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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
West Peru High School

yJyHE SPRING TERM OF TEN WEEKS will com
i rnence ON Monday. Feb n, 1909, under
the charge OF VIRGIL. L. HALL, with competent
Assistants.
TUITION:
Common English, - cents per week.
Highcr English, W cents
Languages, " cents
BOARD can be obtained for o. Is per week, or
a. - including washing wood and lights. Rooms
Tor those wis hing board themselvc. can he had.
Board or rooms can be obtSined by addressing
the Principal
West Peru. Ne, Jan ~ lS2.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05

In play and for pleasure, you can not
speak too much with children. nor in
p.inishing or teaching them, too little.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05

No support, when We are right, can
be derived from those who are ever ready
to yield to Us when We are wrong
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring Gray Hair 10
It's natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing which
is nj once agreeable,
healthy, aud eiieciual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
10 its original color
,ciM the gloss aud
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
Maine Central Railroad
Special NOTICE.

nASSENGERs from oxford County coming
Il frem stations the Grand Trunk Railroad,
above Danville can reach Augusta by the Maine
Central Railroad from Danville to winthrop, and
thence hy stage Ia Augusta stage leaves Win
throp on arrival Of afternoon train from Danvtiic
Trains leave Dsnyille al s:S i. NJ, or on arrtvM
OF train from Portland.
Through tickets to Augusta are sold at panvilie.
EDWIN MOVES, Supt.
t-NQ
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
Farm for Sale.
Farm for Sale.

THE s.b.criier. on account OF III heath. offers
fr .aL h.. E.rm. located about i've mix
iro,a the thriving village of Locke. Mill. o" the
line OF the GraHd Trunk Railroad. and On the
south s,se oi the lnLrosooggin river. al Beans
Corner
The Farm consists Of aloai 100 acres, we'll
divrled into pa-tmage and iillagr-ihcre being
ahoot 81 acres Iater,.e ard % acres under cult.
yai,o,.
The building. are one story House, with SHE'D,
Bno, ufanery. Sc IN COOL order. God waller
A school aud n-.ung house are within one hun
dred rods.
Al.o. another piece Of hai Of about 20 o' 90
acres, well w,,oded. To be solJ sepaTa,eh or to-
g,,her. A part Of he purchase moasy can remain
on ,aosigas-. Enquire Oh the p'rrn''r. 81
TIMOTHY AVER.
L. 1880
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
Dissolution.

'I'HE CopSrtnership heretofore existing between
l. MIXER DUSHAN, is this day dissolved.
W. o. MINER
4. NJ. DURHAM.
South Paris, Jan -, Ise.
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3 3 . 3 : ! ! ! 7

rI,o THE WORKING CLASSES. am now pre-.
paref to furnish constant employment to all
classes at their homes, for their spare momcnts'-
Rusiness new. light and profitable. finy cents to
Al per evening l. easily earned, and the boys and
girls earn nearly as much a. men Great induce
ments are offered All who see this notice please
send to their address and Ies, me business TOT
thcmselvcs M not well satisfied viii send VI 10
nav for the trouble Of writing me. Pull psrten-
lars sent ftee Sample sent by mail Tor 10 cents.
ttldress, T.. &. ALLEN, Augusta, Me.
tauSQ
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FINO dispose OF guarantees for the sale Of Landed
L and other valuable property in different parts
Of the United States. Profits very liberal Sales
easily effected and NO loss OF time from other busi
ness. Address J. T. MILLER eco
jIn9 Nv Box 4, L. o. Port Deposit Nd
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
Dissolution Of Copartnership

NOTICE ). her,b, gi,ea that that ihe pat
~ ne,sh,p lately .obs,sl,ng LeIween C'> lon
Rove, N-~ioH Grover and Lewis A. Santorn, I"
ihr. .h.y dissolved. 50 lar a. relates to the SID
Ncsiun Cover. "a debts due TO the ,ad pat
ser,hip arr 10 ~ ts,ii. .ad those d"e from the
same d,ss harg-,,. the OF the late firm IN
Bethel. h, Ce>lon Rove, where The to.,n.s. vii
Ls cuaIiuar,l under the hrm Of G. RnwE Co.
CEYLON ROWE,
NEWTON GROVER,
LEWIS A SANBURN.
Bethel, jan. I, 1869 ~
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Sheriff Notice.

Sheriff 8 NOtlCe.
THE several Coroaers within AMI ior the Cnun.
l -tv Of Oxford, are her-b, ao.'hed. Ia accord
ance ~ nh Sect. II. Chapter Ia, uf thu Revised
Statutes of Man-, that The Undersigned has been
Gu'v elected and qualified as SHEsIyT vii an
and Ior sand Count, of Oxf'd.
CYRUS WORMELL.
Paris, Jao. I, 1869.
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Farm at Auction.

THE u,xiersigaed will ell his Real Esia'e:
] Stock, Hay, Farming Tools and HOUSEHOLDS
raraaure Ivy Public Aaction. on the pre- m'ses' O"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

81 had not much for him { Ii. j.
Raymond to do till The Tribune was
started; then | had enough and !
never found another persen, barely OF
age and just from his a1dics, who
evinced SO signal and sun versatile
ability in journalism as he did. Alb
ler aud stronger men lmay have
met; acleverer, reader, more gene
rally efficient journalist, never saw
He remained with me nearly eight
years, if my memory serves me, and
is the only assistant with whom l
ever felt required to demonstrate for
doing more work thar any human
brain and frame could b expected to
endure. His salary was Of course
gradually increased from time to
time; but his services were more
valuable IN Uoportiv., 10 tl-oi.- uvrt
than those Of any one else who ever
aided me on The Tribune. III.
Greeley.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Tho Washington Gd-eHe, a Demo
cratic paper, pays the following CON-
plimcnt to the Republican candidate
for Lieut.. Gov:
Maj. NJ. NJ. Walden, the candi-
date on the Republican ticket for
Lieut.. Governor, has our warmest
congratulations for the high esteem
in which he. is held by his party
Although differing with him widely
on many of the political topics of the
day, personally from old associations
formed in our school boy days, and
also as officers in the 1st Brigade,
4th Division, 18th Army Corps, we
esteem Maj. Walden very highly
He is an accomplished gentleman, a
graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity at Delaware, Ohio, and has a
good record as soldier. All these
facts we know from personal acqain.
tance. Yet, politically, we would
much prefer having Maj. Walden on
our side Of the question.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01
The iKcokuk Gate City of June 10,

The Keokuk Gate City of June 10,
says; .s4-..-- go :aA III
"The result Of tho conference of
railroad kings hero was a definite ar
rangemcnt between tho Pennsylva-
MIA Central, the Chicago, Columbus
and Indiana Central, the Pan Han
die, and the Toledo, Peoria & War
saw, by which this almost continent.
al line becomes one for transporta-
ton purposes. But the arrangement
didn't stop here. The more impor.
tant feature of it to Keokukians, and
the people of Southern Iowa and
Northern Missouri, was the arrange
ment unanimously come to, to put
the road through to the Missouri
River, promptly. Crossing the Mis-
sissippi at the bridge at this place,
the road will cross the Dos Moincs
about tour miles from its mouth, near
tho mouth Of Sugar Creek; thence
uniting with tho Alexandria Road, it
strikes the State line at Upton, Van
Buren, County, and pursucs the line
of General brakes Southern Iowa
route westward. Full particulars
will be given shortly" 80 ao-
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Gen. James Watson Webb claims
to have been grossly insulted by tho
government of Brazil, prior to his
departure from Rio and wants Gen.
Grant to send down an armament and
lick the Brazilians therefore.
1t is to be hoped that if tho United
States is compelled togo to war for
this high handed outrage, that the
doughty General will cast his own
person into the iminent and deadly
breach, rather than to draw his $l2,-
900 per annum on some lucrative Of
fee as he did during the "late on
pleasantness."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01
A Little Girl carried off by a
Rear.

A littlo girl, three years old, the
daughter of Henry Flynn, living
about 40 miles east of Ludington
Mich, was recently carried off by a
black bear, and recovered thirty-six
hours after almost unharmcd. She
accompanied her father on his horse
one morning, about forty rods from
homo, and then put down and told by
him to return home. On his return
it was found that she had disappear
cd. An examination of tho place
where she had been, showed tracks
of a largo bear.
Her parents Immediately began to
search for her, and were assisted by
two gentlemen looking for land -
About thirty-six hours after she had
disappeared, as the two gentlemen
were, passing a swampy spot, where
the underground was very thic k,
one Of them heard the childs voice.
He called her by name and told her
to come out of the bushes. She re-
piled that the bear would not let her.
The men then crept through the
brush, and when near the spot where
the child and bear were, they heard
a splash in the water, which the
child said was the bear.
On going to her they found her
standing upon log extending about
half way across the river. The bear
had undertaken to cross the river on
the log and being closely pursued,
left the child and swan away. She
had received some scratches about
her face, arms and legs, and her
clothes were almost torn from her,
but the bear had not bitten her to
hurt her, only the marks oflhis teeth
being found on her back, where, in
taking hold of her clothes to carry
her he had taken the flesh also.
The little one says the bear would
put her down occasionally, to rest,
and would put his nose up to her
face, when she would slap him, and
then the bear would hang his head
by her sido and purr and rub against
her like a cat The men asked her
if she was cold in the night, and she
told them the old bear lay down be-
side her and put his ''arms" around
her and huggod her to him and kept
her warm, though she did not like
his long hair. The supposition is
that It'll q femalo bear, and having
lost her cubs, came across the child
and adopted it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01


SEE.sAw.-The consolidation of the
Iowa Central with the Iowa River
Railroad, leaves some forty miles to
the north, the Cedar Falls and Toledo
end of the Iowa Central, which is
reported pretty much all graded.
By this consolidation it makes tho
chances and claims of Grinnell and
Newton, which are about cqui-dis-
tant from the natural route, so evoaly
balanced, that Judge Sewers Com
pany has already inaugurated tho
little game of see saw between those
two points, which the Chicago & S.
W. Railroad is playing on Ottumwa
and Fairfield.
The people of Grinnell perhaps,
will some time,get their eyes open to
the fact that a connection here with
four great routes, and the entire To-
wa system of railroads will be of at
least as much Importance to thcm as
o connection at Oskaloosa with one
bob-tallcd road, and that one only on
paper. Meantime, if Bro. Grinnell
and the other Grinnellites enjoy the
see saw business as we'll as we do in
Ottumwa, thcn they are enjoying a
high old time indeed.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

The Ha,ckeye has an obituary Of
Hon. A. w. Carpenter, cx-Mayor ol
Burlington, who recently died at his
old home near Harrisburg, Pom.
By it we learn that the deceased
had been resident of Burlington
over a third of acentury.
We clip tho following interesting
extract:
GA single instance will be suffi-
cient to show tho hcroism, selfsacri-
ficing spirit which actuatod Mr.. Car
penter in all the walks of life.--
Among tho many trying occasions
through which it has been the lot Of
our people to pass, the cholera epi-
donnie of 1S49 and 1850, will never be
forgotten by those who went through
them. Our city was desolated in ev-
cry direction. James g. Edwards,
founder of the Hackeye, and Elk
Governor James Clarke, editor Of the
Gazette, were among its victims, and
scarcely q threshold could be found
over which the destroying angel had
not passed, leaving mourning and
death behind. On this terrible oc-
casion Mr.. Carpenter and few de-
voted men Conc of whom was our
highly esteemed citizen, Harvey Ray,
ESQ.,, now absent in Montana,) Or
ganized an association, and both by
day and night faced tho Grim King
of Terrors in his most ferocious
moods. They nursed and cared for
the sick, sat up with them all night,
furnished them with both necessa,
rios and comfort, and when all was
over, they decently composed their
worn-cut bodies, and accompanied
them to tho grave. Nearly one hun
dred persons wcrc thus attended by
this noble band, moro than thirty OF
whom were women, who had been
deserted by their friends and left to
die alone. All married, with fami-
lies Of their own to care for, and in
the primo of life, with tho world and
it's joys before them, Mr.. Carpenter
and his associates unshrnkingly de-
fed death in his most frightful as
poets, and gave themselves up to as
suaging the sorrows and mitigating
the sufferings Of his victims without
a thought or fear of the consequon.-
COS. To encourage those who may
hereafter be placed in similar circum-
stances, It is gratifying to say that
not only did these men pass through
the epidemicin perfect safety, but
not one of ary OF thcir falniliaa were
ever attacked by it or suffered from
their noble efforts. Mr.. Carpenters
death is tho first vacancy yet created
in tho ranks Of these miniters to the
sick and dying Of those memorable
years"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01
For the COURIER
The Capture of Quebec.

AT midnight's still and solemn hour.
When silence spread her pinions wide, s..
And noise to mar its mystic power
Had with the morning zephyr died,
The gallant Wolfe arranged his band
Bold rs the nights they were to scale
Before the peep of day. rt .sf
And pulled away with deadn'd sound,
Nor lovers song nor tale went round,
To 'larm the distant hostile ground.
Which was to hide their clay.
They gained the shore: Wolfe leads the way
And up the nights his warriors swarm #
Eight thousand men, ere break of day,
Upon the plains of Abraham form
The long-roll beats the sentries cry
To arms! We Franks! to-day we die
Or live for victory!
Surprised, the French belield their plight
But rallied on the plains for fight, y.
With crimson banners streaming bright.
And hopes as high as they.
How smiled that morn with radiant life!
But ere the hour of noon was past
The foes were met in deadly strife,
Midst sabre stroke and cannon blast
They met like foemen ne'er to part
Till one within his throbbing heart
The falchon's thrust should feel.
They stood like heroes shot and shell
They fought like brave men, long and well.
But Wolfe, the noble chieftain, fell
Foremost bleeding on the field.
They bore him gently to our side,
And comrades quickly raised his head
To staunch the death-wound's crimson tide,
And see perchance if he were dead: y -
While ragged the battle on the plain, .v.
And heaps of Frank and English slain
Lay scattered everywhere;
They bent DER him in silent fear
Their hearts were sad, their grief severe,-
And vet they gazcd without tear
Upon the form that withered there. ~
Come in the quiet walks of life, ii .ss.
When joy has never known fear: ,.EI
Come when the maid blest into wife
Has never shed crystal tear;
Come when the sweet and laughing child
The tender babe that sweetly smiled
to hasty blight; e.,
Come in deceasc, or mirthful throng;
Come in pestilence, or in song,
Oh, Death. and thou art wondrous strong
And rayless as the night:
sa9iaFa
The wall, the groan, the scaldlnc tear;
The dirges never dying spell, 4 .r....
All that we dread, or even fear,
Thou breaker of the mortal shell, ''
Are thine: but to the hero's ear
Whose sword has won a freeman-s bier.-.-----
Thy call Is but TO fame. slte,,..
Wolfe! with sceptered kings and storicd brave
Rest thee. There is no nobersraNe "
Above nor meath the oceans wave: t.-li
Immortal be thy name! Fs
n. FISHER.
June Sd, 1860, -,s II
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican writes, relative to the re-
cent sudden death OF Mrs. Geo. L..
Dunlap: "a sister of Mrs Dunlap,
who died suddenly IN the hall, yes,
terday, had given Mrs. d. her ticket,
saying tL..s che tiarcu not go ncrseif
because reading an account of the
great crowd made her heart palpitato
so! Probably had she gone she wo'd
haycperishcd just as did her less eau
tiouS sister"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

The LATEST man in tho world lives
n Oskaloosa, and is said to be a good
lawyer and great political econo-
mist. In his younger and "more
palmy days." he manifested some pc
culiar traits Of character, chief among
which was that OF economizing time
and space by lying in bed, studying
law and chewing tobacco all at the
same time, and il is further said that
when thus lying upon his back look
ing up in sublime alteration to Black
stone and Kent, if he had occasion
to spit while tracing "nice point"
be economical tine by splitting up
and then jerking tho cover over his
face ConSerrdtQ.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

POPULAR ERRoRs. editors
keep public reading rooms. That
they are delighted to get anything
to fill up the paper with. That they
are always pleased to have assistance
in selecting copy for the paper. That
every mans own private act is a
"matter Of public interest" That it
doesn't make much difference wheth.
er copy DO written on both Sides
That the editors always return re-
jectcd manuscript.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Onward-O Opposition To Presbyteri-
anism Hutchison is the brbfand pithy
name of the son OF q hardshell Bap
tist in West Ely, Marion county, Mis-
souri,. He was baptised It intervals.
IN Y, World.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Gen'l J. Watson Webb, late Min
ister to Brazil, and Alvin p. Hovey
of Ind, whose division was so badly
slaughtered at Champion Hills, and
now Minister to Peru, recently ar
rived in Washington.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

A Michigan exchange lcarns that
the permanent recovery of ox-Gov.
Crapo is certain. DR.. Willard Par
kcr, of Now York, received $4,000
forperforming surgical operation
for calculus, and did not consider that
there was one chance in a hundred Of
it's being q success.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Brigham Young, in q late address
in his tabernacle, delivered himself as
follows: ga great many ask me how
many wives l have but, to tell the
honest truth, never thought enough
about it to stop and think. But |
will get up the facts in the case and
tell everybody, SO that they may stop
asking me these questions. sup
pose have a dozen or fifteen that l
am taking caro- of perhaps few
more | do not know, and care moth
ing about it. try to do good. and |
try to save the pc pie; and | say, do
not let u lady come to destruction
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

GRIswoLD coLLEGE, sDavonport,--
this Observation-Disclosures of tho
Iowa Episcopalians, had an annual
highly successful examination and
graduating exercises, last Wcdnes-
day. Bishop Lee ana Hon. John A.
Kasson took part il tho examina
tions, and made addresses, with other
distinguished visitors and patrons Of
the college.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

The Port Hudson officers of the
Army and Navy are to have re-
union at Long Branch, on the 9th
and 9th inst, just six years from the
surrender of that stronghold.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

The Davenport Ga.ette, is an able
and profound papcr, and as the Ora
Gle Of the Iowa press, is decided
success; but it has one great failing,
towit: 1t can't tell a joke from o
funeral procession, ride senatorial
Article in that paper of the,2ith inst,
under tho caption "The Senatorship
North
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

The Annual Convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association
for the country at large, convenes
this year at Portland, Maine.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Gcnl Ed. S. McCook, the youngest
of the Fighting McCooks." of Pc
kin, Ills, has rendered his resigna-
tion Of tho Collectorship of tho Sth
Illinois District, which he received at
the hands of Andrew Jonsing.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Gen'l Add. II. Sanders, in tho Da-
venport Journal says ga pair of
false calves, warranted tc look in all
respects like natural limb, costs on
ly eight dollars in New York"
How do you know?
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Col. A. r. Anderson, the Assessor
of the 9Th District, has appointed the
following deputies to-wit:
T. r. Stockton, for Fremont coun-
ty; J.W. Chapman, Formerly editor
Of tho Nonpareil,) for Pottawatta-
mic; w. M. Alexander, for Page,
and s. f, Stiles, for Dallas. All first
class mon who will fill their places
with honor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

Art sick ?--art sad?-art angry with
the world2
Do all friends fail thee? Why then
give thyselt
Unto the forests and the ambrosial
fields;
Commence with them anu the eter-
nal sky;
Despair not, fellow. He who casts
himself
On Natures fair, full bosom and
draws food,
Drinks from fountain that is never
dry.
The Poet haunts there; Youth that
ne'er grows old
Dwells with her and her flowers
and Beauty sleeps
In her most green recesses, TO be
found
By all who seek her truly.
BARRY CoKNwAt-,