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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01
Uuirersalist State Conreniion.

The Convention met st Bangor last
week and was well attended.
Hon. VIM. Duren, OF Calais. was Pres.
ident. Rev. W. \. Drew, OF Augusta,
preached the occasional sermon. An in-
teresting Sunday School session was held
IN Wednesday afternoon. at which an
address was made by Gov. Perham.
Morning Prayer Meetings were held and
q Communion Service followed the SER
mon on Thursday. when the Convention
closed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01

1t is reported that the trus .ees Of
Colby University have offered or are
shout to offer the Presidency OF that IT,
Institution TO Rev. DR.. Robbins, OF Roch.
ester, New York. Gentlemen long ac-
ouainted with DR.. Robbins and qualified
to Judge. are confident that he has rare
qualifications for that honorable and re-
sponsible position.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01
PARIS HILL,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1875
Alto o'clock, A. VI,

Fsg the purpose Of nominating County otles'S'
10 MI: two senators, County Attorney County
Commissioner, County Treasurer.
The basis OF representation viii be as follows
zach lowe and plantation viii lie entitled 20 one
delegate and an additional one for every - votes
cast for the Republican candidate for Governor ~
Is. A fraction Of 40 votes additional % the iull
number for delegate i also entitled 20 delegate
The County Committee will De in session st nine
o'clock the morning Of the Convention for the re-
IN ,f .r...lenfIaI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01

The cholera in coming. Look out
for all Presidential odors. and unhealthy
places about town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01
FOR GOyEBNoR
Nelson Dingley, Jr.,
of LEwISTON.
FOR GOyERNoR
RepubIican County Convention.

The Republicans Of oxford County, ana Ali
others Who condemn the SALARY GRAB are
invited to send delegates to County Convention
~ lie hohlen a.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-01
OXFORD.

List ol person in the town OF Oxford
who pay money tax Of over forty dol.
lars. for the wear 1873.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
Habits OF Authors.

James T. Fields, in his new lecture on
Fiction and its Eminent Authors, has
the following concerning the habits vt
novel wTitersi .lH- !fiiH ,
Hawthorne waited for moods, and
mounted his tower stairs for compost
ton only when the fit was on him. Dusky
professions constantly moved about
him as he walked his piHy hilltop, but
his characters rarely spoke to him until
he had locked his study door and shut
out all ingress fFoW the world Of living
beings. Anthony Trollope, whose novels
Hawthorne greatly delighted in, writes
every day regularly, when he is engaged
on A nov story, given number OF man.
useript pages before twelve O'Clock, and
smiles at the idea OF waiting until he
rfeels like writing, as u is called.
Thackery vas constantly studying
character, and bis observation vas nm
ceasing. His eyes were on the alert IN
the street, in the club, in society. every
WHARF. / remember one evening ne
whispered TO me in brilliant drawing
room. Gov ! envy y0u fellows whe are
not IN nv place aad are not obliged 70
utilize pfOIfbolOuhhy III 49,.
creatures for our next novel. Dickens
was At one time taken possession OF BY
the characters Of whom he was writing
that they followed him everywhere ana
would never let him be alone for mo-
ment. BE ted me that when he was
writing the "Oid Curiosity Shop the
creatures of his imagination so haunted
him that they would neither ALLOW hlm
to sleep or eat in peace that Little Nell ...l
was constantly at his elbow, no matter
where be might be, s!siming his Atten-
ton and sympathy as il jealous when be
spoke to any one else. When he was
writing Martin CbnFzlevit Mrs;
Camp kept him in such paroxysms OF
Laughter by whispering 70 him IN the
most inopportuBe places-sometmes.
even in chnrch-that be was compelled
70 6ght her OF By main force when be
did act usnt her company, and thfeai-
ensd 70 have nothing more 70 DO snie
her anlsss she cOuid behave better ans
cone OniT Fksp she vas called.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
The Prise Package Boys Dream in
Church,


One of the most alarming cases OF
somnambulism with which we are familiar
is that of the prize package boy who op-
crates on the Norristown railroad, in
Philadelphia. By some extraordinary
combination Of circumstances, this child
of sin was induced to go to church few
Sundays ago, and while listening to the
sermon he fell asleep in the back pew
where he sat. There lad been Sunday
School meeting there before church, and
all the Bibles and missionary newspa-
pers were piled up in that particular
pew. Suddenly this remorseless young
orphan picked up bundle of the papers
in his sleep and began to walk up the
aisle, throwing one into each pew as he
went along. When he got under the lee
of the pulpit he stopped and waited two
or three minutes. The minister looked
cross-eyed at him and glared at him
through his spectacles, but the young
brigaIld was unconscious. Then he glided
down the aisle and amazed the congre-
gatioA BY ypMpyiRg the papers from each
pew. When be reaehed the rear he
seized an armful Of Bibles and rambled
up the aisle again, tossing them at the
occupants of the pews.
Resting again under the pulpit, and
wholly indifferent 10 the circumstance
that the clergyman's eyes again were
out of their natural straight position,
and were making his spectacles look
like double-barrelled locomotive head
light, the infant brigand pranced down
the aisle the seaand time, yelling Here's
yer prize packages only ten oentsi each
one contains a prize worth from ten
cents to ten dollarsl" and grabbing for
the bible as he proceeded The min
lister waved his hand at one of the
deacons; the deacon and the sexton
charged on that boy, and the organlst
tells us the three scudded down that
thoroughfare at the rate OF fifteen knots
an holr, while the sexton shock the boy
up and the DEACON boxed his ears, and
wished it was not wicked to swear.
Then they took him up into the steeple
and killed him. We are not certain
that they killed him, but we think they
did, of course for that is the only way
in which he could be kept quiet. We
would have butchered him long ago If
we could only have got him alone in a
steeple aomewhere,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
PRICE OF TICKETS.

Whole tickets. $50; halves, 50; tenths, q
each COUPON, g: eleven whole tickets for $50;
twenty-five and a half tickets for slW1; oHe
hundred and thirteen whole tickets Tor - :
two hundred and tEonty-seven whole tickets
for $1,000. No discount on less than 80
worth Of tickets az a time. 80.
The unparalled success Of the Third Gifi
Concert ~ well az the satisfactiQn given BY
the First and Second makes it only Necessary
10 announce the Fourth % insure the prompt
ale Of every ticket ne f9lftn uiit Ion-
- viii Be conducted in all its details like
ne laird, and full particulars may Be learned
cam circulars which will be sent free from
ihis ofIice 10 an who Apply for them.
Tickets nov ready ior sale and al orders a.
coupanief b. the money prumpuy tlled.
Ifhrral terms given % thuse who bay u sell
erair. TuOs. D. BRAMIErfE.
Hrert Publ. Lihr. ky. and Manager 6if Con
cert. Public Library BuildinE, LouisFille
ktufucky. WtEH-lt--it
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12

are made upon The bar, that the ship
may pass over 10 in safety. When this
has been accomplished, the whele town
breaks out into dance and song "Now,
they cry I'VE shall have beadsl Now
we shall have tobaccol Now we shall
have rum
The old voyagers speak of the
Mpongwe as rude and savage people,
but several generations of intercourse
with Europeans have rendered them re-
fined in their appearance, courteous aud
persuasive in their manner. Even
their language has been changed; il is
soft and melodious, differing much from
the harsh cultural dialects OF the bush
people, who are nevertheless their kins-
men. The Mpongwe have slaves to do
their wood cutting and garden-work;
such kind Of labor among the poorer
tribes devolves upon the squaws. Hence
the coast ladies are genteel, and can
give due attention TO the business of the
toilet. They paint their cheeks, and
sometimes their chins, with rouge ex-
tracted from the root of the camwood
tree, and chalk their necks in patterns,
so that little way off they appear to
be dressed in lace. They part their
hair down the middle, and ridge it over
frizettes of cloth to make it appear
abundant, and form it into fantastic
shapes. They place little rosettes of
artificial hair above their ears, and in
sert a hair-pin Of ebony or ivory deli
cately carved, and use for perfume the
scrapings OF a fragrant bark. Round
their necks are strings of variously-col-
ored beads, while their legs are clothed
in enormous rings manufactured by
themselves from staircase rods, and of
such weight that some of the women
can scarcely walk, and if they fall into
the water, as sometimes happens, these
victims of fashion sink to rise no more.
The native gentleman is not less dam
difed; he may be seen lying for hours
with his head in his wife's lap, being
coffee by her experienced hands; he
ties a string round his upper arm to
make it full and round; he delights to
put on much cloth, and to hear it trail
ing behind him as he walks along the
street with q mixture of the lounge and
swagger not unfamiliar to London eyes;
above all, he rejoices in an old umbrella
stick, WHICH gives forth q jingling sound
sweet to his card as the tinkling of spurs
to gents" who never ride Winioood
Reade. aaf.at
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
wednesday, December 8, 1873.

Only Sixty Thousand tickets will be sold
and one-half Of these are intended fer the
European market, thus leaving only 10000 for
sale in the United States, where 100000 were
disposed Of for the Third Concert. The tickets
are divided into ten coupons or parts, and
have on their back the Scheme with a full ex-
PLANTATION of the mode Of drawing.
At this Concert. which will be the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this cOun-
trv the unprecedented sum Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
LIST OF GIFTS.
TOTAL, 12,Oso GIFTS. ALL CASH.

The distribution will be positive whether al
the tickets are sold or not. and the l2,OQl sitts
an paid in proportion 70 the tickets sold-all
unsOld tickets being destroyed as at the First
and Second Concerts and net represented in
the drawing
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12

THTE HAYKFOk SALE AT The LEDgER
w uficf blank noticel b. take derotlticns,
and printed Instructions % the oncer taki1g
tke sane; also blank captions and cert!d-
Gates. W
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
$1.5OO.OOO

divided into u 900 cash gifts. will be distribu-
ted by lot among the ticket holders-the num-
bers Of the tickets to be drawn from one wheel
by blind children and the gifts from another.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
Don't Fail to Try thsss Good.

Buy a. Of your merchants if he has
10 or win procure % Cor yau- Ifnot
then write Cor our Pamphlet. "Ali
about saPolio, Tand a. viii be uaiied
free.
ENOCH MORGAN's SONS,
Ne. 10 Park place, n. y. or 80 Lout-
bard street. naitimore. ~. y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
$25O,OOO for $50.

U,IIE FOURTH GRAND GIFT CONCERT
authorized by specia! act of the Legisla-
ture for the benefit of the Public Library of
Kentucky, win take place in Public Library
Hall at Louisville, kentucky,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
PUBLIC LEDGER.

FTHE PUBLIC LEDGER is PUBLISHED
every afternoon Except Sundayl:at No. Is
The PusLic EEDoER is served to city subscri-
bers by faithful carriers at FIFTEEN CENTS
PER WEEK, payable weekly 10 the carriers.
By mail lin advance): One year, s.; six
months. 81; three months. 81; one month,
Nswsdcalers supplied at 2,l cents per copy.
Weekly Public Ledger,
Published every Tuesday at 50 per annum lin
advanced; clubs ef i've or more. u %.
Communications upon subjects OF general
interest to the public are at all times necept-
able.
Rejected manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY;
First insertion % Per square
subsequent inserti0ns........... ~ a, a,
For one week ek,.-...................... " a, a,
FOR Two weeks................'...''' ~ ~ 4, q,
EOr three wee ~ a, a,
For one mon pO
RATES OF ADVERTISING IN WEEKLY;
First insertion. 90 per square
Subsequent insertions.......," 5O
Eight lines of nonpareil. solid. constitute
square.
Displayed Advertisements will be charged
according " the SPACE occupied. at above
rates-there being twelve lines ofsolid type to
the inch.
To regular advertisers we offer superior in.
ducements, both as TO rate of charges and
manner Of displaying their favors.
Notices in local column inserted for twenty
cents per line for each insertion.
Special notices inserted for ten cents per line
for each insertion.
Notices Of deaths and marriages. twenty
cents per line.
All bids for advertising are due when con-
tracted and payable on demand.
All letters, whether upon business or other
wise. must be addressed to
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.tt Publisher and Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12

Depot at head Of Main strsss- .iIr Il
Ticket 0nioe. 237h Main street, one door
north Of jefferson.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12

MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-12
RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LOUIsvILLE RAILROAD.
Arrlves. Leaves.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27

DREAMING FOR A BREAKFAsT.--Once
upon a time q Scotchman and an
Irishman happened to be journeying
together through an almost intermin-
able forest. By some mishap they
lost their way, and wandered about
for q long time, when they fortunate
ly came across a miserable howell.
which was deserted save by a lone
chicken. As this poor biped was the
only thing eatable to be obtained,
they eagerly dispatched and pre-
pared it for supper. When laid be-
fore them Pat concluded that it was
insufficient for the supper of both
himself and Sawney, and therefore
made a proposition to his companion
that they should spare their chicken
until the next morning, and the one
who had the most pleasant dream
would have the chicken, which was
agreed to by the Scotehman. In the
morning Sawney told his dream He
said he thought angels we're drawing
him to heaven in a basket, and he
never was 80 happy in all his life
Upon concluding his dream Pat ex.
claimed: "Och, sure and be jaber:
| saw you going. and thought you
wouldn't come back after the chicken
and l got up and ate it meself."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
Gard from a Loafer.

From the Burlington (Iowa) Daily.l
Our remarks about the blockade
of the streets on Sunday has drawn
forth the following indignant and
scholarly response from n of the
hit birds:
"EDIToR DAILY-In yer paper OF
Mundy you make the following non
sensicull remarks:
"'Loafers, as usual, infested the
streets yesterday, to the annoyance
of ladies and gentlemen going to
church. When is this nuisance 60
ing to be put a stop to? We'd like to
know
at seems to me you might as well
have sed: ladies and gentlemen. as
usual, infested the streets yesterday,
to the annoyance of loafers enjoying
the sunshine. This is a free country
and I have just the salm right to
stand in the street as you have to go
to church. If l like to stand on the
lee side of q corner and watch the
deer critters going to church in their
moo hats and pretty things on their
backs, it's none of yer business, nor
any mans. You no the story OF the
man which sed to a boy in the street,
Why do you alwes laugh when | go
by? and the boy sed, Why do you
alwes 60 by when l laugh? You are
a mortal chap with a vengeance, you
are, expecting me to stay to home
(if so be as / has e one wurth STAY
ing in vile you want the Street all
to yourself to go to church. Yor
had better stop yer gah, even if l am
what you call A LoAFER."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
G Eac Other.

Paper Trade Journal
There are plenty of rumors afloat
of different firms in the trade-both
Berg eIF6sg a geri5 5GElfpSsfRfe eccfted fn 6y ffGR9enIP54ze@s pres;
ent stringency, but in the majority OF
cases the only foundation for such
reports is the temporary accommo-
dations which merchants and mann
facturers are properly giving to each
other, while even this, as far as our
knowledge goes, does not exist to
any alarming extent. An actual sus
pension and compromise between a
firm and its creditors is an item of
news which belongs to the public,
but when a perfectly solvent concern
receives a private extension from
one or more of its principal creditors,
it is nobody's business but the parties
directly concerned. In times like
these it behooves every manufactur-
er, dealer and banking institution to
render all the help possible in this
direction, as many a thoroughly good
and solvent oncer can thus he
safely tided over, whereas, should
they be allowed to go down, the re
suit would likely be disastrous in the
general effect upon commercial con-
fidence. Therefore help each other,
and all will be well.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
~Certain facts render if nro

E Certain facts render it proba-
BILE that birds IN some manner be-
come ware of Cholera infection in
the air Recent European journals
state that at Munich, where several
cases Of cholera have occurred. the
rocks and crows, which few about
the steeples and through the trees
of the public prominades, have all
emigrated; and the same thing hap
pened during the cholera seasons of
1886 and 1854. According to Sir
Samuel W. Baker, the same pho
nomena occurred at Mauritius,
where the martins, which exist in
immense numbers the year round,
wholly disappeared during the pre-
valence of the cholera.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
~Mr Snuroeon. in his advice t.

gMr. Sturgeon. in his advice to
clergymeu in the Christian OF Work.
says: "People will form their esti-
mate of you and your ministry by
what they see of you in private, as
well as by your public d~eliverances.
Many young men have ruined them
selves in the pulpit by being indis-
Greet in the parlor, and have lost all
hope of doing good by their stupidi-
ty or frivolity in company. Don't be
an inanimate log. At Antwerp fair,
among. many c~uriosities advertised
by huge paintings and big drums, |
observed a booth containing "a great
wonder to be seen for a penny a
head; it was a perified man. l did
not expend the amount required for
admission, for / had seen so many
petriied men for nothing, both in and
out OF pulpit-lifeless, careless, des-
titute of common sense, and alto
gether inert, though occupied with
the weightiest business which maj
could espouse
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
A Negro

The Baltimore Gazette gives the
following pen picture of a negro
prophecies in North Carolina: About
forty miles above Wilmington is the
Sanctuary of Tena'-a negro woman
about fifty wears old, with nothing re
markable bat a head of perfectly
white. hair. The sanctuary is a rude
log cabin, containing one room, built
in the commonest way imaginable,
and in very many places the clay
which is used to stop the space be-
tween the logs has fallen out, and by
that means only a q circulation OF
air be obtained, as there are no win.
dows in the room. In front are a couple
of poles with mems shirts hanging
on them; in the ear are four poles,
on which are two bonnets and two
hats. At the side of the house there
is a 'clay hole Into the clay hole
each one of Tena's followers goes on
religious festivals, makes a clay ball
shout two inches in diameter and
places it on the edge of a bank to
dry and become hard. What this
means no one knows. These people
number about sixty, and are known
throughout the country as Tena's
hand. The band obey her, and per
form every one of the dogmas Of
Tena scrupulously, as it is a part Of
their religion and faitn. The band
is sometimes on the railroad, sweep.
ing the track and ties, and on every
Wednesday each and every n is
required to visit and carry Tena 8
small basket OF provisions. Any
one who fails to comply with the re-
euirements is punished. They have
attempted to build 8 church, but the
authorities have forbidden it,"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-27
An Intelligent Cat.

From the Virginia New Enterprise
We hear many stories of canine in
telligence. but the stories of feline
smartness are less numerous. Police
man Hayton, of this city. bow ever, has
a cat which yesterday gave evidence OF
more than ordinary cat sense. This
cat is of the Thomas persuasion. Yes
terday this cat came 10 its master, and.
by scratching at his legs and "yow-
ing" intimated that there was some
thing up. Thinking that this behavior
in his cat indicated that he desired
something to eat, Mr. Hay ton gave the
cat q slice of beef, when the animal at
once ran away with it. In about a
minute he reappeared, and again began
Begging. Mr.. Haydn thoughtit strange
that the cat was so hungry, but cut
for him another and larger slice of
beef. This the cat took in his mouth,
and again took himself off. Mr.. Hay
tor followed him. and was somewhat
astonished to see him go out upon the
sidewalk and drop the meat through a
knot-hole. On going t the place and
looking through the kuot-hole, Mr..
Hayton found under the walk three
small kittens, so young that their eyes
were scarcely open No mother cat
was near, nor was there a place any
where in the vicinity where a cat could
have found a hole through which to
have crawled under the walk. II
would seem that in his rambles Mr.,
Hayton's Thomas" had found the kit
tens, and, surmising or understanding
from their cries that they were hungry
had set about providing for their wants
in the manner related above.