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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-11-30
o. 45 PARIS MAINE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 1885


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Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

The AXE-The other day was holding q
man by the hand-a hand as firm in its outer
texture as leather, and his sunburnt face was
as lntlexlbe as parchment; he was pouring
fourth a TRADE of contempt on those who com.
plain that they can get nothing to do, an ex-
cuse for becoming idle loafers.
Said |, jeff, what do you work at? You
look hearty and happy what are you at ?''
!, Why, said he, Il bought me an old axe
three years ago that cost me two dollars. That
was all the money | had. l went to chopping
wood by the cord. have done nothing else,
and have earned more than 5000; drank no
grog paid no doctor and have bought me a
little farm in the Hoosier State, and shall be
married next week to girl who has earned
$500 since she was eighteen. My old axe |
shall keep in the drawer, and buy me new
one to cut my wood with.
After | left him | thought to myself, "tbat
axe and no grOg.'' They are the two things
that make man in this world How small a
capital that axe-hOw sure of success with this
motto, " No grog' And then farm and a
wife the best of all
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18
FEMALE MANIA FOR DREss,-Tbe recl

FEMALE MANIA FOR DREss.-The reckless
mania for dress, which just now RACES, with
the fury of an epidemic, among the women of
France, IS even more glaring by the seaside
than in Paris There the one end and object
of life appears to be to surpass all others, not
only in costliness, but in originality of attire.
The most fantastic fashions are Haunted through
the narrow, dirty streets of dreary little bath
ing villages; while the richest silks and satins
OF the most delicate hue arc trailed over the
moist sands, or exposed to the burning sun on
the terrace of the eta6tisSement, their speedy
-destruction furnishing a welcome, though un-
needed, excuse for some fresh and still more
startling novelty. If rich people alone indulg-
ed,in such follies, it would be less serious, if
still very regretable, matter; but the evil is
rapidly spreading downward to the lower strata
OF society, in spite of the opposition it there
encounters on the part, not only of husbands
and fathers, but also Of youthful aspirants to
connubial bliss. Not many months ago, an
open-alr meeting was held at Marseilles, at
which some hundreds of young men pledged
themselves not to change their condition until
women had come to their senses, and learned
to be. more moderate in their personal
expenditure. Journal.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL REFORM.-An eff
fort is now being made, of which The Citizen
appears the organ toward including the Board
OF Health to recognize the homeopathic and
eclectc schools of medicine, by giving one of
the SIX proposed cholera hospitals to homeo-
paths and one to eclectics, while reserying the
other four hospitals for the allopathic practi
TONERS who are in harmony with the three
medical members Of the Board Commission
ers Acton, Schultze, Manierre and Bosworth.
are claimed as homeopathic believers, and in
!aVor OF such trial being made and attention
Is drawn to the fact that Gov. Fenton, who ap-
pointed Drs. Parker, Crane and Stone, three
allopaths, to be Commissioners of the public
health, Is himself follower of homeopathic
medicine and has for his physician member
OF that branch of the profession.
It is further urged that the milder schools of
medicine be given fair play in the medical de-
partments OF the army and navy, claiming that
over twO-thirds of the members of both Houses
OF Congress are opposed to allopathic practice.
and use eclectic or homeopathic treatment for
themselves and families. The eclectics, at the
recent annual meeting of their State society.
held IN the Cooper Institute, indorsed these
views as correct, and also the statistics in re-
gard to cholera, both in this country and Eu-
rope, shOwlng-or purpOrting to show-that
While allopathlc practice loses over fifty per
cent OF Its cholera patients the milder schools
OF the eclcctics and homeopathic never save an
average OF less than 90 per cent of such patients
The controversy is of much interest as it stands
the hOmeOpathists claiming Major Gen. Han
cock and a majority Of the leading minds of
the army as thoroughly in favor of giving at
least fair trial to homeopathy in the lnedica-
ton OF our soldiers N. /. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

MARRYING FOR Shown the following wC
lind displayed a volume Of honest and whole
some good sense, usual to such commodities
. Put Il pin here, good swains and lovers:
To the question often asked Of young men as
to why they do not marry, we sometimes hear
the reply: . am not able to support a wife -
In one case in three, perhaps, this may be so
but as general thing, the true reply would be
Il am not able to support the style in which
think my wife ought to live"
In this again we see false view of marriage
"a looking to an appearance in the world, in
stead of a union with loving woman tor her
own sake. There are very few men, of indus
triOUs habits, who cannot maintain a wife, if
they are willing to live economically, and with
out reference to the opinion of the world. The
great evil is, they are not content to begin life
humbly' to retire together into an. obscure po-
sltion and together work their way in the
world-he by industry in his calling, and she
by dispensing with prudence the money that
he earns. But they must stand out and attract
the attention of others by fine houses and fine
clothes
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

WHO WILL GIvE2-The Lake City Leade,
Is responsible for the following story; At a
meeting OF the patriotic ladies and gentlemen
OF Lake City, to prepare for the soldiers festi-
val lately held in that enterprising town, a young
attorney present was requested to find out who
would supply the milk for the dinner. Jump.
ing up on chair, he loudly asked: "How
soldiers?" to which an elderly ladv resnonded
that 6 for one she could not-she had not civ
en- milk for ten years." which so utterly con.
founded the young lawyer that he was entirely
unable to prosecute his inquiry, and il has new.
er been satisfactorily known how many ladies
there were at the meeting who would have
promised to give milk for the brave soldiers. y
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

A FATHER $ ADvICE.-Bob, you are about
leaving home for strange parts. You are 20
ing to throw me out of the game and 90 il
alone The odds are agin you, Bob-remem
Der that industry and perseverance are the win
nlng cards, as they are the " bowers" Book
learning, and all that sort of thing, will do to
MI up with, like small trumps, and YOU must
have the bowers to back Them or they amt
worth shucks. If luck is agin YOU pretty
strong, don cave in and look like sick chick
en- on rainy day, but hold up your head and
make believe you are flush Of trumps; they
don play so hard agin you? I've lived and
travelled around some, Bob, and I've found out
that asHoon as folks thought you held weak
hand, they d buck agln you strong So. when
you re Sorter weak keep on bold front; but
play cautious; be satisfied with D int. Manv's
the hand I've seen 'em eucrcd cause thev Nav
ed for too much. Keep hour ewes well SKIM
ed, Bob; don let EN- mig YOU ; recoIlect the
game lays as much with the head as with the
hahds. BE temperate; never get drunk for
then no matter how good your hand you won t
know how to play 1t; both bowers and the ace
won save you; for there's sartin to be a
. miss deal = or something wrong And an
other thing, Bob, this was spoken in a low
tone) don I go too much on women; queens Is
kinder poor cards; the more you have of 'em
the worse Tor you; you might have three. and
nary trump. don't discard EN- all if You
got hold Of one that is a trump it's all good,
and there's sartin to be one of four. And
above all, Bob, be honest never take mans
trick wot don't belong to you, no slip" cards
nor . mig, . for then you can't look your men
in the face; and when that's the case, there's
no fun In the game; it 5 Irregular " cut-throat."
80 now, Bob, farewell remember wot | tell
you, and you'll be sure to win; and if YOU
don't, 1t sarves you right if you get skunk
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

A Florence letter to the Chicago T4J,oie
wing incidents in the volunteering. Recently.
wealthy citizen stood looking on at the de-
parture of several hundred young men from the
station at Milan. just as the train whistle be-
gan to screech out its warning that the hour OF
departure had come, familiar voice cried out
from a third-class car Good by, papa He
looked up, and there was his eldest son, going
off to war. The father was amazed for a sec
Ond, but there was no time to lose. He rush
ed up to the car, kissed the boy, and handed
him his purse. with only one reproot; Had
you told me, Johnny, there would have been
more money in the purse.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

LINCOLN's GRAvE-A letter from Spring
field, ILL.,, in describing the grave of the late
President, says: ''The vases and smooth stones
of the tomb are already written over in pencil
with the autographs of pilgrims who visited his
shrine with view to renew their devotions to
country and liberty; and the remarks which
each one adds are expressions Of the most ten
der affection and confidence, such as : | fought
three years under his command, and would
fight three more for the same cause under the
same commander We all loved him. He
was beloved by all his soldiers, and many 9TH
ers of similar import ,"
Since the burial of Mr. Lincoln within the
precincts of Oak Ridge" it has indeed be,
come Mecca, whittier pilgrims repair to
renew their vows to their country, to humani
ty, and to God. Already the visitors books at
the Curator's contain the names of over "a, 900
devotees from all parts of the world, while the
sexton is confident that that the number does
not represent 1.-THE Of those who have been
drawn thither out of respect for the deceased
-Qmncy IVhig.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18
AMERICANS ABRoAD-London must bo

AMERICANS sABROAD.-London must be a
hard place to live in or get "a living in, if
we credit the statements of the editor of the
Anglo-Amercan Times, who gives some advice
to his young cOuntrymen in these words: 'The
editor OF this journal can count up more than
twenty applications which have been made to
this office during the past month by Americans
who have come to grief, and who require as
slstance to enable them to return home. We
learn, on the best authority, that the United
States Consul in LOndOn-whose purse strings
are open to the deserving of his countrymen@
Is harassed to an extent entirely beyond his
means, with similar applications and in MANY
instances the applicants are really deserving Of
assistance" "LOnd0n Is n graot
city, gay city, pleasant city, wonderful
city, to the man who has money in his pocket
or friends around him but to the foreigner,
without money or friends, it is, unquestiona
Dly, the very worst place in the world. Land
a live Yankee on the Mosquito coast. or in
Japan, or IN Terra del Fuego-or even nlace
hlLi alone, and without resources. on an ice.
berg In the polar sea-and he will nrnbaLIv
work his way out of his difficulty. But set him
down IN London, with neithe friends nor, mon.
ey, and all his cCteness will not save him from
starvation" ''''' nun
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

A PRE-ADAMTE FRoG.-The Louisville
Courier states that recently some masons, who
we're dressing stone for building in Spring
field, Kentucky, discovered live frog in a
large block of marble. lie was walled in with
solid stone on all sides, but as soon as a crack
was made by one of the masons which let in
the air, he gave signs of life. He soon became
very lively, but subsequently seemed in pain,
and finally he was corked up in glass jar for
preservation, where he lived for four days, and
then died This is not the first case of the
kind, and the problem . How he got into the
famous puzzle of the Third King George, of
:. How the apple got into the dumpling -
Ie,}0pr
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

DYINo.-I know several instances. in which
the process OF death has been observed, even
to its termination, by good philosophers and
when dying, is said to have family articulated
to one Of his intmates, Il wish | had the
power of writing or speaking, for then | would
describe to you how pleasant thing it is to
die" Dr. Black, worn out by age and a dis
position to pulmonary hemnrrhage, which
Obliged him to live very low, whilst eating his
customarymeal of bread and milk, fell asleep,
and died in so tranquil manner that he had
not even split the contents of the spoon which
he held in his hand. And the late Sir Charles
Blagden, whilst at social meal with his friends,
Monsieur and Madame Berthollet and Gay
drop Of coffee in the cup which he held in his
hand was split,
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

The young ladies of Swamptown have pass-
ed the following resolution: Resolved. that
II We, the young ladies Of Swamptown, don't
get married this year, somebody will be to
blame"
A landlady, who had some very weak chick
EN- broth for dinner the other day, was ask
ed by one of her boardcrs if she couldn't coax
that chicken to wade through that soup once
more
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. AT the next
Meeting of the Horticultural Society Paper
will be read On the GOODNESS Ofa cucumber"
An old lady hearing somebody say the mails
were very Irregular said " 1t was lust SO in
my young days-no trusting any of EN-" ="
1t is a remarkable and suggestive fact that
the Savior of the world has titles in the RihIn
answering to every letter in the Alphabet
Why should there be no free seats in a
church ?-Because you ought not to be be made
good for nothing.
There is divinity that shapes our ends"
as pig remarked when contemplating the
kink in his tail.
Why is locomotive like pretty girl p
because she Scatters the sparks and TRANSPORTS
the mails. A'S
A lady in Pike County, Mo-, has called her
last baby Veto, in compliment to the Presi- -
dent ~ '''o 1851
Vile and abandoned persons are not intimate
with those who are not intimate with them.
Working for bare life is now def,,ed 70
be making clothes for a new babe.
If a man cheats thee once, shame i'm If
he cheats thee twice, shame ON thee.
The right man in the right place
band at home in the evening.
Waste Paper-Diplomatic Notes.
The Race for Wealth--Jews.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

SATURDAY IN SCOTLAND The Registrar
General of Scotland, in a recent report, saws,
that no Scotchman will begin any kind of work
on Saturday, if he can possibly avoid it, for he
fears he will not live to finish it. Neither will
he marry on Saturday for fear the marriage
may be unlucky, or one of the parties die be
fore the year is ended. The last day of the
year excepting when it falls on SATURDAYS
the favorite wedding day in Scotland. In 1863
One-twentieth of all the marriages celebrated
in Scotland took place on the 3lst OF Decem.
Der, but had that day been Saturday they
would have been celebrated on the Both.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18
POET r Y
Wed Not for Gold.

Wed not for gold: the glittering ore
May costly luxuries buy,
Yet leave the starving, aching heart
In wretched poverty.
Your dwelling may be paved with gold,
Your robes with jewels shine;
From crystal goblets you may quaff
Your rich and sparkling wine.
Yet wed not gold, unless you wish
Unloved to live and die;
For hearts that gold alone can Join
Will feel no sympathy.
Wed not for beauty, for her charms
Are feeting as they're fair;
Content the soul you cannot with
Bright eyes and sunny hair.
The souls immortal, and it Graves
For something earth above;
Its longings will be satisfied
With nothing less than love.
Then wed for love- let heart with heart
Unite in sympathy;
Beauty and gold are lost with time;
Love is all to eternity.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

A LIGHTNING STROKE. The Louisville
Democrat relates that farmer was struck by
lightning near Madisonville, Kentucky, last
week and instantly killed. He was stripped as
naked as he was born, except the wristband
of his shirt on his left arm Fragments of his
clothing were scattered to the distance of thir-
ty yards the pieces mostly in little squares,
cut smooth from the soles of his boots, the
large thick heel of his left boot was cut in two.
and an opening was made in his left temple
and also on the back of his head
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

DEATH OF A REMARKABLE CoLORED MAN.
Tony Nelson, an old colorcd man, died near
Suffolk, Va, and was buried on the 4th in
stant, in the oath year of his age This old
man was formerly a servant in the Washing
ton family, and helped to cut what is known a,
the Washington ditch, a canal leading from
the western margin Of the Dismal Swamp to
projected by General Washington. Tony had
never lived during his life two miles from the
Dismal Swamp, and most of his time in the
Dismal Swamp. He had been the husband OF
twenty-One wives, six of whom are now living,
and yet in his extreme old age and last sick
ness. no one of them would nurse him. Being
freed by the proclamation of the President and
subsequent action of the State he died in ex-
treme poverty.-NocJoH Iiugtnian.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18
The ex-rebel Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, said ver

The ex-rebel Gen Fitzhugh Lee, said very
sensible thing at Richmond college com
mencemcnt the other day. He was called out,
and received with great enthusiasm by the
audience, after which he proceeded to state
his position as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen; There is a small
village III this good old State known as Apo
mattox Courthouse At this place | was
most forcibiy reminded, on the 9th day of
April, 1865, that had nothing further to say
thank you most heartily for the honor you
have 50 kindly conferred on me- J."
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

LIGHTING OF THE DoME-The illumination
OF the dome of the Capitol at Washington by
means OF an electrical apparatus, is described
as grand spectacle. The lighting is effect
ed by means of two rows OF gas lets, few
inches apart, around the entire circumfrencc of
the dome, one at its base, and the other lust
beneath the canopy at the top, on which, at a
height of near two hundred feet Brumidi' )
grand symbolic painting is displayed. These
Jets are by an ingenious arrangement of con-
Quoting wires, instantaneously ignited by dis
charge Of electricity. They are placed SO as to
be Invisible to the beholder from below, but
the light from their united flames is thrown up
upOnss the panels Of that mighty arch, and
concentrated with splendid effect upon the
magnificent trescO which crowns the whole -
As seen by day this wonderful painting appears
to the spectator from beneath like an opening
IN the sky, thrO' which he catches a glimpse
of the world supernal, and he gazcs in wonder
upon the majestic forms OF gods and goddesses
OF that upper realm floating among clouds of
gold and azure and roseate hue, bending seem
lngly to participate in earth 5 affairs; until at
length he recognizes among ttem the glorfed
faces OF some Of the great and good of Ameri-
ca departed, and feels it reality that they
still hover over and guide the destines OF this
nation. By night, the illusion is heightened
and made still more real.
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

SWEDISH SIMPLICITY.-Margaret Hewitt,
in her new work, "Twelve Months with Frede-
rika Bremen gives the following illustrations
OF the simplicity Of the Swedish working class
es: p" Two servants were given tickets to go to
a theatre, to which they went, and from which
they soon returned. You have surely not
been? asked their mistress Oh yes, they
answered, we went to the theatre, and sat
there until suddenly curtain drew up and
gether; but as it was on family matters. we
felt that we we're intruding, and 50 came home.
second anecdote concerns contented hewer
Of wood and drawer Of water. Is not your
work very monotonous 2 some one asked him
No indeed, there is plenty of variety in it
sometimes it's wood, and sometimes it's wa
ter p"
Smyrna times., 1866-07-18

How to make Berloney sassidge carefully
prepared by Ike Billings, from the original
T%esIpee' now IN possession of the family Of the
Duke of Catfish.
Take eel skin and stuff it with ground cat.
seesin 1t with Scotch snuff and persimmin lie
lay it on hog-pen to dry, and then hang it mn
bl the tale in Il Dutch grocery for months for
the flies to give it the trade marks, then it is
reddy for use. >