The kettle held about a pailful. This made a feed for ten calves both for morning and night. The meal swelled so when wet that it made the porridge suf­ficiently thick. When dipped into the pails to be fed about a quart of skimmed milk was added for each calf, which amount of milk was decreased, and at last none was given as the calves got older. After a while a cup of middlings was used with the oilmeal. This kind of feeding was begun after the calves had been fed new milk un­til they were about four weeks old, and was kept up until they were five or six months old. Care was taken when this kind of feeding was begun not to overdo it at first, and they were accustomed to the new food by degrees. The result has been all and more than was expected; the calves grew and throve in a way that did credit to their feed. They were kept in a pasture where they had grass and fresh water and went into the winter in good condition and *» good as any calves that we ever raised entirely on skimmed milk.

Corn Ensilage or H ay.

Some of the farmers in and around Wor­cester, who are not yet converted to silos and ensilage, have been figuring on the cost of raising hay by the same rule adopt­ed by the advocates of ensilage,giving their profits from the new' method. The cost of ensilage in the silo, is variously estimated at from one dollar or less, to over six dollars, and two tons of ensilage is some­times reckoned as being equal to one ton of dry hay though the majority of the silo advocates do not place so high a relative value on the contents of their pits. The Worcester country farmers, some of them at least, claim that the best upland hay can be grown and put in the mows at a cost not exceeding seven dollars a ton, while a few who are favored with specially good grass land estimate the cost as low as five dollars per ton. Some also, have been surprised to find that an acre of com­mon field corn, when the ears are begin­ning to grow, will weigh as heavily as the average fodder corn raised especially for the silo, and they believe that so long as grain is worth more per pound than stalks, the advantage of the silo over the corn crib and hay mow is more apparent than real. The claims of converts to ensilage are very far from uniform in character, but a few years more of trial will doubtless settle the value of the system.

B a k e d F is h .—Take a fish weighing from four to six pounds. Scrape and wash clean, and season well with salt. Make a dressing with five small crackers, rolled fine, one tablespoonful of butter, one table­spoonful of salt, a little pepper, half a ta­blespoonful of chopped parsley, and water enough to make very moist. Stuff the fish with this preparation which fasten in with a skewer. Cut slits in the fish and put small strips of salt pork into them. Place the fish on a tin sheet in a baking pan, and dredge well with Hour. Bake one hour, basting often. Serve with a tomato sauce poured around it.

To cure a kicking cow, take a snap ring, attach it to a half-inch cord about a dozen feet in length ; put the snap in the kicker's nose, draw the cord around her, letting it vest on her gambrel joints or below. Let a person stand at her shoulder and hold the cord just tight enough so that it shall not slip down to the floor. Any one can then proceed to milk her without trouble, This course of treatment pursued for one week has never failed to cure the most obstinate kicker and without any struggles or harshness.

The old practice of feeding cows every three hours, giving the last feed just be­fore retiring for night has been very gener­al!)'abandoned. Now the most successful farmers feed only morning and night. The whole morning or evening feed is not put before them at one time, because experi­ence has taught that it is best to put be­fore a cow but a small quantity at a time, adding more as it is eaten up, so that the morning and evening meals are made up of several small feeds, perhaps of different materials. Some farmers who have tried this method of feeding cows find it better than the old way, without considering the fact that the horse and cow are entirely different in their physical structure, decide to feed their horses in the same w ay; but this is wrong, for the horse has not an extra stomach to store up food to masticate at leisure, but he has only a small stomach where the food is rapidly formed into material to nourish the system. When fed but twice a day, and fed large quanti­ties of hay, the course food is pushed be­yond the position where it can be digest­ed and is thus passed off with but little of its nutriment extracted. It is evident that horses and pigs should be fedoftener than cows and oxen.—Mass. Ploughman.

Scalloped O yst e r s .— One quart of oysters, ten crackers, one cup of milk. Put a layer of oysters in a deep earthen baking dish, sprinkle with salt and pepper and a little nutmeg, then a layer of powder­ed crackers with bits of butter on it, moist­en with oysters liquor and milk— then an­other layer of oysters with salt,pepper, and nutmeg, finishing with cracker and gener­ous bits of butter, and the rest of the milk. Bake one-half hsur or until it rises, in a moderate oven. Cover the dish until near­ly done, then let it color to a rich golden brown. It is nicer prepared one or two hours before baking. Tomato catsup is a nice accompaniment to scalloped oysters. I f you have not a pretty dish in which to serve scalloped oysters, a common yellow dish may be made presentable by covering it with a napkin. Fold the napkin in the shape of a half-handkerchief, put around the dish and pin it, tuck the corners in and fold under the dish, then set it on a plate, or small platter. Be careful to put the napkin on smoothly, letting it come just to the edge of the dish.

R a is in g S u n f l o w e r s .—Every farmer who pays any attention to his poultry should by all means raise a small patch of sunflowers. They will pay well on any kind of soil, but, of course, as with all farm crops, reasonably good soil should be se­lected, as the result will be far more profit­able. Plow and harrow as for corn. Lay off in drills three and a half or four feet apart and sow the seed—two or three seed every ten or fifteen inches—so that when they come up and are thinned they will stand not over eighteen inches apart. The cultivation should be the same as corn, sufficient to keep down the weeds and the soil stirred, so as to cause as rapid growth as possible. When ripe they should be gathered as soon as possible, as the birds are very fond of them and will soon make serious inroads upon them if left standing. We prefer to plant our cornfield beans among our sunflowers in preference to corn. For feed the mammoth Russian is the best, as the flowers are very large and yield a quantity of large, oily seed.

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T o m ato Sau ce .—One pint stewed or c a n n e d tomato, one tablespoonful of butter, one of flour, four cloves, a tiny bit of onion. Cook the tomato, clove and onion together ten minutes. Heat the butter in a small pan and stir the flour into it. Cook, stir­ring all the time, until smooth and a light brown; then stir into the tomato. Cook two or three minutes longer. Season withsalt and pepper, and strain. J

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T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L.

Investigati.vn of the Charges Against Prof. Rounds.

[By our Special Reporter.]

Wednesday evening, at an early hour, the Normal school room was filled with those anxious to witness the investigation of the charges against Dr. Rounds, which were published anonomously and upon which an investigation was demanded. That a better idea of the investigation may be obtained, we re-publish the charges in full. They are as follows:

1. — A treatment of students that is always unsympathetic, repressive, arbitrary and ca­pricious, frequently marked by sneering in­sults. often passionate and grossly unjust, and not unfrequendy culminating in outrage­ous abuse.

2 . — Ungentlemanly, arbitary, and some­times abusive treatment of teachers, and im­proper interference with their work.

— Such a bearing towards citizens of the town and county as causes him to be al­most universally disliked, and in many cases cordially detested and despised by respecta­ble citizens, to the great detriment of pupils and teachers.

4 . — A style of teaching that instead of drawing out and developing the powers of the pupil by self-activity, as all true teaching must do, is repressive in its influence, de­stroys personal enthusiasm, tends to make mere mechanical imitators in methods, and stubifies the pupils, both intelectually and morally.

5. — The following of ultra-extreme no­tions in education, with such frequent, vio­lent and inconsistent changes in programme, course of study and methods, that students never know what may be required next, anditerest in the course of study as a whole is early or quite destroyed.6. — The school is thus kept in a state of

onstant uncertainty and disquiet and of se- ere mental and physical strain to no pur- >ose, but to the discouragement, disgust, and

injury of the student.7. — The practice of unscrupulous selfish­

ness in his relations to the school and to in­dividual pupils where his personal interests are involved.

o.— The formation of an advanced class the -present term with but three pupils, two of them members of his own family, with no prospect of an increase, and the almost cer­tain prospect that no advanced class will ever exist in the school after the present term under his management, yet involving a cost to the State of $400 per pupil per an­num for tuition.

9.— The cutting down of the work of the higher classes in the regular course, so that the / now have not sufficient work in it to keep them employed.

to .— The urging of students in those claves to take work in the advanced course for w'-ich they are' inadequately prepared, white more important work in' the regular coarse is neglected, in the desperate effort to secure classes of respectable numbers in the advanced course.

1 1 .— During last term two-fifteenths of tiie time of the school was spent in compul- s. r criticisms of recitations and other ex- eimses before the whole school, in addition to fhe "riticism constantly required and ex- e i.. .d in every class recitation.

re.— Lack of judgement in the require meats exacted o f pupils, and in receommen- datmns made to them, involving in some cases very serious detriment to them.

13 . — When a case really requiring disci- pli:i arises, a demoralizing policy of tern

.'ti- ing and compromise is the general rule, while gross insults and abuse are heaped upon those who are absolutely guiltless of an offence or of any intention .to offend,

14 . — The students are-demorblized by the Jack of respectful consideration due to theirmanhood and womanhood and to their ma­turity and experience, and by the constant arbitrary and abusive treatment which they receive, which is extremely destructive of their self-respect, training them not to ap­preciate their personal rights, and prompt­ing a spirit of servility, to their life-long inj ury.

15 . — By those and similar means, involv­ing other points too numerous too mention, the school has been brought to the verge of destruction, with no prospect of a change for the better.

There were present Wednesday evening the following State officials : Governor Fred-

•erick Robie; State Superintendant of ’■Schools, Luce; Hon. L. G. Philbrook, Dr. A . W . Plummer, Prof. A. F. Richardson and I. W . Merrill, Esq., of the Trustees and M essrs. Locke, Swasey and Fesesnden, of ! the Governor’s Council. The Portland

ress, Lewiston Journal and the county pa­rrs are each represented.The officials were in private session during

ie evening of Wednesday, and called indi­

vidual members of the faculty, but nothing of their proceedings was made public. A goodly number of Normal graduates was present. The air was full of rumors, but no information was given the public until eleven o’clock, when Dr. Rounds came in and announced that the Board of Trustees had adjourned until nine o’clock, Thursday forenoon.

The Officials assembled in private session at 8 A. M. Thursday morning. Dr. Rounds presented the following protest and state­ment to the Trustees:

To the Board o f 'Trustees o f the Normal School:Some time since the Secretary was pleased

to give me notice that the charges then upon your table, signed by Messrs. Harper and Philbrook and Miss Perley, then of my as­sistant teachers, had been withdrawn in the early part of the month, and subsequently in reply to letter of my Counsel, Messrs. Bar­ker & Vose, added further that, after notify­ing those teachers of the time and object of this meeting, he was informed by them that their charges were uncondifionally withdrawn and they did not intend to renew them. Act­ing under the advice of counsel, I have as­sumed such to be the fact and governed’my­self accordingly.

I am now notified by the Board that those teachers refuse to prosecute their charges, though still asserting they are true. And I am informed that it is proposed that the Board assume the prosecution of those charg­es, and I am requested to submit to an in­vestigation before it, and by it without the assistance of counsel. I find further that one of the members of your Board, who is to sit in judgment in this matter —Mr. Phil­brook—is the father of one of the assistant teachers, whose name is signed to the charg­es. An old legal maxim, as old as the Com mon law, is “ Nemo debit esse ju dex in pro­p ria sua causa," and the Statute of this State has defined the limits of relationship either by consanguinity or affinity to wit.: “ Second cousins inclusive, with which the interest will disqualify in cases where disin­terest is required.”

Now I beg leave to inform your Board that although you propose to assume the role of prosecutors, I am willing and ready to proceed with the investigation of the charges specified in the way and manner you may deem proper, reserving the right of neces­sary delay to procure witnesses, if in my de­fence it shall seem advisable. Provided, I can be permitted to appear before you with counsel and respectfully protesting against the propriety as well as the right of Mr. Phil­brook to act in the investigation for the rea­sons above named.

Yours very respectfully,C. C. Rounds.

Just before adjourning at noon, the Trus­tees decided to divide the investigation into four classes:

1st.—The relation of the teachers. 2d.— Hearing pupils. 3d.— Hearing old gradu­ates and any other persons interested.

The above three are to be private. The 4th, a hearing of any citizens respecting the cause of the decline of the Normal School at Farmington, is to be public.

Upon re-assembling in the afternoon, Dr. Rounds presented the following protest:

To the B oard o f Norm al School Trustees:— In answer to yonr notice that the Board

had deemed it not advisable that counsel should appear with me in the investigation of the charges, upon careful reflection, I beg njost respectfully to submit that I do not waive that precedent in my communication to you this morning, and must insist that counsel should appear with me.

Very respectfully, C. C. Rounds. The Trustees still adhering to their former

desire, not. to have council admitted, Dr. Rounds consented to proceed without coun­cil. It is now understood, that Mr. Phil-’ brook, on the trustees, has withdrawn, and at present writing £3 P. M.) all of the teach­ers are before the officials. It is understood that Mr. Swasey, of the Council, shall con­duct the examination.

The scholars are dismissed until half-past 7 this evening. We have no means of know- ! ing what is going on in “ Room No. 4.”

Thursday P. M. and evening all of the teachers testified before the Board,excepting Dr. Rounds, who went in in reply Friday A. M. Scholars will be called then. Both par­ties express themselves very well satisfied with the mode of investigation, and final re­sults may be expected this (Friday) evening. However, we may not get a decision.

I have spoken with Messrs. Harper and Philbrook as to the reason of withdrawal of charges against Dr. Rounds. They state that the principle reason was in order to throw the burden of investigation on the Trustees, and that they wished to have a fair investigation of facts and did not wish to shield themselves in any way; that they did not wish to appear as directly opposed to Dr. R., as they were only working in the in­terest of the school.

Preamble and Resolutions adopted by Trustees:—

Whereas, The attention of this Board has been called by communications of various forms to differences among the teachers in said Normal School at Farmington, and to such conditions relating thereto as interfere with the prosperity present and future there­of, therefore

Resolved, That this Board institue such an inquiry into the management of sard school, special and general, as the public interest and the special interest of said school shall seem to us to require, and that said1 inquiry shall proceed as follows :

All present teachers shall come before the Trustees and make such statements and an­swer such inquiries in the presence of one another as may be made by said Board.

2d. Pupils shall be inquired of privately as to such matters relating to the school and its management specially or generally as the Trustees may see fit, and the teachers of said school may request the examination of such pupil or pupils as do net voluntarily appear.

3d. Inquiry into the methods of teaching hitherto adopted and practiced in this school shall be opene to all. Teachers and grad­uates of the school are invited to be present and make such statements and answer such questions as may be relevant to such ques­tion.

4th. There shall be a public hearing in regard to decline of the school and matters embraced in the resolutions passed at citi­zens’ meeting in Farmington, March 26, at which all persons interested may appear, by council if they desire and be heard.

The teachers, scholars and graduates were examined during the day, Friday, as we learned by telephone at 4530 p. m.

Latest.—A telephone message received

at 10 a. m. Saturday, says Dr. Rounds was

exonerated from all the charges against him,,

and the three disaffected teachers have sev­

ered their connection with the school. The-

school wilt have a recess of a week or ten

days.

§ ^ “At the General Cenference of Meth­odist churches, held in Lewiston this week,, the following appointments were made for the district which includes the parishes in Franklin county:Augusta, Charles W. BradleeEast Readfield, To be suppliedEast Wiltom and Weld, Jas. R. WatermanFairfield,. J . Albert CoreyFarmington, Cyrus StoneFayett and east Livermore, Charles Mungpr Hallowell, Ezekiel MartinIndustry and Stark, Luther P. FrenchKents Hill and Readfield Corner,

John B. Lapham Kingfieldy Salem and Eustis,

to be supplied by Jno. P. Roberts Leeds, John P. Cole.Sug’yLivermore, Walter CanhamLivermore Falls and Jay Bridge Mission,.

Melvin E. King Mercer and Fairfield Center,

To be supplied by A. K. Mabry Monmouth-, Oliver S. FilsburyMt. Vernon ,Vienna and Belgrade,.

Onsville H. Stevens New Fbntland, and New \ ineyard

John R.’efcihsonNew Sharon and Farmington Falls,.

Geo. W. Barber North Anson and Madison, David) B. Holt North-Augusta, Supplied by.C. A. Lawton North Wayne, To be suppliedPhillips and West Phillips, W. 31. Foster Skowhegan, Leonard1 H. BeanSolon Circuit, W.. B. BartlettStrong and Freeman Center,

Gardnec Di. Holmes Temple, To be supplied) by E. GerryWaterside, W.. S. MclntireWayne, To be suppliedWilton, J . M. FrostWimthrop, Ge jshoni. F. CobbOakland and North Sidney, To be supplied

are extremely sorry that a Mu­sic Hall audience should find it necessary to hiss local talent(?) front, the stage, in the recent May Night conoert. Those who sharply criticise their neighbors, in public, must be careful of displaying so-called tal­ent, lest it fly back on them. However, we are very, very sorry for the occurrence. We shall hardly expect the Journal to in­timate that the cultured audience didn't “know beans.”

J. Blethen,Esq. ,of the Kansas City Journal, has offered Maine Wesleyan Semi- nery, Kent’s Hill, $2100 towards the erec­tion of a President’s house. The offer has been accepted, and the building will be named “ Blethen Hall.” Mr. Blethen is well known in this county, at one time be­ing principal of Phillips Grammar School, and afterwards for five years the principal of Little Blue School, at Farmington.

5& ”0 ur rain-storm cleared up Friday moring and didn’t amount to much. It has not done much to weaken the ice in the lakes. It will probobly be two weeks yet before the lakes are clear.

Fifty armed men lynched Amos Bailey, a colored man accused of murders at Summit, Miss., Tuesday.

Patrick Delaney and Thomas Coffrey two more men charged with participation in the murder of Cavendish and Burke were ar­ranged for trial before Judge O’Brien. They created a sensation by pleading guilty to the charge against them. They were both sen­tenced by Judge O’Brien, to be hanged Jurae 2d. Before Caffrey pleaded guilty, he was informed that the crown gave no hopes- of mitigation of the sentence of death which had been passed upon him. When Delaney j was called upon to plead, he said.;. “ X am

; guilty of being in the park at the time Caven­dish and Burke were killed, but I did. not commit the murder. I plead guilty.” The 1 Judge explained that this really amounted to a plea of innocence. Delaney then formally pleaded guilty. He said: “ I was- brought into this at first foolishly, not knowing, what it was. I was forced from my work to go to the park. We had to obey the orders ofFthe society or take the consequences. When I got into the Park, I could not get away.. I saw the murders committed, but took no part in them. I went to the Park on Kav- anaugh’s car. He speaks the truth; sodoes Cary. The murders were committed by Joe- Brady and Timothy Kelley, and nobody else.I saved Judge Lawson’s life at the risk of my own, I was put on to shoot him;, by Brady. The only way to escape the task was by calling the guard’s attention.”

In regard to the pension frauds forr com­plicity ,in which Dr. John B. Benjamin ofiCae-mel, has been arrested, and for which his co­worker, John C. Friend of Etna, is wanted,, it is now stated that a Bangor lawyer;, who' about a year ago was disbarred from pracliae in the pension department is an accomplice of Friend and Benjamin, and equally guilty with them. The modus operandi off the’ trio was as follows: The Bangor lawyerr would fill out the papers and do the legal business Benjamin as physician, vouched for: the medicai certificates, while Friend as justice of the peace had an important part; to act in the robbery. It is understood that: F'riendi Dr. Benjamin and their partner, have- been engaged in this business for a number off years, and that the total amount off money they have extorted is about $20,000. It is asserted that the Bangor lawyerj.who. as is- alleged, is one of the guilty meji;. received] an inkling that the affair was to be. made public and has fled, but that officers- are on his track. It is also said that the lawyer will go free on account of turning state!s-.evidence. Benjamin claims he is innocent: and people in Etna also say that F'riend is- a wronged man. It is also said that otherrpacties- have- been engaged in the business; and that ia> due time their names will be. given, to the public.

One of the most ingenious and useful cook- trivances in which electricity plays the prom­inent part, is the Portable Electric Lighter, for practical use in the office, ,at home* and an factories, banks, hotels, restaurants, saloons. The apparatus occupies a span* of five square inches and weighs but five pounds, and can be carried with ease from apartment to apart­ment. It is complete in itsslfv requiring no extra power, wires or conr.&ation, and is so constructed that any portion oirpart can be replaced at a small cost. By simply press­ing upon the knob to the id l extent of the spring (which connects the battery) an elec­tric current is produced,,li>y which the spiral of platinum is heated to. incandescence and the light is instantaneous. The material lasts about two months, and ran. then be renewed at a small cost through any chemist. It will not be long before ev.raybody will have a Portable Electric Lighter-. The price is $5. —Boston Post.

The Farmington GSjtoniele well says tha when President Aafchur “ goes a fishing” again, let him try the waters of the Rangeley Lake region in Northern Maine. In no part of the country can an angler derive more pleasure with the rod than there. No malaria, no chills, no fever in those high latitudes, but big trout, a bracing air, a glorious panorama of lake and mountain, are a few of the good things one can say of this delightful resort.— Lewiston Jou rnal.

Two houses and a barn located on the South Belfast road, four miles and a half from Augusta, and belonging to the Joseph Shaw estate were burned on Tuesday night. There was no insurance on any of the build­ings. The fire also ran over a large area of land, burning the grass, besides running in­to a wood-lot and damaging that. The fires were undoubtedly incendiary as all the cir­cumstances point in that direction. It is said that there had been trouble among the heirs as to the division of the property.

Thousands of sheep have been drowned by floods in North Carolina.

—May baskets are mow in order.

—May day was the best we’ve met for many a clay.

—The railroad is getting* ready for sum­mer business.

—Choice selected garden seed can be found at French Brothers’.

—The school cards- are now ready to issue from the office o f Dr. Carvfll.

—-The temperance- lecture, Sunday even­ing, will commence at 7 o’clock.

—LaForest Voter advertises his farm for sale. See notice in another column.

—Cyrus Flail, of Portland, has moved on to the Oliver Howland' place, in Avon.

—French Bros, have opened a large line off ladles’ and gentffs- stylish boots and shoes.

—F. E. Boothby, of the M. C. R. R., with hisfedy, spent the Sabbath at the Elmwood.

—Our dentist haspaintecT and papered his office till it makes a very presentable ap­pearance.

—Benj. Tarbox, Esq:,, is suffering with a lame knee. He is liable to be laid by for a week or more.

—A. B. Grover has- his- set of buildings wefS under way, ora the- lbt purchased of P. A. Sawyer, Esq.

— M. H. Davenport has been to the city this week, to make-spring- and summer se­lections of goods;

—So much in demand1 are houses in Phil­lips that when one-is offered for sale, a doz­en- buyers are afteirit;.

—The new engine arrived in Phillips, Thursday night. She was evidently built for use rather than fbir ornament.

—A. D. Horn,, of Fanmiaagton, is building am addition to the stable of Mrs. Aldrich, where he will locate his liwery business.

—J. B. Morrison*. Esef., o f Chesterville, and Miss Leslie, off the; Lewiston Journal office, made the- PkOBHDs. a pleasant call Saturday.

— H. P. Marshall;, off Lynn, Mass., will give a lecture, at Union church, Saturday evening, on the subject o f intemperance. Admission free-.

—S. G. Haley will! secure a rebate on a Targe amount of tobacco and cigars which he has in stock, and’ is-thus enabled to drop on prices of the fragrant weed.

—A. D. Horn and A. S. Butterfield, of Farmington, were iin town Thursday, with a handsome span off Horn’s horses. The neat rig attracted much attention.

— Mrs. S. C. Vaughan, of Strong, has a new announcement in to-day’s paper. She has the reputation off an excellent milliner, and all interested should carefully read her card to the p'oblic.

—The boys are not to have all the sport with the yoamg velocipedes, for one young miss is soon to have a trycicle- Some other little misses don’t even wait, but show the boys how to run the three-wheeler.

— French Bros, had a carload of goods up over the Sandy a few days since. They are doing things with a will, and their at­tractive store is always a pleasant place to drop into. Read their new announcemeut on the 8th page.

— Hinkley and Cragin are doing a rush­ing ljusiness this spring, and Mr. Hinkley has been in Boston the present week select­ing goods. Their advertisement will be found on the 3d page to-day—and in its proper place next week.

—Our town’s people apparently will not want for Fostering care during the coming years, so far as church guardianship goes. We have one Rev. Mr. Foster already, and the Lewiston conference, finding that our village has a decided liking for this one, have decided to send us another Rev. Mr- Foster, of the Methodist denomination.

—Berley Dill brought us, a day or two since, an enormous butterfly. Its wing5 have a spread of fully six inches, and yd it is unable to fly. Its body is striped and spotted, and is aa large around as a man s finger. It is very clumsy, and when teased actually shows fight! If we are unable to raise him, it will probably be “ stuffed” a Ia Bruin! The butterfly emerged from a co­coon which was found by Mr. Dill last faffi he taking it to, the house tp what would pome of it.

■ —A quiet rain-storm set in Thursday af­ternoon.

—The cabless engine still does duty in hauling freight.

—A. P. Young, of Aroostook county, for­merly of Phillips, is in town.

— Mrs. Cushman and son, of Boston, were visiting friends in town this week.

—C. M. Davis is having improvements and repairs made at his already cozy stand.

— Rev. W. H. Foster will preach at the Methodist church, next Sabbath p. m., at i 130 o’clock.

—The barber shop is primping up, and between the carpenter, painter, etc., it will soon be a stylish and modern affair—at the same old rates.

—Raymond Toothaker has moved into the house with his brothenDavid. B. F. Hayden will immediately move into the house va­cated by Mr. T.

— N . E. Mining is tastily arranging his meat market, putting in canned goods, etc., and will have something to say about it next week, in these columns.

— O. S. Norton, of Avon, advertises the American Fruit Evaporator. Every farmer should have one. Everyone prefers evap­orated apple to the common “ dried apple.”

— P. A. Sawyer and Capt. Robinson have painted their dwellings, and S. W . Bates has given the new meat market building a coat of robin’s-egg blue with dark red trimmings.

— People have got tired of bringing in the largest eggs, and now we receive the “ tit- man” instead. The last one was as small as a sparrow’s egg. It would take a basketful to make a dozen!

— Those “ terrible colds” still prevail in town. J. II. Byron has just got around after a week’s siege, and now Landlord Page has an attack, and Henry Bartlett is also on the sick list. To-day ye editor knows how it is himself.

— S. G. Haley has started a brisk business on the solid rock of “ cash business.” He has a half-column word to our readers, in an­other place, and we can guarantee all who favor him with trade that they will secure f-esh goods and favorable trades. Try him and keep trying.

— Call on E. H . Shepard, at the upper vil­lage, and see his fine line of dry and fancy goods, ready-made clothing, hats and caps, ladies’ and gent’s furnishing goods, etc. He has just returned from the city with a line of goods which he says he can and will sell at bottom prices— just what the trade calls for.

— Miss L. N . Brackett has an announce­ment in to-day’s paper, which it will be well for all to read. Miss Brackett has the services of Miss Higgins, of Farmington, during the season, and intends to keep up with the times. Her store is blooming with flowers, plumes, and other ornaments for the ladies.

— If any one thinks it excellent fun to work ten hours a day at the case or press, and then furnish copy for the Rh o n y ., we know of a chap who would like a knock­down at once. For all there are so many smart folks in this as well as all other small towns, we’ll wager a cent that there! isn’t a man in town who hankers for the job of ed­iting this paper for two weeks in succession.

— The illustrated heading is laid aside this week, for repairs and changes.— Phillips Phonograph.

Leave it there.— Rockland Courier Ga­zette. - - ;

W e protest against this change of dress by old and valued friends. The Portland Tran­script, for instance, comes to us in the garb of a stranger and needs an introduction, like any new comer. Dress may not m ake. the man nor" the newspaper, but, in both cases, it becomes dear by association.— Aroostook Re­publican.

W e believe you, Republican friend.

— The Good Templars will hold a public installation of officers, at Grange Hall, next Monday evening at eight o ’clock. The pub­lic generally are invited to attend. There will be pleasant entertainment offered, in in singing solos, quartettes, etc., select read- ing, general remarks and a Question Box, to which all are invited to contribute on that evening. To those who do not know what the question box is, we will say in it are placed any question or questions which are proper, to be read by the presiding officer and answered by someone specified or by whomsoever may be requested or so desires. It is honed many will attend and we have no doubt the entertainment will be worthy of the occasion.

—An accident to the press Friday p. m. delayed the issue until Saturday.

—At the recent session of the Masonic grand bodies in Portland, N. U. Hinkley, Master of Blue Mountain Lodge, Phillips, was appointed District Deputy, though op­posed by several strong candidates.

— Playden’s ever tastily arranged store and millinery room are more than ever attractive, if possible, this spring. Frank has put in a large assortment of goods—complete in every department. He has recently warned the people of the surrounding towns of his do­ings by means of 1,000 copies of a four-page bulletin,sent through the mails. Like Banco’s ghost, fie will never down, but keeps push­ing business for all it is worth. A look into his millinery room is well worth while, it having been beautifully arranged by his Boston milliner. Frank’s store is always attractive.

—Elbridge Dill’s steer team made a pret­ty sight on the street Monday. There were three yoke, managed by Masters Seward and Charles Dill, aged 12 and 14 respec­tively. The steers were all dark red with white faces. The leaders were but ten months old and girthed 4 feet and ten inches. Their weight is 1,200 lbs. The second pair, one year old, girth 5 feet, 3 in­inches, and weigh 1,500. These two pairs were raised by Mr. Dill. The third pair were first obtained of a Mr. Norton, of Kingfield. They are one-year-olds; girth 5 feet, 6 inches, and weigh 1,722. The three pair are valued at $300. They are Durham and Flereford breed. Their feed for the winter has been hay, straw, potatoes and bran. They are as handy as oxen.

-—The local talent of Farmington gave a concert and ball, at Music Hall, May Night. We learn that Henry P. White, of the Journal, was nothing if not a success in his Dutch impersonations of “ Michael Schnei­der,” and other fresh Teutonic jems. “ Wat’s the brice of (a new kind of) Beans, James?” was by him given in such a realis­tic and pathetic manner that those who love the fragrant beverage were prone to shed tears. With Bro. White’s sweet voice the brice of beans was easily raised to G sharp by one flat in one time and three motions. A lad in the gallery inquired if we knew how many beans the songster was acquainted with, but the question was out of order. At the earnest solicitation of many art critiques in our neighboring town, we have complied with their request by the following

ANNOUNCEMENTAND

E ngagement E xtraordinary !

One Night Only.

Shakesperian and Dutch Specialties !

The Shakesperian Skuller, and Dutch Comique,

H. P ea Green , of the Pumpkin Sweet, (Positively no Hissing Allowed !)

• andPhono. O’Moore, of Phillips,

An Ancient Mariner with his Mouth Wide Shut,

atAvon Corner, April 1st, 1891.

Tickets— 50 cts. to each one who survives ! Bring all the babies. P. S.—Please copy. Special trains in all directions.

W EST PH ILLIPS.The people in West Phillips have a mind

to work. About fifteen went into the woods and earned from fifty to one hundred dol­lars apiece. The last one, A. J . Toothaker, has just arrived home from Whitefield, N. H. Frank and Samuel Calden earned one hun­dred and. fifty dollars and are going to build a new barn.

Many sap orchards, but it is said to be a poor year for business.

A large number of farmers are manufac­turing a ton of superphosphate apiece, at the expense of ten dollars a ton.

One of our fanners lost a very valuable two years old heifer by drinking urine. It had been saved to put into phosphate. She drank it in a condensed form; swelled rap­idly and died in a few hours in great dis­tress.

AVON.E. K . Hitchcock purchased, last fall, a

Kempt manure spreader, which I see he is using successfully. It spreads the manure in any required quantities and as fast as horses or oxen will walk.

Whiting Butler is attending the Business College at Augusta.

C. C. Dow is agent in school Dis. No. 8.The section hands on the S. R. R. R.

seem to have their hands pretty full just now.

There is much inquiry after working oxen this spring.

Miss Bertie Badger is to teach school in Dist. No. 1 ; Miss Lillian Beal in Dis. No. 5.

Farmers are doing but little on their land this week.

M. W. Bean has greatly improved the ap­pearance of his dwelling by painting.

FARMINGTON.The Baptist society have unanimously

called Mr. A. E. Mason, and it is expected that he will take his position in June.

Farmington farmers have begun their planting. Many are making their own phosphate from ground bone, etc.

Geo. W. Norton, Principal of the Bridg- ton Grammar school, arrived in town Mon­day to visit his parents.

The dress' sociable at Normal Hall, last Saturday evening, probably fell short of a Parisian hal masqite, or a New York fancy dress ball; but it was a pleasant affair. Among the characters represent were Mr. and Mrs. G. Washington, Mrs. Partington and Ike, Cinderella and the Prince, Topsy and Miss Ophelia, the swell and the “ sas- siety reportah” of the Franklin Journal. The costumes were quite appropriate and here might be called elegant.

Farmington celebrated May night by music and dancing at Music Hall. As usu­al the small boys were amused by Mr. White, primary teacher at the Little Blue School and editor of the Journal.

TEM PLE.Mr. Wells Russell is very feeble.Roads are in good condition. The inter­

vale road, so universally dreaded in spring, has settled without dangerous sloughs.

The saw mills in town (six in number) are all improving the high water. Russell Bros, have finished sawing birch, but that does not mean rest for the twelve or thir­teen hands employed, as they have large quantities of poplar yet to saw.

B. F. Hayden’s tasty circulars were gen­erously distributed through town last week. Doubtless many will avail themselves of an early opportunity to make him a call.

B. F. Morrell, of Farmington Falls, has purchased the farm formerly owned by the late J. S. Scales, also timber land adjoining, known as the Pond lot.

Three successful teachers have taken schools in adjoining districts: In Farm­ington, Miss Lilia Scales; at West Farm­ington, Miss Maud Conant; at Hobbs Mills, Miss Hattie Conant, in the Butterfield Dist.

Fire broke out in a stable in the rear of Tyler’s block, at Fort Fairfield, at 9:30, Wednesday night and spread rapidly. Twelve families were turned into the street. Nine stores and shops are burned. Among the buildings were B. J . Stevens, boot and shoe store, occupied by Harry Jackins, loss #4400; stock insured for about $2500; Tyler Block, loss some $6000; Scales & Co., druggists, in Tyler Block; L. K. Carey, hard­ware, building and stock; W. H. & James J. Gray, hardware, dwelling house, store and stock; Miss N. E.Thurlough, milliner, dweb ling, store and stock; Mrs. R. E. Ketchum, dress maker, and Libby, dry goods and groceries; Joseph Pearce, meats and provis­ions. It is impossible to estimate losses at present. All were partially insured. Every­thing was burned, from the schoolhouse to the post-offiee building.

Hon. W. B. Seabright, defeated candi­date for mayor of Vincennes, Ind., commited suicide, Wednesday, on account of his de­feat.

Asher C. Hinds, one of the editors of the Colby Echo, will edit the Sea Shell at Old Orchard during the coming season.

Five loaded oil cars were burned on the Lehigh railroad last Wednesday night at Treicaler’s Station, Pnnsylvania.

Married .—In Phillips, April 30th, by Rev. C. W. Foster, Benj. G. Barker, of Stoneham, Mass., and Miss Malissa Morton of Phillips.

In Phillips, April 14th, by Rev. C. W. Foster, Charles H. Searles, of Letter E, and Miss Hattie F. Pearsons, of No. 6 PI.

NOTICE.LL indebted to the undersigned are re-

l, quested to call and settle before July ,1883. L. A . DASCOMB, M. D. ■’hillips, April 26.1883. 34tf

Wite an American

Fruit EvaporatorAny farmer can cheaply convert his surplus fruit into evaporated stock equal iD value to that produced by the most expensive commercial evaporator. In order to secure a car-load order I will deliver, at station in Farmington, all evaporators ordered before August 1st, at factory prices. Call on or ad­dress, 0 . 8. NORTON, Agent, Avon.

P. O. Address, Strong, Me. 35tf

F u r n i s h i n g B o o rs 1Phillips, Upper Village, Me.

I find myself with a line of © lo t l l i t t g on hand from which I can furnish Full Suits for $3.25, in B oys; $7.25, in Men’s, and up to $17.00.

RUBBER GOODS — from $1.25, in La­dies’ and Gent’s, up to $3.00.

HATS—from 45 cents to $2.25.Bgd^-Dress Cambrics, 10 cents per yard.

Prints, 4 to 7 cts.; Sheetings, 6 to 9 cents; Ginghams, 10 to 15 cts.; Half W ool Dress Goods, 12 1-2 to 25 cts.; Black Cashmeres, 47 to 97 cts.

Silks, Dress Goods, Cloakings, Flannels, and an original line of Dry & Fancy Goods and Ladies’ and Gent’s Furnishing Goods, always on hand at bottom prices.

New Cash Store.

— A T —

The Byron Store,PHILLIPS.

Just Opened, a Brand New Stock of

Dry&Fancy Goods—A N D —

Men’s, Women’s and Children’s

BOOTS & SHOES.

Fancy & Heavy

Crockery & C lass W are .

£^**Remember these goods are all New —the Old Stodk having been closed out, with the exception of small lots which will be sold at V ery Low Prices.

Lower Village, Byron Store.

S. C. HALEY,ly 35 Proprietor.

N E W

Spring Millinery!AT No. 6 BEAL BLOCK.

NEW FASHIONSHats, Bonnets, Flowers, Rib-

cons, Feathers, and Ornaments.

Fancy Goods!GLOVES, CORSETS. LACES, HOOPS,

BUSTLES, ETC.Be sure and look at our new Dress and

Coat Buttons, to match, before buying. We are prepared to take orders for all kinds o f Hair Switches, Waves, Curls, Frizzes, front Head Dresses, etc.

W e take pleasure in inviting all to come in and examine our new goods, and take this opportunity to say that we have now in stock the latest novelties in

Millinery & Fancy Goods!And keep on hand an assortment of trim­med HATS and BONNETS, at lowest prices. Any orders will receive careful and prompt attention. Many thanks for past favors.

X j . 3XT. B r a c k e t t . 35

Millinery andFancy Goods!

I am now prepaired to present to the pub­lic the finest line of

Millinery & Fancy Goods,A T LOW EST PRICES,

That have ever been offered in this part ol the country. Haying visited New York as well as Boston, I feel confident that I can sell goods much cheaper than ever before. Please call and see for yourself.

L 8oaall, sellx Cbhdren’s Hosiery at 5,10,16 ld 20 cts- Ladles hosiery at 10, 15, 25 and

30 cts. Children s Gloves, 5,10 ,15 and 20 cts. Ladies Shade Hats, 10, 20, 25 and 35 cts! Ladie s Dress Hats and Bonnets very cheap.

R,^ bo?A £ ° ’ 16’ 10 and 15 cts. Plaid mhhon ° ’ 21 ,and- 35 Cts. A ll Silk Sash

i f c l i , d0e j 5 c t 9 ' Long Wreaths, e -5° i Ct|.', Sma11 W reaths, 10,15 and 25 cts. Single Flowers, 4. 5 and 7 cts.

1 also have a fine assortment of Trimmed Hats and Bonnets. 35tf____________ 8. C. V A U G H A N , Strong, Me.

Farm for Sale.I offer for sale my farm, known as the

®J'aX .farra, on Bray Hill, five miles from Phillips Village. Over 400 acres—Cuts 40 tons of hay—Good Pasturage— Good com­modious buildings—Water in house and barn. Large amount of wood. W ill be sold at a great bargain. Enquire o f the Sub­scriber or J. H. Byron. 36tf L. G. VOTER.

6 Friday, Mav 4,

At Sea.

Another of John Burrougut’s delightful essays appears in the April Century, the subject being the transatlantic voyage. In keeping with the text is the ideal fullpage engraving, by Elbridge Kingsley, of a ship in mid ocean, which was drawn with the graver. We quote the following from the writers impressions.

One does not seem really to have got out of doors till he goes to sea. On the land he is shut in by the hills, or the for­ests, or more or less lmused by the sharp lines of his horizon. But at sea he finds the roof taken off, the walls taken down; he is no longer in the hollow of the earth’s hand, but upon its naked back, with noth­ing between him and the immensities. He is in the great cosmic out-of-doors, as much so as if voyaging to the moon or to Mars. An astronomic solitude and vacu­ity surrounds him ; his only guides and landmarks are stellar ; the earth has dis­appeared ; the horizon has gone; he has only the sky and its orbs left; this cold, vitreous, blue-black liquid through which the ship plows is not water, but some denser form of the cosmis ether. He can now' see the curve of the sphere which the hills hid from him ; he can study astron­omy under improved conditions. I f he w-as being borne through the intemplane- f t t ? space, on an immcn,e shield, hi, in,- pression would not perhaps be much dif­ferent. He would find the same vacuity, the same blank or negative space, the came empty, indefinite, oppressive out-of- doors.

F o r it must be admitted that a voyage at sea is more impressive to the imagina­tion than to the actual sense. The world is left behind; all standards of size, of ■ magnitude, of distance, are vanished; there is no size, no form, no prespective; the universe has dwindled to a little circle o f crumpled water, that journeys with you day after day, and to which you seem bound by some enchantment. The sky becomes a shallow, close-fitting dome, or else a pall of cloud that seems ready to descend upon you. You cannot see or realize the vast and vacant surrounding; there is nothing to define it or set it off Three thousand miles of ocean space are less impressive than three miles bounded by rugged mountain walls. Indeed the grandeur of form, of magnitude, of dis­tance, of proportion, etc., are only upon «hore.

A voyage across the atlantic is a ten- day sail through vacancy. There is no sensible progress ; you pass no fixed points. Is it the steamer that is moving, or is it the sea? or is it all a dance and illusion of the troubled brain? Yesterday, to-day, and to-morrow, you are in the same pa­renthesis of nowhere. The three hundred or more miles the ship daily makes is ideal, not real. Every night the stars dance and reel there in the same place amid the rigging; every morning the sun comes up from behind the same wave, and staggers slowly across the sinister sky. The eye becomes a-bunger for form, for permanent lines, for a horizon wail to lift

, up and keep off the sky, and give it a sense of room. One understands why sailers become an imaginative and super­stitious race ; it is the reaction from this narrow horizon in which they are put— this ring of fate surrounds and oppresses them. They escape by invoking the aid of the supernatural. In the sea itself there is far less to stimulate the imagina­tion than in the varied forms and colors of the land. How cold, how mereiless, how elemental it looks!

A Persian dealer in firew'orks has in­vented a sort of rocket which when intro­duced into a rabbit burrow will find its way downward and when well into the bowels of the earth explode like a shell, driving out the happy family in dire dis­may. I f this device succeeds as well in the ground as on paper, the ferret’s work will he gone. For the discomfiture of larger game, like the fox or the coney, the rocket will be arranged with a chemical attachment, which, when the explosion occurs, will give off a poisonous vapor immediately fatal to the unlucky beast in­haling it.

The Awakening.

Great things are going on this morning. Gut m the orchards under the coarse bark of the apple trees; over in the woods be­neath the rind of the birch and the maple, the chesnut and ash ; under the dead leaves on the hillside, where the arbutus is struggling into life ; down in the meadows, where the brown grasses are brightening; out on the lawn, where the emerald is just beginning to assert itself over Nature’s winter wear of sombre gray, without noise or friction or any visible movement, millions of horse-power are at work. There’s a stir in the grave of the crocus; the dead spears of last year’s lilly of the valley begin to feel a gentle pressure from below; on tufts of yellow grass green blades thrust up their heads; roots of the dandelion rustle in anticipation of a com­ing coronation, and on every fibre of the oak and elm a force which no man may number and no human power resist is marching straight upward.

A great army of sappers and miners has been burrowing under us. It is the same whose hurrying flight we saw in last Octo­ber’s golden glories, that hung upon the sumach its fiery defiance and flaunted at us yellow and crimson from birch and ma­ple, as it sullenly fell back beyond the further ridges of the hills ; the same army that having stormed and possessed a world, and made its brief and merry season of carousal, went off in highest feather, leav­ing behind all its storehouses it had en­dowed with plenty, all the granaries it had filled to bursting. The forests bowed their heads and moaned, and the world put on sombre garments at its departure. And now it has come back. The work of its sappers and miners is beginning to appear. They are pushing up their shears in mead­ow and field; they are climbing to the battlements in forest and orchard. They hover on the hillsides and pitch their tents in the valleys. Tbeir legions are tramp­ing noiselessly but constantly into the tree- tops, each with its folded banner. Pres­ently, when each has reached its station, even to the furthest twig, there will be a flutter in the orchards, and when the world awakes it will be to find itself once more possessed, with the banners waving over it, of the apple and the peach.—E x .

The Lewiston Journal says : “ An im­portant law was enacted by the last leg­islature for the protection of guests at ho­tels, employees in mills, shops, &c., and audiences in public halls. It provides that every church, theater, hall, or other building or structure intended to be used temporarily or permanently for any public purpose, and every schoolhouse or school­room, public or private, shall have all in­ner doors, intended to be used for egress therefrom, open outwards. It also pro­vides that every public house where guests are lodged, and every, shop, mill, factory and other building in which any trade, manufacture or business is carried on which requires the presence of workmen or other persons in any part thereof above the first story,and all halls and other rooms used for public assembly or for public amusement, shall at all times be provided with suitable and sufficient fire escapes, outside stairs or ladders from each story or gallery above the level o f the ground, easily accessible to all inmates in case of fire or o f an alarm of fire. The enforce­ment of the law is placed in the hands of the fire engineers, where there are such officers, and where there are not such officers, in the hands of the municipal officers.”

How a Cold W o rk s . — Though it is “ nothing but a cold,” still the pores or furnace mouths or atomic sponge ducts be­ing clogged, the constantly accumulating dead matter in the body cannot be expell­ed. The force within us makes desperate efforts to expel it. The blood is therefore sent up and with greatly increased velocity. This friction generates greater heat. This is fever. More or less of the dead matter goes into the lungs. It seeks an outlet through the nose, the mouth and even the eyes, and all this makes you feel “ bunged up.” Then the power of the stomach to convert food into blood, bone, muscle, cartilage, nerve, and brain is lessened by this bad condition of affairs. The body grows weak. The brain loses its vigor also, though “ it’s nothing but a cold.” So if a man could look into himself during the course of a cold, he would be shocked and alarmed at the internal condition of affairs.

VIEWS— OF THE—

Rangelsy Lakes!---- AND----

Scenes En Route.

Published by 0, M, Moore,STEREOSCOITCS.—NEW SE R IE S .

1 Starting Point of the Sandy R iver Railroad.2 Fairbanks Bridge, “ “3 The Home Stretch, “ “ “4 Old Trestle, Winter Brook, “5 Big Curve, dis. “ “ “6 View of Mountain, “ “8 Depot at Strong, “ “9 Big Trestle, at Strong, “ “ “

10 Suspension Bridge, at Strong.1 1 Phonograph Office and crew, interior, Phillips.12 Dicey T restle, Sandy River R . R . (2 ft. gauge).13 Salmon Hole Bridge, “ “ Phillips.14 Depot buildings, “ “ “15 Train on Trestle, “ “ “16 Passenger Depot, “ “ “17 “ “ from the Barden House.18 Barden House,19 Elmwood House,20 Bridge, from Beal Bloc ,21 Dam, from the Bridge,22 From Union Church, west,23 From the Barden House, east,24 Street View,25 Bird’s-eye View of26 The Great Roc ,27 View near the Great Rock,28 The Great Rock, looking south,29 Sandy River Falls, Madrid.30 South Branch Falls, “31 Sandy River Ponds.32 First view of Rangeley Lake, from Greenvale.33 First view of Greenvale House,34 Greenvale House.36 F'irst Cascade,37 Marie Cascade,38 Appollo’s Bath Tub, “39 Rangeley Lake and Bald Mountain.40 The Village, Rangeley.41 Street View.42 Rangeley Lake House,43 Oquossoc House, “44 Hewev’s Steamers,45 Ellis Cottage, Mingo Point,46 Mountain View House, “47 “ “ “ from the point,"48 Bald Mountain, Rangeley.49 Cal Penno c ’s Camp,50 Loo ing up the Lake, “51 Lake Point Cottage, “32 “ ‘ ‘ “ from the wharf, “53 Association Buildings, Indian Rock.54 Senator Frye's Camp.55 From Frye's Camp, looing east.56 Mooselookmeguntic House (Richardson's).57 Camp Houghton, Mooselookmeguntic Lake.58 Camp Haverhill, “ “ “59 M ’guntic House, from Camp Haverhill.60 Camps Bemis.6t Big Dam and Mill.62 Big Dam, from below.63 Betton's Camp, Richardson Lake.64 J . P. Whitney’s Camp, “ “65 Observatory Mountain, from Whitneys.66 Middle Dam, Richardson Lake67 Anglers' Retreat, Middle Dam.68 First View of Kennebago Lake.69 Kennebago Lake House.70 “ “ “ rear view.72 First view of the Lower Camps, Kennebago.73 Second view “ “ “74 View near the Outlet of the Lake.75 Kennebago Falls.

Price per dozen, $2 ; single copies, 20 cts.

STEREOSCOPICS.—OLD SE R IES.1 Maine Central R. R . Bridge, at Farmington.2 Suspension Bridge, Strong, looking through.3 “ “ side view,4 Phillips, from Blake Hill, looking east.5 PhiUips, from Union Church, looking west.6 Mount Blue, from Union Church.7 Falls, from the Bridge, Phillips.8 Barden House, “

10 Ross' Mill Falls,12 View from Foster Rock, “13 “ Ambleside" (residence of Major Dill), Phillips.14 Pleasant Valley Trout-Brook, Avon.15 Madrid Village.16 Sandy River Falls, above Madrid.19 Saddleback Stream and Cascades, Greenvale.20 Rangeley (or Oquossoc) Lake, from Greenvale.24 Old Rangeley House and “ City,” looking west.25 Log House, “ Booby-town,” Rangeley.26 Group No. 1, “28 Steamer “ Molly-Chunkamunk,” Rangeley Lake.30 Lake Point Cottage, at Outlet of31 Old Mill Dam, “ “ “32 Oquossoc Angling Association, Camp Kennebago.33 Association House,54 Interior Association House, “ “35 Steamer “ Oquossoc,” Mooselookmeguntic Lake.36 Senator Frye's Camp, at the Narrows.39 Camp Haverhill, M ’guntic Lake (1878).40 Allertdn’s Lodge, ( ‘41 Bemis Mountains and M ’guntic Lake.47 Buildings at Upper Dam.48 Betton’s .Camp, Molly-Chunkamunk Lake.49 Mts. Aziscohos and Observatory, “,50 Molly-Chunkamunk Lake, from Betton’s, south.51 F ly Fishing.52 Snowman’s Camp, head of Kennebago Lake, ’78.53 Crosby’s Camps, foot of “ “

JtQrPrice per dozen, $2.00; single copies, 20 cents.Cabinets, 30 cents each. Order by number, specify­ing style and series. Sent by mail, post-paid.

CABIN ET VIEW S.2 Elmwood House, “3 Foster Rock, “6 Greenvale House, when kept by Kimball.7 Rangeley, o r O quossoc, Lake, from the approac9 Camp Kennebago, Oquossoc Ang. Association.

ZLv’ Old views, of above, some shop-worn, 15 cents each, or $1.50 per dozen, including Nos. 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, 23, 24, 28, 30, 37, 39, 47 and 52 of the Stereos., and 1, 5 and 6, Cabinets, at 20 cents each. Only a few on hand at these prices. Sent post-paid.

LA R G E V IEW S— 7 by 9.Elmwood House, Phillips. Barden House, Phillips. Railroad Bridge, “ Depot Buildings, “Train on Trestle, “ Great Rock, “Rangeley Lake House. Mountain View House. Big Dam. Big Dam Camps. Middle Dam. Whitney’s Camp. Betton’s Camp. Anglers’ Retreat. Camp Kennebago, Indian Rock. Price, 50 cts. each.

Phonograph Office (exterior), 11x14, 75 cts.

Knowlton Printing House.FARMINGTON, M AINE.

Knowlton & McLeary, Propr’s.fAywYll kinds of flue Book and Job Print­

ing executed with dispatch. In 'fa c t, any­thing from a Card to a Mammoth Poster.— Orders by mail promptly attended to lyH4.

N O T I C E !To the P u b lic :

I f you are thinking of purchasing Stove, call at my store and I will show you the “ Clarion,” one of the best heat­ing stoves in the market, or the “ Sunrise,” a handsome parlor cook, and if these are not just what you want, I cannot fail to suit you from my large and varied stock of both Cook and Heating Stoves. Lum ­bermen and Farmers will find at my store a large and complete assortment of Axes. I have the patent Metallic Weather Strips, a new and grand tiling for keeping out the cold air from about doors and windows. I have recently added a stock of Artists’ Materials, and have a full line of Tube Paints, Brushes, Picture Var- nsh , Nut Oil, etc. I have Johnson’s Kalsomine, the Averill Prepared Paint, Oilcloths, Matting, Cutlery, &c., &c.

I need only mention in closing that my stock o f Tin and Hardware is more full and complete than ever before. I have been in business in Phillips long enough for you to understand that I deal squarely with my customers, and my rapidly in­creasing business indicates that fair deal­ing is appreciated. Respectfully solicit­ing your patronage,

Yours Truly,

C. M. D A VIS ,Upper V illage, P * l i i l l i p s .

Sandy River R. R.On and after Monday, Oct. 16th, 1882, trains

will be run as follows:Leave Phillips at 6.55 A M and 1.30 PM

Strong 7.25 “ “ 2.10 “Returning—

Leave Farmington at 0.15 A M and 5:55 P M Strong at 10.10 “ •* 6.42 “

Arriving in Phillips at 7.104-11*________ D. L. DENNISON, Supt.

S a m yl A . B l a n . c t o . a r c i

C - U - S - T - O - MBoot&Shoe Maker!

- REPAIRIN G A SPECIALTY. - 4*52 S. A . BLAN CH ARD , Phillips, M e.

D R . Z . Y . C A R Y I L L ,mg>

Beal Block, Phillips.Ether Administered. 17

Town Business.The Selectmen of Phillips will be insession

at the Law Office of Janies Morrison, Jr., on Saturday afternoon, of each week, for the transaction of town business.

N. B. BEAL,JAMES MORRISON, Jr.,

29 D .D. GRAFF AM.

At L. F. CHANDLER’S,. ’W e l d , M e . ,

May be found a good assortment of

Dry & Fancy Goods, Groceries, Boots & Shoes,CROCKERY WARE, ETC.,

All kinds of Country Produce taken In ex­change for goods. Good bargains guaran­teed for Cash or Ready Pay. Call on him and see for yourselves. 28*tf

Card.fp H IS is to certify that Messrs. Fogg, -L Hoffses & Fogg are the only regularly

accredited Agents for the sale of our Ferti­lizers in the town of Strong for the year 1883. BRADLEY FERTILIZER CO.

Boston, Mass., March 5th, 1883. 27

Full Blood Merinos for SaleI have 70 Merino Sheep, as good as any

farmer needs, which I wish to sell. Also 30 Coarse W ool Sheep of extra quality. Call on or address 3t*35 GEO. S. W IN G , Madrid.

I CURE FITS!When I any care I do not moan merely to stop them for

a time and then have them return auain. I mean a radi­cal cure. I have made the disease o f FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long ptudy. I warrant my remedy to euro the worst cases, because others hfivo failed is no reason for not now receiving a euro. i*end at once for a treatise ami a Free llortle o f my Infaliiblo remedy. Give Express and post Oflice. It coats you nothing for a trial, and I will cure you.

Address Dr. H. G. ROOT, 183 Pearl St., New York,

lONsyiPTON:ive a positive remedy for the above disease; by its housands of cases o f the w orst kind and of Jong linr have been cured. Indeed, so strong is my faith efficacy, that I w ill send TWO BOTTLES FUEK. to- r with a V ALFABLIS TJtEATISE on tills disou-so, toi i f ! ' * < C l v n I'vM n.uK uiw l P 41. a d d r e s s .

Fine Bred ShoatsFor Sale by Farmer of the Barden House.

Phillips, Jan. 19, 1883 . 20tf

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H. S. Berlin, Esq., of the well-known firm of H. S. Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Le Droit Building, Washing­ton, D. C , writes,,Dec. 5th, 1 8 8 1 :

Gentlemen I take pleas­ure in stating that I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for ma­laria and nervous troubles, caused by overwork,, with; excellent results. .

Beware of imitations.. Ask for Brown’s Iron B it­ters, and insist on having it. Don’t be imposed, on with something recom­mended as “ just as goody The genuine is made only by Brown Chemical Co. B a l t i n * ^ , , M d . ,

M i x e d .— A new brick building is being erected on Main street, and recently a double-eyed, bang-haired woman with a basket of eggs on one arm and a can of butter in her hand, stopped before the boss of construction and said :

“ Want to buy any eggs?”“ You will have to give her about three

tenpennies more,” said the boss, directing a workman.

“ Give me some tenpennies!” asked the woman, setting down her butter.

“ Say, Jim , come around herewith your axe and hit her in the head.”

“ Oh, your’re going to have me hit in the head,” said the woman, putting down her eggs. “ Well, when you want me hit in the head, just you commence a hittin’ . I ’m - ”

“ Hoist her u p ; hoist her up. Hurry up, she’lbburst in two,” yelled the boss, as a large timber commenced splitting.

The boss, now the affair is over and his nerves in a healthful state, says he knows it was the old woman who hit him, but at the time he thought the building had cav­ed in, and for the salary of a senator he wouldn’t undertake to again convince that woman he was talking to the workmen instead of her.— Salt Lake Tribune.

The Government made its Best Arms at Springfield, Mass.—What Mr. David

Clark, Inspector U. S- Armory There Recommends.

Your reporter found lnspedlor Clark at his office on the Armory grounds busily ex­amining “ receivers” for the regulation army rifles. However, he was as willing to say a word for the merits of health and strength restoratives as to prove the merits of imple­ments of death. He said: “ My business keeps me closely confined to the Armory and in doors. As a result, I ’ve suffered, con­siderably from indigestion and biliousness, but I find that Dr. Kennedy’s FAVO RITE REMEDY is a most excellent medicine for these complaints. I m~si cordially recom­mend it, for 1 am acquainted with its worth. Dr. Kennedy’s FAVORITE REMEDY is us- edagreat deal by the machinists in the U .S . Armory here.”

While FAVO RITE REMEDY is a specific in Kidney and Bladder diseases, it is equally valuable in cases of Bilious Disorders and Constipation of the Bowels. Try it. Your druggist has it, and its cost is only one dol­lar abqttle. The lucky man is he who puts bids advice in practice. Don’t forget the name and address. Dr. David KennedyvRon- dout, N. Y . The Doctor would have it iui-, derstood that, while he is engaged in tbedn- troduction of his medicine, FAVORITE REM EDY, he still continues the practice of his profession, but confines himself exclu­sively. to office practise. He treats all dis­eases and.performs ;9r the minor and capi­tal operations of surgery. 4t33

D uring the Late W ar

IS Y O U RH E A R T

Jferny people think themselves sick and

doctor f o r kidney or liver troubles, or .dyspepsia, tchile i f truth were known, the cause i f the hear t.

The renowned Jlr. Clendinninj, says"one4hinl o f my subjects show signs o f heart disease/ ’

The heart weighs about vine ounces, and yet twenty-eight pounds o f blood passes through it. once in a minute and a-half, day .and .night J Surely this subject should have careful attention'.

Dr. Graves a celebrated physician has ^prepared, a specific f o r all heart troubles and kindred disor­ders known as I)r. Graves’ Heart R egula­tor. Can be obtained .at druggists, fl .p er bottle, six bottles fo r by express. Send stamp for Dr, Graves’ exhaustive treatise. (3)

F. E. Ingalls, Sole Am. Agent, Concord, N .U .

HEART' TROUBLES

Maine Central R»R.Commencing Monday, Oct.

16th, 1882,

PASSENGER TRAINS will leave FARM ­INGTON for PORTLAND and BOSTON,and for LEW ISTON,.BRUNSW ICK and BATH , at 8.20 A . M.

A M IXEO TRAIN.leaves FARMINGTON for LEWISTON Lower Station at 3.35 P. M., excepting Saturdays. Passengers takingthi? train can leave Lewiston at 1L20 P. M. (every night), connecting at Brunswick with Nighl Pullman Trains for Bangor and Boston.

PASSENGER TRAIN from PORTLAND arrives at FARMINGTON at 5.50 P. M.

Freight Train arrives at 1;42 P. M.PAYSON TUCKER, J en ’l Sup’ti

Portland. Oct. 18th. 1882. Iy42*

T h e Ca s h i e r A h e a d .— A new bank which had been established in a town in Indiana luvii engaged the services of a watchman who came recommended, but who did not seem over-experienced. The president therefore sent for liim to post him up a bit, and began :

“ Jam es, this is yourfirst job of this kind, isn’t it?”

“ Yes sir.”“ Your first duty must be to exercise

vigilance.”“ Yes sir.”“ Be careful how strangers approach

you .”“ I will, s ir .”“ No strangers must be permitted to

enter the bank at night under any pretext whatever.”

“ No sir.”“ And our cashier—lie is a good man,

honest, reliable, and thoroughly trust­worthy, but it will be your duty to keep an eye on him.”

“ But it will be bard to watch two men and the bank at the same time, sir.”

“ Two men—how?”“ Why, sir, it was only yesterday that

the cashier called me for a talk, and he said you were the squarest man in Indiana, but that it would be just as well to keep both eyes on you, and let the directors know if you hung around after hours!” — Wall Street News.

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linquish to,my minor son,Jerry Wilbur, his time during the remainder of his minori­ty, and shall claim none of his earnings, nor pay any debts contracted by him after thia date.

Dated at Madrid!.Maine, thia. lfith day of April, A . D. 1888. DANIEL W IL B ” R.

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A young lawyer, with his first ease, went into Judge Hagner’is court the other day to present a petition. He was so* em­barrassed that? he fbrgot to remove his hat, :and stood before the judge with a petition Sindiig handy a big green* umbrella under his arm and a new silk hat upon llis head. In aitrembling voice he began: “ Your petioner respectfully represents— ” when Judge Hngnor stopped* him. “ Wait a imoinenti” said: the judge :• “ hadn't you better raise your umbrella, two !”

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Thousand BottlesMy wife has also suffered for years with

the same trouble and palpitation of tbe heart also that terrible disease that many an unfortunate woman is suffering with, Fe­male weakness.

Sold in 1882W e employed several doctors and used

different kinds of medicines but they did not cure us. W e was advised to try The Houshold Blood Purifier and

on ItsGough Syrup. After using several bottles to our surprise it relieved us and with much pleasure and satisfaction we do highly rec- commend it as a valuable

Merits.

All experience the wonderful beneficial etfects of

A y e r ’s S a r s a p a r i l la .Children with Sore Eyes. Sore

--------- Ears, or any scrofulous or syph­ilitic taint, may be made healthy and^trong by its use.Sold by all Druggists; $1 , six bottles for §5.

medicine. To all men and women that are suffering with any of the above diseases, we do advise them to try it. 1 cannot praise it as high as it deserves, to the suffering people. Respt.,

R EV. JOHN SPIN N EY, Starks, Me. Trial Bottles 23 o-

MEDICINES T H A T AR E Highly recomiriddfed by reliable people In

our State, for Consumption, Dyspepsia* Fe­male Diseases, Kidney,Lung and Liver Trou­ble, Lost Manhood, Rheumatism, Coughs, Catarrh & ScrofulaHumors, Biliousness, etc.T H E H O U S E H O L D B LO O D P U R IF IE R

A N D COU OH S Y R U P ,And for Rheumatism, Aches and Pains,

T H E R E L I E F L IN IM E N T . E ^ T h e se medicines are compounded from

the pure oils of roots and herbs, and sold by all dealers. John W . P e rkin s & Co., Port­land, Me., Bo w d it c h , W ebster & Co., Au­gusta, Me., 'Wholesale Dealers, and by ly45

M . H. Davenport & Co.Health is Wealth!

Job1 Printing at this Office.

Symptoms are moisture, stinging, itching, worse at night; seems as if pin-worms were crawling about the rectum; the private parts are often affected. Asa pleasant, economical and positive cure, S w a yn e ’s Ointment is superior to any article i-n tho market. Sold by druggists, or send 50 cts. in 3-ct. Stamps. 3 BqXcs,$1 25. Add’’'-*1**. Os. £ 'vav -v T*Vl v Pa-

Notice of Foreclos­ure.

'VTOTICE is hereby given that, on the sev- 1 # enteenth day of March, A . D. 1881, Hi­ram M. Graham, of Farmington, in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, by his deed of that date recorded in Franklin Registry of Deeds, Book 92, Page 14, con­veyed to Phillips Savings Bank, of Phillips, in said county, in mortgage a certain piece or parcel of land situated on the Westerly side of Sandy River, in said town of Farm­ington, and bounded as follows, to wit.:— Commencing at the South-West corner.of Sewall Smith’s farm and running Westerly on the line of land formerly owned by F. C. Perkins, to the corner of the orchard; thence Southerly on said Perkins’ line to the old Temple road, so called; thence Westerly on said road to land formerly owned or occupied by Alfred Butterfield; thence Northerly and North-Easterly on the line of said Butter­field’s land to a stake and stones; thence Northerly on said Butterfield’s land to a spotted tree; thence Easterly on said But­terfield’s land about twenty rods, more or less, to a stake and stones; thence Norther­ly about fifteen rods, more or less, to land formerly owned or occupied by William Tuck; thence easterly on said Tuck’s line to Jonathan S. Ellis’ land; thence Southerly on said Ellis’ line and on Sewall Smith’s line to the point of beginning, to contain one hundred and twenty acres, more or less.

The conditions of said mortgage deed hav­ing been broken, the said Phillips Savings Bank, by reason thereof claims a Foreclos­ure of the same.

PHILLIPS SAVINGS B AN K , By P. A . SA W Y E R , its Attorney.

April 21,1883. 3t34

Dr. E. C. W est’s Nerve and Brain Treat­ment, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neu­ralgia. Headache, Nervous Prostration caus­ed by the use of alcohol or tobacco, W ake­fulness, Mental Depression, Softening of the Brain resulting in insanity and leading to misery, decay and death. Premature Old Age, Impotency, Weakness in either sex, In ­voluntary Losses and Spermatorrhoea caused by over-exertion of the brain, self-abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains one month’s treatment. $1 a box, or 6 boxes for $5.00; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price. W e guarantee 6 boxes to cure any case. W ith each order received for 6 boxes accompanied with $5 we will send the pur­chaser our written guarantee to refund the momey if the treatment does not effect a cure. J .C . W est & Co., Proprietors, issue guarantees through H. H. Hay & Co., Drug­gists, only agents, Portland., Me., junction Middle and Free Streets. Iy33

K I T T R E D G E ’S

MEDICAMENTUM!FOR M AN A N D BEAST.

The Best Internal & E x te rn a Remedy in the World.

It is a m fe, sure and cffectuaf Remedy lor all diseases of the BLADDER, KID N EYS and L IV E R ; Flesh W ounds, Burns, Bruises, Scalds, Frost Bites, Chilblains, Galls, Colic, Coughs, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Pile*. T' Worms, Scratches, &c., &c.

TESTIMONIALS.

F a r m in g t o n , Sept. 21st, 1882.I have used Kittredge’s Medioainentum

more or less In my practice and think it a valuable remedy, and worthy to be patron­ized. J. L. B L A K E , M. D.

D ix f ie l d , Me ., Feb. 7th, 1880.I hereby testify that I have used K IT ­

TREDG E’S MEDICAM ENTUM sinco last fall, for many of tbe difficulties for which it is recommended. I consider it a valuable fam ily medicine. C. E. PH1LOON, M. I).

PREPARED BYJ. R. K it t r e d g e & Co., Carthage, Me

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

RECHARD’ S TURBINE W ATER W HEELWarranted to give satisfaction, or no pay.

J.E.LADD,m i l l w r i g h t

and M. Engineer, dealer in all kinds of machinery for saw and grist mills. General Agent for the State of Maine for Rechard’s Tur­bine Wheel, the cheapest first-class wheel on the mar­ket. Sold on its own merits, which will stand the test every time. For

, descriptive Cata­logue, terms, etc., apply to ___ W ! J. E. L AD D , Gardiner, Me.

P r,M a c a ^ a ste r, S icated Cotton for Toothache istheChildren’sfriend and Moth­ers’ com fort. It deadens the serve and gives permanent relief. For sale by druggists. Iy4

8 Friday, Mav 4.

News of the Week.

Despatches say the war in Hayti is about ended.

The decrease in the public debt for April amounts to $3,500,000.

Ninety-three New York rum-sellers are under arrest for violation of the exercise law. can be drawn as to the relative strength of parties. Local issues and the liquor question controlled.

The Times says Willis J . Sprague of Bruns­wick, died very suddenly of heart disease, Monday evening.

Charles Randall, who accidentally shot himself at South Berwick, Tuesday died Wednesday morning.

The remains of A. Perley Fickett, accident­ally killed on the Bristol boat by his partner, are to be brought to Portland for burial.

Municipal elections were held in Indiana on Tuesday; the results were so mixed and dependent on local issues that no inferences

The Press says the First National Bank of Portland, has decided to increase its capital stock in the amount of $200,000, making it a round million.

A disastrous forest fire raged in Marshfield Mass., Tuesday; 3000 acres of timber were burned over, and 1,000 cords of cord-wood destroyed, entailing a loss of $10,000.

The Press says Walter R. Pottee of Houlton, is charged with having smuggled all sorts of goods over the line, and has been arrested and brought to Portland.

John Hanscom of South Berwick, driving over the crossing of the Eastern Road, Wed­nesday, was struck by a passing train, killing the horse and demolishing the carriage. He escaped with slight injuries. 4

In the libel case of Morse vs. Bangor Com­mercial, which has occupied the Superior Court since Thursday, the jury returned a verdict to defendants of not guilty, as plaintiff in the writ alleged against them.

Freeman, the Pocasset fanatic, has been arranged for the murder of his child and pleaded not guilty. He says he was insane when he committed the act, but is now sane and sees he made a terrible mistake.

Horrible charges are preferred against H. W. Love, editor of the Rutland (Vt.) Review. He has been arrested on the second charge of rape, his last victim being his own niece aged 15 years. Love is under $2000 bonds.

Five attempts were made between 10 :30 A. M. and 4 :30 P. M., Monday, to fire the Hotel Glendon, a large family hotel in Back Bay district, Boston. All the attempts were made in different parts of the building. No motive is known. A child was the cause.

Fifty drunken railway hands invaded a dance at the house of Wm. Varlingham, in Mattoon, 111.,Friday night. The parties in the house attempted to put them out, when a terrible fight ensued, during which pistols, clubs and knives were freely used. Fifteen were seriously injured, and one fatally.

Saturday night, on a north-bound train on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, James Hawkins, a passenger, suddenly arose and shot Bob Reeves through the heart. Hawk­ins then jumped from the train, and. it is thought, broke his neck. Both men were from Dechert, Tenn. The cause of the murder is unknown.

A most unhappy man is Alfred H. Beals, of Boston, Mass., who shot and killed his partner, Perley Fickett, on the Fall River steamer, Bristol, thinking him a robber in his stateroom, Sunday night. Beals is complete­ly unnerved. Fickett was formerly a resident of Portland.There will be a Coroner’s inquest Wednesday.

Russia thinks a conspiracy has been dis­covered in its army. Eight officers, includ­ing a colonel, have been arrested on suspic­ion of being connected with the Nihilists. Sixteen officers have also been arrested at Smolensk. Documents were found at Smo­lensk, showing that the coronation of the Czar would be undisturbed, but that some­thing very serious would happen immediately after the event.

Wiftiam A. Wilson of Mouse River,Dakota, has surrendered himself to the authorities at Bismarck, for shooting a man named Bailv, who had murdered two men, and was at­tempting to escape from a crowd of citizens taking him to justice.

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SPRING & SUMMERG O O D S !

i MONDAY & TUESDAY. APRIL 30,& M A Y1.>

Having just re­turned from the City, I can show you the L a r g e s t a n d M o s t C o m p l e t e L i n e o f G o o d s Ever Shown in Phil­lips. Be sure to call and look over the Largest Stock before buying.

KEM EM BER T h e OPENING, M ONDAY

AND TUESDAY, April 30 and May 1,^ ^ ^ Y o u are all invited to call and look at the

New Styles.

B. FRANK H AYDEN,Black Front, No. 2 Beal Block, Phillips, Me.I have on hand a large assortment of

LADIES AN D CHILDREN’S

Cashmere Hose!which I shall sell below cost, as I do not wish to keep them over. Also a good line of

Hats, Bonnets, Feathers, Rib­bons, etc., etc.

I shall sell at such low prices that you can not fail to be pleased. Anyone wishing to buy such goods will find a visit to my Store a profitable one. Try it and see.

S . C . "V a ri odiaTi,Strong. ly24

L.E.QUIMBY, M. 1).,PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,

Phillips, Me.

Office in Beal Block. Residence at the Dr. Kimball stand. 45tf

Subscribe for the Phonos;,

PIN K H AM & M ERRO W ,------DEALER IN------

Dry Goods and Groceries.clothing,

Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes.___________P H IL L IP S, MAINE. 17-5

A, M. GREENWOOD, JEWELER

------And Dealer in------

W A TC H ES & CLOCKS,«Towelry, Etc.

No. 3. Beal Block, Phblips.____ 5-34

A CARD.I W OULD hereby inform my many cus­

tomers, and the general public, that 1 have sold my entire stock in trade to D. L. Dennison & Co., who propose to continue the business. I shall remain at the store, fo ra short time, and would ask all those with whom 1 have accounts to call and make immediate settlement. 5t&5 N. P. NOBLE.

We offer Extra Bargains in

A L L WOOL, B LA C K & COLORED

CASHM ERES!38 to 48 inches wide; Prices, 50, 62 1-2, 65, 75 cts. to §1 per yard. We challenge any one in the county to match these good* for quality and priee.

S P E C IA L S A L E S OF

Ootton & Wool Cashmeres,In all the new shades. Prices from 12 1-

2 to 25 cts per yard.

We affer some Extra Trades in

DRESS GOODSIn all colors. Prices, 8 to 12 1-2 cts.

Per Yard.

JU S T O PEN ED TH E

Finest lineVqf) PrintsEver shown in Phillips. Prices, I to 7 cts. per yard. We shall keep our stock complete through the summer. Come one, come all and buy your Print of us.

C L O A K & D R E S S

C S C G

We have the Finest Stock ever seen in town, and every one says our prices are

lower than can be fonnd elsewhere.

Room PaperAND

PAPER CURTAINS.In this department we can boast of a stock without any old styles or remnants, as our

33 ntiro StocltWAS

Selected with Great Care,THIS SPRINC.

We carry Everything in the

L IN E OF

D O M ESTIC S!Usually kept in a First Class

IIbyIBoodsIStore

We would especially call your attention to our -Fine Line of

SHEETINGS!Prices, Brown, 5, 6, 7, 7 1-2 , 8 1-2 to 10

cts. per yard. Bleached, in all Grades and Prices.

W E K E E P IN STO CK

Dress Cambrics !AND

GINGHAMS,In all the New and Nobby Styles. Prices

Lower than the Lowest.

We have just placed on our counters the

N IC E S T L IN E OF

COTTONADES!AND

CHEVIOTSEver opened in Phillips, and our prices

5 per cent, lower than ibe lowest.

The Prettiest Designs,

CRETONNES,Chair Prints, Bed

Spreads,Table Covers, Napkins,

Towels, etc.

We have just opened a fine stock of

Ladies’ & Gent’sN E C K W E A R !

A L A R G E L IN E OF

Gent’s Suitings!AN D L A D IE S ’

Summer Cloaking!Just opened. Also a magnificent line of

L A D IE S ’ AND G E N T ’S

H O S I E R Y .

French Brothers.

Linen and PaperCOLLARS!

And Cuffs,Also a fine line of

RUCHES, TIES,— AND—

Langtry Collars.&3P*Call and see us and we will show

you through our stock, and if you do not see it for your interest to buy, it will cost you nothing.

French Brothers.T H E F IN E S T AND MOST C O M PLETE STO CK OF

Ever shown in Phillips. The quality of our goods is too well known to need com­ment. We buy direct of Manufacturers and thus save the profit o f middle-men. I f our goods do not prove as represented, we will satisfy you.

FRENCH BROS.,P h i l l i p s , M a in ® .