Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-02-27
Editorial and Selected Items.

Attention is called 10 advertisement
Wanted FOL Highland Farm The
right man will find it nice chance.
Winter asserted its sway again
couple OF days last week, seuding the
mercury down ten below zero.
Sueing lime for March Court ex-
pires TO day. Tuesday IL is understood
that Judge Tapley will hold the Court
Read the admirable story On tho lst
page. entitled GLOW woman kept her
husband" II was SO lengthy we were
obliged To divide it-but the interest will
warrant il.
Ono of the best places To buy dry
goods in Portland-gOods that are rich
and OF the first class-is OF +. I. ELDEN
II Co.'S Free Street Block. All will get
suited alike. for they deal IN the tue
principle OF lone price"
The Envelope system for the raising
of funds to support the ministry, operates
lavorably with The Congregational society
at South Paris The amount raised in
February exceeded that Of January. and
was nearly enough Tor ths minister's
salary. while the contributions oil some
arc TO be paid quarterly.
The Spring term OF the Oxford Nor.
mai Institute. ut South Pgris. promises TO
be more successful than ever AppIca
tipns come in from all quarters.
The County Farmers Club at Paris
this week election and Baptist Quarterly
meeting next week. and after TINT, look
out Tor justice, in the shape of two weeks
of Court
Tho Maine Dental Association had
a meeting in Portland last week. DR..
&. NJ. Twitchel. OF Bethel, was elected
II member.
We shall issue. this week. the Town
Report of Paris. and the Report of the
special Committee on the financial con-
rlition of the town. We are printing the
Reports OF several other towns.
The weather changed from thaw
on Sunday. with appearance OF rain, 10
biting cold wind on Monday morning
AT Dea EIbridge Fobes Auction,
last week. young stock sold better than
oder His best COW, good one brought
S22 90; one larrow cow $50 90; another
II so; four year old heller brought
1850; nice pair OF ycarling steers
$50 so; pair Of calves $500; two
heller calves Sl4 80; an odd steer, S5.o5.
-Mlrk Twain's new book. "Roughing
H." superbly iIluslraled-suited 10 the
wants of the old. the young, the rich, the
poor, the sad. the gay. can be bad OF j.
b IIazeu, Agent, Norway Call and
look at it, and YOU will be sure to take Il
copy.
james F. lIu,cbins. OF Lowell. is one
1T the purchasers OF timber lands in
jefferson. N H. belonging to the estate
oi the late Enoch Osgood, OF Gorham.
y H.
1t wa, discovered the other day. by
some ol the lawyers Of tic House. that
the act passed several years since pro
riiing that counties should pay their own
criminal costs. had been lett out. and the
old statute of 1857. which charges this
cost upon the State copied in.
A worthy Berkshire deacon recently
resigned his office, for The reason rs lie
stated. that the members Of the church
had shown want Of confidence ia him
by voting against him when Il candidate
Tor the Legislature. last fall
OF our Maine Congressman, Lynch
AMI Hale voted Monday To take the duty
OF from coal and salt, while Frye voted
against il aad Peters did not vote AZ all.
Gen. Anderson, in his remarks before
the Railroad Committee Al Augusta. said
he did not want to have controversy
with the press. He did no, dare to fight
u newspaper 1t WAS like haringa law
suit with the Devil and holding Court in
hell
Lewiston has a new paper, the
Weekly Gazette. published by William Ii
Waldrnn. who was one Of the publishers
oil the Ad,c:ti-rl a"mc fourteen years
ago the founder, We believe. Of the
Lewiston JOURNAL, Il captain in the 10Th
Maine and afterwards State Constable.
- The Gllbrcih Knox horse belonging
10 The estate ot TIA. late j. II. Gilbreth.
of kcndall's Mills has been appraised at
$l2 900. and il i said he administrator
hi, been offered $4,000.
The Portland Press says: We unde,
stand ihal Granyille NJ Chase. Esq,
having formed business connections in
Chicago, l. about tO make that city his
future reside nee. and wiil take with him
some fifteen or twenty masons, To assist
him in hi> large husine.s contracts. We
are sony 10 lose so energetic business
man
The Caucasian. a red-h Democrat.
&c paper Published in Lexington. Mo,
being in iayer ot omiuating the devil to
beat Grant. the New York Commercial
thinks that c1mmon gratitude ought to
have dictated that nomination 10 the
Democrats long ago.
The Lewiston Journal says: Boston
M. ~ in. .,r., In inwn nnIch ain0 h0rens