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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-07

E.
President Grant, as usual, attended
the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
church in Washington Yesterday. A
number of office seekers having lately
taken to attending there also, and yes
tcrday, Judging from the number OF
handshakings the President had TO en-.
dure on his withdrawal, some of them
seem bent upon, enlisling his religious
views in their favor.
A Southern editor (cvidently hen
pecked) says that elf in our school
days the rule of three is provcrbiaily
trying-how much harder. in after
life, do we feel the rule of one %
One thousand mnlea arc being pur.
chased in Jersey County, Illinois. for
Gen. Wade Hampton, of Sonth Carroll.
ma, and Col. w. G. Patterson, OF Ten
ncssee.
No manager has the nerve to place
Forty Thieves on the board, of a
Washing'o" theatre. 1t would bring
things too near honie."2
"President Grant h a 7Oo, 900
pores" Wen guaranty they are
bores, and that they snake him sweat"
too.
Why is Boutwell, like Congress-
MN who has been interrupted in the
delivery of a speech B ,cause he
wants to resume.
Longstreet has not been lucky since
tho war; but ''it is long lane" (or
Longstreet, cither) that ''has no turn
ing" h IA =. ~ II
Tho word dob -tis composed of tho
initials of 'dun every body twice.
C.r.c-d-i-t is formed of the initial let
ters of "Call regularly every day
LII 'tI'u's7Tp tIr'u's7Tp a1jTu8[1 n9aQnia3
Cocoa nut fibre is highly praised MS
substitute for leattier and rubber in
the 2 manufacture, " Of ,bolting gfos ma,
cbinctyh 4 y 4 Y . e Y
Frank Pierce's Cabinet was the
only one in tho history of tho United
States that remained unbroken from
the beginning to the end of tho ad-
ministration. ti""a
"Tom Thumb was tipsey IN Dey
Moines." 1t must have been. q yery
small drunk. '10'T s'7s'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
Canton Items.

This week there has been some stir
here. We have parted with one .of our
best citizens, Albion Thorne, Esq. having
started on Monday morning to locate in
Cedar Falls. Iowa. Those who were
acquainted with him know how much we
shall miss him. He was an Attorney OF
much promise, scholar Of ability and n
genial friend. We know his ability as n
teacher and instructor, and hope it viii
be appreciated in the far West May n
pleasant home bid him welcome and
success crown his labors.
Mrs. James Staples was taken sick very
sudden, the cause Of which we are unable
to learn. The doctors express some doubt
about her recovery.
Adolphus Harlow lost child on Mon
day night, age about three months.
Canton. March 10, 1869. Z.
On Wednesday, the Irishmen celebra-
ted st. Patrick's day. II is gratifying
that they were peaceable.
II showed little Saturday morning,
and therefore there was quite crowd
here, and 70 amuse themselves they col
lccted in Swazey's barn, and had good
time wrestling Hartford stood ahead.
Mrs. Ralph Ames died on Friday, aged
81 years. Mrs. Samuel Peabody died on
Monday, aged SO years. Mrs. p. has
suffered severely from a cancer in the
mouth since the first of June last, and
her children must feel more at rest, since
they know she has gone to that land
where Death is swallowed up in victo-
~"
Mrs. James Staples is more comforta-
Bile. IL seems that she did a large wash
ing on Monday, the 18th, and was taken
about ) o'clock in the afternoon. Her
pain was such that even old doctors were
moved-and nj times tears rolled down
their cheeks, as they stood watching her
in her agony. II was congestion of the
brain, or something similar to it.
James ii. Hersey, started for Mon
treal c. f., on Tuesday. lie has been
successful as school teacher, and Is a
young man of good promise, and we
can hardly afford TO lose him. I.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

Mr.. Ephraim Maxim, of this town
saws he was born and has always lived
on the farm that his father commenced
on, about eighty years ago, he being one
of the early settlers Of Paris, and that
wheat has been sown every year IN sue
cession, and enough raised and some to
spare, every year, except i'll two or three
instances, there having been only three
barrels of flour ever bought on the farm,
during all these years, and never was
there bushel of corn bought on the
farm.
Mr.. Maxim says he planted with corn
last season one acre only, and raised one
hundred and nine bushels of ears of corn,
four and half bushels of yellow eyed
beans, and six large carloads of pump
kins. The most wheat that was ever
raised in any one year, on the farm, was
one hundred and twenty bushels,-the
least fifteen and half bushels, which
was last year, and was a wet, uniayorable
season for wheat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
Remarks i'm g. j. Court,
On the Death Of Z. b. Richardson, and
c. W. Howdrd, ESquires,
March IL 1863

On the Death Of E. B. Richardson, and
c. W. Howdrd, ESqUtres,
March IL, 1869.
w. W. Bolster, Esq, addressed the
Court as follows
May it please your HOn0r:-By the
action of the Oxford bar, it has become
my duty to announce, officially, to the
Court, the sad intelligence of the death,
since the last session of our court, of our
worthy and much loved and esteemed
brother and member, Elias Bartlett
Richardson. 1t is to me sad duty. The
thought is painful, that he has departed
this life, to be no more among us; that
we shall never meet him at the pleasant
meetings of our bar, at our stated terms
to greet him, and receive that welcome
and hearty grasp of the hand, which by
the generous impulses of his nature ne
was always wont to bestow. 1t is hard
to realize that he now lies cold in death.
Brother Richardson was born in Rum
ford, my native town, in the year 1882
and always lived near me, and knew
him reH and Intimately. The business
affairs of life brought us together as
partners in the practice of the law. We
were partners at the time of his death,
which occurred on the 26th of October
last He was student in my office two,
and partner nearly five years. 1t was
death that separated us. Wewere strong
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

constrained by . sense OF duty that ia due the
people of the state, 10 give my vote for the bill
before the senate, believing thstno lighterpenaity
can be encctual in prevention Of the crime a.
the penalty Of death. Having carefully examines
the bill and regarding itssearefaliy prepared ana
more esaeient than the present law upon Tue
statute book FOR the crime of murder, because IL
makes plain and certain what upon the sa'u'e
book is and has been TO many doubtful ana
uncertain. Could believe that the imprisonment
for lie or ANY term Of wears or any ether penalty
would be as eaectual in the prevention of the
crime Of murder rs the penalty Of death, should
with the utmost pleasure and happiness withhold
ms vote for the latter, and for the bill abol'
ishiag capital punishment 1 only wish to act for
the greatest good and the greatest security TO the
lives Of the citizens OF Maine. Thanking you
Senatore For the Indulgence shown nae, iwin now
yield the door to other and ADLER men ofthis body
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
Forty. four of the citizens of Far

Forty. four of the citizens Of Farm
ington Centre village. have pledged
themselves to board and room 2S2 Nor
nal School scholars at reasonable prices.
This is manifesting the right spirit, for
the encouragement of a good school
in town, and it is what every village
should do to help sustain their Academies.
1t is what we should do for our Academy,
and when we are willing to do it, it will
be self-sustaining. We have a good
house, and excellent teachers, and one
of the best locations in the State but stu
dents were unable, the present term, to
get accommodations for board, and went
elsewhere. We hope this will not occur
again.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
We learn that a special meeting o

We learn that special meeting Of
the Rcd Wing, MINI, Board ofEducahon
March 9th, Mr.. Il. Woodbury., of Farming
ton. was elected Principal Of the High
School and Superintendent of the Public
Schools of that city. The position i
desirable one, and iusures a salary Of
81 800 for 10 months of tho year. Mr..
Woodbury. is gentleman Of irreproach-
able character, and well-descrying Of the
situation thus rendered him; and his
success As a teacher in the Normal school
at this place, is 4 guaranty OF his useful
ness in the new field of labor. He will
enter upon the duties OF the office on the
first of September next, says the Farming
ton Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

Died i'm Winchester. Mass, on the 10th
inst. Capt. Abel Houghton, aged 81 years
and z months. Capt. II. spent the
greater portion Of his life in Waterford,
where he was we'll known and estima-
bic citizen. For about twenty years nc
has resided in Winchester He died oI
no particular disease, but of gradual
decay of the vital forces, or of old age
During his decline he loved to talk on
religious subjects, and till near the end
of life would converse very sensibly on
them, when on any other subject his
mind would wander He watched and
waited long and YEARLY for the messen.
ger to come and take him to his rest
Funeral services were held, and the de.
ceased was buried in this town on Satur.
day. He leaves large number of rela,
tiyes and friends.
A SMART wETHER.
About the first Of last December, Lu
Their Houghton bought lat wether, tool
him home, and put him in IN apartment
in his stable, intending in few days Il
butcher him. But the wether, probably
not liking the idea Of being 'muttoned,
concluded to make his escape, and Jump
ed ont of window and down OH To the
frozen ground, perpendicular distance
of IL or 20 feet He was seen in the
road the next day mile or so away, bu
made tracks rs though nothing was the
matter. and was not seen again till th'
first of March inst, when he was founC
on Va, Tir'em by George Brown, Will,
hunting foxes. The animal found :
large flat rock, under which there was ;
recess of several feet, in which he tool
up his abode, and lived by browsing OF
the hemlocks and other small trees grow
ing near by. He was taken away from
his hermitage on the 9Th inst, having
campcd out three months. OF course h
had not gained any flesh by the operation
but he was not so weak but that h,
could walk most of the way for TIVE
miles when taken away. lie is now do
inc well. =.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
The following is an extract from a let
Ter written by former resident Of Nor

The following is an extract from let
ter written by former resident of Nor
way
SALT LAKE Cry,
Utah Ter, Feb. -, 1869.
Dear Uncle:-As | have leisure time, |
will write a line from this great city of
the almost extreme far West.
have travelled between four and five
hundred miles in the Rocky Mountains
this winter.
There are many natural curiosities in
the mountains. | followed one rayine,
liity miles in length. 1t was from six to
twenty rods in width, and from five to
ten hundred feet in height, in many places
perpendicular solid rock.
The concrete rock is great curiosity.
Its formations are of all kinds OF small
rocks and pebbles, many hundred feet
high perpendicular on all sides. | am
sixteen hundred miles west of Chicago.
The places ! have been at the last fail
and winter are Omaha, Ncb., Summit
Hill, Elk Mountains, Fremont, North
Bend, Shell Creek, Silver Creek, Lone
Tree. North Platte River, Fort Kearney
Stevenson, in Wyoming Ter, Mcpherson,
Alkali Springs, Julesburg, Antelope
Mountains, Pine Bluffs. Big Springs, Elm
Creek, Fort Saunders, Granite Canon,
Cooper's Lake, Medicine Bow, Fort Lara
mic. st. Mary, Bear River, Echo Canon,
Weber Canon, North Pass, Devils Gate,
Fort Benton, Fort Fred Steele, Warm
Springs, California Cross Roads, and
Overland Ferry. We were attacked by
the Indians, while crossing the plains
One white man killed, and one severely
wounded. Many places in Colorado Ter,
and in Utah, which ! should like 10 de
scribe. but time forbids.
Nearly all the places have mentioned,
are infested with gamblers, murdererS
and thieves Of the darkest dye. For in
stance, FIVE men hung in one day at Lara
mie. Three men murdered &C Echo, IN
one night. Three killed at Wasack, day
before yesterday The week | was at
Bear River City. twenty men killed and
several houses burned. So YOU see, II J.
an every day occurrence, in all these Ter
ritories. | shall be in Nevada Territory
in short time only sixty-iive miles TO
the line intend 10 go through to Mon
tana and California
1t has been eleven years since | was in
Maine, and | presume there has been
many changes. cannot tellwhen shall
90 TO the States. | have not heard from
the Pine Tree State since left Chicago.
have been in nearly all the States, with
the exception OF two, and see new curiosi-
ties in all. No two States alike.
We have had very severe weather 4
part of the time this winter | have neg
lected to tell you of the thousands OF But
falo. Deer. Elk and Ground Hogs, have
/ seen.
The average prices Of provisions this
winter, are Corn, s. to 81 per bush
Flour, sls TO $50 per Dbl Vegetables,
30 to 20 per bush. Butter, $50 to -
per ID. Eggs. $3.50 per doz. Potatoes'
81 to SO per bush. Apples, - per bush
AT retail so cts. apiece, or three Tor 81
and everything in proportion A warm
meal, dinner or supper, $3.50 to -. \
pair of good boots, 500. only, cheap!
ID. p. j.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

DEATH OF GEN. FRssENDEN. Gen.
Samuel Fessenden, of Portland, died
March 18th, aged So. He was born in
Fryeburg, and was son of Rev. VIM.
Fessenden, the first minister OF that town.
He received his preliminary education at
Fryeburg Academy, and graduated at
Dartmouth College. He also read law
in Judge Bana's office at Fryeburg, and
commenced practice in New Gloucester.
He was man of earnest religious ana
political convictions, and was an original
abolitionist. He was an eminent lawyer
and upright man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

Mr.. j. S. Wardley, of N. H., intends
to canvass Oxford County, this season, to
introduce to the farmers the celebrated
Wood Mo,oing Machine, which obtained
the first grand prize at the Paris Exposi-
ton in 1867, and which is claimed to be
the best mower made. G.. II. Durell, OF
South Paris, is also an agent Tor them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

1t is said that L. 5. District Marshal
Clark, whose term of office does not
expire till next January. will not be
removed, and it is thought that no changes
viii be made in the Revenue officers. in
this State. till they serve out their terms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

The Maine delegation i'll Congress
have agreed to support Neal Dow and
John l.. Stevens, for foreign missions, Mr.
Perry of Hancock county, for Sixth
Auditor, and Sidney Perham for Com
missioner of Pensions. Among other
Maine applicants for oilicein Washington
are Gen. Caldwell for Consul at Rio
.Janeiro. 5. s. Marble for District Marshal,
Chas. j. Talbot and Gen. Geo. l.. Beal,
rivals for the Surycyorship at Portland,J.
w. Wakefield for the Post Office at Bath,
which he is sure TO get, rs Gen. Hyde has
withdrawn and gone home; Gen Fred.
Sewall for Collector Of Internal Revenue
in the Second District, and Major +. W.
Gilbreth for Collector of Internal Revenue
in the Third District EXGov Cony wa,
expected ut Washington Thursday night
with his son-in-law, j. II. Manly, who
desires a position as Agent ofthe Internal
Revenue Department for the State OF
Maine. says the Boston Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

On Monday night of last week the
roof of the barn owned by III. +. Howard,
ESD, of Dixfield, fell in from the weight
of accumulated snow. The affair made
quite stir and set the whole neighbor-
hood shoveling for somet time. Fortunately
no stock was in the barn at the time,
thou oh they were just about putting mp a
horse when the crash was heard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

-Lewellyn Powers, Esq, of Houlion,
has been appointed Collector of Customs
for AroostOok. which has been made into
a new Collection District.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

-Attorpey-General Hoar decides that
the revocation of pardons by the President
will not stand in law that the act OF the
Executive was complete when the warrant
of pardon was placed in the hands OF the
United States Marshal or other ofiicer,and
that ifthe persons intended to be pardoned
shall not be released then upon Habeas
Corpus the courts would release them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26
+ RIDAY

CYRUS w. Wormell VS. D. X. Yates.
Account annexed, for one substitute,
$50 This smgularly short statement of
(, claim is accounted for from the neces-
sity of extemporizing special writ on
which 10 arrest the defendant, while on
the wing for Canada The defendant
was substitute broker at Auburn, dur
ing the last years of the war. The
plaintiff had few transactions in the
same line, the last of which was, as he
says, an agreement with Yates that for
whatever substitutes plaintiff should fur
nish defendant, who would enlist for
1900 bounty, the defendant would pay
plaintiff $50. for each and every such
substitute that after making such agree
ment, plaintiff came across one York, at
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-26

The name of Gov, Chamberlain is
mentioned for the CHILEAN Mission.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-05

A Mr.. Samuel Peabody was arreste ed
in Philadelphia by the watchmen on sus-
picion of being intoxicated. The Mayor
desired to know Samuel's opinion of the
matter. He narrated his experience
thuswise -
Well, sir, l mout have been drunk
I can't pretend to say for certain. The
fact is I've done so little that way that
I'll be blamed if | know when | am
drunk. dare say that some of these
police gentlemen are better judges than l
am, when it comes to that. But l will
tell you exactly what l did and how |
felt, and if your honor concludes was
drunk, why, III pay the fine and say
nothing about it. You see | was troub-
led with the wind, and took four glasses
of lavender brandy to start it. Soon af-
ter l felt buzzing in my ears and then
the hiccoughs was troublesome, but that |
thought was the wind coming off. Then
it seemed to me as 1 walked along the
street that an awning post or water plug
every now and then would jump right
up before me, as if they would head me
off. ] was a little mad at this, and
struck one or two of them with my
knuckles, but my fists got the worst of it.
1t seems that all the gas lights had
faces, some grinning at me, and one that
stood before hotel, and nodded as if it
was acquainted with me, and made
sign as If towards the door, as much as
to say, go in. Sam, and get something
to drink, (which l did. When l came
out there was the greatest to do that ever
| saw. l was sure there was an earth
quake, for the steeples and houses were
all staggering about, and the street was
just rocking like a cradle. 1t was most
sublime spectacle; so fetched up against
a pump and held on, while took good
look at the magnificent scene. No pam
Drama could come up to it; houses, trees.
fences, all rearing and plungipg like wild
horses. The sight was worth dollar
and half. If have to pay a fine l
don't care. for got the full value of the
money"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-05

journal! perhaps is the word they
designate" / exclaimed.
The doctor looked at me with mock.
ing look of surprise.
"You are jeweller, are your"
"Perhaps," was my reply, "but why
may not these letters mean some registry
some memento? There is date, and
nothing agrees better with the i1ea.
At the same moment my gaze fell up
on some blank books and documents be-
longing to the deceased, which the doc
tor had brought with him, and had men,
toned to me when he first came that
evening. He had laid them upon the
leaf of my secretary when he began his
experiment with The platinum case.
/ picked up one of the blank books
aud began rapidly turning over the
leaves. II was a journal regularly dated
and on the last page was written in
large letters, "FeJruarg %, 1854"
~ love you," ran the text. "You
have just placed the ring of our betrothal
on my finger. Should / die before you
do, take the ring and wear it on your
heart for the remainder of your lfe."
Lower down, were these words in an
other hand:
"I have obeyed. You died. The
ring chung tightly 10 your finger, aud 1
have taken both ring and finger from
your beloved corpse. l shall not keep
them on my heart only. but an my heart"
The distracted man had amputated the
joint above which the ring rested. Then,
by whom and how had he caused it 10
be enclosed in The platinum sheath? No
one probably will ever tell. AT all
events it was with this strange missile
that he had intended TO penetrate his
heart, and chance alone had saved him.
This is peculiar story, but true
one, aud the annals of surgery show that
hazard has, in the lapse of time aud the
multiplicity Of cases, produced some sim
liar escapes, that appear little less than
miracles TO the every day reader.
If you would know the name of him
who thus bore love token, literally next
his heart, for thirteen years, glance at the
medallion on the broken marble pillar
that counts as the third from the gate
way on the left-hand side as you pass up
the willow walk ia the--Cemetery.
The device represents heart, on which
is carved lady's finger bearing rirg,
and the inscription as we have previously
given it:
Remember. ]. L. February, 2sth,
lS54.-APpletons' Journal.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-05
Com nm unica4lOn.

MEssRs EDIroRs.-I see by late copy
of The JOURNAL that ME-. Eli Atwater is
tired of paving $3.50 10 SIS 500 day
for harvest help, and selling wheat at 20
cents per bushel. This is the tune ninety
nine persons out of every hundred are
harping on. 1t is-a strange thing 10 me
that farmers will not learn lesson unless
it is pushed into them by the merchants
with sharp stick in the hands of the
Sheriff. But such is the fact, and just
before the harvest, farmers see in their
minds eve large yield of wheat, OATS,
barley, corr ETC., and big prices. Yes
sirl one dollar and half to Two dollars
per bushel Cor wheat, and they feel as
though they could pay the highest wages
in the land. But after the harvest is
over, grain lhreshed, and on hauling to
market they find they are very much de-
ceived, and resolve to do otherwise next
year. Next year comes, the same thing
is repeated, and so it goes on from year
to year.
Now, Messrs. EDITORS, can you not,
after the political canvass is over, call the
attention of farmers to this subject,
through the columns Of the JOURNAL.
Get the farmers stirred up to their own
interests-have club organized--and
have full discussion of this wages mat
ter. And as a subject for debate pro-
pose this Resolved, that we pay tw,
bushels of wheat for harvest help, one
and one half bushels for threshing, and
one bushel for common days work.
BIG RIVER.
Dated Oct 25th, 1869.
Il We are glad to notice this evidence of
an awakening OF our agriculturists to reali.
cation of the situation" When the far
mers-who are most deeply interested in this
matter of high prices for help, etc.-begin to
seek for remedy for the evil that is dragging
them down, then, and not till then, may we
hope for different state of things And when
they will resolve to cultivate less ground, and
cultivate it well. it will be a long stride to-
ward the lessening of expenses for help etc.,
while the profits will be just as great. The
raising of stock must also pay. We UNDER
stand that the ST. Paul market is almost en-
tirely filed by beeves brought from the south.
This is decidedly wrong, and the farmers of
Minnesota and northern Wisconsin are to
blame for allowing il.
Meanwhile our columns are open to the dis
cussion of this subject by our friends, with the
hope that much good may result thereirom.-
EDS. JoLENAL.1