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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31
Death Of A. II. Small, ESQ

Albert Hervey Small. esq, the cashier Of
the First National Bank OF Lewiston, died
Saturday at 4 A. NJ, at the residence OF his
brother in law in Newry. Mr.. Small has
been out OF health for nearly year, and in
the spring. the Directors ot the Bank voted
him vacation OF six months, his salary TO
continue in the interval. Hardly bad he
entered Oh his vacation when the bronchial
disease that bad long been fastened upon
him. brought him to a sick bed. from whose
effects be never fully rallied.
! About ten lays since, Mr. Small went to
Newry with his family. for a change OF air
I On Friday ). Il. Bcarce esq. ono OF the
Directors OF the Bank, visited him aud
found him bolstercd upon pillows. but
/ cheerful and hopeful. saying he expected 10
come home again ere long. At that time
he was. however. in dying condition. FRI
DAY nigh, his friends here received a
Telegram stating that he was worse, and
B Saturday morning a Telegram followed, an
nounens his death. Up to the dale OF his
leaving home. about ten days since, he had
. transacted business for the Bank st his own
room-thst remarkable ianbiulness to his
work OF duty, which always characterized
BIN in health, following him to the end Of
bis life
Mr.. SmalIs eldest son was with his father
during has last hours, reaching Newry
FRIDAY night. lie states tina, his laiher was
cheerful. though much distressed. and
greeted him with pleasure. \ short time
before has death, having evidcntly given up
all hope OF recovery. he called his wife to
his bedside. and taking out his watch, placed
1t in her hands. saying. keep this"
/ Mr.. Small was born 10 Westbrook.
September 1924, and was consequently, at
the date Of his death. nearly "a wears OF
age lie has resided in Auburn about 10
years, and has been ia the service OF the
bank as Cashier during this entire period
About 1919 Mr.. Small then residing in
Newry. was elected Representative TO the
Legislature from that town. lie was re-
elected. and in 1892 va. elected Secretary
OF the Senate, which position be filed with
ability for two terms.
Mr.. Small leaves a widow and seven
children 10 mourn his loss 1t is a loss in
which our entire community shares in a
sense that could be said of few others In
ali business relations, in social lite, lee was
true as steel. respected and beloved His
associates IA the management OF the affairs
Of the Bank speak OF his iaiIhiulness in this
service a. something extraordinary. y
salient characteristic OF the deceased was
his uniform courtesy and kindness to all in
bis social or business lie. For a man 20
possess posture excellence OF character and
TO have no enemies, Is perhaps, not the rule
IN this world. But this much. NC believe,
may be said OF Mr.. Small God knew, why
such ono is removed from among US,
Lewiston Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

in the by-play ofthe canvass, while adyo-
eating the election OF the candidates. be
holds up before him his cherished platform
like the organ grinder, who. while turning
his crank and grinding ou; his stale music.
holds up piece OF sReet O'msic. to induce
people to suppose he could play by note !.
Bah, what humbug. Bu, the democracy
would as soon have nominated Chase as
Seymour. and have been full as consistent
m doing so. The motto of the party now
instead of that quoted at the commencement
OF this article, is anything for success.
nothing for principle
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31
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Nr Editor: Yosr co, respondent Hart.
ford" in noticing the death Of Ia K Shaw.
son Of Edward II. shaw. Of BuckfolI. has
made some mistakes which wish 10 have
corrected. lie SAYS. "vevdi-t Of Coroners
Iuqurst. Suicide" The facts are. Mr.
ShaA, the father, sent for me on fuding the
son, and ! vent Immediately 20 the woods.
some two miles from my house. and there
found the dead boy. surrounded by some
SIX or eight Of the nerghbor-. who told me
everything remained a. found Dr Wm.
J. BRIGHAM, who bad been sent for by the
father, very soon arrived. and ~e examined
The body together. and soon came 20 the
conclusion that an Inquest was not neces.
sary. n u was evident be came 20 his death
by his own hand accidentally or otherwise.
we could not tell which. SO there va, no
jury summoned nor Inquest held. or YER
dict rcdercd lie also saws. IN The midst
Of the great grief OF the father. son and
daughter, the mother, who had been divorc.
Cd from the father came Aod asked the priv
ilege Of seeing her dead boy. aud II Wa a
truly agonizing scene for the mother IN Law
10 witness. The facts are. the father and
mother in-law both asked me 10 bring the
mother o see her boy. which did, and
was present all the Time the mother stayed.
Hartford was no; there. failed TO dis
cover anything agoniziog on the part OF the
mother law, IN consequence Of the moth.
cr's beng present with her dead son MIR
Shaw and wiic both expressed \ wish that
the mother attend the foncral the next day
u he wished TO- bot for reasons unknown
TO inc. 'he did no, attend the funeral.
Your. truly.
COEoSEE oF OXFORD 90.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31
ConoNrn ~ ONronp -.

HEnEoN ACADEMY We copy from thu
Portland Press the following notice Of this
old and popular AGA lemy:
The siNiy.thirJ fallierin Of this institution
Will commerce OF Tuesday. the fir,, lay Of
September next. under the char-c Of Mr.
y. {. Hcrrick, who has success SALLY con.
Quoted 1t FOR the last seven years. new
building, capable OF accommodating three
hundred students. has been erected the
past season. and tho facilities cf the IN
sutuiion are largely incrca,cd. The course
OF study Includes all those branches usua Us
rur'ued IN academies OF the highest class
The principal Is aided 10y eompcleu, corp,
Of assistants. and the teacbers' class. 10 be
formed 30 connection with 81, school. will
ENJOY the benefit of course Of lectures
from Professor GaEe. lately a the Maine
Normal : hool at Pennington Hebron j.
pleasantly situated about forty u,le, from
Portland, can be- reached within three miles
by rail- and ha, no saloons or hotels The
terms Of the school are low. and the price.
Of board. Sc. 90 small as 90 make thi.
Academy avery dc.irab'yp place lor students
whose means are limited
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

rF-At the ratification meeting recently in
Bangor, while Judge bingham OF Ohio was
speaking n copperbcad in the assembly
cried out, which occasion is thus reported
by the Jefiersonian
During Mr. Bingham's speech an exciting
scene occurred which demonstrated clearly
The folly OF tn, Democrats throwing stones
from the glass houses in which they have en-
sconced themselves One OF their number.
somewhat moved by liIuor. standing in the
rear ofthe audience called oui-"Hoir about
Hrs Sirafty" There was 4 method in the
fellows madness. for lie knew that Mr.
Bingham was chief government counsel in
the trial OF the oonspiraiors for the assassin
alton OF President Lincoln How about
herr" instantly responded Mr. Bingham,
GO and consult the records OF the court
that tried and convicted her Go and ak
Gen. Hancock who issued the order for her
execution IN spite OF i writ OF babea. cor
pus which had been served upon him. and
Il you are eth unsatis6cd, go and ask that
apostate President. Andrew johnson, why
he refused a pardon after a petition had
been sent him, signed by every member
but one OF the court who tried her. and
drairn tp IA ne Handwriting offhs man gon
seek 10 insstlt 80
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

70 The Mechanic Falls Herald says on
Wednesday ,Ae saloon ca o. freight train
on The Grand Trunk ran % the track about
bali mile from Oxford station -Four
persons. conductor. brakeman. aud two
passengers we're n the car as the time
The conductor was picked up uom under
the car badly praised but fortunately The
soi'ness Of toe grouud saved bis life. The
brakeman. o. lhc car keclcd over. vas
thrown scvcra. feet. landing directly IN The
tops Of tie thick bushes. which Of course
bt0ke the force q nis fail and len bin
unWured. One q the passengers got
several ugly cuts about the face, bu, he
other was not burs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

"IuE WiCgrpEsT misunderstanding TO
the following paragraph from this week.
Independent, the "Wickcde., Man in New
York has seen the error OF hts ways:
John Allen. the wickedcs, Man in New
York. has recently pledged bis word - in
deed. be has signed a bond-ihai be will
forthwith Abandon has dance house business
He has been led TO take this course because
his little son, Chester. came home from
school cry ing as though has heart would
break, because h,s schoolmatc. said hi.
iAIbcr was the ~ickedc,t man in Nc~ York
After ieeing himself photographed in
Packard Mon,hly he called upon Mr.. +
{. Acton for advice and our police prcsi
dent advised him, in the most emphatic
manner, to get out OF the Water street dou.
aud 70 get into more reputable ba,iue,s
We are happy to learn thA, Allen ha,
proved. by his apparent peniienec. that he
Is not the "Wickcdcst Man in New York
and We hope that lac ha, already iul6lled
bis promise"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31
Damage By Lightning

The lightning. thi, year, has been unusu-
ally destructive We hear Of considerable
damage done on Friday morning Of las:
week, in diifereu: parts Of the county. In
this town, the barn o! Mr.. James Merrill
with Its contents, containing about twenty.
five tons OF hay. nice riding wagon. sleigh
anil all the farming tools. some shing les e.
boards. &c was destroyed. Mr.. Briggs
was just driving in load OF hay at the time.
but backed the oxen oct and saved the team.
Mr. Merriils loss must bc about $500. on
which he has an insurance OF 500. w. an.
derstand. The barn was 4ox>o. and can
hardly bc replaced for thousand dollars
The sympathy for Mr.. Merrill j. very gen.
era! m town, aud j. shown by tangible
proof in the shape Of quiIe contribution
10 bis behalf lie had about halt o. bis
hay cut, and will have TO stack the rest till
lac IS able to get UP another barn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

~ The Brunswick Telegraph SAYS hat
one singular result followed the striking Of
the barn Of Mr.. Libby by lightning The
horse standing 10 Toe barn al ihc time has
been AS deaf As post" ever since. and
perhaps tbs should NOS be won Tered at. O.
the ools passed close o. Lls head when i,
darted from The building to the pig.pen
adjoining.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

= We learn FROM ihc Gospel Banner
that Rev s. Gl1o..oo. con q Rev. Y.
"1nnison Of Norway. and late graduate Of
Carton Divinity Stbool. commenced Oil.
active duties a. pastor Of the Univ,rsalis,
Society io Bath on sabbath las: Gra,
.na'fmi'' nl, manifested in trr ' a.I
s-ee 'Ae invitation was given. som, m.ai..
ago toe society has felt lba, tie r.gL, man
~as coming among them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31
Rethel.

~ regular meeting 8' Post SO sd. C.
\ r.. o. Bethel July 18Th. tbc following
officers vc,c chosen.
Capt VI. & Kfnfau. ]. G..
1t Lieut. u. u Irkcsn. -. v. G..
SeFg' Augustus Carter. J y &
Private s VI Irae. Adu
MbJ j \ Morton. Surgeon.
i.'eut d GoJT,u. Chaplain
I1'aie Defgbt sosc. Scrgt. Major.
IH'a;- a $. Chapman. q ". $
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

!VThe Tribune reports comical in.
ciden' 800 The late Democratic Convention
During The session Of the Democratic
Convention, two Union soldiers. who bad
experienced the horrors OF captivity in
Richmond during the war. met the Keeper
oil 'uc LinUy fuson wearing a delegate
badge. They iell upon him and gave him
a dreadful beating
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

~ The Augusta Journal has seen A
soldier who asserts that be carried in his
pocket during ihe campaign from the
wilderness 10 Petersburg. 4 copy OF a Paper.
then published, called the Franklin or
Pennington Patriot, as a stroke Of strategy
against the rebels ia case Ne tell into their
bands alive. lie considered that the paper
would he passport into the good Graces
Of any rebel IN The South, aul hat by pos
sessing copy be could IN any emergency
declare 1t expressed his sentiments and ,bus
stand 4 chance OF being excused from some
Of the horror. Of Ardersouvi.le. The paper
was edited Icy The presen: democratic can.
dida,c for Governor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

tP-List OF Patents issued to Maine in
ventors for the week ending July 2s,h. and
each bearing that date:
J \. knight. Durham. fruit picker
Edwin Ferna!d, Turner. dcyi e Tor hold .
ing tools against grinds,oncs
7. III. Whitman, Harrison. stove Tor rail.
road cArs.
Reported FOR the Oxford Democrat. by
Wm. Henry Clifford. Solicitor o { American
and Foreign Patents. sol - Congress 81.
Portland Me
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

ivThe editor Of the American .s,. s..
heard new remedy for the cure Of The
hea'es io horses. %. other day. while in 4.
town 90 Gee western part Of The oun'y &
person Who follows be business 81 'annir,
bad horse so badly of with ibc L,a,es
has hc could use bim hut very little. lie
took b.m % grind hi. bark fr tanning. and
used bin a. The business lcw weeks. and
IN that time be became cured. Ifmn !. a
sars remedy &c will De- worth knowing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

~ Toe Democrats Je,lar, in tL.;,,l,,.
Torn that ihc bonds which ~ agreed to psy
90 gold oagh, 10 10 PAID 10 deprecated
paper. Yet the World thinks The party
cannot mean What they ,ay. 1T j., incon.
'''a''e that the oil hard money Demo.
cratic party should promise q uniform
curr,uc! Of bad money"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

rF-Messrs 4. c. Dcnison 4 @.
Mechanic Falls. are erecting a uew paper
m:!l on the upper dam in ,ha; village /, il,
intended FOR the manufacture OF the fines,
qualities OF paper. The enterprise Of this
active h-m will bald Up city on the Lizzie
Anaro'eosgin one o! these years. at The
rate they have advanced bushes, for ,bc
&c" years past, says the Lewiston Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

Law IERN, WESTERN DrsrRIcr. In
addition to the cases reported last week
The following from this County were ar
gued
Samuel +. Gibson " Samuel :. Millett.
Argued 10y plaintiff
Gibson.
Eleanor Pincrec ". Alfred L. Shautack
Submitted on briefs
SsnderSon * Bcarce. W. W Virgin
Ammi Il. Mitchell vs. Olive Il Barnbam
CT al. To be argued in Writing.
s,rout & Gage Pulsher.
Hiram Hines vs.. Lucius Robinson ct Al.
To be argued in writing
Harlow 4 Bisbce. Virgin Black.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

IB-The Radical, hurrah Tor Grant and
victory. II dies all take care OF Gran,
the Democrats will attend 60 tbe victor,
ARGUS
So said The rebels. all through the war.
"Clii of your war dogs, We only want Co
Doc les alone"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

~ Aiien Lombard Of Augusta lately lost
several valuable calves which were poison.
ed bv eating old room paper which had
been thrown upon brush heap ia the
pasture where the calves were A n,o.
mincni medical gentleman who vas called
10 investigate the cause, Of their deA,lr.,a,.
square foot Of tie paper contained poison
enough 10 kiIl four men.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

Mrs Hannah Yeaton. Of Oxford. - year.
Of age during the past year spun SIS skein,
OF Wooling warn. She wove 800 yard, OF
cloth, also piece Of fall cloth containing
10 y yards. which weighed when done
bot . pounds and , ounces ou, Of which .bc
helped make at ovcrcoai. besides sewing.
knitting. butter making and house work
She also spun so skeins Of linen and tow
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

TnE WEArutR A heavy rain set in on
Friday OF last week. aod continued inio the
hex, day .o,king che ground well. and d ,
ing grcA, good - ,he eroain- crops
Spring gram add potatoes. especially have
been much benefited Ia thi, section mach
OF the bay which was oat was 60. in on the
morning. before tho rain commenced.
The weather did 90, tidy clear mp, bul
settled into dog days, winch commenced on
SATURDAY. We have had dull. sul,ry days
ever 'iucc. and but for this. the hay crop
would have been we'll secuted this week.
Dog day. cooliuue til Tie 9th Of Srpiem-
Der, bat we hope toe sun will iayo- u, wi,h
his prcscnce maay times wi,hin tbs space
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-31

Iv~Sey mour said IN tLr New York Con.
venaon. MAY God Lles, YOU. but YOUR
candidate ! can not be- The New York
Tribune would ike to know whether the
first hall Of this sentence meant rs much A.
the last and. ii so. It would thank some
thcolocian 10 compute The precise value Of
lioratio Seymour God bless YOU
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-26
Abandonment of Africa.
From, the NJ y World.

From the ". Y. World.
Up to very recent period, the radical lead
ers have confidently expected to cover their
overwhelming failure in November with a re-
spectacle show OF African assets in the rotten
boroughs radically reconstructed at the South.
But as a reliance for radical success, even
Africa is abandoned. Mr.. Greeley says in the
Independent, that even in South Carolina,
where there is preponderance of black
voters, Of the thirty thousand majority,
twenty thousand may be constrained to vote
for Seymour, or not to vote at all; and $50 of
other Rebel States; we cannot rely on one of
them till the votes shall have been polled aud
the result declared" ga Staunch Republi-
CAM writes from New Orleans to the EUening
PoSt:-"The Democrats are making great
havoc in the black field of the Republican
party. Since the late election the Repub-
licaDs have completely abandoned all
clubs and think no more of public
spoken of than if they never existed" The
editor of the leading Radical organ in Mont
gomery, Alabama says that he has sustained
his paper from his own means for two years
past; that he cannot do it any longer, and
must abandon the business. Two Grant
electors in the same State are now stumping
for Seymour. The blacks of Florida, enfran-
chised by Congress to vote for Grant, have
been disfranchised by the State Legislature to
prevent them voting for Seymour. Even in
Tennessee, the negro vote can be controlled
only by Brownlow's bayonets, and Mr.. Gree
ley, in his close estimate of l59 electoral votes
for Grant, includes but three of the
RECONSTRUCTED, or as he still calls them,
''rebel' States. No wonder Radicalism
is in the dumps, and down in the very
valley of the shadow Of death. Why, these
ten States were to be RECONSTRUCTED" ex-
pressly so as to make sure thing for radi-
caism. They were to offset, so fer as they
could, the loss of Connecticut California,
Oregon, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Penu-
sylVania, Maryland, Delaware, and West
Virginia, which the Democrats have SO
thoroughly reconstructed, and have recon
structed to some purpose. While Congress
has been prett nding to reconstruct the South
ern States in favor of the radical party, the
people have really reconstructed several North
ern States to suit themselves And now,
when the Southern States are needed for ac-
tual use to save the party, Mr.. Greeley con-
fesses that the party cannot rely on one of
them, which shows what rotten reed Con-
gress has been for radioalsm to rest on.
The people, who make Congress-, are a surer
safer reliance, far.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-26
The Logic of Reconstruction.
From The ~. Y. Times.

From The ~. T. Times.
The perversity which led the original seces-
sonists to subordinate allegiance to the Union
to logical abstraction reappears in the
Charleston Mcrcury'S querulous comments on
the alleged inconsistencies of reconstruction.
The Mercury demands definitions at every
stage, and proposes to conduct the affairs Of
Government in rigid compliance with the rules
of Whateley. We are sorry that South Caro-
linian chivalry can find no better employment
for its energies than, in this kind of controversy
The State must work-not argue-itself out of
adversity and those of its peopls who are
afflicted with the idea that they are privi-
legged class must make up their minds to meet
facts resulting from their own folly. Whateley
will be of no more use to them now than Cal
houn, andprayers addressed to Jupiter will be
as effective as appeals to the logic OF either.
The times move too fast for the sohoolmen.
Besides, when the Mercury insists that the
people cannot be treated "as native Rebels
and slaves by foreign conquest at the same
time, and that the advocate of the Congress
slonal policy is bound to make his choice aud
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-26
The Democratic State COnventiOn-Break
erS Ahead.
From the N. Y Herald.

NAp huVuus
From the NJ Y Herald
There is going to be a severe struggle In the
Democratic State Convention on Wednesday of
next week over the nomination for Governor,
and from present indications it seems highly
probable that the prize will fall to the share of
the rural Democracy, as represented by the
heirs, executors and assigns of the old
Albany Regency. The outside impression has
been that the fight lay between New York and
Kings, and that the Democracy on the two sides
of the East river were prepared to tear each
other in pieces over the rival claims of the
Baron Won Hoffman and Misther Murphy, of
Brooklyn. But the fact is that the contest
has much wider significance. Henry G.
Murphy has been an aspirant in the Senate for
Governor on the Democratic side for the past
seven or eight years, as Charles J. Folger has
been on the Republican side, and with no better
success. This year he has been encouraged to
make bold effort to attain the goal of his am.
bition; but the leading Democratic politicians
of the rural districts who have given him their
countenance have only been using him as they
were accustomed few years ago to use Fer
nando Wcod-to break the strength and inA1-
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