Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-01-21
Editorial and Selected Items.

Rev. j. w. Ii. Bakers church, continues,
and that meetings are held daily, with
hopeful results.
Tho Methodist Sewing Circle at
South Paris, have engaged Rev. Mr..
Paine. OF Oxford. to deliver his famous
Sebastipol lecture early in February.
The Farmers Club did not meet Mt
South Paris last Saturday evening, owing
to the storm. There will be meeting
this week, ut the Brick School House on
the Hill. Topic, What is the most
profitable breed OF Cows to keep
Eli b. Bean, Esq. of Brownfeld. Of
fers his store for sale, on account of i'll
health. His right hand and left foot are
still useless, though he seems 10 be slow
ly improving.
The Maine Board of Agriculture met
mt Lewiston on Tuesday. A Farmers
Convention met the ne xt day. and sessions
are being held this week, with good
attendance and interest.
The Farmers Convention ut Lewiston
this week. is fully attended.
The Fat MEMS Convention, to be held
ut Lewiston on Friday of this week is not
so slim matter as it was supposed II
would be-
Moses Pulcifcr aud G. J. Abbot, OF
Jackson village, West Sumner, drove
through to Portland last Saturday.
another good lot of beef oxen.
Henry NJ Colby OF Rumlord, and
Hannibal G. Brown Of Paris, have been
appointed rs the Governor. Justice, Of
Peace and Quorum; Henry c. Reed Of
Norway, Dedmus Justice.
Mr. A. Davenport OF HaIlowcll has
in his cellar pork barrel made Of cedar
that has been in constant use Tor lo7 years,
and is now - good 81 when new.
A contemporary SAYS that = New
York man who had not been out OF the
city Tor many years. tainted away in tho
pure air OF the country. He was only
resnscitated 10y putting a dead fish 10 his
nose. when he slowly revived. exclaming.
that's good, it smells like home
MFR. William Daniels and George
Clark. Of this town, started on Saturday
last with good drove of cattle for
Brighton market. They drive 10 Lewis
ton and get a Car through to Boston for
$50, on the Maine Central, which is much
lower than the rates on the Grand Trunk.
We understand that Paris can furnish
about sixty fat men, who are eligible to
membership in the lat mems convention.
ut Lewiston. West Paris furnishes twcHty.
Mr.. p. c. Shaw, OF Durham. has
wonderful cow On the 10th day of Fcbru
AIRY, 1869, she became the mother Of two
fine calves, and on the 10Th instant be
came the IL other of three more, all alive
and doing well five calves in ten months
and twenty four days.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher announced
to his congregation that he declined 10
receive the offer recently made To him OF
an advance of his salary from Sl2,5OO 10
$40. 900 a year. the first intlmation he said
he had of such advance having been re-
solved upon was from the newspapers.
Million Mortified, Of Providence
caught fifty-two rats in one night, by cx-
changing barrel OF oats that had been
often visited by the rats for water covering
the surface with chah The ''ynrmints'
unsuspectingly pitched in, and met
watery grave. This is an old but excel
lent trap where the animals are plenty.
Somebody says Butler is the Titan
of the House" We suppose that Sauls-
bury is the tight'un Of the Senate
Towel Courier
Might Mason, Esq, Of Bethel, has
sold out his Hardware store TO Oliver
Mason.
This is the way in which South Sea
Islander settled case of conscience. The
missionary had rebuked him for the sin OF
povgamy, and Inc was much gricved. AZ
ter day or two he returned. his face radi
ant with joy. ME all right now. One
wife Me very good Christian" What
did you do with the other?' asked the
missionary. Me eat her up
A bill has been introduced into
Congress to establish n post route from
East Dixiield, by South Carthage, to
Dixiield.
The President sent TO the Senate, on
Monday last, the following nominations:
United States Attorney, Nathan Webb.
for District Of Maine Sebastian 5 Marble.
United States Marshal for District of
Maine; Collector Of Customs, 5. j.
Neatly, at Bath, Me.
In New Sharon, Saturday last, while
John Fletcher. a constable with a posse
was trying TO arrest Ezekiel Tolman,
an aifray occurred between the posse and
number of persons aiding Tolman in
resisting arrest Several were wounded
on both sides. In the affray John s.
Tolman, brother Of Ezekiel, attacked
Fletcher with fire shovel when Fletcher
fred his pistol. the ball taking effect in
Tolman's groin and he died in ~ minutes.
"A well-dressed female walked into