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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

Tho fine mare ADA" better known
rs the "Siorer Mare" OF Drew and Mes
singer stock. was RECENTLY purchased from
Leonard Storer. Esq, Of Weld, by 9
gentleman of Boston, for $1,000. Mr..
Storer possesses number OF valuable
and really excellen. mares. Wherever
they are known, the mares OF Mr.. Storer
have received q Justly merited esteem
for their fine qualities, being not only
renowned for speed but their great pow
er OF endurance.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

MAINE CATTLE IN VERMONT. The farm
ers of Vermont have lately experienced
a novel surprise A cattle dealing firm
at Cambridge, VT, says the Rutland Her
aid, lately shipped a car load of working
oxen from Boston market and sold them
readily to farmers in their vicinity al
fair prices, from sll5 to SlS5 per pair
The cattle were raise, in Maine and were
in fair condition Another lot of oxen
and COWS, purchased in Maine. are being
disposed OF Eden al rates that defy at
any comp etition from farmersin Lamoble
county. The idea OF shipping cattle to
Vernon, would mol ordinarily occur to
cattle dealers, but the short hay crop In
Maine has led the farmers of that State
to dispose of much of their stock Mt low
figures. and the operation is therefore
probably profitable one,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19
.The Union Association Of congreg

The Union Association of c0ngrega
tional ministers met Tuesday and Wcdnes.
day Of last week at the Parsonage at No.
Waterford, with Rev w Newell. Rev.
Mr.. Wilson was Moderator OF the meet
ngs and preached 81 sermon at the Public
services on Tuesday evening. Among
those present were Rev Mr. Morgridge,
80 years of age who walked twelve miles
to attend the meeting. and al its close
started homewlrd on foot. lie feels
to be but sixty AVID certainly breaches
better than many ut that age Rev. Dr..
Warren was al>o present. contributing
tho benefit of hi wi>dum and his expert.
enpc, while adding moi little TO tho
social enjoyment ut the occasion. Faith
er Douglass. VIII" completes the tiftieth
year Of his pastorage on the 9TH of No.
veu,ber next, --shoald he live-was pres
ent, adding tho weight of his long ex
perence TO The interest and deliberations
OF the meeting, says the Bridgton Neus.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

President Grant, while in Brook
lyn newspaper office last week, remark.
ell, II have sci good many columns Of
type myself in Georgetown, Ohio, years
ago.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19
w. p. Frye.

A marriage of great interest took
place in the town Of Bellevilc. Canada,
at the residence of the brides sister, Miss
Howard on Tue sday. the fifteenth OF
August. The 81 DOM was Mr.. Samuel L.
Green, deaf mute, and graduate from
the National College at Washington. y.
c., and the bride was Miss Caroline
Campbell Howard. third daughter. OF the
late Hiram +. Howard. who was for
many years ut the head OF Que OF The
most prominent banks in Buffalo, n. Y.
The bride wore magnificent walking
suit of gray silk. trimmed with blue;
bonnet and gloves en- suite. The lovely
bridemaid, Miss Henrica Howard, sister
TO the bride, looked charming in blue and
white. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. JOHN Grier and the Rev. Arthur
Baldwin. The bride is the niece Of the
Hon. Lewis Walb ridge, formerly the
speaker OIL the Canadian House of Par.
Lament. Tae groom is native OF Wa
terlord, in our county.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19
CoNNoLLY's RECONSIDER.

y. OAkEl HALL.
CoNNoLLY's REJoINDER.
Mayor Hall of New York on Thursday
afternoon received the following reply
from Comptroller Connolly:
Co>pTRoLLER's OFFICE.
New York, Sept. y, 1871.
Hon. A. OAKEY HALL, MAYOR.
M Dear Sir:-Y our letter OF Sept llth
asking my resignation Is Comptroller
was presented to mo last night at eleven
O'Clock. II; an interview sought 10y your.
self. Similar verbal requests from your
self and others have been within the last
three weeks received and declined. The
official source and subject OF the matter
OF your note, as read 10 me and as publish
ed by YOU in this mornings press, de.
manded and has received my earnest con-
sideration.
\ criminal abstraction OF papers from
the Finance Department seems n reason
for your letter rs tar rs any Is therein
suggested In common with other city
officials | now stand before the public
and ourconslituency rs charged with NAL
feasance in the administration of the
high trusts so long coniided TO my care.
Legal proceedings wherein such charges
are made and are TO bc Substartiated it nj
all, are now on hearing before fearless
and Just tribunal. Ny answer thereto is
before the public andmy complete defence
ready 10 be presented both To that high
court, our constituents and to the citizens
of New York at large. Ny counsel has
urged by my wish speedy trial and rigid
investigation. | am fearless OF the result
and anxious iOr procedure.
During many years in my adninistra.
ton of this office have not seen and Tail
now to see any dminution of public con-
fidence and such fact would have been
readily marked. nothing being more sen.
sitiye to general opinion than the fnan
cial administration. | beg leave 10 differ
from Your Honor in thinking the robbery
of my Office creates any unexpected or
sudden emergency. am not appre-
hensive that either yourself or the COM
munily will suspect am an accomplice
in that depreciation. am happy TO us.
sure you it has effected no serious mis-.
chief, The archives OF the department con-
tanning ample abstracts of all the stolen
papers. Whoever planned OF executed
the crime has reaped no benefit and in
llicted no injury upon public interests.
Would not my resignation at this par
ticular time give the advocates of the
partizan attacks upon the city govern
ment Just cause to believe me to plead
guilty not only to participating at
least passively in the burglary, but as
well TO the charges now made in legal
proceedings? So ii seems to me. My
official acts have been supervised and APP
proved by your superior vigilance and so
far rs my atm inistyation is questioned,
equal responsibility attaches to yourself.
In your answer and affidavit read in the
pending litigation, you have adopted and
vindicated those acts. You could not
justify yourself without so doing.-Con-
sequently do not perceive why my reB-
ignation should be asked, or how if ten
dered it would have any influence in ap.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19
The Rascals Caving In.

The Tammany Ring, composed of
Tweed, Hall, Sweeny and Connolly, can
not stand the pressure which that mighty
lever, the Press, has brought to bear up
on them. The New York Times opened
the ball, by publishing figures showing
that the debt of New York City had more
than doubled within the past four years
by the frauds of the above men The
reply was, "What are you going to do
about it?" The people have taken the
matter in hand, and the aid OF the Courts
been invoked, till the rascalS begin to
shake in their boots. An examination is
to bo had, when suddenly Connolly says
his safe has been robbed and the vouch-
ers, so necessary for light, have been
stolen. This trick is too transparent, and
Hall affects to be Disguised and calls on
Connolly TO resign, which he declines do
ing, All this Tutoring shows that some.
body is hit. The correspondence between
Hall and Connolly is spicy, tho there is
some suspicion that it is all planned, and
that the vouchers were spirited away to
save them ALL What will come of it, re-
mains to be seen. Ii The rogues have
really fallen ont, honest men may get
their dues
MAYOR HALLS LETTER TO CONNOLLY.
The following letter from Mayor Hall
to Controller Connolly was published
Tuesday morning.
Mayors Office, Monday F. NJ, Sept. IL.
Ny Dear SRI have just beer inform
ed by the Superintendent of Police that
last night the offices OF Finance Depart.
ment were secretly invaded, and that MS
a consequence thereof valuable vouchers,
evidences of payments and cancelled
warrants, together representing large
amount of discharged city liabilities, are
alleged to have disappeared. The SUI
perintendent and the Mayor immediately
had u lull conversation regarding the
means OF investigating the untoward cir
cumstances of the alleged burglary, so "a
to punish the guilty, procure the restilu
ton OF such papers as may have been
taken, and protect the interests of the
city. Our constituents will have the
right to hold you responsible and in
measure withhold from The Finance De.
partment the desirable public confidence
It il impossible not TO perceive that the
city credit will suffer. and in very criti-
cal period OF the municipal government.
Via great personal reluctance official
" reach the conclusion that the cxigency
demands you: retirement from the head
of the Finance Department in order that
l may place there another gentleman,
who will be enabled 10 thoroughly in.
vestigate its affairs and restore public
confidence. cannot suspend any head
OF the department, not even pending the
investigation. | can only prefer the
charges to the Judges OF the Court Of
Common Pleas, who alone can remove
after considerable time tor itial. am
compelled to throw myself, therefore, rs
Mayor. in this unexpected emergency,
upon your magnauimity and ask, under
the circumstances, for your resignation.
(Signed Very truly youls,
O,ErN Han
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

David Barker, the Bard of Exeter, hay
ing been elected to the Legislature, nat
urally takes TO rhyme over the cvent.and
sends TO The Wing the following
With bleaching locks and fading sight.
This sage advice give to yon;
Use brains enough TO shun fight,
Or rinck enough to fight IL through.
This would be good advice for the
democratic leaders in this representative
district.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

Cattle Show at South Paris in fort.
night-at Dixfiold q week later.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19
Otforo 4tmotrat.
THE ELECTION

Returns from $50 cities, towns and
plantations, giving nearly the whole VOTE
"a, S97, are rs follows:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-19

Mayor Hall of New York on Thursday
afternoon received the following repl!
from Comptroller Connolly:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
How to See Down a Well.

1t is not generally known, says the
Lancaster (Pa) InteLigencer, how easy
matter 1t is to explore the bottom of a
we'll, cistern, or pond of water, by the use
of common mirror. When the sun is
shining brightly hold mirror so that the
collected rays of light will fall into the
water. A bright spot will be sent at the
bottom, SO light as to show the smallest
object plainly. BY this means we have
examined the bottoms Of wells fifty feet
deep, when half full or more of water
The smallest straw of other objects can
perfectly seen from the surface In the
same way one can examine ponds, and
rivers, if the waters be somewhat clear
and not agitated by winds or rapid motion.
If well or cistern be under cover, or
shaded by a building so that the sun
light will not fall near the opening, it is
only necessary to employ two mirrors, u.s.
ing one to reflect the light to the open
ing, and another to reflect it down into
the water. Light may be thrown fifty
feet or hundred yards to the precise
spot desirable, and then downward. We
have used the mirror with success to re-
feet light around the house to a shaded
we'll, and also to carry it from a south
window through two rooms and then into
a cistern under the north side of the
house. Half dozen reflections of light
may be made, though each mirror di-
minishes the brilliaucy of the light Let
any one not familiar with the method try
1T, and he will not only fad it useful, but
j very pleasant experiment. 1t will per-
haps reveal mass of sediment at the
bottom Of the well that has been little
thought of, but which may have been
frightful source Of disease by its decay in
the water.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
Death of the uble-Headed Baby-One
Head 0utliVeS the Other.

uodu OutllVeS Liz ULu6r.
From the Boston Post July 49,
We mentioned in our columns, yester-
day, the presence in Boston of most re-
markable child, the offspring of Joseph
and Ann +. Finley. 1t presented the
remarkable as well as unprecedented
phenomenon of two heads, four arms and
two legs, and all upon single body. The
girl-for such was its sex-died last even
ing at No. 6 Bowdoin street. The first
half or head breathed its last at five, and
tie second shortly after eight o'clock
The many thousands in the Western or
Middle States who have seen this marve-
lous eccentricity of nature, will learn its
early death with regreat The child-or
children, as it would seem proper to al
lude to the phenomenon-had enjoyed
excellent health from her birth, nine
months ago, until within two weeks, at
which time one exhibited signs of illness.
This, however, was but temporary. 1t
recovered, and was bright and playful
Since reaching Boston, few days since,
the other,-or the other half-was taken
sick and died yesterday afternoon, as al
ready stated. The two portions of the
body were so intimately connected that
the death of one rendered that of the 9TH
er inevitable. The spectacle was equally
novel, strange and unparalleled. Upon
one end OF the body reposed the head of
the dead infant, upon the other that Of
the live one with its eyes still bright and
curious and its lungs 10 full breathing or
der. All that medical aid could ac-
complish was done, but it was found un-
availing. The child died in the presence
of its parents The corps presents the ap-
pearance of two infants asleep. Apparent
y they escaped the ordinary suffering in-
cident to death, for the countenances had
the expression of repose. The disposition
of the body is not determined upon
Several of our physicians were desirous
last evening of having it opened fore xa-
mination.
1t is doubtful if the parents consent
They reside in Monroe county, Ohio and
live upon farm. They have other child
ren, but none have exhibited any un-
usual developments. Nor can this ex-
traordinary departure from the laws of
nature be accounted for. In Philadel-
phia, where all the medical Solons under
took to solve the problem, nothing what
ever was brought to light. The child was
looked upon with amuzement and in
terest, but all attempts to account for its
existence were futile. 1t is regarded as
more of a curiosity than the Siames twins,
and most certainly the spectacle was more
pleasurable to the eye. The child was
shortly to have been exhted tothe public,
and would doubtless here, as elsewhere
have attracted throngs of visitors. The
parents were especially devoted to the lit
tie marvel, and their sorrow is grieveous.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
Politics Gtoue, asrnure sicn orolp ueliaere
Useful information

To lay a square acre of ground =
Measure 2O9 feet on each side, and you
will have square acre to an inch.
An acre contains 4,S40 square rods.
A square mile contains $40 acres IN
length mile is $3.50 feet, or 1,790
yards.
a fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles
A Sabbath-day's journey is l, l55 yards
this is eighteen yards less than two
thirds of mile.
A days journey is 33a miles.
A cubit is 2 feet
A hand, (horse measure)' is 4 inches.
A palm is 3 inches
A space is feet.
A barrel of -four weighs 100 pounds.
A barrel Of pork 200 pounds.
A barrel of rice 600 pounds.
A keg of powder 25 pounds.
A firkin of butter Sc pounds
A tub of butter 81 pounds.
BUsHE LMEAsURE.-lhe he following are
sold by weight per bushel
Wheat, beans, clover seed, 60 pounds
to the bushel
Corn, rye and flaxseed, Sc pounds.
Buckwheat, SO pounds.
Barley, 43 pounds.
Oats, 80 pounds.
Bran, 20 pounds.
Coarse salt, So pounds
A commercial bale of cotton is 40C
pounds.
a pack of wool, 24O pounds.
A section of government land is GAG
acres, or one mile square.
A liquid tun is 252 gallous.
A box l6 by 16! inches and s inches
deep, contains bushel.
A box of lemons will average abou
$50 in number; box of oranges iron
200 to 250.
A case of preserved ginger contains
jars.
A frail of dates weighs from $50 t.
200 pounds
a drum of figs, 2, 4, and 8 pounds
each.
A cask of prunes, 1900 to 1,S0(
pounds, averaging about 1900 pounds.
Currants come in casks of from 2T5 t,
800 pounds.
Citron comes in small boxes of abou
25 pounds each tare, to q pounds
Peanuts are usually sent to market il
sacks, containing about 2 bushels.
Dried apples aud peaches comes il
barrels, generally from $50 to 225 pounds
Blackberries comes in barrels.
A quintal of fish is 1l2 pounds.
Virginia peanuts weigh % pounds t.
the bushel. Wilmington, do. 26 to ?,
pounds. African, do. 80 pounds
American Grocer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
NO. IA.
Bows and Girls.

Boys and girls are not the same. They
are born different, and show it while they
are infants. The boy baby is restless and
uneasy in his mothers arms. He is new
er still except when asleep, and even
then tum5les from side to side in his crib,
with sudden filings of arms and legs
When he grows beyond babyhood he
plays differently. Without ever being
told OF 1t, he instinctively turns away from
dolls, lays them aside in indifference. and
freely gives them to whatever little girl
will have them. He demands tons. and
marbles, and drums turns down chairs
for horses, lays hold of all the strings in
the house for lines, wants all the little
sticks made into whips, mounts sofas and
drives four in hand he asks for guns,
and wants you to tell him stories of bears,
and lions, and tigers, and is amused be-
yond measure at their leaping upon and
eating up COWS and oxen. The girl baby
is gentle, even from the first and looks
quietly out of the blue eyes, or laughing
ly out of the black ones. She takes ma
turally to her dolls, and never wearies of
dressing them and arranging the baby
nouaO oue ID Seutie III Eer plays, anQ
would be frightened with what would fill
her brother with a paroxysm of delight;
she loves fairy tales, and will not laugh
and ask some absured question about the
Babes in the Woods, but rather cries over
their sorrows. The sister will smooth
pussy, and hold her lovinging in her lap,
while the brother wants to see if the cat
can jump; and when she tries to get out
of his undesirable company, will detain
her 6y the leg or TAIL And these same
Emergencies of disposition and character
perpetuate themselves as the boy or girl
grows older. There are exceptions, it is
true some boys have all the tastes and
gentleness of feminine nature, and some
girls have much that is masculine. We
Go not regret seing it in each. The gen.
tie boy will not make any the less noble
man because there was so much that was
girl like in his childhood nor will the
girl that was, in her rudeness, often call
ed boy, be any the less, but, perhaps,
all the more, true and lovely woman,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
A Travellers Story,

Between Gable Swamp and Line Creek
we saw considerable crowd gathered
near a drinking house, most of them
seated and smoking. 1t was Saturday
and there had been a quarter race for a
gallon of whisky. The first thing that
noticed on alighting was the singular
position of one of the horses of the party
He was kneeling down and standing on
his hinder feet, his head wedged in be-
tween the ends of two logs of the grocery
and he was stone dead, having evidently
run directly against the building at full
speed, causing the horse to partially fall
About five PAGES from the horse lay the
rider, quite senseless, with cash in his
throat which might have let out thous-
and lives. AS said most of the crowd
were seated and smoking
What is all this 7" I inquired. =
What is the matter here"
Matter Z" after while answered one
in drawing voice giving good spit,
and filling his mouth with new cud.
Matter enough; there has been a
quarter race"
But how came this man and horse
killed % | asked.
WELL" answered the chewing and
splitting gentleman, "the man was con
siderably in liquor, | reckon, and he ran
his boss chuck agin the house and that S
the whole on it,"
g Has doctor been sent for 2" inquir-
ed one of the party.
" | reckon there amt much use of doc
tors here" replied another of the crowd /,
" burnt brandy won't save either of them,
man or hoss"
Has this man wife or children p |
inquired.
"No children that knows or" answer
ed a female who was sitting on the ground,
but short distance from the dead man,
smoking composedly.
He has wife then ?" | remarked
What will be her feelings when she
learns the fatal termination of this un-
fortunate race p
Yes" sighed the female, " it was an
unfortunate race. Poor man he lost the
whiskey."
DO you happen to know his wife has
she been informed of the untimely death
of her husband 7" were my next inquiries.
DO | know her? Has she been in
formed of his death 2" said the woman.
+" Well, [ reckon you amt acquainted
about these parts am the unfortunate
widder."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
Sixty Thousand Collars Offered for a
Race Horse and Refused.

The horse Longfellow, owned by Mr..
John Harper, of Lexington, KY, seems
to have taken the starch out of some of
the boasted champions of the east, at the
Long Branch races last week. But un-
expected and decisive as was his perform
ance, the nabobs were still more astonish-
ed at the refusal by the owner of an offer
of $50, 600 for the winning horse, made
by Mr. ID. w Smith, the owner of Lady
Thorn. The fact that in his race with
Preakncss and Helmbold, the best exist
ing descendants of Lexington, and the i'm
ported stallion Australia, the Kentucky
horse went away from them Gas if they
were tied to post" completely broke
their heats in the first mile and half,
and did the last quarter in little more
than an exercise canter, then winning by
several lengths, goes far to justify the
opinion expressed that he is the superior
of any horse in the country. He is de
scribed as the finest looking horse Oh the
turf, tall, raney and symmetrical, stand
ing several inches above his sire, the sue
cessful imported horse 'Leamington,"
and closely resembling the old English
racer, Flying Dutchman, who won more
Derbys than any horse ever started
Long fellow has never been pushed to the
top of his speed throughout an entire
race, and the public is the therefore ignor-
ant of his actual capabilities. No doubt
is entertained by those who have seen
him run that he can come very close to
l 40.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
Kissing.
Any fool may face a cannon

Any fool may face cannon
Anybody wear crown
But man must win woman,
If he'd have her for his own.
Would you have golden apple,
You must find the tree and shake it
If the thing is worth the having
And you want a kiss, why take it.
Who would burn upon a desert,
With forest smiling by?
Who woald give his sunny Summer
For bleak and Wintry sky?
Oh l tell you there is music,
And you cannot, cannot break it;
For the sweetest part of loving
Is to want a kiss, and take it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-27
Likes and DiS]ikaS

Can any one tell why we do not thor
oushly like some people, who yet are
very worthy folks, and with certain quail
ties by no means to be dispised ? We
think of these qualities, and we admire
them we see our friends, and we dislike
them. We are ignorant of the cause why
we do so much dislike them and, if we
have any conscience or power of selfr re-
proach, we take ourselves to task for our
prejudice, and resolve not to give way to
1t again. But we never conquer the feel
ing, and to the last remain conscious of a
want, something which we cannot ex-
plain, yet which throws US off from any
thing like real cordiality. 1t is negative
throughout. A little more of something,
and we should actively like them lit
tie more Of something else, and we should
as actively dislike them, As it is, the
balance hangs SO evenly, that we lose the
positive in tie almost, aud are none the
happier for the vagueness.