Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-02-05
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Editor Democrat: The new dress OF
the Democrat, the increased size, since its
columns are filed with so readable mat
ter aud the expectations for your future
success made certain by your efforts in
the past. are the subjects Of favorable
comment amongst all classes Of readers
hcrcabouts, and bespeak an extended pat
ronagc We all like il. We MI hope YOU
will not tie the mouths of any OF your cor
respondents even with .'blue ribbon for
personalities, unless they become more
personal than any have yet. We all find
pleasure in reading letters from CORES
pondents in the various towns ofour coun-
", whereby we learn much of local inter
est Persons who have lived in one town
in our county, now residing in other towns,
learn much to crafty them, of old neigh
bors, improvements, removals, &c, &c.
fear that your remark in n late issue
may deter some from penning items OF
interest proper to be made.
We are very quiet peope, pursuing
our usual vocations with a sameness only
broken BY an occasional death or some
unfrcquent occurrence, extraordinary in
character. Real estate changes are not
very numerous We are not having,
neither have we had, many new buildings
erected in our immediate vicinity since
the close OF the war. The morals of our
people have improved; there is and has
been less intemperance than at some for
mer periods of my acquaintance here and
lawyers at Dixfield find very many less
cases in which TO be employed by people
from this vicinity than formerly. There
are fewer poor people. a the term Is gen
orally applied, and nearly every one here
and hereabouts enjoys the fruits OF well
paid and deserved industry. know that
the children of all are better clothed, fed
and schooled, than before the war, and |
speak very close to the truth. If not what
is positively true when say that the nee
essary wants of all our people are better
supplied than at any preceding time with
in my knowledge. Still money is not so
abundant as it has been during part of
the last six years.
We will not blow our trumpet too loud,
set we think we raise our part OF large
oxen. nice cows, fast and valuable horses
and heavy porkers. Our schools are well
attended and are profitable in theirresults.
Snow falls, the sun shines, and nature
walks along its regular course here as in
the rest of "Old Oxford" Wehave been
visited by those disagreeable, old, oc-
casional callers, whooping cough and
measles their stay has been long and few
families sighted, Doctors, since Autumn,
have been unusually busy; just now bad
colds are all the rage, and very lucky and
very few those who escape Widow Nan
cy b. Whitman, aged nearly SO years
died last Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Whitman was lady beloved by all. She
lived respected, and her loss is deeply re-
GREETED by children, brothers, sisters and
large circle of other relatives and
friends. Only five hours less than one
year before she died, she stood at the
death bed of an only daughter, who died
of consumption after long and severe
sickness.
Josiah r. Hall, one of our Oldest and
much respected citizens, died last Satur
day morning, aged nearly ~ years.
Edwin A. Lane has exchanged his
-"home farm" in this town with John c.
Kidder of Dixfield, getting farm about
half way between Dixfeld village and
Canton Point. In the Autumn of '69
there was quite stampede Of JEFF.