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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-04-30

The name of Charles Z. Morrill, oil
Maine, son of our Member of Congress,
nominated for Consul Mt Berbexo, was
withdrawn Wednesday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-04-30

We have been furnished with the fol-
lowing list of portion of the taxpayers
of Peru. who are taxed over fifty dollars
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Our UiWdge.

Some improvements are going I'M in
tn way Of repairing, painting, &c, OF
buildings.
We are glad to see that the Baptist
Parsonage is being repaired. The meet
ing house andchapelare to bere singled,
and otherwise improved.
The Universalst meeting house also is
being painted aud fitted up.
Mr.. IIoratio Austin is pretty thoroughly
oycr-hauling and re-modeiing the Dudley
house. for his own use. .I..
Every muddy season the sidewalk
question is agitated, and by the time the
mud disappears The Interest is exhausted.
One plan otraising funds for the purpose,
and at the same time ailordiug socia |
amusement, i, to have Village sociables,
open TO all. and collect a tee of ten cents
or more from each one, every evening.
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Uesssn Correspondence.
GLENCOE. April 18th, 1869.

ULENCUE, APIT I'tH' NoVy'
Mr.. Edaorss Oar last communication
brought US nearly to the State of Minne-
sofa. which is one of tie Youngest of the
united sisterhood. II was admitted into
the Union in May. 1883, and was, Ibelieve,
the thirty second State.
Its name originated from the Indian
words, -.Minne and Satah, n..sky tinted
water" referring doubtless to the many
beautiful streams and lakes whose crystal
purity reflects so wildly the clear. blue
skies.
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When ROSTERS are observed be-
fore daylite in the morning sore
ing amung the klOuds, and utter
ing lamentashuns, then look out
for sum sudden weather and a Sc
we're quicker in the money Market.
When yu see Ii geese walking
Iujun file, and toeing in, you can
deliberately bet yure last surviv.
inc dollar on q hard winter and a
CRATE righteousness during the
next season in the price of cow
hide boots.
If pigs squeal in the night, and
grasshoppers cum oph ov their
rOost and mingle in a free fight,
yu may hope for high winds in a
few weeks, and also the typus
fever in yure naberhood.
When spiders are seen climbing
up the wall backwards, and frogs
cough az tho they had the hick-
ups, look out for rain. This IL
also a sure sign that children will
have the measles light.
Ifbees hang around their hives,
and mules are seen in brown
study, a storm of sum kind il
cooking, and you will motifs the
market tor herring is very cada
yerous and shifty.
Jist before a heavy sno storm
ov 8 foot deep, chimbly swallows
are unkommonly scarse, and in
the moral world thare IL a CRATE
lazyness in the agytashun of the
temperance question.
When hens lay 2 eggs a day
and men cease tew brag, ant
Wimmin cease tew cacle, then In
jun Summer draws nj, and thu
millennium amt fur oph.
Love tx sed tew be blind, but
kno lots of phellows in love VIII,
kan see twice as mulch in theil
Isweethearts asi kan.
| It's very difficult for a poor maj
tew be superior to hiz fortune
and more difikult for a rich one
l-IJosh Billings Allminax.
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oeived, and that is an annual re-

ceived, and that Is an annual re-
suit.
Great and interesting as this
may seem to the planters, the re-
suits to the country financially,
politically and socially, are grand
beyond any ordinary conception.
Such an annual increase of labor
products, say S87 900, 900, through
the agency of one commodity,
produced by one class of citizens,
will, shortly, annually increase the
population and means, material
and money, until the wealth of the
State eau only be told by hun
dreds of millions. Until towns
and cities shall be built where the
forest now stands, and until thou
sands of wheels shall turn by the
power of water; until the planters
and producers of this staple shall
found, and build, and turn them
all; shall grasp thereby all the ele-
ments of power, heretofore emu.
merated, by which governments
is formed, by which laws are
made and administered, by which
science sheds its light, the arts
are made to flourish, the literature
of the country is made to adorn it;
by which the freedom of consci
ence may be defended; and the
moral grandeur of man himseli
shall be exhibited in the image OF
his Maker. Then we shall have
the balance of trade in our favor
Then, and not till then, will CAPT
tai flow to us as tide, and immi
grafton as a wave roll in upon us
without an effort on our part.
Does any one ask where tn,
money is to come from? We an
swer, in the language of Mr.
Cooper, ''from the planters of thu
South first, # they please" The,
have the money poacer. Unles
thus used, it must run to wate.-
Nashville Banner.
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Another Valuable Plan
tafiOn for Sale.

THhe plantation known as the "PERSON'S
L PLACE" on Red River, situated seven
miles below Shreveport. Has three hundred
acres open land suitable for making o crop
of cotton the coming season. Good dwellings,
and out houses. Plenty of woodland, and
well fenced. Six hundred acres in all in a
good locality for large dairy, for supply
ing the City of Shreveport with milk and
butter.
Terms the most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, one
third cash; balance one and two years
For further particulars inquire of or ad-
dress e K. Russ, Bellevue, La, where plans
of the place can be seen. n32
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Stray Sale.

n w. Harrell, on or about the 7th day of
July, 1869, and will be sold to the highest
bidder, for cash, at Bellevue, La, ON the
first Satusday the 5th day of March, 1870,
Bay Stud Colt, Bay Mare Colt and
Black Mare Colt, about q years old EACH
Bay stud branded on left shoulder with key;
Black mare on right shoulder with key, and
Bay mare on right shoulder with key and on
left hip with W. p. connected Appraised
at $50 each.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. H. LOTION, Stray Master
Bellevue, Sept. |, 1869. n23
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Stray Sale.

Estrayed before w. J. Bush, J. p, by G.
II w. Arnold, jr on the 2nd day Of Sept.
1869, and will be sold for cash on the 18th
day Of March, 1870, at Bellevue, a small bay
horse saddle marks on his back and right
hind foot white, about 8years old. Branded
on his left shoulder with figure and letter
j. Appraised at $50.
The owner is requested to come forward
prove property, pay ehrages, Sc.
LII. LOTION, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, Sept. 1869.
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AN AIMI,Ess LIFE.-.aI com :

AN AInfLESS FE.-.6I com :
mitted one fatal error in my
youth, and dearly have / abided
it. l started in life without an
object, even without an ambition.
My temperament disposed me to
ease, and to the full / INDUCED
the disposition. | said to myself,
4 have all that l see others con-
tending for; why should. | strng-
gleP | knew not the curse that
| lights on those who have never to
struggle for anything. Had /
created for myself a definite pur-
suit-literary, scientific, artistic,
social, political, no matter what;
so there was something to. labor
for and to overcome-I might
have been happy. | feel this
now--too late! The power is gone
Habits have become chains
Through all the proftless years
gone by, | seek vainly for some
thing to remember with pride OF
even to dwell on with satisfaction
l have thrown away a life.
feel, sometimes, as if there were
nothing remaining for me worth
living for. I am an unhappy
man. Robt. Dale Owen.
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Steam .EEiEE for. Sale.

A good steam saw and grist mill, together
IA with valuable tract of land contain
ing 800 acres, for sale cheap for cash The
mill is in good running order, and is situated
three miles southeast Of Benton, Bossier
parish, in healthy location, good water
and substantial buildings, &c Also, for
sale, wagons and team for same, with a lot
OF hogs and cows.
d. n MITCHELL
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stray Sale.

TNstrayed before the undersigned, author
h ity, on the Goth day of October, 1859,
by w. K. Head, and Will be sold at Bellevue,
La, on Saturday, April 23rd, 1870, 20 the
highest bidder, for cash, an IRON GREY
MARE PONY, branded with ID reversed
on right shoulder; both fore feet and left
hind foot white, and about five years old
Appraised at $40.
The owner is requested to come forward,
j. H LOTION, Stray Master.
Bellevue, Oct. o, 1869.
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The manager of a country thea
IRE, peeping through the curtains
between the acts, was surprised
by a glimpse of the empty bench
es. "Why, good graciousp' said
ne, turning to the prompter,
"where is the audienceg" "He
just stepped out to get a mug of
beer,a was the prompt reply.
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The Paris Kentukian is respon-
sible for this annecdote: "Gen. J.
G. Breckenridge and Humphrey
Marshall had a pleasant meeting
here last week. In joking one an
other, Gen. B. told the following,
which very humorously hits off
Gen. Marshall's immense size:
When Gen. NJ. heard that Gen.
Pegram intended entering Ken
tucky with his command, he felt
as if his own preserves were being
poached upon, and sent word to
Pegram that he must not come
into the State. Pegram replied
that he was preparing, and in
tended to enter Kentucky at once.
Marshall declared that if he did
he would have to pass over his
MarshalPs) dead body. Where.
upon Pegram responded that that
would be too much to expect Of
his artillery, but if he found the
obstacle in his way he would i'm
mediately tunnel through"
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A young pupil of the New Or
leans grammar school was scolded
by his mother. Sammy, Sam
my" said she, "why did you do
that? You might have known
you would hurt YOURSELF elbow
could l know, mother?" replied
the youngster, as the pain from
his bruised shin ceased for a mo-
ment. Gam / a future tense.n
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For Sale.

TNhe plantation known as the rus
L Sci JONES" place, near Mar
tins ferry, in this parish, comprising
$50 acres of excellent land, one hun
bred cleared. Would divide it up in
lots of any number of acres to suit
purchasers. B. T. FORT.
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An army surgeon, a reputed
lover of the knife and saw. who
had just hacked and hewed a pa
tent to his hearts content, was
asked by an attendant who stood
cycling the two pieces of mortality
just deposited on the table,
"Well, sir, which piece is to be
put to bed and which buriedp
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The weather is cold at Laramie.
A young woman choked with a
blt of ice the other day, and the
doctors decided that nothing can
be done to remove the obstruction
until spring. ~
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A short time ago close listed
farmer on the Sandy river, in the
State of Maine, died, after devils
ing one dollar to his only SON.
The old gentleman was duly
buried in the venerable church
yard, which suffered a terrible
washing away by the late flood,
and short time ago his body was
found opposite the sons place,
having been brought down the
river long distance. When the
tender hearted son was informed
of it, he made the touching re.
mark, "Probably come back after
that dollar!!n
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The dumb females of the Jack
sonville Asylum find husbands
among the prairie farmers, and
are said TO make dumb coed
wives. = ~
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Bessj. I'D. Herrsssg,
BELLEYTE. LA.

BELLEVUE, LA,
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT,
WIN attend promptly to the collection of
w all accounts, notes, &c, at the usual
per centage. v8n3l
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HNrdaCNge.

A we'll selected stock of shelf and other
IN Hardware, bought in New York for
cash, of Importers and manufacturers
agents" j. H. REYNOLDS,
feb2O ON 81 Texas ST., Shreveport
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stray Sale.

Ttstrayed before the undersigned, on the
II llth day of October, 1869, by +. NJ.
Hanks, and will be sold at Belle1 ne, La,
for cash, to the highest bidder, ON Saturday
the 10Th day of April, 1870, a small BAY
MARE PONY. Appraised ut $50.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, sc.
~ J. II. LOTION, Stray Master
Bellevue, La, Oct. 16, 1862
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The South's Power.

georgia state TAR dG hdcou: on
the 18th inst, he stated the cot.
ton crop of Georgia, alone, to be
SOC, 900 bales, averaging 500 lbs.
each. The value of this, per 100
pounds, in proper currency of the
United States, after paying
freights and charges to Liverpool
from New York, if sold in Liver
pool, is S28 S45. For this the
New York shipper pays in New
York $26, thus leaving for q bal
ance of 80 841 for his profits. A
bale of 500 ponds, therefore, af.
fords him a profit of S14 225. The
crop from Georgia of 500, 900 bales,
when thus sold, will therefore af-
ford to the New York shippers
an aggregate profit of 81, 200, 900.
The cotton crop of the South is
supposed to be 100000, bales.
Two million bales shipped as
above and sold in Liverpool, af-
ford to the New York shippers a
benefit of 28,S4O,0OO. This is the
result of one crop. 1t is wonder
full, therefore, that with this to
build on New York should be a
great city, with centralized power
to make and control the policy of
a nation?
Again, cotton in the process of
manufacturing loses Is per cent,
or Is pounds in each 10O-equaI
to IS pounds per bale. This
amounts to 1900 bales in crop
of 100000, or nearly one bale in
six, which, if valued at 90 cents a
bale, is equal to $750,000.
The planter loses this. He also
loses the freight he pays on this
waste.
The freight from New York
to Liverpool alone is thirty-fve
cents per hundred pounds, which
is equal per bale to 81 rs. The
freight from New York to Liver
pool on 100000 bales made il
Georgia, If shipped from New
York to Liverpool, is $4,000.
The raw cotton, when manufac
tured in into yarns suited to th,
foreign markets, diminisles til,
bulk 10 per cent, and therefor,
save about one-sixth of this freigh
which is equal to $145,S33 savet
in freight on waste from corp o
100000 bales. The manufactur
ing OF the raw material at hom
saves also the waste of 15 pc
cent, and turns it to domesti
account.
Manufacturing at home for til
foreign market adds two third
to the value of the bulk. Hence
one bale of cotton thus manufat
tured is worth three of the ra,
cotton, say equal to $500.
The crop of 100000 bales MANI
featured in Georgia, less fiftee
per cent. waste, is 425, 900 bale
manufactured products, equal t
$500 per bale, which is equal /
theaggregate sum of$137, 500, OOl
This, then, stands against the SUI
of s5O,0O0,O0O, the value of SOC
600 bales sold in the raw state.
There is therefore, a balance
favor of the country of SS7, 500, 0(
produced by converting the ra
cotton into q manufactured a
ticle. Add to this the sum
S145,0O0 paid on the waste whe
shipped and saved by manufactl
ring at home. Add also the va
ne of the waste saved and used
home, by estimate 100000, an
you have the sum of sS7,745,OC
made and saved to the country b
manufacturing the raw materia
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GNstiMge.

TShree tons Castings, assorted, for sale By
Il j. II. REYNOLDS,
Texas street, Shreveport.
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stray Sale.

ENstrayed before the undersigned, on the
II 4th day of September, 1869, by L. G.
Raspberry, and will be sold for cash, to the
highest bidder, at Bellevue, La , on Saturday
the LIST day Of January, 1870, a Brown OK,
about 81 years old, smooth crop in both ears,
and branded ON left hip with G. j. Apprais
ed ut $40.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &e.
j. HI. LOTION, Stray Master.
September 25, 1869.
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'tHEE4I
NlHE Cohnlssio Agrionltnre,i in bis re- port


j. for the year 1866, speaks ~ follows: In
There can be no doubt, Of the general adulte-
ration Of ail malt liquors. II England and other
an increasing vigilance practiced to detect and
punish such frauds, by system Of inspection Of
sli malt liquors manufactured before exposed to
SAFE, the practice is very common. How much
more in this country, where there are no laws on
the subject and no officer to carefully anayze the
products OF the brewery? Some years ago, Pro-
fessor Mapes, Of New York, analyZed the beer
from dozen different breweries, and all were
found adulterated with noxious substances Itis
sala ha that the sale OF drugs to brewers is profit
Cocculus indicus, fish berry, nux vomica, (dog-
button, from which stryclnine is obtained,j are
These are potent poisons, and the brewer found
usln ng them should be drowned at once in one of
his own watts. Tho British Parliament passed a
law to prevent this ncfarIous business. The fol-
lowing is an extract: mo druggist, vendor of or
dealer in drugs, or chemist, any other person.
shall sell or deliver to any licensed brewer, dealer
III or retailer of beer, knowing them to be SUCH
or shall sell or deliver to any person on account
OF, or liz trust for, any such brewer, dealer or re-
taller any liquor called by the name ofor sold for
coloring, from whatever material the same NAV
be made; or any material or preparation other
than unground brown malt, for the darkenng the
color OF worts or beer, or any moasses, vitriol
honey, quassia, cocculus indicus, grains of para
disc. Guinea pepper, or opium. or any extract or
preparation of molasses, or any article prepa-
ration to be used in worts or beer for or as sub
stltute for malt or hops; and if any druggist shall
offend in any of these particulars, such prepara-
tion, &c, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by
any officer of excise, and the person offending
shall forfeit .tfue hundred pounds
Under this law, yerymany druggists and brew
ers were brought to grief, and yet the practice
continues: Unless the American public are ready
to admit the immaculate purity and innocence Of
American brewers they must be content, while
drinking their beer to cherish the belief that they
are at the Same time guzzng some narcotic poi
son or damaging medicine. In view Of tho unpre-
cedented growth of the barley crop; Of the great
increase OF the number of maltsters and brewers;
OF the vast unknown quantities of beer that arc
drunk in every city and almost every town on the
continent; it is the dictate of sound wisdom, that
the attention of legislators should be called to
the subject of the aduteraton of our malt liquors.
and severe penalties should be inflicted as pre-
vcntivc."
?. S.--Judge for yourself! My Beer is pure.
March Is JOHN c. SEEGERS
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,SooIaer.. or .Tnt.,.

&ul Sooner, or Later. y st
Sooner or later the storms shall beat 81
Over my slumbers from head to feet; ~
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In the long grass above my grave. ~"
1 shall not heed them where lie,
Nothing their sounds shall signify;
Nothing their head-stone's fret OF rain,
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine
Sooner or later, In summer air,
Glover and violet blossom there
l shall not feel, in that deep-laid rest,
The sheeted light fall over nv breast.
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind blown breath of tossing flowers
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hush to my mute repose;
Sooner or later shall slant and shift,
And heap my bed with dazzling drift.
Chill through that frozen pail shall seem,
Its touch no colder con make the dream
That recks not the sweet and sacred dread
Shrouding the city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with its golden hum;
Sooner or later, on half-poised wing,
The blue-bird's warble about me ring
Ring and chirrup, and whistle with glee;
Nothing his music shall seem to me;
None of these beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later. far out in the night,
The stars above me shall wing their flight:
Sooner or later, by darkling dews,
Catch the white spark in the silver ooze.
Never ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb;
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow,
Sooner or later-O! why not now?
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A MAN IMPALKD UPON THE TINES oFAHAY
FoRK.-On Monday last terrible and most
unusual accident happened in West Ste
of that place. He was driving load of hay
over badly driftcd road when the sleigh
upset. the hay fork was lodged in the drill
standing upright, and Mr. Tiff was thrown
upon it, the tines entering his body and
holding him in that position. A Mr..
Wheeler, who was fortunately with him,
made an Intellectual effort to lift him from
the tines, and was only able to relieve him
from his perilous situation by raising him
with the fork and laying him upon the
snow, and then drawing the tines from his
died in very little time, as he was really
sitting upon the fork, unable to help him
self, with the tines imbedded in his body.
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one dead I thanked Heaven on my knees
before them M. tits not much Of story,
neighbors, but + think of il often in the
nights, and wonder how'll could bear to
live now if I had not stopped when I heard
the cry for help upon the road, the little
baby cry, hardly louder than squirrels
chirp.
That's Dolly yonder with her mother in
the meadow, girl worth saving-I think
(but, then, I'm her father, and partial, may
be,) the prettiest and sweetest thing this
side of the Mississippi.