Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-09-26

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See advertisement of Kimball'S great
Auction sale OF carriages. at Portland,
next Thursday.
The surviving members of the Fourth
Maine Regiment ate to have reunion 1T
Rocband, Sept -.
The scmi annual session OF Oxford
Conference will he held at Oxford. uu
Tuesday and "Wednesday. Oct 18th a. i
18th. l>t preacher. Rev A. Loring, of
Sumner; 2nd. Rev j. Il. Wheclwright.
ot South Paris.
Rev. ~ A. Ford has returned, but
WAS unable tn preach on Sunday Rev
G L. Hunt, OF Mystic River, Conn. up
piled the pulpit, aud preached an excel
lent discourse.
ten. Butter, has been making an un-
p,ecedcnted night Tor the nomination of
Governor in Massachusetts, Out OF 49,
delegates already elected, he ha, 3n2 -
The convention i this week.
i 1t is doubtful ii the military will all
go la Bangor at the opening of the East
EN- ruad. There j. a conllic, in The city
government about the monev Ia bc cx.
pended.
The old folks lad a sing ut the Uni
vcr>alist house on Sabbath afternoon, at
at which Mr. Paris WAS present Tho
feeble, he enjoyed the occasion h.
lie is mcnding slowly.
Mr. \ $ Hathaway, of Canton.
sends us splendid spc nmcn Of gold
colored butter, the product Of his pure
blood jersey cows. Ii w;,~ as nice aS
ANY we have ever eaten
\ Goop WEEKS Worn G. X. Holmes
turned with chuck lathe, and three
hand, finished, ton dozen of handles. in
Smoarn'> Shovel hlude works al Non
way last week beside going to the polls
tud voting Tor GOV. Perham.
On TUESDAY last General O. o. How
ard Was made happy 10y the birth OF -
little daughter The General is now The
proud father OF seven fine children. the
eldest OF whom. a daughter, i about
fourteen years OF age.
john \ Keen, OF tins town, has
pair of thin calf boots made by Lorenzo
Atwood OF Bucklicld, hccatgt,co years
ago, which have been capped twice only
They have been worn every year from
Spring to Fall, hoeing and haying, and
are quite ,cryiceable nov.
The public aud private boarding
houses. in our village were taxed to their
utmost with court -boardcrs last week
The Union House had l25 to 80 guest,
the tn, day. aud the Hubbard House
nearly 100 No, 50 great rush IN,
becu experienced Tor years.
We hear that Mr.. Jairu, X Ham
moud. ON Inc Hill, had the best Yield of
sweet corn that VAS hauled Tor canning.
Me>Srs. Buuham X Morrill, have clo>cI
operations !or the season They have put
up as much ~ usual, and GOT nice corn.
Mr.. Burnham SAYS the corn raised here is
the earliest and sweetest in the State.
Hon Josiah II Drummoud of Port
land has been elected Grand High Priest
of the General ROYAL Arch Chapter of
Masons of the United States. now in scs-
sion al Baltimore. The procession, in
rluding 50 communicates, and 5000
Knights. moved at noon, and occupied m
hour in passing.
At The E-Slreet charch, South Boston,
of which Rev. Edward \. Rand i, pas
tor. the use of lermented wine has been
abolished. and ''tiresh." OF sweet infer
mented wine, substituted instead.
The cause of temperance demands that
this should be done by every church, n
the appetite for strong drink may be re'
yiycd by even taste of fcrmenled wine,
and ''if meat make my brother to offend,
| will eat no meat. said the Apostle Paul
The Chicago Tribune asks and re-
ceives 50, 900 for Il column of advertise
mCnts enc year The business men Of
Chicago are keen to pay it. There is one
house i'm Cincinnati that pays $1,000 a
week for advertising. There are several
in Cleveland, even, who pay as high as
$4,000 a year Somehow these men
don't break up; u liberal advertiser new
CT does
The Presumpzcot Park Association,
in conjunction with the Cumberland Co.
Agricultural, and Portland Horticultural
Societies, will hold grand shoS and fair
Sept. %, -. % and %, on Forest City
Park and in City Hall. Portland. Avery
liberal premium list is announced, and un-
der The best of management, the exhi-
bition promises to be grand affair. Ne
understand that gOodly number OF An.
drocsoggin County horses are expected
to be present We are indebted TO the
officers for card OF invitation.
ICAN TESTIFY to the high therapcuti
cal value of FELLOWS COMPOUND SYRUP
OF HYPopHosPHIrEs, and consider it DIES.
CRYING of attention by the profession gen.