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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Editorial Correspondence.

SkowHgGAN, June u. 1872.
a trip To this smart and enterpriSing
village, Tor the first time. al this, The
pieasanlest month in the year, in which
to travel. is Il very desirable one. The
State Conference OF the Congregational
churches, of Maine is in session here. 1t
is highly influential body, represent
ing this large and active denomination.
Skowhegan Is finely located on the
Konneboc, and owes its prosperity 10 It's
fine water power. One of It's noted
citizens il TX Gov, Cuburn, said 10 be
worth about SIS, G0o. 900. and the richest
man in the State. ii IS the terminus OF
the railroad, one OF tho Main Central
branches. and is also the shire town OF
Somerset, Ii has iilst rate hotel,
kept in first class style by MI. Maybery,
well known rs the ior mcr popular clerk
OF The Augusta House.
Hon. Nelson Dmgley. Jr., having
served over two years very acceptably as
Moderator, and not being able to remain,
Judge Woodbury., OF Bethel. was chosen
Moderator for the remainder OF the ses-
sion, and +. +. Shaw Scribe.
The Bangor Theological Seminary
was presented by Prof. Paine, one of the
now Professors. who made very favor.
able impression. Rev. III. +. Harding.
recently of Machias, presented the in.
tercsts of the new Classical School at
Hallowell, and Prof. Sewall of Bowdoin
College, spoke eloquenlly for each OF
these. Rev. w. IL. Bolster, OF Wiscas-
set, made II lively and telling speech in
opening one topic.
Tuesday evening was spent in very
interesting manner by a song service
which was admirably conducted by Rev.
f. 2. Thwing, of Portland.
Rev. Mr.. Woodwork presented the
American Missionary Association in an
able manner; Rev. +. Soulhwerth adj
voted the seaman's cause, aud DR.. War
rem the cause of Foreign Missions
Mr.. Asher Andrews, belonging in Hiram,
presented very strong case to the Con-
ference, in behalf OF the church being
built in that place. a thousand dollars
were desired, and over five hundred were
raised on the spot. Much credit was
given to that estimable lady. the wife of
Hon. John p. Hubbard of that town, for
her.interest in the cause. A very neat
house of worship, costing about $4,000 is
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02

The Good T,np!ar Lodges in this vru-
i,y will celebrate the coming 4lh ct July
%, Il rcmrcrhcc Festival to he held ia
Capt. Lvwis Bisbee's grove III rNer.
crciScs Il consist in part. ol sprcchus.
songs, ,rntim.nts. aud Az Grafton by
Rev. Zcnns Thomp,"a Each lsmil, il.
expected to provide their own refresh.
ncnls The friend, OF temperance zen
orally arc cordial, invited 10 he present.
and participate IN the exercises. Let
there he grand rally
Durn. the excessive heat of Friday,
the DIST inst. Mr.. James = Barrett OF
this town. lost an ok Nv the hca, and
.evcrtion The loss tails particularly
heavy on Nj Barrett ius no~, ~ hr is
preparing to build 4 large barn. and
much OF the maIcraI i som" three miles
from his residence
Mr. ID. Suwall toot from hi. garden y
stalk Of rhubal thai measured IL inches
in length. and . inches IN .rth. The
leaf measured IS 10y b inches
SIGCUa.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Uhy a Rebel Supports greeley.

A correspondent of the New York Com
mercial at Niagara, writes from the Cana.
dian side As follows:
Ex-Governor Weseoti, Of Florida, sits
on the steps of the St. Lawrence hotel,
and abuses Americans three-iourths OF
his time. lie ayows himself TO be Sc
ceSsioniSt. abuses Grant, calls Sumner a
coward, Greeley an idiot. Massachusetts
State of thieves and hypoerites. Yester-
day asked the ex.rebel who he favored
for the Presidency.
lie replied, Il go Tor Greeley"
why for Greeley?n asked
Because, sir. if we get him off from
the Republicans, we kill the Id Repub.
lican party. = Yes, sir, the sal.
walton OF the old Democratic party is to
elect Greeley"
"Will the southern secessionists 90 for
Greeley ?" | asked.
Some will and some wont, sir. There's
General Hill-a red.hot secessionist once
he made speech lately for Greeley.
but old Bob Toombs pricked his Greeley
bubble, and let the air out in three min
utes. But, sir, I'm for Greeley, just as
Id be tor the devil himself if il was TO
destroy this black Republican Yankee
party, which has always fought the South,
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County LOdDe, !. q. Of t.. Il.

Oxford County Lodge. |. o. of g. I +,
held It's quarterly session al Bethel, on
Wednesday, June 10Th. Owing To- the
rain the attendance was quite small.
The w Co. Templzr was here in the
moInins. but thinking that the lain
would prevent the members from comm.
no became discouraged. and went home.
The e.. w. &. l. also came st 10 O'Clock
but fearing there would DE no meeting
he leil again by return train. Tho Lodge
was called la order by Bro. Geo. NJ.
Twitchell, Co. Deputy. at o'clock. and
opened IN due form. Although the At
tendance was small tho meeting WAS IN
interesting and profitable one. Five
lodges were represented 10y about 50 DEL
egates. Bro. Twitchell. from Committee
ON state OF The order. made very inter.
esling report. containing many valuable
suggestions. The report 'ho"r'I me
lodges To DO IN Il IAN state Oi prosperity.
several havin. Increased their member
ship within u short time. Tn ~ being
but little bushes. To DC transacted tho
most ot the time wa, occupied 10y listen.
ing to reports from the lodges. and re-
marks for the good OF the order, inter.
speraed by excellent music by the choir
ol Rising Star Lodge. One OF the speak
crs was Chas. LeForesl Howe, - reform
ed drunkard, and mambcr OF She Portland
Reform Club. He madr an eloquent and
touching appeal in hehaIl OF the drunk
ard, and urged every Good Tcmplar TO
tcork to save the fallen The next SEES.
sion is Ia DC held IN Sept. nj AndovcF.
In tho evening II large and enthusiastic
public meeting was held in Good lem
plar's Hall, which WAS filled 10 overflow
n., many going away Unable 10 obtain
seats Tho first speaker ot the cvenln.
vas j :. Wright. Esq, ut Be:hcl, who
stated that the object OF the inOetlns MAS
to start the Washington Reform move
mnnt here, sud made strong appeal Tor
Temperance. and in favor OF si.Smg The
pledge. The next speaker WAS Mr..
Howe, the rrlormed man. who spoke Tor
nearly an h.ur in very able and inter
esting manner. lie told the sad story OF
his lite, and described The sOrrows, woes
and degradation brought upon himself
and family by intempcranco. lie told oil
his reform. ard OF what The Washing.
tomian Reform clubs are doing through.
out the State. His remarks were listen
ed to with deep interest, and at tho close
a large number of persons came forward
and signed the pledge. Several who
signed were men who had been habitual
drinkers. Mr. Howe was followed by
Miss S. j. Prentiss of Paris, and Mr.. L..
w. Woodbury. of Auburn, and at the
close of the meeting the number Of
signatures to the pledge was increased
to so. The meeting was in every respect
q grand success and the Temperance Re.
form movement in Bethel has received q
good start.
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being built aud it is expected that it will
be ready 10 dedicated in the second week
In August 1t is hoped to unite the Hi
ram and Brownfeld church in stated
supply.
The cause of temperance WAS ro'nl'
firmcd by the following resolution. offer.
ell by f. +. Shaw:
Resoired. That we roJoice in the pro-
grcss of the cause Of Temperance, in this
State during The past year, through the
various instrumentalities employed; es-
peciaily through the influence of the TEN.
per ance Reform Movement, which is
arousing renewed interest in this benc
fetal reformation and we urge upon The
members of our churches the duties vi
earnestly and actively CO operating in this
and all other movements SO sclosrly allied
to true religion.
Tho Conference closed on Thursday
after very interesting communion SER
vice in tho afternoon.
We enjoyed ride up the Kennobec 10
Norridgewock, only live miles, going up
one side OF the river, and returning on
the other II was rather hard blow to
the old shire town. Norridgwoek, t. re
move the Courts to Skowhegan. as was
done last winter The railroads had
something 10 do with it. Tho Somerset
road intended To run from w WateIvillc,
through Nonidgcwock 10 Scion. Is
strongly opposed by the Skowhegan road,
as it would bc likely to tap the largest
portion OF the County.
The abutmenls OF bridge that will
cost about hundred thousand doIlars,
are laid nj Norridgcwock. and the road IL
graded TO it and we believe hey ond-bu
rival interests retard il. and nov the new
blow OF changing the shire strikes hard.
Norlidgewock looks ~ il 1t had pretty
much gone TO seed. tho some new and
beautiful residences are being built on
Tie opposite ol the river, at South Nor
rid.ewocS, which i The >maricst village.
The County buildings arc quito rc-pecI;'
bic Some splendid oruamGmtai shade
trees line The principal street. The
change OF the Shirr, We think, If in &C
cordanco with tic march OF events. and
old iogics must Yield. The Noryidga-
wocL lnlks are determined to show
fight another session. and get the icsis-
latiye net repealed. They claim that 1t
should be submitted 10 the people. as
perhaps it ought to be.
We had the pleasure OF meeting
Senator Howe, o: Wisconsin,, who, with
his wife was on the train. lie Is y sou
OF Oxford, hi, father once residing in
Paris. and afterwards in East Lirormofc.
He Is a Inc specimen OF man and one
OF The able lawyers who originated in
Maine. He went To Wisconsin in 1915.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Bethel Items.

The .i.rs ol the times indicate "
bouutilu harvest The crops in Ihi>
section are looking exceedingly well lol
this season Of the year. We hear 1t said
frequently that grass on low lands never
looked better for tue last OF juno, than II
does now.
The past week has been one OF OK
trcmc hcat-buL fiuc weather Tor hueing
and our farmers have been improving II
well
For the benefit of those who rIi,r
calves ON skim milk. will SAY that WE
shown The other day two calves that a..
being raised wholly on sour milk. Iho'
are thrifty looking fellows. aud btd fan
10 make fine animals.
While in our Post Office the other .iil
noticed the Democrat has the large
lit OF subscribers oI any paper thai
comes 10 our Office, and is growing
more aud more popular with The masses
Many OF our neighbors OF The Argu'
persuasion are paying subscribers May
the teemimg columns OF the ever brigh;
and cheerful Democrat continue to com"
to many happy iiresidcs dotting the
banks OF the Andro9coggin.
Octavus WILDER. young man ninotc~r
years old. son OF benjamin WILDER "'
Albany, was drowned last Sunday morn
ing, near the Steam Mill, while bathing
Mr.. John 5. Swan, 3D. had his ha'"
sawed severely last Wednesday, viii.
saving with n circular saw.
Mr.. John Garland, who has been COZ
fined 10 his bed eight weeks with
broken leg. appeared ont on the street
Tuesday, for the first time.
We are sorry TO learn that Ar. ,. u.
Chapman, who has boen confined To IN
bed since last September. is still velN
feeble
Mr.. John s. Swan has sold his farm 10
Mrs. l.. Swan and Charles Abbott, for
$4,000
Mr.. Lyman Russell, owns COW from
which he made in one week in June, be.
side using enough for his family, II , /
lbs of nice butter.
Just call on Geoige A. Martin on Main
street if you wish to buy goods cheap.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
serious Accident 10 Maine People.

\ correspondent OF the Lewiston jour
nal, at Litchiield, Mimi, who formerly
resided ut Livermore Falls, writes, under
date of June 18th, as follows
A serious though not fatal accident oc-
Cured TO the returning Litchield and
Minneapolis excursion train, at Z -
p NJ, by which several persons from
Maine were more or less injured. Mr.
w. w. Rollins, formerly OF Maine, was
severely bruised. but is not thought TO DO
dangerously injured; Mr.. Hobbs, former.
ly of Norway, received Gu, on the
head. which made it rather inconvenient
for him TO look from one eye. But for
the Proyidential breaking of the coup.
ling, your correspondent would have
been precipitated in the general ruin, rs
well as many others from Maine. When
we looked on the wreck below. it seem.
ed impossible that any could have escap-
ed instant death.
The residence OF. Mr.. Edwin Kimball,
of Forest City, formerly OF Livermore
Falls, was broken open and robbed on
the l1th inst, of about $500 in notes
and bonds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Yor,oaD items.

Mr.. Samuel e.. Frost supplied the
Adrertiser man with peek OF green
peas on the 9th inst, the carlic<i we
have heard of in our County.
Apples. as fresh and fair rs when taken
from the trees, bought OF MIR. ). ).
Hall, of Waterford, were also presented
to him by Mr.. S. g. Hatch
Mr.. George A. Cole had Night.
Blooming Cereus blossom on Thursday
evening last. The Aicertiser says it
was the largest he ever saw, and literally
flied The whole house with fragrance.
alr. L. Hathaway is lying dangerously
i'll at his residence He WAS taken sick
very suddenly, last Sabbath afternoon.
OH his way home from the funeral Of
Miss Small. as we learn from thu -Ad
Uertiscr.
AT the prize defamation al Dartmouth
College. n. II. on Tuesday last. the first
prize to sophomores was divided hrlw-rn
Silas II. Buinham and Mr.. Davis, says
the AdrertiSer.
The Soldiers graves were decorated
last Sunday. The exercises were undvr
the Immediate charge OF the Sunday
Schools oi The village. They were Gs-
eorlcd from Concert Hall Ia the old bury.
ng ground 10y the NORWAY Light Inlan
Try and the Band in undrcs> uniform.
from and from there To Pine Grove Gem.
etcIy Appropriate exercises. eonsislu.
OF prayer singing by the schools. the
reading OF All original poem ,'Iiticn tor
the occasion. and addresses ~crc 70 oc-
cur in each OF the burying grounds.
At the village Cemetery. Rev. Mr..
Tabor made Il prayer, the children sang
ana while The graves were being dr.o-
rated. he band played ,wo beautiful
diIge,
At Pine Grove Cemetery, Rev lIr
Tabor also offered PRAYER. and very
appropriate aud eloquent adde's, VA,
nraie by Arthur T. Denison. E>q Mis-
liza Howe read au original POEM. anil
another young lady. "h",r ramr ha<
i"t hcru reported, read l.""m l'he
exercise. we're impressive and highly
rrcditabr Ia NORWAY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
- Trealn al WashinatoM.

Adyices from Genoa, June 27th. show
that the Geneva arbitration is 20 90 on
and that the Treaty will be q success.
The question of indirect claims has been
decided against us. rs it was generally
supposed it would be, but the request Of
England to adjourn over Tor . long time,
was oyer-ruled. The next sitting will be
ON July 10Th. The arbitration will be
q benelaction to both countries and an
other act showing the wisdom OF Gen.
Grants administration. The democrats
had begun to howl about the blunder of
Gen Grant in this matter. out now their
mouths are stopped.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
.ifbdHy EeDtS.

Tho dwelling house oi porley isnch
was destroyed ~ tie On the night Of
June 10Th \ portion OF hi. furniture
and clothing. and all his provisions were
destroyed. The house was insured
A horse belongin. To Eilery Whceor,
bloke his leg while in the pasture. re.
Gently.
Dea. j. IL Lovcjoy Of Albany, lost a
valuable horse jane 2lsl. He got loose
in the stable in the night. aud ale 80
much grain that he died the next after
noon. Z.
Our correspondent j. +. h.. writes: |
had peas from my garden Tor dinner on
the 9th OF June. Is any one earlier
than that
Grass is looking well, and the amount
cut this year will be- greatly 10 excess OF
the crops for the past two years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
state Unirersalist Convemtiom.

On our return from Skowhegan. we met
several friends on their return from the
State Univers;.list Convention ut Dexter.
last week. They speak in high terms of
the beautiful village OF Dexter. where
the Convention was held. of their cordial
welcome by the people, and Of the gen.
eral interest oil the occasion. Hon. L. f.
Pillsbury, OF Augusta, was President, and
Hon. Chas. Bulfum, Of Orono, was elect.
ed for the ensuing year. Sermons were
preached by Rev. S. s. Fletcher, of Exc.
ter, n. H., Rev. j. G. Sno and Rev. w.
E. Gibbs. Addresses were made by Gov.
Perham, Hon. l. Washburn, Hon. S. F.
Hersey, Hon. Z. F. Pillsbury and others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Horace White on Horace Greeley

horace nae on horace OfeetcU.
As Horace White. OF the Chicago Tri.
tune, is now one OF the principal sup.
pOrters of Mr.. Greeley Tor President, it
may be interesting to recall Mr.. Whites
opinion of his friend, as published in
1866:
Horace Greeley is not now, and nov.
or has been, man who ought Ia be
trusted with an official position requir.
inc practical wisdom, ordinary states.
mauShip, or firm consistent action For
twenty-five years he has been marplot
in council, an unreliable commander in
action, a mi.anthrope in victory, and n
IiotOus disorganizer in defeat. He has
always been fanatical in his demands for
the EXTREMIST measures, and when the
party has reached the eve OF triumph, in.
yariably thrusts himself forward "a n
negotiator OF terms of surrender 10 the
enemy. His course during the war was
but repetition OF his course in politics
In 1861, he was an open defender of Sc
cessiou he changed to vigorous cham
pion OF the war, and thereafter was for
ever recklessly making proposals for
peace and as recklessly Withdrawing
them making war in spite of Mars, and
negotiating in spite OF Minerva.
For twenty years he has been an UNI
compromising advocate for square
fgh, with the pro,slavery party, and
when that kind Of fight was forced up
on the Republicans, in 1860, he was here
in Chicago, voting not for Lincoln, nor
for Chase, but for old Edward Bates. Of
Missouri, one OF the fossils of the slave
party. He was then the associate and
co-loborer of that other impraciicablc
and unreliable squad-the Blair family.
The country AZ this time wants no in
Spired harlequns in the national councils
Still less does il want men with states
manship so microscopic that they eau see
nothing in public business but the mile
aye and per diem of their fellow member.
II Mr. Greeley is not satisfied with his
position rs a Journalistic position which
ought 70 be equal in point OF influence,
power and dignity TO that of six average
Senators-and il the Republicans of New
York want 70 do something for him,
let them make him State Prison Inspec-
tor, or even Governor; anything that
will not make the outside OF the State
responsible for his foles."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-02
Hiram Items.

During tic shower OF Saturday eve.
June 2lst. one oi Hon. John IL. Springs
barns was struck by lightning. The
bolt hit the end of the ridge-pole, passed
down the railers on each side, also the
posts. scattering boards, shingles aud
| Splinters from the frame in every direc.
ton. Two oxen owned by Jos Greeley
Swan, Esq, of Denmark, were in the
| shed at the corner OF the barn and were
killed; also two steers, one two and the
other three years old, belonging to Mr..
Spring. Fortunately it was raining
heavily ut the time. and the barn did not
take fire. Had it been otherwise his
whole group OF buildings, eight in mum.
Der, must have been destroyed
Mr.. Spring has recently torn down the
old house in which his father formerly
lived. and which had numerous occupants
before him. In excayating new cellar,
he found several copper buttons nearly
rs large ~ silver dollar; also two
small thin coins. bearing the name OF
Louis XVI. and the following inscrip-
ton: Two Sous. Colonie De Cayenne.
1889" He also found ~ American
cent-worn but little il any. and dae eel
1902 The coins were undoubtedly lost
by the family OF Capt. Skllings. sea-
captain, who built the house previous Ia
the present century and resided there
several years.
Siscc the recent rains. crops OF all
kinds are looking finely, especially grass
and fruit.
The Congregational Church between
Hiram Bridge and Hiram Corner is to
he completed ut an carly day.
Miss Emma II. kimball, daughter Of
John l.. KimbalI, Esq, i, teaching her
first school on "T>U' cap" Hill. with ad.
mirabIc success. One of the finest views
in the County may br obtained from the
top of thi, hill, prescntin. pleasing ~
riety OF pond, river, and lake. village,
valley and plain. while the =. IL Q. X.
r., the beautiful valley Of the winding
Saco in the foreground. tho picturesque
scenery and clustcrn. hills OF western
Oxford. aud the White mountain group.
complete the picture MI Washington,
snow. clad, and towering in grandeur
above all olhcrs. and above tie cloud,
~ It's ilusuiou. uanicSake towards an
immortal grandeur above all other men
LLEwELiYN.
\ correspondent ut the Lewiston
journal writes We were Friday morn.
ing presented With three quart mcH,
ure OF Early ROec potatoes, grown TIN,
season, in The open grouul. that were A.
large ~ potatoes usually are IN the fall,
measuring five inches in length and sereh
inches in circumference. They were
grown by WIN. Wcntworth, who says h.
will have l plenty OF such 10y july
Fourth Who can beat this?
Wallace Rounds, in the employ OF Al
mond Young. had part OF three finger
on tho right hand. sawed oil with - ciI
cular saw Friday. Horace Richardson.
OF Baldwin. lost one finger, and two
others nearly sawed oil with u circular
saw. June lh.h.
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,t.- Greeien and Tan.,nany.

The Cincinnati C0B'meFct9t au'ili's 'n"t
If MIR. Greeley's connection with the
Tammany Democrats is proved 1t will
ruin his election. 1t says :-"Convict
Horace Greeley OF bargaining with Dem
ocrats, n TO the distribution OF offices,
and his candidacy is practically at an end
his candidacy is practically at an ena'
tor his unlitness to bc President would
be proven. and the people would certain
" prefer Grant"
In reply to this the New York Times
saws there may be some difference rs 10
The amount and kind oil evidence neces'
sa,y 10 produce conviction but in New
York city it is a well known Tact That
Cochrane. Midget and all the leading
Tammany Republicans arc MIR. Greeley
most active partisans. 1t is also well
known that nearly all the leading Demo
Gratis in that city who support him are OF
have been VIGOROUSLY connected with The
Tammany Ring. Sweeney is actively
working tor Greeley, and has certainly
held consultations with some OF his lead
mo friends. Sheriff Brennan II enlist
inc his clubs under the Greeley banner.
Gov. Hoffman has a good understanding
with the Greeley managers. These are,
SAWS the Times, 'undeniable facts-you
can only says you do not sec them 10y
carefully shutting your eyes. Then
what does il all mean Are these men
using Greeley, or is he using them, OF
arc we to believe that Sweeney Is Co.
have given up ali thoughts of plumber
and are now intent upon pure govern
ment and reform :"
The Times continues
The issue is not misunderstood in this
city. whatever may be the case in Gin
ciunati Here we sec the Greeley men,
and We all know how they stand in the
community. There is not corporaIs
guard OF respectable men among them,
Ask the Democratic merchants and bank
ers-thcy are all against Greeley On the
other hand. the Tammany vino lullers
and roughs. the scalawags in search OF
place, the rascals who have recently been
turned out OF office, arc all in his favor.
Il the editor OF the Cincinnati CONNER
ciqi questions these facts, we ask nothing
better than he shall come here and make
INQUIRIES Tor himself. Three days IN
this city will satisfy him on the subject.
\ vote for Greeley next Fall will be a
vote for the restoration of Tammany
rule - and there Is 20 branch OF business
which would not be involved in immeas.
urable disasters in consequence. News.
papers cannot deceive the public one
way or the other on this subject The
people observe facts Tor themselves,
and draw their own conclusion-a and il is
because they do this that We are conf
dent New York State will give = larger
majority for the Republican party mex:
Fall then she has done for many year
past. The people have beaten Tammany
organizations once. and they eau and
will do it again.