Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-12-28
NORWAY.

sharp mornings OF iass "e"s' o"' W o"'
mos, pro,iden, citizens "~iih an eye Sin.
gle" to the kindling OF his fires these cold
winter mornings, called at one Of our shops
and procured barrel Of dry shaving'. On
his way home, having occasion TO call at
the store for the purchase Of SINE small ar
ueles. no left his barrel Of shavings stand
ing upon his hand sled on the sidewalk near
the store door. and wen, In 10 make biz pur.
chase. But he had barely looked at the
article. which he desired to purchase. ere,
upon glaneiug his eyes towards tho front
window Of the store. he discovered :" su..
p,ciou. looking smoke issuing from his
barrel. Asa matter OF course. he instinct
lively rushed out to hi. sled, reaching u
with .undry other miscellaneous indi'id-
uals who had e.pied the phenomena on, } just
10 season to save portion Of his shaving'
from the conhagratiou. A couple OF IRE
warden. were called TO investigate and OF.
plain tho mystery. Some time was spent
in the investigation; when finally. IL was
discovered tina. the fro &" took =" at the bot.
tom Of the inside Of the barrel. where were
found two oI.tails. These, !, was conelu-
ded. beiog covered with thin. dry pine .ha-
wings. had produced 'pontancou' comeu'-
tion. Truth. however. compels US TO record
the fact. that there are lurking suspicious
among the unpbilosophical minds that 1t
may have been the work Of an incsndiary.
SLEiGu RlpE. Last Tuesday week, was
a, delightful day both " overhead and IN.
der foot" q. the +" Good God ever
youeh.arcd to forty couple. OF " ladies and
gentlemen Of both scIes" for sleigh ride
and tho above number OF our 4" old folks "
thoroughly improved !, byA Turn out "
TO Mechanic Falls. We left Norway o., pre-
ci.oly one o'clock r. NJ. 80 as To avoid the
train, a, the .iI " ero-sings." In an hour
and quarter. wc had made the run. and
found odrselvc. warmly welcomed at the
magnificent, =" Eagle Hotel"
The " Eagle" !, new. caPaeiou' and
commodiou. housc lately erected by a. Q.
Denison 4 CO.. for public house. and IL
kept by one Of tho three DAVIS. the other
two being ~. j." Of thu Commercial
Uou-,." Portland, and Mail" OF the
/" Bndg,on lIouss" Suriec 1t TO say, Da-
Vi, Of tho " Eagle" like hi. brothers above
named. +" lnoir, ho,r 10 Le,p a Hofei."
The simple s,atcmen, ,ha, forty couples
Of c-ngcniAl spirits, after splendid sleigh
ride Of an hour and quarter. on beau'i'
fol afternoon. assembled att -" bang up y
totel. purpo.ily prepared Tor their reeeP-
ton. with nothing transpirlng TO disturb
tho m :, sensitive .oul present, constitutes
the mos, emphatic as well as exhaustive
description Of a"goOd ,ino " that !. is
possible to give
AZ nine. with our systems thoroughly
braccd up with that 'uPPsr. we started for
home. The moon rode high, unaecom-
panied by single cloud; while Fahrenheit
disclosed the TACT that Jack Frost was riot
ing at TO- below zero. Our :" nags seem
Ell 10 gather inspiration from the OCCASION
and, from their speed, unlike Geo. Shields
were evidently ambitious for " fame as well
as fun" Thus on We sped, until wO reach
cd tho lower end Of the " blind crossing.
where the highway follows the railroad
track % closely. when tho steam whistle Of
the " Sardne Train " (which had reached
tho upper end Of the cros.ing.) screamed
most numerically hold your hor'sS ?"
We feared this wo4ld Afford an opportunity
20 the " Daniorth Colt " 10 " prceipitato Z"
tho other high melted " nAg' " into arcv-
olution. Tho panic, however, WAS but
temporary. only one team having" sOccdcd"
by rapid. II no, graceful. turn into the
yard VI the brick house. and back again in.
to the Union.
Two minutes. and the train had passed,
and We were on our way again rejoicing.
and reached home at tep O'Clock. There .,
nothing that'll compare with such ride (!
CuAnTsAs. Both Religious Societies
celebrated CHRISTMAS; tho Congregational.
ist. on Monday evening. and the Universal.
i,t. on Tuesday. Although the former
were. in one sense, unfortunate in their 49,
lection. still they did not permit the rio.ns'
Of inclcment Old Boreas To cool their ardour
in the least. The entertainment was per
fectly satisfactory to all it, friends, although
numbers residing at some distance from the
villsge are KEEP, away by the unprecedented
b0isterousne-s OF the weather. Had the
weather been more favorable, however, the
crowded condition OF the Hall would un.
doubiedly have lcssened the pleasure Of all.
The Uni,ersalis,s celebrated in their
church. Tho Christmas Trees " were
laden with gifts ranging in PoaH'ary value,
from costly book. and engraving, down
through Every shade Of toys to the Doctors
" Jack Siraws," costing, in the aggregate.
about $500.
Previous to the distribution Of the CUTS,
about an hour was spent in listening to the
exercise, OF the young folk, )" eonsi'tin: Of
singing. reei,ations, etc. Aud while we
freely say tina, II the performers acquitted
themselves with much credit, We eanno, re-
IRAN from adding, tina, the exceedingly foe
style in which " Little Ella" performed
her pOetieal recitation, capped the climax.
a, the moi.tened eye OF every one present.
and the almost oppressive silence OF that
crowded church did most elOquently and