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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

committee we'll remember the proycrb, that
z" Hunger breaks through stone walls"
One popularity Of tho cake, IL was made
without butter or milk. IL was very spon.
gy and delicate, and evidently economically
made, and Is entitled to the Is, premium on
sponge cake.
The next specimen was labelled Bear
Meat pie. by Mrs. 0rinda Twi,chell. Tho
sight Of this excited tho native propensity Of
the Oxford Bears and dull growing wa.
heard all over the room at this moment. as
II 10 bears were chained beneath the door.
Your committee, however. tasted OF tho
said pie. and found, to their utter astonish.
ment, that they could no, distinguish Il
from mince pie made Of the best Of beef.
They therefore award Mrs. Twitchcll tho
lst premium for the best bear meat pie.
The committee would conclude by stat
ing. that the effect Of these excellent speci-
mems Of food on their systems, was precisely
the same as their medicines upon their pa
tirnts, IL made them feel decidedly better
afterwards, aud was treat which will
long be remembered by the medical profess
sion and they can only say that they will
be prepared TO extract q tooth, or admins
ter medicine. at any time, 10 their best
friends. rs a part OF the compensation deserV-
ing the fair aud generous contributors.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
Signed by Dn. Grover, Mason, Wiley,
Twitchell. Williamson, Grandin, Goddard
and True.
On Thursday afternoon there was trot-
ting match and footncc. In the evening
an address was delivered To full house by
Rev. d. Garland, in which he happily pre-
sen,ed the prospects and condition Of tho
farmer, which was we'll received by the au-
dirncs. Amor the reports Of the committees
and singing Old Hundred BY the Congregl-
ton. we adjourned to our winter evening
meetings, Of which you may hear from your
correspondent in due time. n. T. I.
The report Of com. on farms is omitted,
Tor lack Of room. I, wall appear ia our
next issue.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

For the O,hrd Democrat.
BowDors Collror, Oct. Is. 1853.

BowDoIs COLLEGE, Oct. 10. 1883.
Mn. EproR. frof. Parker CLavEL,sD,
the oldest, most respected, and most dis
tipgui.hed Of the officers Of this institution
died thi. morning. lie had been unwell
for some time. and fears had been entertain
ed for his recovery; but We were by no
mean. prepared for the sudden stroke which
has deprived this institution Of one Of its
main supporters, and New England Of one
Of her mos, distinguished sons. lie has
been connected with the college ever since
it, foundation. has been Professor Of Chem
is,ry and Natural Science, for over City
years, and was probably tho Oldest oficia.
ting professor in the country. Measures
have been taken TO drape the college bull
ding,, and the students have voted to wear
Grape thirty days. u.
Prof. cleveland. whose death our cor
respondent has announced above, was born
In tina, part OF Ipswich which Is now com.
rr;.ci in the town Of Essex. Mass. on the
18th Of January. 1880. lie graduated a,
Harvard College with high honors In 100.
In 1903 bo was APPOINTED Tutor In Harvard
coll.c. which Office he held for two wears.
when no resigned |, in consequence Of hay-
-. ,o.o,,.d an ir,i,,,ion n an n nrorc..or.
shin IN BovdoIn COLLEGE. which he accepted
and h. wa. installed on tho o3d Of October
leo, p,oc..,o, ., N,,h.n,,,,..,aN Nat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

To appreciate the value Of this net gain
in four States, we need only bear in mind
the fac, tina, while the pre-'n, House was
originally rated as Democrats l3l, Repub.
leans %, and Americans u. Montgomery
bill wa. carried over the Administrations
Lecomp,on bill by a vote OF 100 to ll2.
Thu, table gives the Administration the
beneh, Of three or four Democrats who were
thrown overheard for their anti.Iecomp,on
stand, and who received the general opposi.
ton support. IL remains to be seen with
which party their Congressional action will
be generally identified, and how far they
will come within the Washington Unions
catalogue OF 'h.hy Democrats, who never
in or out Of Congress, voted with their par.
ty friends They certainly owe the Admin.
isira,ion no thanks for iayors received. We
have little doubt that such an opposition
candidate Tor Speaker will DO brought for
ward as will secure their votes, and, proba.
bly,, an election"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22
The American Party.

MANY of tie ideas advanced by the party
calling ii.elf American % We believe TO b.
correct. They are such as to commend
themselves TO the good Judgment Of every
friend OF civil liberty and free govern.
m,nt.
The stand taken by this party ngains, the
intolerance and iiuaticism OF the Catholics,
.. one perfectly eonsisien, with the crniu.
of our ir-r institutions. Their Efforts TO
purity The ballot.boS and protect it from
tie i,a.,ons VI an ignorant, illegal foreign
vote, are also commend,ble.
However much there may be about
"Am,r.csai,u," 70 commend itself 70 tho
favor OF the people, il should DO borne in
mind tha; a very good thing may in CERTAIN
eases be used tor bad purposes. This party
!. only a lew years %. vet its history con.
Wet, i; OF sro.s Inconsistencies. The Amer.
leans ia the irrc States profess almost uni
ycrslliy % be opposed tc the further eIten.
s.rn and 'rread Of slavery they have every.
where denounced the repeal OF the Missouri
compromise, aud had their acts been consis-
tint with professions, the political aspect u
things would have presented a far diaSren;
appearing from what it now docs.
rhi, party Hoir PROCESSES great hostility
- the National Administration, aud 50 they
Cid 70 the last, under Pierce. In the last
Presidential contest. by polling % for Fill.
more ani refusing To cooperate with the
Republicans in Pennsylvania, New jersey,
Indiana and Illinois, they Lost US every one
Of these States, and defeated Fremont.
Their vote adiel to that Of the Republicans
would have defeated the Buchanan ticket in
every one Of them. 80 FAR as practical re-
suits are concerned, this party in these States
might just as well have cast their votes di.
rec; Tor Buchanan as 10 thrown them away
upon Fillmore.
la New York, Massachusetts,. aud some
other free States, this same party are now
playing the same game. In New York they
are running a separate State ticket through
out, doing the only thing Tat can give tho
Buchanan democracy the least hope OF sue
cess. In tie Old Bay State, the leader.
am.ns The Americans are playing game
for ,Ae benefit OF Lecompton democracy. In
ono Of the Boston Congressional districts,
(C0min's,) they are running Thompson on
a straight American ticket. against Rice,
the only man tina; can defeat ,as LecOmp-
ton candidate. In some Of the other dis
tTiets they are pursuing the same insane
course +; and it looks now very much as tho
m old Massachusetts, the Buchanan democ.
raey may elect some two or three Of their
candidates, solely through the mulish obs,i.
macy Of this party 20 uniting with the re-
Publieaus. They are playing the same tricks
IN Massachusetts, that the little fag end.
straighto out whig party did few years ago
in Maine. Ii makes no difference what
straighi-out Americans petss,. so long a.
BY their acts they show themselves sabstan.
TALLY the friends OF prO-slaveryism. "By
their fruits ye shall know them"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

DslrLrsKA Sn. Captain Pearson com.
mand' the Pacific mail steamship John l..
Stephens. No sooner does his vessel leave
rort than he assigns to each passenger q
position IN one OF the life boats and the men
are enrolled into boat guard, and drilled
each d'y in all tho minutie OF launching
the boats. &c. The idea has proved pop.
ular one on the Pacific side, and many pas
sengers have been known to wait at both
ends Of the route for bis ship in preference
70 any other yessel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22
For PArRrrrlp. Oct. sth, 1853


A portion OF our party came to this place
las; evening. Some Of Us were accOmmo-
dated with lodgings at the hotel, and others
were KEEP, a, private houses. l''oPped with
jesse Drew, Esq., formerly Of Paris. This
town i. settled mostly by Americans. which
accounts Tor It's large Republican majority.
The old fort which was erected here in 1889
at the time Of the troubles respecting the
settlement Of the northeastern boundary, is
yet standing. though the barracks and out
buildings have been torn away. The town
is situated on the Aroostook river six miles
from where it empties into the St. Johns.
The land surrounding the village 10 very
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

BArTrsx. Rev. Mr.. ventrcs baptized
eigh, persons last Sabbath. Seven Of the
number were new converts, and one Con-
gresatlonalist, who came forward to be
baptized by immersion, with the design Of
uniting with tue Baptist church. This
makes tventy.three candidates who have
been baptized by Mr.. ventres during the
present season.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

STUDENTS SoIREE. The Students OF the
Oxford Normal Institute have made arrange
ments for soIrce at the Academy, a, South
Paris, on Tuesday evening next. lnstru-
mental and vocal music, with literary eIer.
cises, will be the entertainment offered, to-.
gether with suitable refreshments. Admis-
sion Is cents. The funds will be appropri-
ated for the purchase Of apparatus for the
school.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22
JOHN j. FERRY. Editor.

rerms.--.ous dollar and fay ceuts strictly
~ ,bvANCts one dollar anl .eVesty-6ye eruis
within ~ muuihs; two dollars al ihe spd Of the
ycas. To Wheh 6lN est- VII ~ ADDED ior
even yrsf Nhich paNmeut is dslaye,i.
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ht~srdiag ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Book and job Printing
PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

PiscAriouis on PorlToEs. Tho editor Of
the Piscataquis Observer received from Da-
,id Anderson OF Dover, a bushel Of potatoes
Of the Jackson variety, OF which it took but
eighty for bushel. Courier.
As will be seen by the repor, Of the Beth
el Farmers Club, Mr. Mason presented
bushel Of potatoes OF which there were but
thirty. "0ld Oxford will hold her own
in almost anything.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

The trial OF Holmes in Portland is nearly
through. The counsel for defence commence
ed the closing arguments on Tuesday. E1'
perts testify freely to his insanity. This
established. no will not DO considered re-
sponsiblc to our laws, and will 60 "scctt
free"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

REVIVAL. 1t is stated ,hata powerful re-
vival is in progress in Rumiord. II seems
to be general movement throughout the
town. Between City and SIXTY persons have
made profession, and the work is still pro.
crossing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

PLrsn.co. We learn casually that the
vein Of plumbago, in Puzzle Mountain, in
Newry, has been worked through, and tina,
the supply, which was supposed to be al.
mos, IneIhaustablc, proved to be very limit
cd. Not a great quantity was procured.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

THE NEIT llOusE. The Boston Journal,
in an article on the rcccn. elections, gives
the following calculation. as to the political
character OF the next House Of Representa-
tiycs
Z" Election. have now taken placo FOR mem
Der. Of the next House Of Representative in
eleven States. OF these the following will
show no political change in their delega-
tons. viz California. Florida, Arkansas,
South Carolina, Vermont, Maine and Iowa.
The States. then, whose elections do eIhihi,
changes in transferring their delegations
from the present To tho mex, Congress are
the following
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

We learn from the Chronicle, that Rev.
Mr.. King has resigned the pastoral charge
Of the Baptist church at Pennington. lie
is at present supplying the Bapti't church
at Turner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

Mr.. AvrRrLL, Ambrotypist, is located
over the Pos, Ofies, where he will remain
for few days. He has taken some excel.
lent pictures.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

The Lincoln Democrat has been discou-
tinued,-becauss its patrons % neglected
>. Nay Sp.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

LnINL AGENTS.

PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Life in u Flemish Nunnery.

| The nuns never lie down, but sleeu
upright. | went up narrow, cork
screw stone staircase, into their
beds: ard saw these extraordinary
most cyiindnsisst Of hard and al
with straw, about tGattrass stuffed
right angles to which is tlQng, at
equally hard, upright paliasse, II
support the back. There is no pill.
low, neither are there sheets, and
only one small thin blanket. A ba.
sin and ever OF water stood on the
ground, and the sleeping habit hung
on peg behind the door. There
was no other furniture. A small
window opened into the garden, ant
the honey-suclsle which embowcrec
it gave something of cheerful as
pect to the denuded little dormitory
They rise at half past four, ar,
only allowed five minutes to wasi
and dress, and go down to chapel
where they pray and mediate till
half past FIVE, when their first mass
is said. This is always at fixed
hour, and is followed by one anil
sometimes more. After these they
remain in the chapel till half past
eleven. Their first meal, which they
call dinner, is at half past twelve,
and consists entirely oi herbs, vege.
tables. rice, eggs, &c. Butter,
cheese. milk, and what they call
la& battu, they also cat, but not at
mai9re seasons. Their second and
last meal is at seven, and consists OF
dry bread and the biere du pays. -
The sisters do everything Tor them.
selves, washing, mcnding, sweeping,
securing, &c. The rule OF the lay
sisters is slightly less severe in ev-
cry particular, but even this is AS
cetic enough to start,e most secular
persons. The sister who showed us
the mysteries of the house was a
very pleasant, amiablelookiny wo
man OF about thirty five. She had
peculiarly calm expression of coun-
tenance, AMI Expressed herself per.
fectly happy in the life of which she
had made her choice, now above
fifteen years since. The discipline
they observe, she said was BON pour,
Tame ct bon pour lc corps aussi. 1t
seems they are removed from house
to house to prevent too great al at.
tachment to one locality.
She and another lay sister were
sent a short time ago on a mission
to England, and this was another
considerable grievance to her; but
she kept her trouble to herself, and
accepted it as ono OF the acts Of sub
mission to the will of her superior
to which her rule bonnd her. The
first night they arrived at London,
when they put up at the hotel, they
were shown into room where the
beds were, of course, horizontal. -
This was difficulty which had not
occurred to them, and they made up
their minds to adopt the same posi-
ton as the rest of the world. But
no sooner had they tried it than they
found it impossible to sleep; accord
ingly, they relinquished tho attempt,
and taking the mattrass off the bed
stead, placed, it alfupright against
the wall, and had reason to be per-
fectly satisfied with their ingenious
expedient.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
severe Punishment for SIanaev

What terrible destiny is that od
liars in StOckham! A Mr.. Lind.
thai, a journalist, recountod one dav
IN his Journal that q young lady
OF the city Of Stockhaui had been.
guilty Of incest "a grave charge
undeniably, but listen to what be-
came Of it. Mr.. Lindthal was taken
before the tribunal and there it was
proven that tho charge was false
lie was condemned but to what
to death! More than that, he was
condemned to have his head chop-
ped Oft on block! God save Won.
veracious editor Of America, from
the judges OF Stockham? But thi,
is not all: There is a word for tho
lawyers. The sentence of theCoupt
concluded thus: Convicted of
having accepted knowingly an un-
just cause, tho defender OF Mr.. Lind.
thai is condemned to one montha
Imprisonment and perpetual inter
dictlon from the practice of his pro.
iession." What would become of
Busteeds, our Grahams, our O'Cor.
nors and onr Choa.es, &C., &C., if
such barbarious Jurisprudence
should obtain amongst uss Otbel-
lo's occupation weuld be gone.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
INDIAN WuIsKY.-A citizen of 81

INDIAN WmIsRY.-A citizon Of st.
Paul furnishes some pretty hard pa
pers on his fellow sinners who trade
with the north. western Indians. He
says barrel of the "pure Cincinna,
ti,"C) even after it has run the
gauniet OF railroad and lake travel.
is a sufficient basis upon which to
manufacture one hund red barrels OF
"good Indian liquor" He says a
small buckctlul o: the Cincinnati ar
ticle ia poured into a wash-tub al.
most full Of rain water, a large
quantity OF "dog leg" tobacco and
red pepper is then thrown into the
tub; bitter sgecies of root, common
in "the land of the Dakota" is then
cut up and added; burnt sugar or
some such article is used 10 restore
something like the original color OF
the whisky. The compound has to
he kept on hand a few days before
tisd il IL ii 10 2P 4e HasSSrgnSss Is tsf2 as Ssal%gns
lie says all an Indian wants is some
thing that will "bitc!" and it mat.
ters not whether it is pepper, rum or
tobacco; that he will give forty acres
OF land for one dose. He says some
of the spectators, when they wish
to "drive bargain" have only to
administer this innocent preparation
to the Chippewas and Sioux stimuli
taneously, and they all start at once
for their war clubs and tonahawks,
and proceed to cleave each other =
brains out.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Clerical Joking.

A clerical correspondence xhsfy
We have been previously large1 In.
ueoted, lets down a.sheet .6f goods
which we find in the .ASwer all
ready for use. May his drawer al.
ways be full. and its overflows come
into oursl Thus he discourses:
THE Associate Presbyterian
o,herh IN common with some, Of the
always oppOof Scottish origK, has
consecration or deoNt is cahed the
cdifices, as savoring Of pSf &c church
superstition. In some OF the eel
churches, however, it is customary,
when new building is finished, t.
announce that it will be opened fol
public worship on such a dav, the
pastor preaching in the morning
and two of his brethren in the after
noon and evening, all the sermons
being usually more or less appropri'
ate to the occasion. Some of The
good brethren, however, were no,
altogether satisfied when they heard
OF this, and at a meeting of the
Synod, took occasion to express
their disapprobation. After several
speeches had been made on botl
sides, young brother whose wag
yish spirit is always on the alert
arose aud sail, "Mr. Moderator,
move, ia order to settle the question
that hereafter there shall DO ne
preaching on the first day in any ol
the churches. This motion did
settle the question. The members
were r-minded OF the old farmer
who finding that the dopredations
of the squirrels on his corn were
mainly confined to the outside rows,
proposed as the best remedy, that
no outside row should DO planted.
ave believe it was at the same
meeting that tho following laughable
incident occurred. A member was
speaking very huently and earnestly
on some que ,tion in which he felt
deeply interested. In the mean time
II very inoifensive brother, who sal
on the si1e Of the Moderator, oppo.
site the speaker, and who suffers OK.
tremcly from headache, had been iol
some time much annoyed and sick
ened by the escaping OF gas from d
defective burner near his seal. I'm.
able to endure it any longer, he sud-
denly arose and directing his hand,
really to the Moderator but appar.
emily to the speaker, exclaimed
MIR. Moderator, this gas must be
stopped Quite a cont, etemps' was
tho result, and it WAS some time be-
fore the unconscious offender could
explain himself, and appease the
very natural Indignation of the broth.
or who imagined himself to be &c
rudcly interrupted"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23


JAxEs MAoKINrosn's WIvE-H.
Gays: "She was a woman who. bv
the tender management of nv weak.
nesses, gradually corrected the most
pernicious OF them. Sho became
prudent from affection; and though
CT the most generous nature. sI,o
was taught frugallty und evvuony
by her lovo for me. During tho
most critical period of nv lifo, she
preserved order in my affairs, from
the caro- Of which she relieved me-
She gently reclaimed me from dissl-
patton, che propped my weak and
irresolnte nature, she urged my in.
dolence 10 all tho OK xertions that have
been useful or creditablc to me. and
she was perpctnalIy at hand to ad-
monish my heedlessness and inproy.
idence. To her owe whatever I
am, to her, whatever | shall be-
In her solicitnds for nay interest she
never forgot my character. Her
feelings were warm and ilnpetuous;
but she was placeble, tender and
constant"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23
Tho March of Mind.

wo come race of noble blood,
Whose record dates beyond the food,
And proudly tread the rich green sod
Our Title sprung from natures God.
We come a band OF noble lords,
With ploughshares bright for cleaning sword.
With stately step and cheering words
For thus, alone, come natures lords.
Our court We hold near the sylvan dome,
Where lovely Ceres makes her home,--
Where famine gaunt, and sooty gnome,
Pale want and sorrow never come.
Our march is onward DER the land,
Like some enchanting signet wandl
Rich beauties spring on every hand $3.50
The world is growing doubly grand!
The m ghty ocean, curbed and refined,
Gigantic rivers, spanned and chained,
And harnessed down, the lghtning's power,
To bear the tidings OF the hour. .U....
with 'progress" on our banner high,
Our watch word peals along the sky, .,...
.HUMASIrY" our battle cry
Minds peerless monarchs never die
And when we hold tho plow no more,
Nor gather home the golden store,
In Joy well tread the golden sand ..
On the goodly shores Of the better land.
--tCHARLEs RoDB.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-07-23

A LADY's WANTS, "A French fen
aletonist gives an amusing incident
Of the flight OF these birds of fashion
and particularly of the pleasure and
convenience OF travelling with a gay
lady' at is so easy" he tells us, ito
travel with woman; her wants are
80 few; her requirements SO easy:
after all what are they!" he exclaims
:" the nrnmhlinO husband "0nlv
a dozen of trunks to contain her pet.
ticoats, her hoops, her bouquettes,
her crinoline, her morning gowns,
her midday robes, her evening toi-
lettes. tho cloaks, the mantles, the
laces, the gnipures, the i'rs, tho ri
ding habits, the hat and plume, the
whip; some thirty boxes OF her bon
nets, her caps, her wells, her ribbons
her flowers; few cases for the jew
els; a few tan boxes; dressing box
"a work box, a scent box, parasols,
chanceleres for the feet, elastic cusll.
ions, shawls, plaids, wooden cover.
ings, a lew tavorite novels, a few
amusing journals, the new travelling
guide, and map of the railroad. -
Verify, one could not be more dis
Greet, or less embarrassing or cum
bersome." ....