Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-07-18
Editorial and Selected Hevas.

-Rev Mr.. Ford. of this village, ~
changed with Rev @. b. RawSon, of
Bethel, hat Sabbath,
Charles \. BlaoL. son of Alvah
Black Esq. received clean ticket OF
admission to the Freshman Class at
B,wdoin College. at the late Commence
meut
Empire Gove Camp Meeting will
begin at East Poland, Aus. 22d, md
close the 18th
There will b> AN enormous crop OF
grapes this year.
The murderer OF Marshal Prim ha
been arrested.
Thomas Lincoln, universally Known
=, TId Iincolu. Youngest aon OF late
President died at the Clifton House.
Chicago, Oh Saturday last.
A singular accident happened To
lady in Portland. Me. iow days since,
She went to call ou friend. aud when
.hc pulled the door bell the wire broke,
and she Tell backward striking her hsad
uu the steps. She w:,, rendered inSen-
siolr. and WAS very severely hurt.
i Here i, the classification at wedding
anniversaries First anniversary, iron;
second. pewter; third. paper; filth, wood
en- tenth. tin; fifteenth. crystal; twenti-
eth. china; twenty nth. silver; thirllelh.
cotton thirty fifth. linen; fortieth, wool
len; forty fifth. silk; tiftieth. golden;
seventy fifth diamond.
The WnteryiIlc Mail says. new
saloon ear just put on freight train DC
tween kendalrs Mills and Portland has =
lookout on top tor the conductor. where
he NAV sit and watch the train and see
that every thing goes light. and that
every man is vi hi. post doing his duty.
Some one wrote TO Horace Greeley,
inquiring if guano was good TO put on
potatoes. lie said it might do for those
whose tastes had become viti.ted with
tobacco.
There is IN ice factory in New Or
leans which turns out sixteen tons OF ice
per day. running SIX machines. which
cost go 600 in gold. The water is
pumped up from the Mississippi, purified
and frozen into block. about two feet
iong. u foot wide aud three inches thick.
These works were established in 1866.
"A German in Hamilton. Ohio, in Al
tempting To show number OF people
how Vallandigham shot himself, dis
Charge the pistol. the charge entering
his bowels. with fatal results.
A girl of 10 years. walked from
Pu.lon 70 Lewiston. 30 miles. few days
since. and the next morning che walked
to Mechanic Falls before breakfast
Sle said she WAS honeSiCk. What
could such girl lo. when in good spirits.
Old roofs should be watched during
day weather. Many buildings are burned
every year from rotten roofs. Lime aud
salt aatrr spiinklcd over them is good
pIeveuliyv. New shingles would be
letlcI
The News learns that several day IS
since MIR. Sanderson OF Sweden, was
badly injured by a falling tree. crushing
the tibia or large bone OF the left leg in
a shocking manner. He lay apparently
at the point ol death for several days,
but is now doing finely.
A party OF Bates College students
undertook 10 walk up Mount Washing
ton, q few days since. with yaliSes and
bundles in hand. they collapsed when
the job Was half done. and concluded
to surrender their knapsaeks, which do.
ing, they got on vastly better 1t is Tar
the better plan to & on such trips in
light marching order. Il is said that u
patch 81 snow more than IN acre in ex-
lent, aud eight feet deep, can now be
seen from The porch OF the Glen House
IL Is on one of the nOrtherly spurs of
Mount Washington. not far from the
carriage ruad