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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
A Rich seene In an Auction Room

A Tow days ago ehsneed 20 stumble into
an AusIion sale of damaged dry goods, where
the bidding VAS spirited" and the larg.
crowd Of males and females ~erO yieing each
other IN their offers, when pair Of blankets
we're pot up, and dozen bad. v,re raised for
them. The puzzled aue,ioneer, however,
caught up the highest, which was, ] think,
dollar, from female, who seemed determih-
ed to have them at any price, when ere he
could say going" male voice cried on,
"dollar fhy," from the opposite side Of tho
rom.
Two dollars, echoed the woman, elbow.
ins her way through the dense mass of fs.
males, who we're separated from the males by
a long counter upon which the glIb-tongSed
iuuciionary walked To and fro with the goods.
Turning to the other side he commenced
anew his stereotype vocabulary Of choice and
amusing figure. Of speech, I'LL he touched
the finale,
"T~o hity, nodded the mln.
Thank yo, ,ir, going at two hfiy."
Three" screamed the lady.
-Four" replied the man
Gin the dity ,itd thu luet.. turning to
the woman, with halt suppressed smile oa
his small, Sober Vl.ag,.
A nod from the woman
-Four hny, I'm offered gln nc hre'
Come, don't be afraid they are worth double
the money"
Yes, and that, ALL"
"Sold :" cred the d,sier IN hammers, al.
most bursting with laughter, " To Captain
Smith mot john for ivs dollars"
Smith, cued the woman, what! ny
iuS5and" raising herself on tP.toe, TO catch
glance At him. Why, you good.for.no-
thing man; yo'rs been tiGdiHg GgsiHR yVur
ora tys' Oh, you impudenee bu, ! Won't
have them IN the house. SPIRIT Of tss
T,nu.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
OLD SERIES, VOL. II, NO. 4S.

"NO, the fin, spur" said he; but he's
worse than wildcat, when he scratches or
bites so go ahead"
Three noble-lookipg game-chickens were
now bruugh, in, and the betting commenced.
Every thing offered by the Captain OF his
friends was eagerly taken up by the Dons -
The Captain, il was observed, took all bets
,ha, he could, and, when quiet was restored,
he gently pa,ied the old eagle and, as no poi,
it into the ring, where the game cocks were
strut,ing and Growing, he said
Now, 60 IL, old fellow, for the honor Of
your country, Give 'em blales" The ea.
gle stood still in the centre Of the ring, cock.
cd It's bead one side. and seemed TO be eyeing
the little game fellows that were advancing
towards him, but he stirred not At length
the chickens made dash at him, and doubt
less gave him = sharp blow for, with a kind
Of wild scream, the old bird started. took one
glauce at the ehisken, p,unced upon il, and,
with IL, claws aud hooked bill, tore !, all to
pieces; and. to lic horror and ,,tOrishme.'
Of the Spanlsrds, began TO ea.it The .cc-
ond cock shared the fate Of the FIRST, anil 80
would the third, had u Dot been withdTa~n by
the cnrsgcd and mortified Spaniard, Sho had
already lost two valuable bird. by Vcry
summary process. As soon as ths Captain
was declared winner, he .n,lchcd up HI.
bird, collected his bets, aud .lrode toward.
,he door, where he turncd, aud addressed the
bewildered crowd
"Look hsrc, Dous," SAID he, ".ts my
opinion iha, the mex, time YOU fgh, Yaake,
Coek, you II know iha, he's bird that always
licks'' and sl,PPing his we'll filled pockets,
the Captain and hs friends withdrew, leaving
the Cuba eock.fehter in pleasing state Of
wondermeni.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
A Regular Stick. Z"

C.NasA cute Down-Eas,er"---s real live
Yankee-aluays ready Tor joks, aud hard to
beat lie vas one DAY in country bar.roOm
" down South," where several person, we're
assembled when one Of them said-
Mr. c., If you 20 ou, and stick your pen
knife into ANY thing, when you come back
| II tell you what its sticking ia"
Yer can't do no such thing" responded
&.
I'm bet ten dollars Of u, .aId the other.
"wal, | raythei guess I'll take that ere
bet, here, captain, Turning 10 III. landlord.)
hold stakes, and III jist make half a sawhorss
IN lesS than no time"
The parties deposited an y apiece, and {.
wen, on his mission, but IN short time 70
turned, saying
"wlll, nibor, whs, IL II stick.n' in'"
"In the handle" replied >the Soulhernsr,
as he reached out his hands for the stakes.
Guess not, jist wait while, said the
Yankee, .s he held up the Aarit Of his knife.
minus the bGdc.-
81 kalkilla,e the blade can, BE- in the han
die, when iss drv clean up in an old stump
aside Of yer road out thar"
Jonathan Of course won the wager, and the
Sou,herner slOped to parts unknown, amid
roars OF laughter Yankee BLADE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
Glass Opinions-.A Fable.

A Lamb strayed for the FRS, time in tho
woods, and excited much dieussiOn among
other animals. In smiIed company. one day,
when he became the subjee, Of fiiendly gos-
sip, the goat praised him.
Z" Pooh :" said the lion. 4" this is too absurd
The bcas, is a pretty beas, enough. but did
you hear him rosrl heard him rvar, and,
by the means Of my fathers, when b. roar,,
he does nothing bu, cry bA-a.s" And the
lion blea,ed his bs,, in mOeksry. bs, bleai,d
far from well.
NAY" said the deer. 81 do no, think -
badly Of his voice. ] liked him xsli enough
until | saw him leap, Hesea with bis hind
legs in running, and With all his skipping ges
over very little ground"
Its bad beast al,Ogsther." said III. ii.
ger lie eanno, roar, he cannot run, be can
do nothng-and wha, ~onderi killed a
man Yesterday, and, in politenes. to the new
conner, offered him bit; upon which be had
the impudenee to look tIsgusted, and say.
" NO sir. eat nothing but gras"
So the beasts criticised the Lamb each in
hs own way; and ye, !, wa. good Lamb.
neyerthclcss--iiOu,,hoH Word,.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
Wolf Trapping in Norway.
q" Your lover IN dls,hress,
-[London Sunday Times

They have a singular con,ri'ance for catch
log wolves in Norway. II consists Of cir
Gle Of about six or eight feet in diameter, in
which stakes are driven so close to each 9th
or, that a wolf cannot creep through, and
which are high enough to prevent his leaPing
over them. In the midst Of this circle sin.
Gle stake is driven TO which lamb OF kid Is
bound. Around this circle second is form
ed Of which the stakes are As high a, the in.
ner one. and aia distance not greater than
will permi, OF wolf 10 pass conveniently bu,
no, to allow Of his turning round. In the
outer circle door is formed, which opens in
wards, and resis agains, the inner circle hut,
moves easily on its hinges, and iasiens on
shutting. Through this door the wolves
sometimes enter in such numbers as to MI 'he
enclosure. The frat wolf now PAGES The cir
Gle in order 10 discover some opening through
which he can &c, a, the lamb. When he
come. TO the back Of the door which is in his
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
Tire Bird ,hn, Away. Wins.

Under the caption Of" --latest from Cuba, "
the st. Louis RadRc gives thu follow !ng from
Travelling Memoranda OF ] VI. Weston,
Esq. It is worth reading In double sense.
Il is we'll known tha, the SP1nlaTds arc
greatly addicted To cock .fFhtiug--ln short, de
pri,e them OF their cockpit, aud their Pla:d
d,l Torc,," (bulI urg,) and they would be
much more likely to revolt than at any op-
preston Of the government, While ] Vas 10
Trinidad de Cuba, IN April last, was told oi
a ,ery ludlcrous scene that occurred IN the
cockpit IN that city Il should b. understood
that cock.fg tlng saver popular nd ilshlon
able amusement, aud that gambling on the re-
s.lt ii a fight Is carried to an extraordinary
height. Their birds are very snail, and be.
100 deprived ol all their feathers, except those
ON the wings, and iuo Ur ilrce straight ones
IN the tail, they present a very dlmlnuiNe aud
naked appearance. They never ate allowed
TO Ggh, with gals bet use their natural
spurs, which are sharPensd TO nicely, and
they fghl will, cnolnes. and care that ind
cato how carefully they have been trained.
An American captain OF vessel, that had
been looking At 6shl lha, had bcen ProlonS'
cd, At lcnsr, bursl ouI with
" Ge, ou, with such birds as them; they
amt tigger than a Iom.tlt, ind amt worth a
curse any how Them are some poor mIser-
able Cuba cocks, reckon I've go, on
board of my ship genuine Yankee bird
that Il lick any three or four OF your mlsera'
Die cocks before you could say brans-and
/ II bet high On 1t, too "
A be, OF dlliy "ounces"t So5ol was instant
ly offered on the captains proposition, who,
Notwithstanding the remonsiranees OF his
friends, put up the money, and said he would
be "ihar" sure, and give all such small.iTy
cocks at hand, particular thunder Now, be
/, understood, the captain had an old grey
eagle on board hls ship. and his first order
Was not To give ii anything to eat Tor The next
,Nen,y.lour hours. lie also stripped the ea'
rlc Of all its plumuge save the wings and two
or three tail feathers, causing the old iello"
to feel decidedly ashamed OF himself The
day Of trial arrived the cockpit was crowded
10 see the great trial OF one bird against three
The captain arrived in timn, with his bird I'M
der his arm.
"whO pits your cock, eaP'ainl" was ask
ed.
"who' well, rather think I'll attend to
,ha, business" said he and stepped over into
,hs ring. The old eagle seemed ashamed o'
The company he was in, and did not look very
courageous and as they examined the " yam
kee cock, many were the w.nks' side slanc-
% and mods exchanged among the sPahiaids'
fol-. excepting only his sine there was no'any'
thing very encouraging in the old eagles
,pDearance. He was wre,chedly Poor' and
,bey also discovered that he had no spurs :
"why, Captain" said they "yOur bird
| he, no.tpur"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
An rri,hman', Letter from California

As everything from California is important,
We oiTer no apology for Publishing the follow
ING letter, kindly furnished by an Irish dam
sci, whose sweetheir, went out some fourteen
month, ago to dig up ioun"--for himself
and DItdy, in the land Of gold --
SlNs.Sssgrr, Dee. \. isi9.
"Dtdy Darlin, I've been digging in ~,
mincs--5ld luck to lhe spalpeen lh., dcladcd
no To come next OF nigh ihcm--fur seven
weeks, Bdiy acushIa, sirchng for gold hut
body might as we'll look for new pitay,ics
IN ThrHl'rarsiuare. The schsymluc VII
Ivan VI s1y.caP.n trli tuck me out toult me
ID Be SUI" TO meet an ouId friend, one T,ry
FuHor, IS soon as we made land, but By the
powers we made water 30 ils, all Tive way,
that It was a mercy We ever set our tn toes
alive ouI O. the ship and alter sll dlyil NOR.
vel oi Terry could find any where. 50 start.
cd oa f9r the digging, all alone b, myself,
naming To- Se;eh lortin N time, bu, instead of
that caught the yalla fiy,or, which is ihs
only favor ever met with IN these parts, not
20 sgeik Of . touch of the dssentheray, q
n.,ir liked aoythnF belonging to them disscn.
lhc's) by rason of Nors.ng 80 hard in the
bowels Of the airih, ard lying on IN empty
s'ummick. fpr Ne mostly had nolhin to ate for
breakfast, the same fur elmer, lnd dilc rs.
pi!'cd ir supper, and all the tine throwing
Up mul and water, which Is mighty waken-
iug 10 the inside. Washin is plenty here
but can't .ay much for their board.n and
lonsin." PlnylcE was a dollar pound, aud
no mate bUI PrIsily hHan which il tut cus,o.
mcrs 70 dale with. Some Of the boy. which
came out IN the same ship with nc, ! heerd
picked up daccu, share Of gold IN the rIy-
er, but di,il as much Nv the making nj we'd.
dIn ring dII get Tor my trouble. All, then,
Blddy darln, wasn't a misforiinaie blag.
gard iur ll'inG purity colleen like yourself,
TO cums 10 a country where the wlmmen-slN.
Ing your presence, Bddy arc the color OF a
copper iay.ket,le, and have no more DRY good.
90 their backs than ould Mother Eve, before
she turned manty.mlkcr. ,nd brought In the
fashion Of vegetable Ipmns' What. ii be.
come Of the nov don't know. thought of
turning my hand to cross.n' sweeping IN
Sanfrau'skry, bu, the Strec,-clanlng is done
by birds IN this place, and the only fishloni.
bic amuscments ara gambling, lewelling,
and shooicIdc, which keeps things alive
You NAV have read IN the PlPcrs that the
dIgges are Gndin gould in quart: but don't
believe IL, Blddy. III he on my oath none OF
ihom ever found pint oft - you see how
they eXasPcraie things far of Blddy, dar-
lin,' wish you could hlt on some way to get
me ou, OF this crewcl spot. II you wor to
ihry and raile me. think the boy. Of the
SnIn Diles and DrOorey Lam would take tick
cts TO raise me cut Of my grcl, trouble. il !
was orccs, hack wid you Bitdy, Id never AZ
TO lave YOU agin while grass grows and waiher
runs"
"Yovr lover IN dislhress,
TrEEscE FssioAs."
I-lLondon Sunday Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
ANGRY WORDS.

Argy ~orl. are lightly spoken.
lnan,h and though,ls. hour;
Brightest link, Of llic arc hrJksn
ny their deep ia'id,Ou' power
Heat. in.p,fsd b, 0srm''t fssiias,
Ne'cf bslor, by anger 'tinsd,
on are rsat past human heallng
By single sngry VOID.
Poison dror' Of care lad sorrow,
Batter poison arop' arc they,
Weaving br the coming morrow
ssJdesI nsmor,e, of to-day.
Ansr, vom. Oh. let them ns'er
From the tongue unb'id'ed 'l,P.
MAY the heart, bcst ,mpul's ever
Check them, srg the, soil the Up.
Love !. nuch too pure and holy,
Fn-niship 10 TOO sacred f,r
Fora rnonc1,'s rsskls,s 1l!
Thu to t,',lals aai mar
Arsy word, src lights 'rok'a.
Biusrs', thoisht. aIs ri,h.y ,tiirel.
Brightest link, of he are broken
by single angry word
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27
POPP0V,
Frun The Ns~ IlunP.h,re prmoors'.
WHERE SHALL | WAKE?
HYNHs y. O. ross


wh.r, ,hali I ~ak- f,orn dea,h'. dark .lssp'
When bar.,irs irum %, shadows jc.P,
Where shall dee
o. trI u- shsrs. " hru l,fs .hsl s1l'
wa-rs ,h,u a., jsaiAl,,s .p,r,t speed
Eternity.
There i,a h1l r,-na,s frstn this.
4 Lnl of pure u1'ui.'si b',s',
wasrr aII q, hirs
whsrr arth.ng lies bot On arI su,f',
AaI ot,r, l,m ttr TIE, 4 L,i-,
rerfsme Oh. air.
A. waited o'sr ,h- hsssy Phi',
I .omrtimr. tAiak hear a 'irai'.
Of mu.ic sweet
Al u;s1n h,s harp oi g4li,
Sam- .b,nirE ss,lph ~on.I uniad
10, E,,. s,npls,s.
I.,,1 10 th, jc,p'airg swell.
Toll gu.tr frg-tiius ths, d~,u
ua carthN gruuni.
.tr,- o. lin ths hra,suIy b,,
M d. .,I tlr a.rsis DE away,
L. uuiHg -.auI
A. a.. I t,.s th- plsas,rg i1rll,
If.rlth,t I am cifth', st.,
lr..'s s..I urfHf9sssI
NlI ilr O., uirI. a a',rr.rt bhu1.
", taik upaa .nne shnr, uaAuNr,
", ,,i De- BET.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27

Hath h,. extent, r,, narr.'
Otu,Lto.
Il wl,uca u,ia,gb,, ua oas Of the beluu-
ril .umr,, cyrriDv- tia, brcuj over our
Nc,t.,, Jsus, - -u1,g C,lr .p,r.i ho,crs near
60 Par,l,c, ,ui vb,cb can be realized ouly
b, ,to-s Who have witnessed them-iha, one
,,c ut lhr uumrrog. steamers that thruug the
water, or L. Belle R,Nerc, bad paused on
l,s upward cours, before a snail town which
ia. upon the bank ot ,h' aforesaid stream
When the bpai had effected landing, fe"
plsSengcrs, WHO either blind 10 the charms Of
Nofphsus, oi more allied To those Uf sundry
rack, of card, that s,gcwCd the tablcs ct the
social hall, ,loppcd on shore TO ENJOY moon
light yiev of the village Among the mum
Der was a group Of three individuals, who,
Withdrawing from The rest, sIrolled careless
~ along ono Of the principal streets, until
'hcy arrived a, cross, turning down whose
short but secluded walk, several large build
,ugs, eSidcu'ly che residence, Of the mos,
wealthy portion Of the inhabitants, were sit
ua,ed. As they passed into the beautiful AMI
peaceful retreat, a Sigh, whispering, which
presently broke forA in,o loud and angry
words, disturbed the slumbering echocs Ol
the night
IL tell you, Lay,on, 1t is impossible :
oanno, do i,''
Spoken like a Sol and a nilksop, as yoC
are A.: there rs way 10 stop your whining
.cruples, and curse me Il III not show you.
Quick as thought, the first speaker turned
and confronting hrs companion, said in 1
voice trembling with passion,
"Ay, there's Say to rouse the sleeping
devil, even in my coward frame but you
threat falls unregarded upon my ear, while
have this good blade to protect me- and
long gliuering bowie iAiie flashed eeneau
,hs soft rsys of N, hsrve-, moon.