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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

I remember once. when | was . young
man living up in New Ilsmp'hirs, they ded-
icsted new bridge. and invited young
lawyer TO deliver an orstion. The lawyer
had never yet, after drinish,'s praesics,
had the honor Of beins retained. aud tho
opportunity Of establishing a reputation was
admirable. Tie day came, and with II 10 the
bridge came the multitude and the orator.
lie had made no written preparation. that
being. he had been told unlasyer.like-a
lawer being supposed to be capable Of speak
ing without note or notice any number of
hour. on any subject, in style Of thrilling
eloqusncs. 80 our orator trusted TO he oc.
easion. lie stood out upon the platform.
and smid the profound attention Of his au-
diene.. commenced: +" Fellow-eitiiens -
Fivc.and.iorty years ago, this bridge. built
by your enterprise. "" part and parcel OF
the bowling wilderness :" lie paused .
moment. Yes. fsllo o1.ei,irens, only i've
snd.iorty years ago, thi, bridge. where ws
now stand, was part and parcel Of ,hO howl
ing wilderness. Again h. paused. ICrie'
Of GOOD, 20 on."l Here was the rub.
81 feel It hardly necessary 10 repeat. that
this bridge. iellow.citiren', only f's-snd.
forty years ago. vas part and parcel OF this
bowling wilderness. and I will conclude by
saying that I w,sh !, was part and parcel Of
it now"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

MIS-, M,KrrSE,U oN Coo4Rr. What is
to be dousl ior cooking does no, come by
nature, nor even ordering table by ob'er.
,ation. The art must he learned, like 9TH
cr arts, by proper instruction. We want,
and we must have, schools Of domestic man
agemen,, now tha, every home Is not such
a school. Mothers can a, least, teach their
daughters to know one sOr, Of meat from
another. and one joint from another, and,
ia rougher or more thorough way, what
to order in the every day way and for
guests. Thus much, then, every girl
should know. from childhood upwards. 4
little practice or observation in the markets.
would soon teach willing learner to dis.
,ingui.h prime articles from inferior kinds,
and to know wha, ish, nesh, fowl, and
fruits, are IN season every month in the
year. We have seen ladies buying pork
under u sweltering summer sun. and inqui'
ring for geess in January and July. aud Ia
king up with skinny rabbits in May. and
letting the season OF maekerel, herrings,
salmon, aud all manner OF dsh, PASS un.
used
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04
VOLUME 20, NO. so.

the moonlight tramp, that he may look bs.
meath its rays at the memsn'o Of . mothers
or q sisters love. Over man, In oil his re-
ls,ion'hips. the influence Of woman hangs
like els'm. Deprive us Of your influence,
which digni6ss us anu stimulates Nc TO no
bic dceds. and We become worse than bar.
barians. Let II be ours. and ~e can brave
the csnpou's mouth, or face danger in ten
thousand forms. You stimulate all that 10
good. You check in us isnoble purposes.
You have also an important influences upon
po.isrisy. The early impressions wb ch the
child receives from you, ouilive all the wis
dom Of later days. Sages may reason and
philosophers may teach, but the voice which
We heard in infancy will ever come 70 our
ears, bearing . mothers word, aud q mo-
thsr's counsels. Continue TO in.til into
your children virtue and patriotism. In
Du. them with n proper vens'-''~.. g. -.
fathers Of liberty. Learn them to love their
country. and to labor for iss god. |. the
great end OF their ambition. Bid them
proudly MAINTAIN our institutions. Point
them TO the d,sds Of their ancestors. Make
these their s-euicheon, and bid them hand
l, down to their children IS ireo from stain
a. IL came TO them.
Do this. ladies. and your influence will
no, BE- los. in :he future. In the language
Of the poet. II will 'ull be said
4" womaa l, Lrely 10 IN. sight,
A. gentle =. the dsws ol even.
As brigLt .. nofsiag's earliest light
And .psrkIss as the snow. of iissven."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

VERMONT GoLD. A gentleman from ths
gold dlgginss at Plymouth, W. exhibits TO
We some ten dallar,' worth OF dust which he
collected last month. IL !. ~ coarse grains
and scales, similar 10 what we used ~ sec
among the Cherokee hills IN Georgia. Ma
nv visitors laye e,ms to examine the locali-
" during tho past sumner. The gold 10
found ON the small streams which form the
river Quecbee. smptyins into The Connecti-
cut, above Windsor. OF the many who
have tried their luck, only three parties
have been successful. II 10 worthy OF note
that these were made up OF returned Cali.
iornisns. who had gained = practical tnowl.
edge OF the business. Mr.. BanksrsOn, who
10 the pioneer and mos, successful digger Al
Plymouth, has taken out some $500 du-
ring the season. Beals & Graves Of Spring.
field, Mas, have also done u paying busi.
ness. One nugget, worth 81. has been
found, and several worth SIS to SO. The
mining will never be extensive, but . few
experienced companies will do we'll. ssv.
eral Of the unsuccessful parties last summer
ran away, leaving creditors minus. The op-
era.ions are now mostly suspended by the
weather. The snow on Friday fell TO the
depth Of four inches and the ground was
frozen. The gold thus far obtained aver.
age. over twenty caran line.
Manchester American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

Farming as a profession will never oecu'
d il, true relative position, until iarmer'
a. elias. become educated men; aud this
result will only be attained through the
persistent efforts OF earnest, intelligent men
OF every class.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

To PREvEr Ivory KNuE HASDLrs IRON
BENC CEAcGLo. Never leI knife blades
stand in bot water, as i. sometimes done to
make them wash easily. The expands
the steel which runs up into the handle a
very Little. and tins cracks the IVORY
Knils handle. sboald never lac in water. \
handsome knife, or one used for cooking, is
soou spoiled IN this way.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04
PARIS. ME-. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER A. 1859.

'e'cn'y.,wo Of muscle, tat and hea, produ.
cling substances. The soluble httenlng
substances are equal to eighteen and half
pounds Of oil TO every one hundred
ponnd.."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04
Ton.dressinr Gras, Land.

The la, annual rcPor, Of tho Hampshire,
Franklin, and Ilamrden (Ma,') Asricul.
tural Society, contains payer by II. j..
Hodges, the Secretary, showing the Of.
feet. Of toP-drcsslnr. consisting Of different
kind, Of fertilizers, for the year. lsj7 and
1858, upon seven half acres of grass. Each
10, was Gpon the same kind Of soil, and in
the same condition. The substances used
were poudrciic, plaster, superphO'Phate Of
lime. horse aud COW manure, ashes, aud
guano. aud one lot was l,it without any
dressing The result was. that aches was
the only profitable fertilizer to bo u'el n' a
top.drossins on such land. The lot upon
which the ashes was used, was the only one
upon which the increase Of hay paid for the
fertilizer. Tho lot upon which the suano
was applied the frs: year, gave lOj pound.
more hay than the lot dressed by the ashes
But the guano cost Sj,9i, while the ashes
cos, bu, 80. Eieh, dollars worth Of horse
and cow manure increased the hay only to
the value Of Sl,6G, leaving a 10. Of
SO A."
We should he glad" says tho n. L.
Farmer. from which we quote the above,
Ito have many more such experiments
made and reported with the same accuracy,
especially as the idea seem. to be gaining
ground, that top.dressins is an economical
way Of applying manure 10 grass land. We
have no doubt that this ls the best mode on
heavy, mois, land bu, on light, dry coil,
we fear it can never he proftably sub',iiu.
ted for occasional plOwins and re-seeding.' y
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

"Ars you not the mAts!' said an Irish
man in New Orleans to the cook Of ship
lying In port.
"No," said he, " bu. I'm the mau as
boils the mate
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

MuskRAIs. In the Country Gentleman,
July 81, 1859, |. Z. inquiries. "whSt Is
the beet way to stop muskra" from cutting
oil corn ?" Insert double tape safety iase
into their places Of abode, and FIRE one end;
a. .oon as iired stop up the hole' and the
mu.kras will think the devil " is not
80 feet IRON there and leave.
Country Gent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04
farmers department.
"srEHB rnErtow.'

Al. th~ arts ani scienccs periainins o. lifs, are
-, 3, liaAeliogvihsf, ani are intimately cau-,,-
81 ~ith Agftcuiiurv.-Ao
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-04

The receipt, Of the Agricultural Fair at
Calais exceeded 500.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
81. louis, Iowa and st. Paul 4. L.

We learn that the Executive Commit.
tee Of this Company intend holding
meetings along the line of the road in a
short time for the purpose Of raising
means to dclray the expenses of thor
ough preliminary survey. This task is
assigned to Mr.. L. d. Lampman Of Cedar
Falls an efficient and energetic Engineer,
whom we doubt not will perform the dn-
ties assigned him in satisfactory man.
ue-.
We arc not informed when the meet
ing will be held in our town: But
when it is, we hope our citizens vii! man
fest generous spirit by contributing
largely to the aid Of this great Railroad
project. When completed it will Ger
tainly be the best paying road in TIL,
State, and afford to our county more
facilities than any other road now pro
jccted.
Let us then put cur shoulder to the
wheel and push it through.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
For the Transcript.
The Newspaper.

How few individuals really know the
worth of Family Newspaper. Take,
for instance, your C1anty paper-it con
tains useful lessons for the old, for the
middle aged and for the young. From
it you can always know how your own
County is progressing. Not only in
Politics and Agriculture, but also its
Rail Road schemes, its efforts in the
great intellectual projects Of the day, as
also its progress in Morality and Re'ig-
ion. How much then should the News
paper-the County Newspaper be read
and circulated.
There are many in this western world
who feel too poor to take their County
paper. but who could well afford to do
50 if they would save the dimes they
spend worse than uselessly.
Nor is the County paper confined to
its own narrow limits, but from its col
umns you can read the proceedings OF
Congress, the great scientific achieve
ments which are going on all over our
land, and you can read Of the burning
or wrccking Of ships on the great deep
or on foreign shores. And thus by Pc
rusiug its columns from week to week,
the mind may become enriched with
knowledge. SYLVIA lNGHAM.
Toledo, Feb. 25sh, 1859.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
Iowa Central L. Z.

The Iowa Central Rail Road Gonna.
ny, have taken steps to procure the
bogus bonds held by s. S. Jones former
President Of the Company. lie dc
mands $1,000 acres Of land. fer the
bonds, which offer We learn has been ac-
cepted by the company. Write :. For
Trcachcry" over the gates Of Hell that
Jones may read it as he enters.
We have an excellent article from the
Lyons City Advocate, lying before lis
which We shall insert next week, toseth
or with some remarks Of our own. Suf-
fice to say at present that it is our belief
from present manifestations that corrup,
ton Is on the increase rather than 9th.
erwise tina. the " Niger in the fence
has grown monstrously, and That +" lots
Of little niggcrs are already appearing
right "thar"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03

disc in appearance when compared to its
present meagre aspect.
Let us take such view Of our yards
and gardens as we may have in three
years. First, we observe at distance
from the fence sufficiently far to admit a
good side walk, finc row of shade
trees such as elms, maple and locust,
with their reac hirg branches ready to
kiss each other while dancing to the
music Of til. western breeze; we enter
at the gate and are Immediately enclosed
in splendid arbor extending nearly or
quite to the house and upon which are
running beautiful clematis, honcysucklc
or evergreen We turn into the yard and
there behold a weedless, green plot serv
ing as the frame to living and real pic
turc Of handsome flower mounds or beds.
Next as We pass around, We shall observe
bed Of straw berries, a row Of currant
bushes, another Of goose berries, the
third of raspherrics, the fourth Of black
berries the fifth OF grapes, aud so on, al
SO along the fenc, ,or at least on two side
Of the garden vii be seen few choice
varieties Of Apple, pear and peach trees.
We then turn our attention to the house
aud ind the Queen Of prairies, climb
ing and almost ever blooming rose taste
fully encrcliny the doors and windows,
inparting both its beauty, and fragrance
to its fortunate possessor and smiling
beholGer. The usual vegetables grown
in gardens are all found neatly arranged
IN their proper beds or places. Such
may be tic picture presented by every
house lot in town in three years. And
not emily by them, but also by every
farmers door yard and garden. Let Us
all make an effort to accomplish this
The cost will be but trifing in eompar.
son to the benefit and pleasure received.
Orders for any Of tae above named
trees or plants can be lett at this office.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
l am with Mountain men who are &C.

am with Mountain men who are ac-
quainted with tho country, who know
all the Indians, and who can venture
farther out than other men. These men
have in their camp on Arrappaho In
dian, who guarantees, for the considcra
ton of Il horses to show them Creek
in the mountains, in the spring, in the
bed Of which, Jumps Of gold as large as
eggs arc plainly visible. The Arrappa
40 says his people have long used this
For riAe balls, pounding it round
There is no money in the country,
but fortunately everybody brought sui.
fcient provisions. Flour is selling at
s25 per lo0ibs; bacon 40 cents per Ii !;
sugar and coffee scots
l will add, that almost every place
that is being worked pays from s to
25cts per pan.
No danger need be apprehcnded from
the Chyenne, Arrappaho, Csmanchc, or
Sioux Indians, as there men enough ia
the country to "clean OUT twenty such
tribes. They have threatened, however
to visit the whites early in the spring,
and drive them from tho country, and
in consequence Of this threat many
whites have returned to the States
through fear. The country belongs to
the Arrappaho Indians, and they are
anxious to sell it to the government.
Real estate has not yet attained a
high figure; yesterday II lots sold tor
second class American horse.
1t is 5000 miles to Toas, in Mexico,
and the road is reported lined with Mex
lean emigrants, many of them pack
ing flour which, on It's arrival, will
probably sell for IS, per loo.
A wagon has just returned from the
after being out days, con
tanin. IS deer and elk; two hunters ac-
it. In six months there will
be but little game in the country, what
is not killed will be run away; no buf.
falo within 100 miles of this point.
There is but one white woman on the
river-an old maid.
We have an express, which makes
trips between this place ana It
Laramie-Postage on a letter, SOC pa
pcrs, 25c; passengers are charged the
snail sum Of $50, each way.
II you conclude to come out in the
spring, take the Republican Route, as
it is 200 miles shorter than the other,
but as yet but little Travelled. You will
find plenty Of guides en- the Missouri
river.
Bring plenty Of sugar, G, flee and -four
and all the money you ca. possibly get
hold of. If had $1,000 on hand now,
| could swell it to S29,G60 by spring,
buying gold dust; there is no money in
the country; people do not yet know the
real value o. the god and have no trne
method or weighing it. It is said how
ever, to be worth $4,000 an ounce.
7 W SMITH
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03

At Buckingham Of lung fever, on Sunday,
Feb. 26th, WILLIAM GORDON Jr. Esq, aged -

At Buckingham Of lung fever on Sunday,
Feb. 2eth, WILLIAM GORDON Jr. Esq, aged -
years.
The deceased was one Of the earliest settlers
Of this County, he migrated here from Norwich
Conn. in the summer of 81. lie has been
identified from the first, with the best inter-
ests of the County; stricken down in the
morning Of his usefulness, his loss will be
deeply delorcd by all who knew him. CoNN.
On the 4th ult., at the residence of his son,
JAMES BoLENs, Esq, in his 9Th year.
On the 18th nlt, in this place LeUls HARVEY,
son Of T. i. and Lizzie NJ. Bolens, aged year,
ON onths and 9 days.
-idieu sweet babc-thy breath has flown,
And left thy form to rest,
No anxious cry or pitcous moan
Can now disturb thy breast.
Calm and serene, thy marble brow
IN placid sweetness lies,
No pearly drops are glste,i g now,
We've closed thy little Eyes
Thy pallid cheek lies cold and still,
), Thy lips in silence prest,
Thy palsicd limbs prepared to fill
Their final place Of rest.
Thy life was but fceting dream,
The downing Of day,
Which cast a momcntary CLEAN;
Of light to fade away.
of ~
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
Administrators Notice.

THE undersigned having this day been ap-
J. pointed Administrators Of the estate Of
Jane G. Walker late of Town County, Iowa,
deceased. This is, therefore, to give notice to
all persons having claims against said estate
to present the same for adjudication within
ninety days from this date, And all persons
indebted to said estate will settle the same
Immediately. T. A. Graham Administrator.
Toledo, Feb. 2sth 1869. Mo
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
From the Ottumwa Courier.
Letter from Cherry Creek.
AuRAR1A, X. I. Dec. %, So

DEAR Establishing to acquaint my
friends in til, States with the truthful
ness of the reports respecting gold dis
coyarios in this locality, Herewith send
you the particulars, the authenticity O!
which no one need doubt.
LETT It. Laramie on the It'll Of Oct J,
having travelled slow, camping for con-
siderable time on Crow Creek, South
Platte and Thompson Fork, not care
ing to enter the gold region ear on ac-
count Of tie scarcity CT game, but hear
ing 50 many fabulous and strange stories
respcctin. the mines, in company with
seven mountaineers, rode up to this
place OH the 2lst inst, to satisfy our
selves OF their truthiulness. Many oil
the reports we found to be base fabrica-
tons, gotten up solely by spectators
and owners Of town sites; but we found
equally many Of them true.
rode over almost the entire diggings,
takin. time and care in prospecting,
aud gathering all the reliable informa
ton 1 could l visited the claims OF
men who were making from S. to $50 per
day, and others who were making from
| 81 to 81. Ii the weather would permit
Of course they would be able to do bet.
ter, but notice that the water froze in
the rockers while washing.
| dashed in some FIVE or six places,
using medium size pan, aud taking
from y to ID cents out Of each pan.
Al! the gold discovered is very fine,
and to work with great dispatch and
great prof. sluices and quicksilver will
nave to be brought into requisition.
| In every locality almost, where pros
pcctins has been had the color is oh
ained.
Miners are puzzled to know the source
Of the gold the mountains ara IL miles
distant, there has been some prospecting
done in them, but it has not been by no
means thorough; and all gold found
there, is almost, il not quite as fine as
that discovered along the course Of the
Platte and Cherry Greek.
"Auraria" contains $50 or 800 inhab-
itants: 100 cabins have already been
built. and about 100 are in course Of
construction. The town is built in the
forks Of Cherry Creek and South Platte
Above, miles, and on the Platte, is
"Mountainia," town of3O or 40 houses
There are about 500 men on the river
They are well supple with provisions;
for meat, hunters so to III mountains, where
deer, elk aud mountain sheep arc found
in myriads.
What I have said you may rely on,
and have no hesitancy in advising all
my friends to come out in the spring,
and come early. The richest diggings
have not yet been discovered, they will
be discovered next summer, and when
found I believe man can make for
tune in day.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03

We would say to our Wood subscri
bers that unless they perform on their
part soon, we shall demand the cash.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03

ren-A Democratic State Convention
Is called to meet at Desmoines on the
first Of June. We pity the nominees.
for thew will be sure to feel the smarts
Of All ignominious defeat. Go on broth
or Democrats, put up your targets. We
will ri.dls them for you.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
Take Notice.

A IL persons indebted to the lato firm Of
rAMercnant and Davis, will see by the above
the necessity Of making immediate settlement
of their accounts, and thereby save themselves
from tie unnecessary expenses OF official col
lections.
N. B. Their books will be found at their
old stand North aide Of Public q in the hands
of l.. Merchant Merchant s Davis.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
The Gold Excitement.


The excitement occasioned by the dis
covery Of gold at Pixies Peak, is on the
increase throughout our State. Fresh
communications are daily received, fally
cotroborating all previous reports Of the
existence of gold in that region. That
gold may be iou I'd there, is now no lon
Ger aquestion. And that many fortunes
will be made there in few years, if not
in few months, is certainty: that
many will be lost, per consequence Of
this excitement, in efforts to increase the
same, is thing equally certain. Not
every man who digs III that auriferous
region will find the GODDESS OF for.
tune ready to smile upon him.
Many will find themselves at times
without money or bread, and not a COM
Portable place to lay their wearicd bones
or aching head. This will more frc-
quently be the lot of those who have not
been Injured to the hardships Of border life
who have left profitable business, a
comfortable home and smiling family.
While others with iron frames, untiring
energies, by means "iair and foul will
accun uiatc in a short time fortunes up
which they can live through all after
life in ease and aiilucncc.
Those who have become affected by
this excitement, would do we'll 70 consd
or their present condition. II they are
engaged in a laudable calling, with a
fair prospect Of sufficient competency in
i Few years, to insure old age against
poverty, they had better mt exchange q
certainty for an uncertainty, the things
WLicl are seen for those which are not
seen. But those who are not thus stu
atcd, who have not large family de-
pending upon them for support, who
have no visible calling, who are ranting
from pillar to post, like rats lntesting
cur cities and villages either sponeins
or cheating their living out Of honest
men, lounging about doggerics and
brothels, those We say had better be off,
we can spare them aud with no i'll will,
we will bid them God speed at their dc
parturc.
We hope our farmers will not ex-
change their farms for an outfit to this
present land Of promise; for upon the
Whole, it would be poor bargain, al
though there may be gold there. If
they would deduct their expenses Of 60
ing, while there, and returning, they
would generally find they would have
no more than when they started having
in the mean time lost the Improvement
of their farms and loosened the bands
which bind them to society.
na- The Cedar Valley Times informs
that the bridge across the Cedar river at
that place is completed. And that all the
iron is purchased necessary for the COM
plction Of the G. 1. n. Railroad to that
place, which will be built in the next six
ty days, if ties can be procured as fast as
needed. This certainly good news e US.
We would say to our Wood subscri-
bers that unless they perform on their