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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
PARIS, ME-.

transmits weakness and suffering to their
offspring. Indeed. considering how men
now 1--we. and remembering tha, women
hardly ever enjoy any healthful bodily train.
ins Whatsoever. it seems wonderful that the
human race does no, deieriorato faster than
/, actually seems TO do IN physical vigor and
corporal health.
The necessity Of bodily education ought
to be, to any man possessed Of common sense
and an ordinary amount OF physiological
knowledge, a, least as apparent as that OF
moral or intellectual training. lndepcnd-
entity OF the necessity Of bodily health for its
own sake, no mind can be healthy or happy
withoutit. ltwas recently 'aid by a quaint,
sat sensible divine. tha, il is very dithcul,
lor man with bad digestion to be good
Christian; and it is certainly far more diff.
eul, Tor him. than for man well trained in
physical eIertion and enjoying sound
health, to be a good citizen and a useful
member Of society.
If these things were borne in mind 10y the
philantbropi.,s who are most laudably anI.
ious Tor the education OF the classes least
able to provide for themselves, the value OF
their benevolent labors would be more than
doubled. 10 the prcscn, state Of public
knowledge and opinion, it seems to US that
more useful is the man who opens a gym.
na,ium. than he who rndows q college;
more valuable he who lays ou,a playground
than he who builds a school. EI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
Annie, Hnlf swes, md Half Sour

The note on thus subject has called on,
several communications. We make few
extracts. Mr.. Henry 7. Clifford, Of Barn.
stable County. Mass, wrl,es
One Of my noishbor, has a tree, one limb
OF which produces apples half sweet and
halt sour. The way they aro produced, he
says. VA. by taking bud from sweet aud
sour apple tree. splitting them, putting the
two halves together, and budlin; the tree
in tn, usual manner with them. Perhaps
in some such way the tree OF John Dan.
ming" WI. produced.
S.w. Thomas, CayahoSi County, Ohio,
writes
In Northern Ohio many Of us have had
,hcsa trees in full hearing Tor several years
past, producing no, only apples half sweet
and half SUR. but ,hos, nearly all sour with
a small portion sweet, aud Others directly
opposite in short, they are all grades, from
entire .wec, 10 entire sour. can M, give
time, place, and name Of person, but these
were produced thus ~ the ,lmc of bud.
ding a bud wa. taken from the Il. |. Green.
ing. aud another from the Golden Sweet. a.
We call il hero Tho two bud. were cut
lengthwi,e through the c,n,er, each precise
" alike, 81 ,ha. the opposite parts fitted
exactly together when they were inserted
a. in ordinary budding. This is nice job,
assure you. but Il correctly don, will MS
surely produce the hybrid apples as single
bud will produce u single variety. THIS
may bo doubted by some, bu, repeated eI'
pcrlments have proved the correctness Of tbs
statements. Working Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
Saturday, April I.
Sunday, April 5.
Sunday, April ).
Monday, April o.
And in the latter. thus
Saturday, April I.
Monday, April 9.
Tuesday, April I
Wednesday, April :.

The shipmas,er who does not mako this
recti6cation nlvay. finds his reckoning
n day in advance OF, or day behind
that Of the por, he sails to for when 1t u
Monday afternoon at San Francisco. i, ].
Tuesday afternoon across the pond at Can
ton.
In practice. it is in the crossing Of the
broad Pacific but theoretically and truly It
{. in or ,s.ing that invisible line. the lsOth
meridian, tha, the rubicon is passed and
tho sailor passes suddenly from Monday
noon into Tuesday noon.
The fact that ninety.nino hundredths OF
the population oi the globe live within l35
degrees as to longitude, and nine hours as
TO time. Of the meridian at Greenwich, has
prevented any great amount Of difficulty
from this tapping Of date. and would be q
sufficient reason. IL there were no other. for
adhering In all our calculations. 70 Green
wieh, rather than to Washington, Albany,
or any other American longitude.
As now located, the lsOth meridian has
no permanent ne'ghbors but Fejses and hsh-
c., and there " in the deep bosom oil the
ocean bar,ed,' may II and its dupl'ciiy for
ever remain.
Another correspondent mentions The FOL.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
Our Exports

Our often stated and reiterated assertion,
that we DO not raiss our own food, is true,
importing, as we do. corn, and wheat,
and aour. beef, and mutton, aud pork;
while the agricultural capabilities Of our
soil are such. that with only litilO more
intelligent farming. our homo production OF
the very things We inPor, might BE- vastly
increased pcrhap. 50 ,ha, the exports would
more than counicrbalance the imports; and
this without involving the employment OF
much more labor or capital, or even moot
ing the question whether these are the most
profitable thing. We can raise. Ye, We can
learn many useful lesson from the exports
Of our State and neishbOring region.
Thi, year the apple crop attracts mcstAt-
,eutiOn among our exports, for we have been
favored with comparative abundance, while
the general crop Of the country is next to
nothing. Sloop-loAd after slooP-load has
aoa,cd down the river. and the cars have ta'
ken many more Spectators have gone
through the land. and many apples have
been engaged at moderate prices, before the
market price became settled This practice
Of selling to SPECTATORS is generally well
enough under our prseu; system OF doing
thing, though We hold ,ha, the warehouse
system, wherever practicable, should be EN-
ploycd. Spectators and their agents will,
II held TO il, generally offer all that they
can aa5ri to give, and, if the risks and sx.
pcu.cs Of marketing ara taken into the ac'
count. they usually leave themselves small
enough margin. AMI ofer morc than the
small farmer can get for his crops It he
should market It himself
We have often alluded to the Golden
Sweet apple az our most profitable sort Tor
shipping. The demand Tor winter apples
ba. been such ,ha, ihi. year the Golden
Sweet crop is quite thrown in the shade.
The market /. still active. and will continue
to b.. Tor some time, we presume, constant
" advancing prices, for good, sound winter
fruit.
Potatoes have long been a prominent ar.
iicle Of export, probably in value this far
exceeds any other. The towns which par.
ticularly ENJOY this trade and make prePar-
alton, Tor Il, are those situated upon tide
water We cannoi come a, any reliable
estimate Of the quantity or value o, Poia-
toes annually exported. l; will be larger
than usual this year Our Imports in this
lin, are small in comparison, Il We do not
include sweet potatoes. In early spring
quantities Of Bermuda PoiAioc.
are imported. at co., Of two n siI times
a. much. bushel for bushel, As We can set
Tor those We export
Certain loc,liie. also derive grca, prof;
from certain peculiar articles Of export, for
instance S,onin:ton, and some towns in
il. neishborhool, export poultry in great
qualities Hartford and Milllcs'I counties
in our own STATE, and the river counties in
Massachusetts. export tobacco, both in the
crude state and manufactured, IN value 90
a very large amount; wethcrsheld has long
been iamou. Tor It's speciality, onions, and
should now b. equally 50 tor garden seeds,
f5r ihcs, entsrprisins sod gardeners send
thoir precious crops by tons Almos, 20 all
parts O, the Union.
Editorial, in Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
FIFTY cLNTs IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 26, NO. 4.

lowing curious instance Of tho practical
workings Of this " tapping Of dates"
The frs, men Of European race who sst-
tied upon the island Of Tahiti, (longitads
ll9 deg. 80 min. wes, Of Gresuwich) reach.
ed !, by sailing to the east; the Gre, Of the
same race who took up their abode at Hon.
olulu, lin l5s deg. ives. long.) rcasbsi 10
by sailing toward. the west. From this d..
verse colonization proceed. the paradoIical
result that at Tahiti IL Is Tuesday noon
thirty.iour minutes earlier than il Is Mon.
day noon at Honolulu.
fwaichman and Reflector.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1855

open shed for cattle, or worse still, no pro.
vision Tor shelter, we think here's work Tor
incendiaries this Winter Remember Jack
Eros, ha. burned more bay.stack' than were
ever destroyed by midnish, marauders, and
keep the doors we'll shu, against him.
CARBON.
GAmerican Agricul,uri.,.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17

BoSEs roR fRuu TRKKs. Bones collect
in considerable quantities about every house
hold, aud in villages many have no use for
them. They may bc had for the gathering
often times. or for small consideration. A
tree planter can mako no better investment
Of few dollars than to purchase these old
bones, and after crushing them into inch
pieces, put bushel or two into each border
whore q tree is set.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17

AwaE says he dOesen', care .fg whsih-
er they get any curr,niJ through the Atlantic
cable or not, but he would like few fresh
dates.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17

IScRE,sE OF WEIGHT ~ llERrroSp SrErRs.
As facts relaiing'to any breed are interest.
Ing to practical men, | send you the weight
Of siI,eeu steers sold to Mr.. James Van Al.
s,ynO by Mr.. Geo. Cla-ke. They weighed
when purchased in New York,
Dec. 10th, 1857. averaging. 1862 lbs.
Aug 9th, 1883, a, Ghent, Col.Co., 1875
Oct. 2gth, - - 1865
Nov. 23d, 90 lSOJ
This shows an increase for less than u
year Of 81 lbs. They were fed quarts Of
cob and corn meal during October when on
grass. and in November la quarts, IN addi-
tion to their grass. This is not eI,raoriin-
airy. but think remunera,iug price fur
feeding. | saw the last weighing, aud took
the three former ones from Mr. Van Alstyne's
book with the latter. II any Shorthorn
breeder can show more uniform lot OF
steers. in "ooior," symmetry, size, and
weight with compactness, with less otia', l
should be glad to see them produced. These
steers will probably be sold to one butcher.
n 50, | will endeavor to get their weight Of
hide, tallow, and carcass, for the benefit OF
your readers, as this is the true te't OF quail.
ity and the proftableness ofanimal|. When.
ever you find the least 'hrinksgo in odal,
YOU find less consumers and more beef for
food consumed OF this fact have been
satisfied for many years. and was one OF the
impOrtan, reasons for my adopting the Here.
lords. W. II. SorIrlx.
Owego. n. Y. Nov. 26, 1853.
Country Gentleman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17
Where do the Days Die.
Estate Of Maine.

This question. which was discussed n
while since. is row occupying the attention
OF some correspondents Of the Albany Eve
ming Journal. One Of them thus lueidly
states the case
Our position is. when i, is Monday noon
at Greenwich. 4, is Sunday midnight inn'-
dia,ely E,., of the lsO,h meridian, and
Monday midnight Immediately West n H..
II Ntian Bay !. divided hy tho lSO'
meridian, and IL. residents accept the dirtum
OF the cyiIiied world that tho meridian op-
po.ite To- them. that of Greenwich hall he
be- the starting line from which to reckon
longitude East and West. then IL i. Sunday
night on the eastern shore Of that bay, and
Monday night on its western shore. "bOh
at ono, ;" and the natives can, n c. sug-
re,ts dodge Sunday entirely by padding
across the bay.
Practically, however. there l. no doubt
that the " Missionaries in the frejea i.
lands act n. II those Islands were either en-
,irely East or entirely West OF the ls0,h
meridian, and thus they escape the jumble
Of times and dates" But those WHO cross
the Pacific 10 ships canno, escape this jun
bic, and are Away. compelled when going
from, China to California to call two success.
sive days by the same name, and on the re-
turn trip to drop day out. The log book
in the former case reading like this:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-17

In a convention Of females, whatever Is
voted upon !, always passed by Aand'op"
majority.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15
u,,xv WORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY JANUARY l5' 1855

i've near Shawnee and know every enc who La
A rirht 10 vote, 70 challenge, ss the Missouri
Rufiaus lust OYER the border have threatened 70
LII any one who shall so act, after the election ID
over. In, town Of shawnee il q mushroom VII
lasr that ha- sprung up within the past year III
the Shawnee Reserve. IL il upon the California
road. six miles ont Of Westport, Mo. Inc Town
company (Which ia Missouri affair, this beng
Missouri speculation have built frame Motel oil
passable dimensions for such place. buudIhg
hotel j. one of the necessary performances IN Tue
manufacture Of 3 new Western paper town. lheTe
are skut dozen other wooden buildings. III new,
but none of them very imposing. Very few people
live in the place, and with the exception OF the
Shawnee Indians, but few live about il.
Al o'clock this morning the polls were opehcd
NJ Shawnee Last night messenger came 10
Shawnee and reported that Judge Campbell -
the County bogus Judce elected by the frauds last
Ortob,r-had been arrested under writ from
IuJqe Miller the Probate Judge OF Douglas Coun-
n far some transactions connected with the elei-
tiou on the 2lst MI. The arrest was made under
,br provisions of the late act for the punishment OF
eIeefon frauds IL was the determination that a
few of the most unprinciped Ut these scolndrels
should not be- lett at liberty TO PerPctra'e any
f,r,br ;n;outi.s The arrest struck tine leW
Rorder Rufans at Shawnee with condemnation.
One of the Judges Of Election. who had been r''
snonsble for fair share of ttc rascaIly returns
made al last election, left preciptateiy Tor West
mort. Another Judge WAS put III his place ana as
Marshal Dennis gave every assurance tAat irauu
should be- prevented and had troops at shawnee, II
il supposed that there will b., at least, smaller
amount of fraudulent cot,ng, whatever tue re'uIu'
NAV be. A.:
At Monticello. another clapboard town IN TINS
county. everything was very quiet this forenoon
and the prospect Of very small vote. Al LeNnS-
ton ditto. The Pro-sayery men here are LOOKING
with long faces for the Aboltlonlsts.
do not think there viii be- over 400 votes po'ied
in Johnson County to-day, unless something hap,
pens AT Oxford. and Missouri votes there. oxford
IS close on the border, but south of the California
read. on which are the places | have mentioned
Two companies Of Free-State men went GOWN
tlere-one from Palmyra and Pralrle Clty ana one
from the northwestern part of thls county. lhey
designed srr.-ting at least one oil the Js'e, WV"
certified to the swindling return at the election u
the Dist. and helped to make it up. There are no
troops at that point and none IN two or three o'ner
Border. Rufan rests, where bogus votes may Do
gotten up. -, C...,
The weather to-day isvery fine. The Free:State
vote will not be very large here fear It VIII not
be very large throughout the Territory. Inc steps
for this election have all been So hurried hat there
i n Great deal of ignorance in relation to H. Ihere
i also much disgust at the Boiling ticket Tor STATE
officers.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

th-m and they viii be found, 4 not % the sioe OF
the Government, at hest DeutraI. -, .,,,.r
In case Of resistance 20 the troops thsI, .'ttJ
reason for confidence that Col Johnston SiioTce ne
ns.ss,a ., tho canon. and make good his advance :"
The f,rce Of the Mormons has been greatly over
estimated; almoet every svasIie man ha- a. M
rolled. In passing through me se;'ienen.ii an, IN
the mountains; and yet the whole force fin '"'
Of 10 GOO men. =, - ,.,v
The Winter has at in with severity. In the cay
the snow we. two inches deep and IN the n'uh'a.ns
whore the NOmons were encamped, II niN'' ""
been from six 10 twelve inches deep. .s:.:,
The Mormon army wa 10 q very poor coh,'"''"'
badly clothed, poorly armed, ard with NeFy LII" p'O'
visions. -:,,
couGiton-wanting IN pro, sion- aud wood-'he W ~
ter already commenced, and the men all calleu oh -
the camps. -
Mr.. Bells company had passports from Gov. Young,
hut were only asked for them once. II seemed a. II
intelligence had been sent ahead OF hem ar al Kne"
Of their Journey TO California but &C one station.
Nevertheless, il was necessary, AT each se'tIeu'n
to call on the Bishop, hire an interpreter ana Ina
them ahead of the company 20 treat WITH The ih'an
for their safe passage BY representing themselves as
Momons using every precaution, and more PaIn,c,u-
larry by the expenditure OF over $2,"o among IA
ops interpreters and Indians the company succeeue"
in making their way in safety.
We have confirmation of the report that Wa rcu-
lated at the time, regarding the company that was
mssacred time since, that they suffered az ihe
hands OF the Indians in revenge fox criminal ndis-
cretious on the part of certain OF their members
Small bags containing poison were found in springs
the waters of which caused sickness and death auon
the Indians. They mustered their forces followed
and massacred the whole party.
The Mormons who recently eft San Bernsrdino for
Sat Lake were met by Mr.. Bells company beyond
the Mpjeve. The train Was moving along. There
WINS no eleampment on the Moiave, as had been re-
ported here the past two or three day.
Messrs kincaid eco, and Gilbert \ Grcish. sold
out their entire stock Of goods to the Monnon~ at the
prices offered by the authorities. They wer told the
people wanted them, and they had better take what
thev could get or abide the result.
Mr.. Bell was enrolled in the army OF deensc, but
on being informed of it, declined, of course, the in
tended honor he, therefore, e.tthe Territory. The
company arrived in good health
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15
THE RESLLT.
LECoMPToN, Jan. ), leSs-a

LrCoMPToN, Jan. ), leJs--a. n.
ItuouId be quite Impossible ar yet 10 make aiy
safe estimate as 70 the result OF tho .aH eie*hon'
The Slavery vote actually thrown yesterday
,,.. NOT LARGE. but AZ the B)rler-Ruhian game i,S
some time back has been all with the returns No
can tell nothing about what they VII ee uh'i We
see them.
am inclined to the opinion that the Tree State
vote will be light, Owing 10 all the embarrassing
causes that have Influenced the late election, but
that II will still BE- heavier against the Lee"mpt"n
Constitution than were The bogus return" Fa'cheo
up and pslmed off as tue result ol the erc'eu ou
the 2lst Ult ..uo,
The vote for state officers viii b. much smaller
than the vote against the LecdnnptOn CoDs'ltutou-
south of Kansas River the vote tor STATE onicer-
under the LecOmpton Constitution VIII oe Vely
mesger indeed on both tickets. l learn mat az
Bloomington there were very few votes thrown LOT
the State officers on any ticket. sucb "a7 he"IS
the case at Prairie City and Palmyra.
Startling reports reached Lecompton yesterday
from the Oxford Precinct. Ii appears that certain
citizens of Johnson County with an officer, and
writ from the Probate Judge of Douglas County
arrested one of the Oxford Election Judges, ieiow
who had IA large hand in the sDindhng returns ~
IN. election of the DIST ut. lie was arrested I'M
der provisions of the act tor Furnishing election
frauds. Thearrest took place prior to the election,
and the Missourans (Oxori is on the border TOOK
il in high dudgeon and preparations were beng
made for light at that place BE that as 4 may.
Pro-Slsyery man of this county named Weus,
member of the Lecompton Constitutional ConVen-
ton and who, it appears, had some business or
other in the vicinity of Oxford, yesterday morning
left that place as an express messenger, and gal
loped here after the troops. Actng-Governor Dem
YER sent all the dragons he could spare, and these
heroes set off hot foot for Oxford, where, pre-
sumo they would arrive some time in the night;
perhaps to oficiae asdid the owl at the funeral Of
Cock Robin am inclined To think that there WAC
no serious fighting in that quarter.
The Territorial Legislature Will have quorum
this forenoon.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15
POSITION OF TIE MORMON ARMY.
From The Ls. .1nsds' Star Extra Dec. g.

Mr. Bell with whom We have had a conversation
informs US that he left salt Lake City the Sth No
vember, and after two days travelling short stages
encamped for d day or two. While encampcd an ex.
press arrived from the city who informed them that
Col. Johnston had arrived at Hams Fork and taken
the command; that communications, short snd ex-
prcssiye had passed between the Colonel and Gov.
Young the result OF which that Col Johnston
dered his command to be ready next morning for an
advance on salt Lake City, where he intended to
winter. Hams Fork is about one hundred miles from
the city. The Mornons were stationed at Echo
Canon about fifty miles from the city, through which
the troops must pass. collision, therefore, was in
eytable as the Mormous were in great numbers, and
were being rapidly reinforced. a march Of two or
three days would bring the troops IN Evnt VI their op
poncuts.
The rumor We alluded to in our last, respecting the
burning of number Of wagons, has been confirmed
by Mr.. Bell. The wagons were the property OF the
Government contractors and seyenty-sx OF them
were burned. A body of armed mounted men came
at night to the camp told the wagon master whatthey
intended to do gave him time TO awake his men and
remove their baggage and bedding, told nm to select
q wagon to take his party back TO the States which
be did, and they then set fire to the whole train bum
ing up seventy-six wagons. The cattle were driven
into Salt Lake City.
With regard to the Indians east of Sst Lake, il j
pers than probable tia! Co. Johnston has Ircr; aed