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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12


IA badge Of honor. worn by many brave
fellow who Las aooe forth. borne and up
held by lovo for the dear old dag, to suf.
fer, to duo II need be. for 10; won in tho
fierce contest, amid tho clasbips strokes Of
tho steel and the wild whis,lipg Of bullets !;
won by unainehins nerve and upyieldins
muscle; worn as badge OF the proudc-t
distinction an American can reach. II
these line, come to one Of those tha: have
thus fought and sufIsred--,hough his scars
w.re received Ia some unnoticed, unpub.
li.hed skirinish. though Official bulletins
spoke no, Of him. "thoush fame shall never
know his s,ory''-let them come rs iri.
butte TO hun as y token that he Is not for.
gotten ; that those that ha,c been with him
through the trials and the riumphs OF the
field, remember HIM and tho heroic courage
that won for him those honorable scars /;
and that while lie IL left 10 them they will
work and fight in the same cause. cheerfuliy
making the same sacrifices, -crkins no high.
er reward than to take him by tho hand
and call him "comrade." and TO share with
him the proud consciousness OF duty done.
Shoulder.traps and stars may bring TO.
nown. but ho is no less real hero who.
with rifle and bayonst. throws him-elf into
the breach. and. unin,pired by hope OF off.
cral notice. battles manfully for the right.
Hopeful T.eko,,, humble yet illu''riou'.
a hero for all time, We salute you.-CoHh.
mental MoHiiiy.
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rron iIall'. JOurual of Health.
Temperature of Chambers.

Human life would be prolonged, and an
inealsulable amount Of disease prevented. IL
little Gre were kept burning on the hearth
during the night. winter and summer. IL the
doors and windows are kept closed. One
crea, advantage would be, tha, constant
draft would Be ksp, through the room. ere.
place and chimney, making a great degree
a,mo.pherical vitia,iOn impossible. There
is balsiul error in the popular mind as to
the nature and effects Of pure air. warm
AR. and cold air. Warm air may be Ms
pure as tha, Of the pOles and although
cold ar Is almOs,a synonym Of pure air.
and although It 10 healthful to breathe cold
air asleep or awake. yet the breathing OF
cold air is hsal,hIul only to a certain eI-
tent. IL !. not true iha, because IL is health
ial to sleep in cool room, 1t is more health
ful to sleep in very cold room, not only
because. as has been previously stated. car
bonic acid becomes heavy uLder great
cold. and fall. from the ceiling to the door
and bed Of the sleeper, bu, because also
grea, degree Of cold IN q room where one Is
sleeping j. very certain to cause dangerous
and even fatal forms Of congestion IN the
brain and lungs. The same ailmeu,. result
from keeping sitting or sleeping apartments
oyerheated. In the midwinter. the heat Of
a sitting room should not exceed sixty dc.
gree. Of Fahrenheit, Eve feet above the floor.
la the chambers OF the siek in French hos
pi,al., the directors are careful that there
shall not be greater heat than sixty de-
crees or about fifteen Cen,israde. The ten.
psra,ur. OF sleeping arartmen, Tor in'a-
lids aud Tor children in health should range
abOu, fifty degrees in cold weather. and no,
run lower than ihiriy.hve there Is no al.
vantage in sleeping IN a colder atmosphere.
Five hundred cubic inche. OF pure air should
bS delivered to inval,ds AMI -lecpers every
hour. as Is the custom in the bes, rssuls,ed
French hospitals.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12

A PHYSICIANS SroRr.-A touch OF TO-
nance may bs permitted to enliSen the sober
page. Of medical record. The brilliant huss
Of pre.y gather around the story OF prin-
cess. gratitude to her physician which has
been awakening the gobcmoueh' OF Paris
and London 70 sympathetic enthusiasm. A
young lady Of rank-a Russian princess
Who had suddenly become blind from the
eject Of exposure % the Sunlight upon snow,
had been sent 10 Dusseldorf TO consult lIol.
fra,h. whose reputation as an oeuli'' wasso
widely spread. She was promised recovery
10 milder climate. aud was sent to Paler'
mo. where she improved ior some time but
undergoing q relapse, q young physician
was dispatched by the great oeali't to take
charge OF the case for hun. and report pro.
er,... IlIs attention was unrenlitins, ani
the result 50 far successful that. finally. the
lady was ordered 10 return TO Dusseldorf un'
der hi. care. the eyes being bandaaed per.
manen,ly until her arrival there. A, the
consultation her eyes were unbandsged. and
delighted with tho improvement in her
sight. thi, demon,,rati,c princess glanced
wildly round the assembly. and in one mo.
men,. despite her weakened sight, seemed
70 .sap every coun,snancc turned with such
intcrc., toward, her own. and then. without
a moments hesitation rs II impelled by
magnetic power stronger than her-eli-'ho
walked across the room toward where tho
Young dOc,or--hcr friend and companion-
stood, silent and trembling. concealed by
the rest, and taking his hand. pressed u to
her iip.. and forgetting all beside gratitude.
she saIed upon him, and burst into a pas
SION Of tears" We think we have read
something good doal like this before but
perhap. 1t i. the style only which Is fc''.
,ious, while the facts may be real. There
i. an amour, OF circum.tan,ial detail hy
which the story is authenticated. rs the
marriage Jus, celebrated between the parties
and the production Of the old play OF Iva.
leric" n, the Theatre francai. dPrcpo'' iro.
rdto. IL !. pleasant to hear occasionally o'
grateful princes-e', aui the recital is, OF
course. likely to stimulate young physicians
60 the mos, devoted attentions-to all their
patients. Ou,bur't. Of gratitude are really
much needed now days in the relations OF
the public TO their medical attendants. We
fear they are altho., as rare as they are de-
sirable.
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WORKING BIRDS One bird Is lamp
lighter tor on Cape Comorin there are birds
,ba, at night lish, up their hab''asion''-
These .asacious little fellows ia''en BIT o'
clay to the top Of the nest. and then go out
and pick up a glow worm. and stick 1t on
the clay. to illuminate their dwelling. rs u
they were about to zee company that eve
ming. Sometimes these little fellows are
raycr than usual. and, in that case, they
&c, three or four OF these glow WORMS or
frc.a,es. and light up most chceriuliy ana
this curiou. habit Is a Wise provision adapt
ci for their protection, for the b'aI' OF light
in their little cell daurles the poor bat whose
eve, love darkness rather than light. aud
thus ho Is unable to plunder the ness, and
deprive the parents OF their young.
The tailor bird Of lliLdos,an gathers cot.
ton from the shrubs, and spins 1t into
threads by the means Of its feet and long
bill, and then using its bill as q cooo'er .
awl, il sews the large leaves OF an Indian
tree together, 90 as to protect and e0neca'
the juvenile tailors that Lave recently oeen
brought into tho world,
So with ants; one 10 q mason, another 10
A carpenter; one catapillar is stons.ua.
con one bee is an uphol'terer. one Is mi
ucr, another q fell, maker ; one insect Is .
grave digger, another 10 q buryins beetle.
and buries molee rats. birds and ir1g'. a
celebrated naturalist put four OF these un'
dertakers under glass cover, and supplied
them with subjects on which they might ez'
srci.e their trade and in 6f,y days these iour
beetles inferred twelve carcascs-iour frogs.
three small birds. two 6shes. one mole. ana
two gra,shoppers. They undermined tho
carca.e, and lot |: drop By Its own weight
and then covered up; and in this manner,
no doubt, millions OF little birds and hcld
mice end as decent burial ~ falls to tho
portion Of the lords Of creation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12

PLANTS CoSsEcsArED TO TnE HEArnrN
COPS. The ancien,s delighted to iiolire
snd to .ymboliro objects. They placed gods
and god.sscs in the cups OF flowers; and We
may trace in our own syupa.hies toward
certain plants, the 'sill lingering remains OF
hea,hen mythology. The fs tree wa''n the
early ages dedicated to Saturn; the oak to
Jupiter: the ebony to Neptune; Daphne
laurel to Apollo thyme to Mercury the
vine to Bacchus; the poplar to Hercales
reed. to Pan. tho lo,u, to liarpocratcs. tho
God Of Silence; pOpp'ts to Morpheus,
whence the active principle OF PoPpic' or
opium is now called morphia; the lilly was
dedicated TO Juno; the olive to Minerva; {;
the myrtle to Venus: corn to Ceres; gar.
lands Of flowers and nosegays to Flora; or.
chsrds and fruit trees 10 Pomona; the white
rose to the Nympb'; sea weed to the Nsre.
ides; separate trees and trunks Of trees to
the namadryad, and Dryad'; the lilac to
Iiebe the crocus or saffron to sickness; tho
laurel and palm to Glory and Courage. The
violet. the forgs.-me- not, and many other
flowers have still their symbols.
fSep,imus Piesse.
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Facts about Appletreea

The mos, important Of oil fruits which
can be produced IN temperate climates. II
no, the mos, impOrtan, irui, which the Gre
a,or has bestowed upon man, Is the apple.
Were people generally IN possession OF IN.
formation which would enable them TO form
conclusion. in relation TO the value OF sin
gle appls,ree. no one who hasasPo, OF terra
hrma large enough for house lot, would
psslec, to plan, one.
Hayward speak, Of an appletree in DuI-
bury. Mass, which was upward. OF 100
wear. old. was lG fee, in eircumference :
inches above the ground, and which proda.
ecd 10 one year frui; from which ten barrels
Of cider VA. made. besides 80 bushels Of ap-
pie. for the cellar.
An apple,ree in Na,iek. Mas. was graft
Ell to The Porter apple when 80 years old.
and the 9Th year from grating, produced 10
barrels, which sold for 80 dollars.
The original llarlbu, appleiree produced
20 bushels IN one year, and ~ the next.
The original Bars apple,rOc produced %
bushels in one year.
In Orange, y. j., Harrison applstree
produced 100 bushels in Que year.
An ap2letree in Pennington, Me, produ'
ced lG Sushsl, the 10th year IRON planting
OF the seed.
Cole say. he ha. had irui, from an apple
tree in Plymouth, Mass, when the tree was
go years old.
We have seen an aprle,rce on the farm of
Mr.. Calvin Pea.e OF Wilton. Me-, from
which a crop Of 81 bushels of Baldwin' was
gathered in one year.
An appls,rss brOugh, from Eosland and
planted near Hartford, Conn. produced
irui, when 100 years old.
Several appSTces iu the United States
are H. feet IN circumference, each.
Appletrees are found to flourish bes, on
uniulating lands or hills. In low and shel.
tered situations there is more exposure to
extremes Of hea, and cold.
Apnle,rees are more sure in their pro-
duet. in northern. northwestern, or west
srn exposure. than in southern or eastern
ones.
Apple,rees are more exposed to winter
killing in situations where fros.s kill ,ese-
ta,ion earlist in the iall.
The Baldwin tree is nearly certain TO win
,er-kill where the thermometer sinks to IS
degrees below zero.
The summers are too long at the South to
produce winter apples. as they over r'pen,
and the Baldwin apple b-eones a summer
or fall apple when cultivated in the South.
The Baldwin is the tenderest variety OF
the apple tha, we cultivate. ], is too liable
TO winter kill to 30 relied upon in Franklin
County excepting on high hills.
The Black Oxford 10 very hardy. II will
10, winter-kiil even where the ihei mome'or
sinks 10 degree. below nero.
Trees grated near the ground are much
more liable to win,er.kill than those which
are grated on the tops.
Branches Of trees which grow in bori.
Ion,al position come into bearing sooner
than those which grow more nearly 10 q
perpendicular position.
Crooked trees. and leaning trees are the
bes, bearers.
English o.chardi.,s. in order to hurry
certain trees into bearing, bend and TIC
down the branches. gton Chron.
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Union Arricul,ural Society.

The Annual Exhibition will be held a
East sumner. on Wednesday aud Thursday
SSpt. 81 and -. The following Commit
tee have been appointed;
On Horses and Colts-Elliphalet Morrill,
NJ. {. O-sOOd, Atwood Farrar.
On Town Teams-Elisha ;. Bisbee. Wm-
Y. Cary. Otis Turner.
On Trotung Maieb-Ansriea Benson e.
NJ. Irish. Z. {. Record.
ou Herd.-A +. B5nney, o. II. Robin
con. Cyru. Dean.
ON Farm Crors-JOshua BrrO~', jr.,
Eryin Robinson, u. +. Cary.
Ca Roots and VesetAbles-wm. ii. ii.
Briss-. Z. L. T,le.ton. wm. lri.h. II.
On Flowing Mateh-Dayid q. Tinkham,
Addison &. Cole. Luther Hollis.
90 Drawing Ma,eh-Da'Iiue SPauldins,
Ezra Keen. Harrison BOuney.
tn Matched Ca,ile-Andrev j. Russell,
Daniel Russell. Jr.. Leonard Russell.
On Balls, Stccr- and lleifsr--N. T shaw.
Calvin Harden, l.. IL. Alley.
90 sheep and Swine-JOseph Field, La'
cius Robinson. Fireman Hollis.
On Fruit-Thoma. Chase. Merit, Par
sons. J. j. Abbott
On Working Oxen and Beef-Nathanisl
Gcrri.h. jr.. Sumner Hayford, Jesse Turner.
On Cows-IloPes,ill Bi,bee. Columbus
Head. EPhraim Bryant.
On Dairy Produsts-John N. Lane and
wife. Daniel Parson, and wife. Asia Ricssr
and wife.
On Homestead Manufactures - Nahum
Moore aud wife. James Bieknell aud wife,
Il W. Bries. and wife.
Ou Bread and lloney-Jamcs Irish and
wife. Thomas stephens aud wife, d. T. Rob
in.on and Wife.
On Boots and Shoe,-David Il. Record,
Kinsman Gurney, AnO, Il. Ryerson.
On Millinery-Mrs. sampson Reed, Mrs
Isaiah DOrr, Mis-, Maria Parsons.
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Fresh Bread---Coarse and Ane for tho
Army.

A very large bakery ha, been put up at
Fortress Monroe. and 1t is stated to have fa.
cil,,i,s for baking $4,000 loa,cs daily. IL
has been erected for the purpose OF supply
ing daily ratlons Of fresh fcrmented bread TO
the army oi the Potomac, and the loavcs arc
to be sent up the river every morning. to 30
distributed among the soldiers. This Is
good news. For months pas. this army has
been chiefly supplied with hard crackers for
bread, and the wounded had no batter isre.
Much OF the sickness OF the soldiers in
Virginia. when on active service in the field.
and thus prevented from obtaining fresh
bread. can be traced to the constant use Of
dry hard crackers, not tha, this was not
good food OF its kind. but because men re-
qurre frequen, changes OF food. and because
uniermenied bread is not 90 easily digested
as iermen,ed bread. In the early part Of
the Cr,mean war the British soldiers were
supplied with hard biscuits exclusively. and
the re.ul, was dysen,ery. seurvy and general
disability.
A remedy was provided in the form OF
fresh baked. frrmented bread, supplied by
DR. IIamlin. the enlightened American mis-.
sionary at Constantinoplc lie first con.
trac,ed to supply 10000 loivc, daily then
increased the number 10 60. 900. and the TO-
-ultwas mos, marked in the improved health
Of the soldiers. Tho mortality by sickness
during tho last year Vt the war, Was lees in
the Crinca than IN the barracks in Eng.
land. OF course We DO not attribute this
favorable state Of health in that army alto.
ss,her TO the use OF fresh bread, but !. wa.
certainly one o, the grand agencies which
tended TO secure IL, and the same results
may be expected from il. use in the army OF
the Potomac.
We ,ru., tha. wisdom will characterize
those who have the selection Of the materials
ior making the army bread. IL should not
he made Of fnc wheaton aOur exclusively.
bu, a mixture Of fine aour with mildlins'.
oroi unbol,ed ground wheat. From great
number Of experiments made with bread
formed OF fine wheaton four, rye hour. mix.
lures o, fine aour with middlins' (.omc OF
the hullin y and bread made Of unbol,ed
ground wheat. II has been found that the
latter is the mos. healthy, especially for sol.
diers. This is the reason why coarse bread,
made o, unbol,ed rye meal, and unbol'ed
ground wheat, is chiefly used in all the Ia.
rOpean armies.
A reason for thi. is found in the compost.
ton Of the grain, and the arrangement OF
The substances Of which u is composed
Th. inorganic .alts--sueh n. the phOspha,c-.
common salt. Sc-in wheat, reside chiefly
in the hu.k. and a supply Of these TO the
human body is a. necessary to health as the
starch aud gluten which are chiefly eon'ain-
eli in the interior Of the grain. Bread made
Of iine aour devoid o! several inorganic salts
necessary to the health OF man cannot bc so
.ui,a le Tor the food o, soldiers a' the coarse
bread made from unbol,ei whe,en -four.
which contain. such salts.-SI. Ameriodn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12

RrrrNrNG PE,Rs. Alta meeting Of the
Formers Club, the suhjec, OF R'penins
Pears" was discussed. aud while all agreed
that the later sorts should DO removed from
the trees when hard, to be ripened in fruit,
room. a, their proper seasons. some prefer.
red the summer and fall pears when ripened
on the trees. Several admitted that the
Seckel would riren perfectly on the tree :
bu, J. ". Hayes. Esq, Of Newark, claimed
tha, many. il no, al! the summer and fall
pears. we're te,,er when 80 ripentd, while
DR.. Carpenter, and many others. stated,
that with the exception OF the seekei, none
Of the summer or fall pears were 90 good
when not gathered in a green state; ,ha,
they became nealy, losin: much OF their
juice by evaporation, etc; while, 1t removed
from the tree before losing their hardness,
and ripencd in proper localities. the pears
were more delicious. and every way preiera.
bic. Our experience comedies with the lat
ter opinion. for we have found that even
the Bartlett, is materially improved Ia 4ua':
i,y by being ripened in the dark after being
removed IRON the tree.
We are anxious for exact information on
this subject. and would thank our pomolos.
ical readers II they would furnish it. and
also the proper dates for ripenins each OF
the latter kinds of pears. II the Duchess
D'Ausouleme bc placed in warm room,
and ripened a, various dates. fifteen days
apart. from Sept. 18th to Dec. ld. those
ripened at the latest date will be found to DO
far better in quality than those ripensd
earlier. lwOrEins Farmer.
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rlnm lh, - AsrleaIlaraI GaIs.ls
Benefits OF Autumn Flowing.

The ullace aud drainage OF the soil are
very closely related TO each other. ~ IN
deed are the ullage and manurinS the soil.
And these, not merely as cause and effect,
are rela,cd-,boush drainage does enable
tillase. and tillase doe. alter composition
but as being operations Of the same class
and kind. And thus Mr. Bailey Denton,
though engaged in lecture upon land
drainage, could not help referring to the
steam. plow-as the great tillasc implement
Of the future. And We had iron him. too.
the striking fact bearing on the composition
Of fertile soil. th., in a s,atO Of perfect
til,h one-quarser Of I,s bulk is AIR.
Mr.. smith. Of Lois. Weldon. says ,ha,
In an clay soils containing the mineral ele
nen,. Of grain. perfect ,il,h di'pense' with
the nsed Of manure and there cannot oe
doub, ,ha, deep and thorough tillase en-
ablss soil to draw immensely on the stores
OF vegetable food contained ia ale and rain.
Messr.. Hardy again say tha, psrfcc, iil'h
di.renses with the need Of drainage, and
there can be but little doub, ,ha, deep and
thorough tlllaso facilitates the operation Of
whatever drainage may exist, whether 1t be
natural or artificial.
Ia both these case the useful lesson Is
well taught, that it IS true economy rather
70 put the cheap and eopious s'orehoase OF
Natures ascneie. TO its iulIes, u'e, than by
lah5rlou. and costly artificial means 10 imi'
tate excessively their operation.
Such lesson applies, beyond the adraH'
tags Of ulla:e. % the methods by which
till,-e is obtained. Among the earlies,
suggestion. OF cultivation by steam power
W., that Of reducing by It's means the soil to
,l,h =, once. The land was to be torn down
n. the deal !. torn down a, the saw'mIil
though before the machine il may have been
q. hard and frm As wood. behind the tool as
IL advanced al work 10 was TO lie as light
and 6ne as sav-dust Bot 10 has at length
been found that It Is better because cheaper,
anl ul9It INiANNAf w. W tNa'N s''' '-@' -
fpemen, Of the ,illass process to the wealth
er. which il does without cost. The land u
now ,oru-sma.hed up-Or moved and
thrown abOu, by plow aud srubber in great
c!ods and Jumps. This Is bes, done in dry
autumn weather, and thus It lies tlll spring
Certainly no climate is better adapted s0r
cheap ullags than the Enellsh-'he rains
and frost. of winter following dry Sep'sm'
Der and October must penetrate and thrust
assunder the eluns aud hardened masses o.
the soil. No two PARTICLES shall remain ad
hsring to each other, II you only eve room
and opportunity to the cheapest and mos
psrlcet natural di.integra,Or in the world.
No rasp or saw, or mill will reduce The
indura,ed lard to soit and wholesome til,h
20 perfectly asa winters frost. And al
that YOU need to attain its perfect opera
ton is. first. to provide an outlet Tor 'h'
water when IL eomes-by an etheisnt drain
age OF the sub-oll. and then to move 'h'
land while dry and break ii up into el0d
and fragments, no matter how large 'hei
be. and leave them for alternate rain, anS
drought, and frost, and ihaw, ~ do theii
utmost.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12

As a little four year old boy was being
pu, 10 bed. his mother said to him, "kiss
mamma goodnight. johnny" lilo at frs'
refused, and then inquired, ." DO Lieuten-
ants ki.s their mammas'" "why do you
ask that. my dear" inquired the astonished
maternal parent. "Causs I'm lieutenant
Of our company, and Joe Walsh Is cap'aiu''
Being assured that i, was not beneath hi'
Official dignity "kiss mamma soOd-n'sh''
be thus salu,ed her and was put to bed.
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A certain editor IN Pari, was % sure Of
receiving . challeng, for every manuscripts
returned, that q. length hs had to ''ereo'
type his answer "Sir l have rad your
msnuscrip, with the greatest attention. and
I bes to dscliQs II. I leave the eh0'es OF
arms with you"
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\ little boy. after being WHIPPED for beg
ging cents, promised never to do 80 again.
The next day he stopped gentleman IN the
street aud said to him, lin \ poor boy,
sir. aud am ashamed to be-. Would you
te 80 kind as to lend me cent until grow
up 10 Be O man :"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-12

Suicide 10 crime. but it would be les
cr,mo 10 JET Davis that in almost any other
man In the country.
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The southern negroes call shells rotten
balls" bscasss they bsrss % easily.
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farmers department.
"sPENp ROW"

Al the art. and sciences pertaining 10 lii", are
Closey 6akej together, aad ultimately oon"e'i'
ci With Agriculture -AGEICoLs.