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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-04-25
4ntforsr Itsn,s--THe NeT Bell.

The NJ. T. church of Andovcr have
obtained u bell tor their new house OF
worship. IL was east in Boston. is OF
pure bell metal, and j. pronounced by
competent judges 10 have n tone clear,
sweet and beautiful. Having stood the
test of coming over the Grand Trunk
Railroad, said to be rougher than that
which leads to the PLACE to which the
majority OF the human family are bound,
its strength and durability is proved. On
the 10Th OF March. Henry Adams trans.
ported II on runners from Bryant's Pond.
Owing TO the muddy travelling Tor these
last twenty siiles, much honor is due Mr..
Adams TOR his perseverance. lie proved
himself worthy ol the stranger-in'law re-
lationship between himself and the great
Massachusetts. Patriot. whose acts were
done live or die, sink or swim, survive
or perish" Under the skilliul supcrin.
tendance Of Henry Abbott, OF Rumiord,
the bell after it. journey 0t Ia and IS
milcs. wa. raised aud safely planted in
the hellry OF The Methodist Episcopal
Church. Shortly before its arrival one
who called himself an old Rams Horn.
came from The land where tie bell was
east. and from the tour corners OF our
town held forth. Though in mouth and
and tongue The bell may be- inferior to
the Reverend Horn. may il be more ef
leclual in awakening the slumbcring
energies Of the people, and in drawing
them where they will DC warned from
The slippery ground slushed with saliva
from tho .landl Of The old Serpent, and
invited into the told OF Christ where they
may parlIsr of the water of lille freely.
And whc; by its rcverbelation IN I'M
mcnse hell of sound is suspended in the
heavens. wish It's long tongue lashhg
from side 80 side. filling the whole i'm.
m,nsily Il space with its clear, smooth,
mclsdiou. sounds; may It's elastic melody
haun! tho wolf and the bear from the
forests. gh, destructive insects and YER
min iron i've fields. while upon the tim
panWm e. lie human ear, formed by The
cunning kmanship OF true, allwi>c
and cve..,-iing God, may i seem to
whisper il. more noble tones, the senti.
menl of J.hn the Baptist in the wilder
ness of ia ira. "Rcpent We, for the King.
dom of Heaven is ut hand"
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Rrll0flf,A Pond.

A few days ago called on my friend
Dea. Eli Foster, who is one OF the best
farmers in Bethel. His farm il situated
about midway between Lockc's Mills and
the Androscoggin river. Mr.. Foster be-
gan on this farm nearly half II century
ago, when the country was wilderness,
and here, he and his excellent vile have
toiled, and grown old in years. though
no, in heart, and by industry and pru-
dence, have accumulated II competency
of this worlds goods In selecting his
farm, he chose u variety of hill and low.
land. His substantial farm buildings.
are located at the juncture OF the high
land with the low. Westerly, the brown,
level fields, under high state of cnltiva
ton, stretch away across "Otter Brook. !"
to the distance OF nearly'a mile.
With commendable foresight, the pri-
mayal forest was allowed to remain on
the upland, and now affords one OF the
best sugar orchards in town, 1t was near
the close of the sugar season when | was
there, ard every one was satiatcd with
sweets, and tired of the labor of making
it. 1t has been u great sugar year. MIR.
Foster tapped 800 trees, and has made
over two tons of sugar. besides barrel
o. more of maple honey. The under
bruqh has been removed from tho sugar
place. so that An OK team can be driven
through every pari OF ii. and the sap Is
gathered in this way. The sugar house
is near the iarln house. In this arc pans
and boilers enough To- reilucc tho sap at
the rate of barrel IN hour. 1t takes but
three hands. and these most all the time
10 manage the sugar making. and rs 1t Is
done at = time when other work is not
driving. In good season., like the present,
the business Is highly remuneraLive.
The public should be cautioned against
the indi.criminato use ol the lately dis
covered remedy called ChloIal Hydrate.
Some inexperienced physicians are pre-
scribing il for nearly every disease. and
it i. being productive OF great amount
of harm. Recon, experiments have DEM
onstrated the fact that it, frequent use
deoxydizes !hc blood. and that in all
cases where any OF the salts ct iron are
indicated the Chloral Hydrate is contra
indicated. In case OF dclirium tremens.
and kindred diseases. it has proved a
great benefit. but it should never be used
unless prescribed by skilltu and eXpc
rienccd physician. INDEX.
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Maple Sugar.

Mr.. Edior:-Thc year 1871. will long
he remembered as the great sugar year,
lar surprising any past year. AS have
taken particular pains To ascertain the
amount OF sugar made in four school dis
tricts Joining. with the exception OF one
district lying across the river, opposite
the other districts, will give the names
of those that have made ten hundred and
over. John Swan ID. 2900 lbs, he carry
in off the palm. I. II. JeweIt, 2l00; J..
+. Holt, 2067 lbs. ; l.. ID. Smith. 400;
Joseph Holt, 1900 lbs. A.; Nathaniel Swan.
1900 lbs, John 5 Swan 1900 lbs; John
Garland, 1000 lbs. Richmond Davis.
1000 lbs. II. II. Bean 1000 lb.. A. Nj.
Carter, 1000 lbs. j +. kimball, 1000 and
so on from three to eight hundred. all
figuring up TO twelve tons and one hun
dred lbs. There are two orchurds in this
territory that haze not been tapped, ana
many others bu, little tapped If any
one eau give Il better record OF So small Il
territory, we should he pleased 10 hear
from them.
Middle Intcryalc Farmers Club chose
u committee to get individuals To take
stool; in cooperative store; also chose
a committee 10 assign experiments 10 the
members OF the Club; by so doing, we
can ascertain The best method to pursue in
the future.
Hops are pretty generally killed; there
will be several acres ploushcd up, in this
vicinity.
The Spring is some Two OF three weeks
earlier than usual. ]. G.. Kimball, Esq,
has sowed his wheat, and others have
been ploughing. j. L. h.
Bethel. April Il.
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Paris HUI Items.

The Sled Factory bnilding is being
erected rapidly. and will soon he ready
tor occupancy. Mr.. II. +. Morton, the
Superintendent, has moved into town,
with his family, and others will move
their families when ready to 60 Ia work.
There is more power TO lei. in the Steam
mill, and good chance for other indus
tries, which we hope will be improved
The frame OF The Cabinet Factory
building to be erected by Mcssrs. Silas p.
Maxim. OF Paris. T. F. Hathaway, and
A. Davis. of Lewiston. WAS raised on
Saturday last. IL j. 10 be u by 30, two
and "A half stories, and used tor the manu-
faclure OF Furniture oi' alI kinds The
building is located 20 feet north OF the
Steam Mil. which supplies the power
The Sled Factory buildings about %
feet further north. OF 100 feet from the
Mill. This building is 30 by so, two
stories. Both oil the buildings are in
tended 10 be ready Tor occupancy about
the LIT of June.
Mr.. Hathaway aud family have already
moved into town. aud laNcn 4 potion OF
the Judge Cole house. The Misses Cole
by the way, have removed from Portland
and occupy the lower part OF tho house.
Mr.. Davis and family arc expected to
hoye from Lewiston TO day, and viii oe-
cupy the tenement Of Mrs. Simeon Cam.
mings. over. the Bates store.
Many IN want o! fencing stun IN town
will be glad tu know that the Steam mill
will have their plAner in operation Ia
day ct two. tnd will get out pickrtj,
pointed and planned and : by ioist, when
ordered.
Other improvements ARE going ON IN
town. DR.. +. II. Brown is putting his
buildings through course OF paint. Ia.
side and out. and Mr.. G +. MeIlen ha
been finishing of rooms in his house. 10
accommodate Tho demands upon him
from summer boar'lcrs.
Mr.. G.. L. Vosc Offers hi beautiful
residence Tor sale again Ml CrOckel
the Daguelrcolypi>l. from Norway. WAS
up last wcrk and took Iilc view OF IL.
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bethel items.

Last week. while gIancing over the
farms in this section. where the Obsrr\ lug
farmer can learn some useful lc,'ons. |
noticed the grass fields are cooking rather
sofrowfuI On fields which we're >rod
cd down last season, the severe drought,
with the absence ot SNOW. To protect the
roofs, will leave many sections ia bad
state. In some dry fields. whcrt the
soil is thin and dry, the crop mu.t he
very light. We think those who .ONcd
plenty Of good seed. will now Icarn lis
value, while those whO are Obliged tn pay
Sc or 81 per bu'hel. will he incllnel -
scatter sprinklingly. We hutr lhs. one
firm in Boston cleared $1,000 on SrI-s
seed, last summer. Farm stock genera
" wintcrcd well. on Tar less hll corn
being cheap. was fed in lis stead. Sheep
were TUNED to pasture in good condition;
were not confined to The bain only about
ten weeks the past winter. We noticed
several new breeds OF sheep aIc being
inh oduced among ON Farmers. The
most noted are the Soulhdowu. CotswCid
and Canada breeds, Mctiilman L Bean.
of this town, has Il full blood bucI. and
several ewes OF the former breed, which
are decidedly superior, in form and value,
to the small fine wooded lots oil past days
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Otis Hdy1ord, Esq.
The poet has said, that

The poet has said, that
''The chamber where the good man meets his fate
l. privnedgcd beyond the common walks Of lie;
Quite ON the verge Of heaven"
and NJ we read the brief notice that &C.
companicd the announcement OF the
death of him. whose name stands ut the
head of this article. We felt TINT truly n
good man had met the fate. that sooner
or later. awaits all the living. We could
not attempt to write culogy, but rather
add heartfelt tribute To his many vir.
tues. Genial and sympathetic in his ma
ture. his urbanity OF manners. the hospi-
tally. which Tor many years, himself and
excellent wife dispensed 50 bountilully
in their pleasant home, and moro than all,
his many charities, dropping silently hero
and there amongst the needy aud suffer
ing, have reared for him monument, IN
many grateful hearts, enduring a. life.
As man of business. he was persever'
ing. honorable AMI successful. and tho
often surrounded by many cares. they
wcrc never allowed TO interfere with his
duties aS a citizen, husband and parent.
In the circle OF his relatives his pleasant
countenancc. his words of kindly cheer.
the helpful hand. and the deep interest
ever manifested in their welfare. will be
sadly missed. and cause m aching void
that time cannot fill but TO this circum.
scribed sphere, one OF his noble nature
could never be limited, his broad sYmpa.
thies and generous scnefaclions, have
been freely bestowed for our national
honor, and the universal brotherhood of
man.
The spring.t time is here. yet cannot rojoice,
For my thoughts are away, where the inurmnring
voice
OF the whispering pine trees, their dark branches
wave
In the son, signing Eephyr-, that breathe DER thy
grave.
But the spirit that bclmcd from thy mild, speaking
eye,
still lives il glorious mansion ON high,
Thy generous nature enlarged aud refined,
Rcaps it. reward for thy good 10 mankind
G. A. X
Glencoe Mimi. April Sth. 1871.
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Hon. Peter &. Tirgiu &.

The following obituary notice OF Mr..
Virgin appeared in one oil tie Portland
papers:
Perhaps Mr. Virgin Was little known
to the majority oi the people OF this Sec
ton. and it may be that there are not =
dozen comparatively OF the present active
generation around our city who knew
him; but it is not proper in a journalist to
allow the departure al man WIN filled
SO large 4 space in the public minds in
his own county. at who quietly did 80
much To shape the history OF the State,
10 pass BY unhecded. Mr.. Virgin was 4
native of Andover. Mass, and son of
Ebenezer Virgin, one of the early set
tiers CT that town The subject OF this
brief notice obtained his academic edu-
cation at Concord, at Salisbury Academy
and At Phillips Academy in Andoycr, ut
the last of whicll schools he was fitted
Tor college His class .mltes at Andoyer
were Hon. Charles s. Davies Of this city.
Newell, the missionary, Enoch Chandler
and several other well known men. Mr..
Virgin entered Harvard, but in his junior
year left college and started Il school in
Concord, and al the same time began
the study of law Alter pursuing his
legal studies in Concord and Westford
and Haverhill for four years he joined
his father at Rumford in 1907. soon alter
The settlement of the town had began,
and applied Tor admission to the bar !;
but rs Tie rule required six month legal
study in this State, Mr.. Virgin passed the
requisite time in the office of Judge
Judah Dana of Fryeburg. On being adj
mitled to the bar he began the practice OF
his profession in Rumford, and continued
in it, with success, nearly all the remain.
der of his life, interrupted only when
called to ill offices Of public trust.
La 1853 he was elected member oil
the General Court of Massachusetts.
He was IA member OF the Convention
which formed the present Constitution
of the State, and Il delegate TO the famous
Brunswick Convention which sat five
weeks He was elected TO the first Leg
islaturc of Maine, where he found Benia'
min Ames in the chair, who he had been
| intimate with in Westiord. In 1880 he
was made Chief Justice OF the Court ol
Sessions for Oxford county, and in 1885
was appointed County Attorney by Gov
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Ho,c much for. q ,aan9

Diogenes. of old, was so Disguised at
the degeneraey OF the times. that he took
his lantern, and searched in broad day.
light foI an honest man! The principal
political stock in trade of the democracy
IS, me cogrupiiOR Of tAe rsfSbiicaa partg,
But tor New York politics il might DO
difficult To lind The democratic standard
of honesty, by which To Judge the re.
publican party, bat that State gives us
such precious examples that we are at no
loss. The last has just occurred aud is
worthy of note The New York AS
semhly is 80 nearly balanced, politically,
that the democrats could only count on
one to spare. and unfortunately that one
cot into a muSS with fellow democrat
and assaulted him badly. Boss Tweed,
llc great New FORK leader of that party,
had several nice little axes to grind, and
tried To reconcile the offended party, be-
cause he could not spare a vote. The
quarrel had gone too tar, however, and
Mr. Irving. the offending party, was
obliged To resign his scat. This made a
tin, and the democrats were in danger OF
LOSING their pet measureS--sOmc OF which
were OF pecuniary nature AMI some of
great political significance. by which the
party Was Ia preserve the State IN their
hands Tor the presidential election
There was, for instance, Tweeds bills Ia
repeal the registry law, so that there may
b. no obstacle to fraudulent voting, and
the bill to change the law relating to the
State election, SO that no L. ;. law may
be OF any avail to prevent fraud. The
republican members were aware of the
appliances that Tweed would bring upon
them to cajole or buy their votes, so they
resolved To stand together and resist all
opportunities in that direction. 1t was
well understood that a handred thousand
dollars would be paid for a republican,
body and soul-but there were no takers
for lew days, At last, however, human
nature caycd and one only, to the credit
OF the l62 republicans. be it said. was
found. who sold himself His name is
WinauS, and he has acquired a notoriety
of iniamy that will 60 down with him to
the grave.
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Mason Items.
b.. A..

We are -, ing wonderful weather for
April. rdr sugar season i. about over /;
such MI ..lolnt of domestic sweet was
never before made in this section of the
country ~ H. and Lewis Tyler, have
made hail ION in short time John
Barker E.q. OF West Bethel, made six
hundred lbs. from one hundrediiity trees.
Some men in Bethel have made a ton
apiece, - il nus been awect time gener.
ally.
Glas. brgins TO look green in many
places-hut generally it is badly winter
killed have not seen a piece OF last
years seeding down. that shows any
signs OF producing crop OF hay the
present sca.Jn. Some farmers say they
shall have H. cultivate or re-seed all they
laid down last Spring. II is good weather
now 10 ,tait grass not killed, but the ap.
pcarance oi The fields now, is decidedly
against y good beet crop. Farmers
should cnlcsvofr AS far as possible, to
supply the deficiency. by planting roots
and fod,l,l cnrn.
Gilman L Bean, of Yves: Bethel. sold
his black criIl TO a gentleman from Massa.
ohuselts, ir S575. Mr.. b knows a good
horse ami hoy TO take care Of him when
he has o.,e. Such men usually have
good horses. @. ii. B.
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anything to do with that lad; lear there
is no backbone in him." And Thompson,
the architect, refuses to do anything TO
the row of houses, For" says he. 'there
is no knowing where to find Williams,
who wants me To build them; he has no
backbone These are customary modes
OF speech. and they represent the simple
truth of lite We reeoil irstinctiyely
iyom the touch OF the spider and the wasp,
the leach and the slug and we recoil as
inStinctNely lrom the large class OF per
sons of whom these little creatures are 4
sort Of moral analogy because they have
no backbone They can sting sometimes {:
they can weave brittle web sometimes;
Hey leave here and there a Shiny trail;
they can draw blood aud the instincts OF
society and humanity rccoil from them.
They have no backbone
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Kent. In all oil these places OF trust the
community know with what upright.
ness and ability he did their duties.
After his withdrawal from public Lille no
devoted himself entirely TO his profession.
and it Is only within very few years
that no has been missed from the familiar
forum where he had been found SO
regularly for more than halt century.
Mr.. Virgin was Wing in politics as
long rs that party had All existence, and
on its dissolution he became n member
of the Republican organization. and was
an outspoken and firm adherent Of its
policy and IN active participant in its
work. showing by precept and example
his faith in its principles. Wo remember
him years ago as polished and digni6ed
gentleman OF The old pchool, courteous
in his demeanor TO all. a sound adviser
whom it was pleasure TO consult. 1t
may be said that his heat never grew
old. He had special interest in young
men, and they cheerlully accorded to
him an unusual degree OF honor aud re-
spoct. BY all the citizens of Oxford
county he was held in The highest esteem,
and was the repository OF the most sac
red trust. Two sons and n daughter
survive him, one of the former of whom
is Hon. VIM Writ Virgin Of Norway.
the present Reporter of Decisions. AMI
himself an accomplished and distinguish
ed lawyer.
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In our issue Of April 9TH. we were
led into the error of classifying Hon.
Ellis II. Roberts. editor nj the tfica
Herald, a 4 democrat. in which we did
him great injustice. The paper fom
which We took the extract had 50 classed
him. The OXFORD Register, OF last week,
Scizes upon the incident to make n point
against Us and our cause, charging us
with resorting TO fdlSehood and deception
in order 20 sustain our rotten and corrupt
party. Did the editor OF the Register ev-
er get mistaken, and have his motives
i,Hpugucd wrongfully Ii is said we de-
tcct in others tho c faults which are most
conspicuous in our own characters. Is it
owing to this that the editor of the Reg.
i>ter charges his ueighbor So glibly with
lalsehood. deception, DC. 1t would
have been uo great stretch OF courtesy on
his part. To have intjmated that we were
mistaken. in our statement. and then it
would have looked % much more gentle
aopIr
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.tnother Republican Victory,

The first election in the District oil
Columbia. under its new territorial or
ganization, resulted in the election OF the
republican ticket by majority oi 4oS7
Gen. Chapman. republican. and UGion
soldier. was elected 4 delegate 10 Con.
grcsS over the democrat, who Was n sym.
pathizcr with the rebellion. TWENTY-FIVE
republican members of tire House OF
Delegates were elected to seven demo-
erals. The democrats made strenuous
eAor.s TO carry the election, and The re-
publican majority exceeds the most SAN
guine expectations.
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Tie ku. KluX bill. rs il finally passed
Congress, gives the President power to
>u>pendthc writ OF hGb.d, corpus. in eases
@, rebellion. "a contingency Tor which the
original Constitution itself makes pro.
vision The section permitting persons
residing in the vicinity Of Ku.Klux out
RACES to be prosecuted, was finally sup
planted 10y much mildcr provision,
which gives the party injured a remedy
against persons who might have fore
warned or protected him. In both Houses
the bill ~ amended received the vote of
the entire Republican membership ex.
cept ,wo Southern Senators.
The democracy dcnounce the bill as
they denounced every measure 10 pat
down the old rebellion
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Denmark items.

A correspondent OF The Bridgton News
says: In my former letter To youl journal
| omitted among olhcis, our entei prising
Blacksmith 1T Jordan's Cornel, Mr.
Eben BlaistlelI, and our Lawyers and
Doctors. We have three lawyers. c. +.
Holt, S. G.. Davis, j. l.. Frink. Doctors,
c. A. Burnham, and A. Boothby.
There was a meek. Tie Festival held
at this place On Friday evening March IL.
1t was got up by The Ladies Society, Tor
the purpose OF raising funds to purchase
Sabbath School books.
A very sudden death occurred here on
Tuesday, March 10th. A little child Of
Mr. Edward Smith, died from the effects
OF eating checkerberry leaves. lie was
eight years old He was accompanied
by another little boy OF Mr.. Jacob Colby.
who was Laken sick at the time, but is now
quite well. There are number of aged
persons in town, among whom ale Mr..
Alfred Benton. age SO; Mr.. Barnabas
Bracket, age 81 Mr. Jonathan Alexand.
or, age IS.
The maple sugar crop will be very
abund ant this spring. 1t is estimated
that there will be 10000 pounds manu-.
featured in Denmark.
A high spirited animal of DIR. G. ii.
Burnham ran away last Friday. He ran
from the blacksmith shop of II. Fl. Smith
to his stable at the hotel in the lower
village. There was long steep blu in
his course. but nevertheless the horse was
uninjurcd. The whiffletree was broken.
A meeting OF the Denmark Farmers
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Trout BpeedinU.

McS>ts. 4. Is. Crockett AMI F. H.
Holmes, OF Norway. have discovered.
about two miles from the village OF Nor.
way. a hook. called Gold Water Brook :,
the temperature OF which i 81 even that
it does not vary much over ten degrees
throughout the year. say 80 in winter and
30 in summer, owing to which. ii is adj
miraby adapted to Trout breeding,
Desiring TO 90 into the business, they
have bought the right to use the water
lor that purpose. and have put in ten
Thousand brook trout. about IN inch and
quarter long, which they procured flom
The Cold Spring Trout Ponds, in Charles
town. " H. They are kept for a while
in breeding tanks. about two feet by live,
and are fed twice day with liver chop
ped fine and mill; curd. They have not
lost one yet. a tact which they do not dis
cover by counting them, but ascertain
because no dead ones rise to the surface.
They will soon be large enough to let in
to the brook. They intend to arrange
matching houses for = million aud hall
of the little fellows, which will supply
our immediate wants They become SO
tame that they can DC taken from the wa
ter with the hand, after while. They
attain their fall size, about pound ii
weight, in three years. If the enterprise
succeeds. as we trust it will. the project
ora can 10 large and remunerative bus
mess, in supplying the Boston and New
York markets. for the trout found in nor
them ATTITUDES, are more highly price
than any others.