Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-02-16

"uLa eflEs' rrsErlrraN.
"Tbs wcrlI.~fJ, fame. caused byrhsPab.
rc,uoa Of ,hc fg,7. suagosc1io b- f-r75.f
- f-p,l. under OBJ, lhay, head, v,II well rr-
rt. $50 a prominent place Boo 'hs tcug-r-
a-,. cause. W yah.rfrrr boz modern times
l1, ever produced such excitement. and Hrr.
r17, r, local .rr.is-, bs, ever been aurulrI
p.,H such lasting, ,,,s-'.,, and a'.a-y rf
a-t Itu1, o' such a aa,ars, sr blended rr
PEI, connexions with ,tr morals art ag'arruf
r.s community. ta,., cogd noe jrr away
.s, other incidents. Who hl, ry, heard o-
read something about Deacon GI,,' psul-
I--y, a-l vet how 'rv people comparatively.
can im7art, OF rc-o''sr, ary fl'l OF couc,,
sr,ou-i ofta transaction.
The Grr, ard r.rrlr,aryr' were these.
Rev. Geo D. Chscrr- rhg- a yorr- orha-
DO, ,'e--yrln Of S1'rm, published ,a lhs
Iarfm1rs, rel. -.ou. newspaper .r The same
.u-.a communication which hr c1'rf "a
u-r,m. relating ,1 " Deacon Amos G.'r,
u-rnrry." which embraced some c.rr.m-
,a--,, ,r-.k.0-'y applicable tn Capt John
s.,-e. yrura1 deacon. Of Salem. wha
a-l hen ff u11y ys,rs. ,0f ts at.rr Do.
,--h.r.a E-.r'fe- o. Nsp E--hrl ran
ul SION. s-d OIL, relatives were Us1rhy.
lie ua.sIs1 Trsl,arc-o Of ihc curr'y Ba.r
SCREW - vel q. t1rrsr, u' rum frr '4'e I1
t,s ssu- drsuIrery. There were other c.'-
cam,srccs Which 5vsscr,j 'rsp .c,ors 'U'he
mods Of tle friends uf VI. Stone, iha, De
v,,itcrr,rl irj c1r-5 ty "Tssco1 Giles. Dc
There had been 4 religious controversy -ar-
red on fgr some time before between VI
Cas-vsr ari one Of doe Uniurtan c'srrym'a
.a salem. which w5s supposed ty some Co
have .rfuer,eJ ths dream, o- which at least
alisi fls, 10 ,be Gre.
The dream r,s'i, whatever truths and ac's
nav have been here aod there lr'e-rsrsed,
Vas a b..bw,or-h' f-,.17o' several columns
IN lsug,h. Tie t.,u',,ry. ,h- o1 ba.'d.-r,
vas pretty ,r.'v described, a. tc.r- t.isor,
with b'aesu-Ss. saturated a.ih the fumes of
OBJ, irf.r-aI manufacture. n, ,h1i tae poison
oe, r-u1r would oo,r out 90 .1-rs sa-irrr
drops from an the thinkers. 'hc ,.-h,o' Nh.rh
souH strike ,a, b.b1Ilsr w.,6 loror. The
u,- sf ,be distilled liquor vss represented o,
harr- made SAD ..ra1d, upon 'hc family o.
The Deacon. one OF Do, So having .' ''''
of .gssNeluoo b-sn trouosl .1 ore 0' '''
s.,s T..s vas one 81 she strongest facts.
Jss't uron a, ,hs lr.al. as hsi0r literally lp.
rH,,bls 0, Deacon John Store. In its dream,
o, Va, represented that sroII.as company
Sf devils. in the SHAPE of men presented
themselves 90 lhs deacon. vIo ghdy re-
ss.,sj them as the very company be wanted,
% Keep The fires sotr, night and day, Sga.
d,v. and a0, sod proposed to pas th-su part
" 90 mUucy. ibs remainder .1 'hs m1nuric-
tur-d uqror, az much a. they cou.t drink
They eousyu,eJ, bot rhr dsacon's proposals
ssni - much be,g'I ,h,.r views Of te,iIuy
ihi, they concluded among themselves no, to
'ake any money boz paw bat boz lieu hereof
Jhsy iage1.og,'y c14,rysd 60 PLAY several
'rcss upon The dearoa, which ao1.d BE- sore
10 DO b,m more injury than al their rlaborvas
sOr,h Accordingly they 30 preParsI o.,
,7fsraal ,pirif, that WAen it vas sold and DE-
posted in the store of the purchaser, each
barrel would break ou: uPon iis head With
living letters Of Igrii light, IN words su5sian-
uaIly ike ihsse-"Dclih and damualiou ur
,als-iuiuue a, Deacon Giles DistiIlery -
thus frshtsn,n- everybody from the store,
tll The barrels o. run we're returned TO the
DisiilIery, where they bad to bs enP,ied--a
dead ICES 10 The deacon.
This dream Nas pgbllsb.d about the mii.
de OF the wesk-sly Wednesday. Inmedi.
a,sly The numerous friends aud relatives Of
Deacon Stone we're IN 4 rage; AMI the prin-
cipiss Of Mr.. Chesver, moral and religious,
being unacceptable to a large majority Of the
Inhabitants Of Salem a, that time, the news.
papers all united In raising elamor, repre-
ssn'Iug the Drsan, " one o! the viles, things
ever Pabllshsd, shd the author hardly &, for
si'ilirsd society. Although they did not
'rs7ly s7S r-'f,fisily i'vi,s 4 rob, they Did