Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-02-29
For the Dem
Bethel Farmers Club.


A. sunset an OK team with slcls covered
with chairs and quilt. and covcrlcts, was
started from the village by Uncle Gilman
Chapman. containing the officers Of the 30
eiety and the bcllcs Of the village, dressed
in bonncts which will hereafter be described.
IIorSc Sled teams were also started by Tn
clcs Samuel Chapman and Moses Mason. II
was curious In scc with what interest We
wrrc vicwcd 10y those we met on the way
especially the ladies' in their haunting bon
nets We We're warmly greeted by our hos,
and hostess, and numerous company
,bronccI their capacious dwelling \ good
old fashioned irc was blazing away in the
frrplac, TO keep oT the severe cold without.
The attention or the company was Grs,
directed to antiquities Of the place, some OF
which will mention. Of books there wcro
many specimens, and as they exhibit the
tastes Of another generation in their ''lcc-
ton, and as il brings 60 light book, Of which
even a large library might b, deficient, |
will give them a more cNtcnirdnoiicc. The
oldest hook present was printed in 1872, en-
titled Analyst, p,almorum, written in LATIN,
exhibited by y. r True, from the Academy
Library. \ Treatise on the Supremacy Of
the Fl:hcr, BY Gilbert, Lord Bishop Of
Sirum, l7lS,a work on q suhicr, rarely
treated ola, that day, hy ! Burbank, E-l
A volume oI sermon, hy Row Ehsucz.r
Er.knc, l7ll. Elclile', Elements, l7tD.
4 bound volume of the New York journal
and weekly journal and weekly Register,
l5gl o. 'gl, hy Dr. VIM. H. lapham
Bound volume M 1r the Boston Recorder.
\ commentary on Revolutions, author and
lat, unknown. On thc margin j. thc
following Nathaniel Wcs,, ,hi. !, bis book
to read in the yaro l6si, March
Exhibited hy Rev. 4. Thompson. Dr Watt,
Srmons published previous 90 l75G hy thr
amr. The Coun..usut Evangelist, o mag
,tiu, or l,Ol. Vol. I. Nos. Ar1'luum-
l,r. sermon, on 90, M1lr, au Suhirt. of
Baptism, hy Joseph l1,hran, D. u, lNo}.
samuel Barker. Ills Book, Read with
Caul1r. Nature OF Saving Conversion by
thc Rev. Lrrncl and Eun,utly pi,u, Mr.
solomon S.olI,rl. l5lp \ Family Bible.
l7oS, elegantly printed and bound, by
panie. Young. Christian In.titutr., hy the
late Iurl Bishop OF Chester, 1875 From
Rry T.. A Buck. Psalms Of David by
Brady and Ta,s, l77i, hy Jcl Burbank
Tw, Sermon, on the Prophecies, hy Iry
Eliphaz Chapman oi Bethel, l7g1. Mills
and Hicks British and American Register,
G,r 1874. ry Gilman chapman, E.l NJ
mairs OF Chls. Louis, Baron De poEnitr, hy
John locke
4 variety 7r COINS, hy \. Burbank, al1
Continental money hy tho same, and ! 4
Tvitrhrl Two Pillow Case, Of on India
Cotton. What "a chapter IN oar national
history docs thi. orr article present LINEN
spun anI v1yr ,' YEAR, as,, hy Suanuah
Earkrr. Mother orJ Burbank, III Table
Cloth 90 year, oll hy Suaunah Bunly,
u5'horoi Nr, France, Burbank. welding
Sho, 50 year. oll, with high hrc', in ,hc
hollow Of the foot, hy Mr, John Harris.
ra Clnni.'cr upwards Of lOO year, Old,
nr VI Mason. Tea spoons, Sl,sy, But
tons, Glckle,lni rnrlt., to numerous 20
specify. An Indian Pr,tlr du. mp on cx-
c,utinc the Railroad Wooden Candle.
stick aai antique lamp. IN elo-an, por.
crlain Teapot upward. Of leo year, old, hy
Mr.. Wm Grryish. Thi. was truly or clo.
CANT pattern aul workmanship. Apitchcr
from a sister or Gen. Putnam, by Mr.
R,unua Tvitchc'l, DESCENDANT sleeve
Buttuus descended from samuel Clark, who
was killed in tie rc,olution, hy ). ".
Eillburn. 4 Box made Of Birch Bark, hy
Mollynckct. \ AKc.. mate 20 the ono carried
oG fll-l with rum hy the Indians when they
captured Lieut., Jonathan Clark IN lINl,
by his son in law J Burbank, Esq. An
risnt CaudIr,tick, really elegant, by Mrs.
Moses Gross Poke, Book out in the
French war, by John Burbank, From JED.
Burbank. Wrought wor,ted Pocket Book
1854, hy Lydia Morrrll, Rowley. Mass.
From Mrs. Timothy Chapman, also do. by
Esther Parker, wife Of Lieut.. Jonathan
CLARK, wrought - years asn. Infants
shirt and cap of domestic Linen, - years
old, hy Mr.. sarah Twitchell \ scythc,
the first ever used ia town, by J. Burbank.
E,g. Au account book was instructive. |
will give YOU sample, exhibiting both the
prices and customs Of the times