Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-09-16
Editorial and Selected Items,

Scn0larS Ill ACaueinic "iu pcicCt ocioOlS
in our County this fall. which is an in
crease over other years.
The weather continues dry and hot
Wednesday of this week was about as hard
a day'fo cattle to do heavy teaming as
any day in the season.
Whoever borrowed The Life in Utah"
is requested to return it,
--.Schoolboys" who crilicisc the rheto-
rio of some of our correspondents. should
be careful to be without fault themselves,
in their grammar and spelling.
Hebron Academy opened its fall tSm
with about 40 scholars and a few moro
are expected.
We arc indebted to the York Go.
Agricultural Society for COMPLIMENTS
ry ticket to their Show and Fair ut Saco
and Biddcford, Oct. 4th, 9Th, 9th, 9TH and
Sth.
Also to the State Agricultural Society,
for ticket to their ninth exhibition at
Augusta, Sept goth, 2lst, 22d, and 23d.
MIR. j. Is. Donnell, of Portland, has
been elected Superintendent of the Re-
form School.
Rev. Mr.. Baker, graduate of New
ton, is supplying the pulpit of the Baptist
church at Hebron.
-Rov. Mr.. Preble, who has supplied
the Pulpit OF the Univers alist church
here for several weeks has concluded his
labors.
Rev. Mr.. Bixby gave y very interest
ing account OF the missionary tour OF his
brother in Burmah, at the Baptist meet
ing house in our village last Sabbath
evening. He exhibited an idol taken
from heather temple, and showed whats
had been accomplished in fulfilling the
prophecy Of Isaiah, by opening n road
through TO the land of Gin, or Western
China.
He will supply the pulpit here another
Sabbath.
Mr.. Lowell Gardiner OF East Sumner,
has sold pair OF two-ycar-old Steers Tor
the sum sum of S205.
- Invest your money in Bonds OF roads
in orr own State, where people can see
them. They have IN established charac-
ter, no tax on them and are perfectly safe
Call ut this office.
The second volume OF Virgins Di'
gest will be published in about six weeks
and 57th vol. Maine Reports by the 10Th
of November.
j. X. Hammond, Esq. of our town,
one of our enterprising farmers, has Just
purchased six head of yearling pure blood
Durham stock Of Clinton Howe, of Sum
ner They were obtained from the Per
cival stock, on the Kennebec.
We have had occasion 70 put in
Pump this season and decided to try the
Glass Cylinder Pump, which Mr.. {. H.
Blake, of Buckield. is the Agent OF. We
are satisfied that il is all it's recommended
To be and advise those in want OF Pump
TO try it.
There will be public Temperate
Meeting at the Court House, on Wednes-
day Evening OF next week, in accordance
with vote of meeting held on the lst
Wednesday of Court week in March last
There will be company and speaker
enough in town to make large and IN
teresting meeting.
-Bcsides the other attractions OF the
Cattle Show and Fair, at South Paris,
Oct. 4th, 9TH and 9th, will be the Military
Display of the Norway Light Infantry
and Auburn Infantry, and possibly
Portland Company.
"A letter from H. F. Howard Esq OF
Dixfield, in attendance at the State
Sabbath School Convention at Bath this
week, reports very interesting series OF
meetings. 1t is proposed to hold our
County Sabbath School Convention a,
Bethel, ON tuesday and Wednesday, Oct
llth and 18th.
Mr.. w. L. Hewitt of Paris, 4 grad
uatc OF Maine State Seminary, and SUBJ
sequcntly of Amherst College, has been
chosen assistant instructor in German, ~
Cornell University, \. Y, says the
Lewiston Journal.
Chief Justice Appleton to-day denied
the application for an injunction upon the
Maine Central Railroad Company to les
train them from altering the gauge Of the
road from broad to narrow, rs asked for
by John Ware.
PAPER WEDDING.-The Paris HI!
friends of Mr.. and Mrs ii. NJ. Bearce, OF
Norway, made them an unexpected call
on Wednesday evening Of this week, the
first anniv ersary of their wedding. The
marriage ceremony was performed over
again and a pleasant time enjoyed.
DIR. n. T. True, County Supervise.
ectured at Hebron. on Wednesday even
ing, on Natural History. He was to lee
turc on Thursday evening on Astronomi-
cal Geography at Bryant's Pond and to
deliver a full course on Natural History,
at the High School ut Lewiston next
week.
A fair trial only is needed to convince