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The Oxford falcon., 1871-10-27
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There are moments in life
when we seem to loose all
hope, when the soul sits tor
pid, in motionless despair.
Long, indeed, must be the
struggle, many and severe the
sorrows that wiring our hearts
ere we are driven to such ex-
trelnity but the time does
come in some lives, and only
in the lives of those who truly
think and feel.
The groyeling mind, that
estimates worth by dollars
and cents, that considers the
acquisition of wealth the aim
and object of life. and the pos
session thereof the criterion
of ones value, is never moved
by any exalted emotion. either
of grief or joy. The loss of
worldly effects or the failure
Of some pet scheme may irri-
tate the baser passions of its
possesor. but he never sighs
for sweet eompanionslip, for
the love Of friends or the en-
dearing ties of home. Home
the rendezvous Of all the ailec-
tions. the scene of intellectu-
al and eongenial intercourse,
where eye speaks TO eye and
seal TO sorl where lips and
hands meet lovingly IN fond
good-nights, and heads nestle
upon pillows sanctified by the
touch of prayerful hands. Oh
such a hcart-havcn he has
never heard.
When recollection reverts
10 tho spot, TO which he ap-
plies the misnomer, II brings
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Oxfbr.i Isodr~. No. 8. ofFrvs snd
Accepted Mason-, meets on Tie nrsf
Tl4ursdzy In every month.
Oxf1r1 ROYAL Arch Chapter meets
on the thiul Tiur~isy in essis month.
Roc kyfori Lodge. No IL. metz
ai the town ~ Rockford On The sth
SATURDAY In eaah month.
lafayette -pring- Isosigc, No. --,
meets II Lafayette Sprincs The -
Saturday ln esrh month.
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Circumstantial Eviaeno


Come, Nita, let's drive over.
II cant be more than five
miles over the mountain road,
and heponies are sure-footed.
But, Harry, it will seem 50
odd" And Juanita Aubrey's
bright check flushed slightly
at the idea.
odd. Why should it seem
odd7 Hasn't he invited us
half a dozen timesf And isn't
he one of the iolliest fellows
that's outf Why, he would
never forgive us, if he knew
we'd been at the Glen House
without going over to see
him :"
Miss Aubrey smiled and
hcsitated. Evidently her Sc
cret will inclined toward her
brothers proposal.
'Well-if you think it would
be quite proper
OF course it would. You
girls do take such ridiculous
notions into your heads
Herbert Leigh would be the
last person in the world to set
mp the Moloeh of etiquette
among these mountain wilds..
And Juanita Aubrey went
for the little round hat with
the dropping brim, which gave
such a east of sportiveness to
her sparkling brunette face.
She was very pretty, with a
rich velvety bloom like the
heart of the carnation ON eth
er cheek, dark hazel eyes. and
hair of n purplish blaekness,
and the 1.-the. unconscious
grace of her figure was appro-
pirate to the wilds OF the
Catskfll Mountains Her
brother looked admiringiy al
is... - .-L@ ----.--@ os.t upon tllr
/ piazza
Upon my word, Nita, you're
stunningly gotten up 1 don'i
blame Leigh for being a little
just a little. You know
do hush, Harry . said Nita,
half vexed. half laughing. a.
she put her tiny gioved hand
over his mouth. Il never knew
such absurd ideas as you gel
into your head
Absurd, are they r said
Harry, giving thereins a little
shake. We'll, that is as peo-
pie may think
When Captain Leigh leased
the picturesque little cabin
up among the heights of ons
OF the spurs OF the Catskiils
and announced his intention
Of setting up a bachelor estab-
lishment there during the
summer, he scattered his inyi-
talions right and left among
the elite of tine metropolis
sent up numberless hamper
OF potEed game and fish. spie-
cd meats, desiecatea daintIes
and curious compounds whiel
needed buta little water AM
! d little tire, elements atfaina,
bleanywhere, TO resolve them,
selves into dishes worthy Of
VI. Soyer's self. He gave (
New York upholsterer carte
blanche to furnish the cottags
in regular Swiss style, and
laid in a stock Of guns, baii
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Time Table Of the Miss. Cen r. r.

Trains going South leave Oxford
as follows:
Mail. 5,elA. NJ. Express, 4,as ?. NJ.
Freight, 40 i. n. ,
Trains going North leave Oxford
aS follows:
Mail, 1888 4. n. Express, l,3S
a. NJ. Freight, 40 A. NJ.
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COURTS

Ciaancery caurt. sth Monday of
Janunry, April, July and oetnssr--
Hon. DEWrTr rrFAHxEss. presiding.
Supervisory Court. 1t Monday Ia
each monfh-Jo1lAH WILSON, frez-
idcnt Of ISoarsi.
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eI0f~tt rafIIlflf-
x,n~~enper trains ieave- NeyF CIR
iss.ss= - Ass..-f s-f r. IT, t1rff1t.'rirfF Wiz
frT-..es ~ press train on the Mississippi
Central.
Evening train leaves New Orleans
Mt 5.0p m, arriving at Canton at
4.i5 n. m, connecting with the mail
train on the Miss. Central.
CONG SOUTH.
Passenger train leaves Canton on
the arrival Of the Express on the
Miss. Central at 2,sj p. m.
Passenger train leaves Canton on
the arrival u the mail train On the
Miss. Central al Ills 2. IN
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troUel when ~ 8Rthe pony
: phHfon, and-.-33o1cd dQxf
the road 10 m< iand -,
: ||Ialn ~
Juanita colored, and instinc-
lively drew herself up.
Harry she said. we have
made some mistake. Perhaps
We had better return home at
once
Mr.. Aubrey himself looked
utterly amazed and confound-
ed
Little boy he said to
Gusty-Dolly, who now stood
staring at them with fish-eyed
regard, is this fhe Eyrie Y
Yea
who lives here r
p. does
swho Is your par
Hes pa. He came from
Canada yesterday. That's ma
by the door
"Then,' said Mr.. Aubrey,
slightly curving his horses
head, to the manifest peril of
the namesake of Sweden's
greatest hero, who seemed to
consider the width of the road
as his special prerogative we
have no further business here.
1t would be q pity to disturb
Captain Leigh's delightful
family circle
Juanita drew her slight fig-
urs haughtily up.
81 told you we knew but
little about him. she said.
Little boy, will you tell your
papa that Mr.. and Miss Au-
brey drove out TO see the
Eyrie-'
Yes said Gusty- Dolly nom
chalently, I'll tell him.
He impaired the news ac-
1 earsliDcly to his fatber. wsses
tsaat r~.ssss.ssn returncd from
iWhs th5 deuce are they 7
was Mr.. Pennuy's comment
and there the matter dropped
Captain Leigh kept his re-
solve and started Tor Niagara
the next week, and the very
first persons over whom he
stumbled there were Juanita
and her brother.
| Miss Aubrey ! and Harry =
Herbert Leigh advanced with
n radiant face and an out
stretched hand. But to his
surprise Mr.. Aubrey turned
away, pulling veng'afully at
his mustache, and Juanita in
clined her head haughtily.
The Captain stared.
You won't speak to me !
What have ] donef How have
been so unfortunate TO as Of
| fend You, Miss Aubrey
sOh, come, don't let's have
any more ofthissort of thing,
said Harry, with gathering
wrath in his countenance.
Let me advise you, Captain
Leigh, as a friend, to go back
to your wife and family. You
can't keep up the bachelor de-
lusion with us
MY wife and familyf'
| Yes
But I haven't got any,
| Speak the truth, Captain
| Leigh, II you please
| Herbert's brow darkened.
| From Miss Aubrey's broth
er / can bear q great deal,' he
said coldly; but even at his
lips, my veraeity must not be
impugned-'
| Juanita advanced, with
red spot on each cheek
L saw them myself, Captain
Leigh. - tina Eyzie.f ..l.o said
i Ar the Eyriel When T.
/ Juanita told him and with
an expression of intense RELIEF
on his face. the Captain burst
out laughing. OF course ex-
plantations followed; and
when Jannita and Captain
Leigh returned from their
moonlight stroll on Goat Is
laud-Harry had had the good
sense TO leave them to them
selyes-they were engaged.
| I'm glad it's turned out 50,
said Harry, grasping the hand
Of his future brother-in-law,
for ! always liked you Her
bert. But you must confess
that for a little while things
| did look rather black
| sCircumsfantial ev ide nc c
isn't 10 be depended on quoth
the Captain gravely.
4
i What are you about, my
dearf r. said q grandmother to
10 little boy who was idling
about the room. and casting
f1rtive glances at q gentleman
who Was paying q visit. 81
| am irving, grandma. 20 s1eal
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What are you about, my
dear r. said q grandmother to
y little boy who was idling
about the room. and casting
furtive glances 8t q gentleman
who Was paying q visit. al
am trying. grandma 20 steal
papa's hat emit q the reom
without letting The gentle
maa see it, for papa wants
him to think he's out"
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Kate Brandon was lying in the
awful majesty Of death w1en =.
s.s. a1.;n she had fought the
nessic. Let us hope she had
uvon fha ashA.
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BOYS AND CHIL5DRESs' CLOTHING
n. Z. WalsAe, ll0 Canal Il, near ST.
Charles
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An open mouth Is a sign Of
an empty heart, IS a chest
open is q sign that there is
nothing in it. When money
or jewels are within it is kept
locked.
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Mills. Shlngle Machines, Corn and
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July u, lS7l-Iy
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kinds OF
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

belong to him. They then threatened
him. and he finally gave them some
After this they left him, but some of the
party soon returned and murdered him.
These men were soon afterwards arrest
ed and confined in the Union County Jail.
Some Of the friends of tho prisoners fear
ing there was design on the part of the
citizens to lynch them. came here to
Columbia and applied for writ Of habeas
corpus. The writ was served on the
Sheriff j. Rice Rodgers, of Union County.
1t becoming known that the writ had been
served on the sheriff, on the night before
the writ was returnablc, about five hun
bred of the citizens took possession of the
jail, and lynched the prisoners. | have
not the time on the inclination to CON-
ment on the state of affairs here. They
arc bad enough both morally and politi-
cally. 1t Is to be hoped that the present
state of things in South Carolina may not
last much longer There are good honest
and true men here on both sides For
mer sItayeholders advise that old party
prejudlces should be dropped and all par
ties support the republican candidates for
office. no matter what their character, in
order that all parties being merged in one,
new division may be eventually made
upon the living issues of the day but
prejudice against negroes and carpet
baggers on the one hand and against the
old slaveholdng aristocracy on the other,
are at present bar to the proper admin
isuatiou Of the affairs OF the State
Very Respectfully.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23
Forgery Trial at Newport.

Last week IN interesting case was begun be-
fore Trial Justice NcCrills. of Dexter. John
F. Simons, arrested for uttering forged paper,
implicated in his confession iGoing Hathorn, of
Pittsield stating that he was an accomplice in
the forgery and shared in the proceeds. Mr..
Hathorn has been considered above reproach,
one OF the leading business men of the place,
and a man OF large property. The amount of
the forged paper is said to be thirty or forty
thousand dollars. The trial occupied several
days, Simons taking the stand as evidence for
the State, and swearing in the most circumstan-
tial manner to Hathorn's connection with the
forgery. Walker of Newport and Sanborn of
Bangor appeared for the prosecution. Knowl-
ton of Skowhegan and Stewart for the defence.
The examination lasted until the afternoon of
Tuesday, the 21st, when the Justice discharged
Mr.. Hathorn and required Simons to furnish
$500 bail for his appearance at the next term
of the Supreme Judicial Court.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

MEXICO. A letter from the city of Mex
leo dated Nov. 18th, says there is for
midable revolution throughout the country
and change in the existing government
is expected before New Years. The
country was never in such an unsettled
condition. The State of Oaxaca has pro-
nounred for the revolutionists, and Gen.
Porfirio Daz is at the head of the Aguas-
calientes, Durango, Zacatecos and Goa
hula troops who have also pronounced
for and are marching in the revolutionary
cause. Smaller pronunciamentos in all the
States have been issued. The governors
are resigning and general alarm prevails
everywhere. Disaffection exists in the
army and generals and colonies with their
commands are joining the revolutionists
Other officers are disaffected. The gov
4arnment is pasalyzed. The treasury is
bankrupt and the people gre going over
TO the reEGlDtiouists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23
Railroad Accident.

In consequence OF the storm OF Wednes-
day night. the night train from Bangor
10 Boston, got off the track near Gardiner,
but without serious injury to any person.
The heavy rain undermined portion Of
HE track, which sank with the train
Inc engineer says that after he felt some
thing wrong, his engine run about thirty
live rods before he could stop it, bringing
up on the track. He was unhurt but the
fireman was slightly bruised. Baggage
row escape. The baggage car when
struck was smashed and tipped over on
its side, the stoves, baggage, &C., mixed
together, among which was a large can
of kerosene oil. Seeing his danger from
the fire, he kicked and wrenched off the
window frames and iron bars, and crawl
ed ont on the bank unhurt The car
caught fire, slightly burning the mail
bags, &C.. but everything was saved and
the fire extinguished by water from the
tender.
Nearly a hundred men were engaged
Ill day yesterday, removing the debris,
relaying The track, and getting the dam
aged cars in condition to be moved.
About twenty feet of the track was ripped
from the road bed. The cavity made by
the wash-out was about fifteen feet in
length and ten feet deep. The brook run
ming through the culvert is at the present
time very small. This place was disturb
ed by the rain two or three weeks since,
but was supposed to be permanently re-
paired. The track was cleared and the
damage to the road repaired about nine
o'clock last night, SO that there will be no
interruption to the trains to-day. The
rear Pullman car of the train was damag-
ed only to the extent of breaking a foot
board and some scratches The other
Pullman car was not so exempt, the en-
tire under works being scraped out, leav-
ing the under part quite smooth. The
two passenger cars and smoking car were
damaged in much the same way; the in
ternal arrangements OF all being quite
undisturbed.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

The Cape Ann Advertiser says the
schooner n. H. Phillips, Capt. VIM. Nc
Donald of Gloucester, which arrived from
the Grand Banks on Tuesday, realized the
largest stock that was ever made in one
halibut trip to the Banks, from that or any
other port. She weighed off 1850
pounds of halibut, which brought $51O5,
and 1890 pounds Goldfish, 1886, making
the total stock $5361; crew shared S213.-
IA each; time occupied in making the
trip, five weeks. On her former trip she
stocked $9791, the crew sharing $15O
each, making a total Of $9142 for both
trips, made within nine weeks. Larger
fares of halibut have been brought In,
but the high prices realized carried this
stock far ahead of any other vessel.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

A strange state Of things political exists
in respect to the Boston city government
Last year Mr.. Castor was put in nominal
ton by the Democrats, to the dissatistac
ton of q portion of the party, who put in
nomination a second candidate. The re-
publicans united in the support of Mr..
Castor, and elected him by large ma
jority. lie has been renomnated by the
Democrats Tor the election soon to take
place, and the chances are that the Repub-
licans will endorse his nomination. Thus
is realized what President Monroe called
''the era of good feeling" The lion and
the lamb have really lain down together.
When both parties can agree in designat-
ing the best man Of all the citizens for its
chief executive, why should not Boston
be a well governed city, OCCASIONAL.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

The Portland Press represents the
Democracy as in the Slough of Despond
That's where Bunyan put his hero, Chris
tan, and allowed Satan To try him with
many other Affections, but he came ont
RIGHT in the end. SO will the Democracy
The wicked are permitted to reign for
some purpose in the inscrutable design
of Providence.
According to the City Clerks record, al
ready twice rs many persons have committed
matrimony in Bath, since the month OF Noyem-
Der came in, as there We're that entered that holy
and blissful state in the month of October
kennebec journal.
Perhaps it is owing to the weather, and
that Old Probability has something to do
with those affairs. BY and by we shall
see him displaying signals to beware Of
matrimonial cyclones.
Every Republican paper i'll Maine ftvors the
denomination Of Gen. Grant. Portland Press.
Have you consulted our neighbor Of the
Progressive Age? 1t is said that every
time the editorial eye falls on the Belfast
Custom House the editorial tongue cx-
claims "Grant be DID,
"A correspondent of the Rockland Gazette,
who saw Gen. Butler at Wscasset, thinks he
certainly has not large amount of personal
pulchritude.'
But he has a large amount of other
| things realized at New Orleans, which
are more valuable to him. He prefers
booty to beauty.
If the Republicans only would throw Grant
aside the Democrats would not be utterly hope
Jess. Portland Press.
No. They would feel as Jonah's ship
mates did when that worthy went over
board, and pray that the big fish might
not be taken with vomiting.
Among the words of wisdom which
have dropped from the Lewiston Jour-
nal recently are the following
You can't eat enough in week to last you a
year, and you can't advertise on that plan
either.
The crop of marriages increases as Thanks
giving approaches. Kennebec journal.
Is it Graded, like wheat?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-11-23

At Lawrence Mass. quite number of Arctic
birds were shot and some taken alive. They
have never been seen there before by the oldest
sportsmen. The birds have black wings, black
and white heads, and the balance of their bodies
is white. They are web-footed, with three toes,
but sharp bill like robin, and are of the size
Of small pigeon. They are mentioned in
page 116 Of Kane's Grinnell Expedition as the
Little AUX" One of them was found in the
garden of Rev Mr. Ferris, some distance fro m
the water. 1t could not raise itself to fly