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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09

The Oxford Quarterly Baptist meet
ing will hold its next session with the
church in Hebron June 9th, at 2P. NJ.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09
Republican Convention.

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
'Ttc Republicans OF the second Congress onal
District are hereby requested 10 NEE. in conyeu-
tion, by delegates 20
AUBURN HALL, AUBURN,
Ca FRIDAY. the lgth day Of june next, n u
O'Clock 4. NJ Tor the pgrpo'e Of nominating @
candidate 20 represent said D.s,rc. "A the Forty.
fourth Congress.
The basis OF representation viii be as follows
Bach c.Y, town and plantation wiu De cau0cj
90 one delegate, AMI one additional delegate lor
each scvcnty.lve votes. or fraction OF the same
numbering ;h.tty-eisbt or more, cast for Governor
Prrham IN ls'e
Cbairmen OF the several city, town aud pianta-
ton committees are requested 90 forward the
names o. the delegate, elcct 20 Robert Martin.
Chairman Of the D.s,r.c: Committee AZ Auburn.
Box 35 immediately aCer their election.
The Committee WILL be ia session 90 the Elm
House, Auburn, in the afternoon prio-, and @; the
hall on the morning % the convention 90 o'clock
\. NJ, 90 receive credentials.
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General Conference Of Maimc.

The foriy.eighth annual meeting OF the
General Conference ollhe Congregational
churches in Maine, will bo held with the
Second Congregational church in New
castle. commencing on Tuesday, Jane
%, 1874, at nine o'clock \. NJ. PASTOR,
Delegates, and others expecting 10 attend
the meetings, who will send in their
names on or before the 10Th day OF June,
will DO provided with hospitality. An.
swers will be returned rs soon ~ placlic
ole on postal cards. Introducing friends
10 places Of Entertainment. Ii ANY who
receive cards are prevented from attend
ing, they will confer favor by notifying
the committee. Efforts are being made
to secure the usual reduction Of fares.
notice of which VII! be given when tie
arrangements are completed. All com
municaiions should DO addressed TO ADJ
Olson Austin, Newcastle, Maine.
The State Centennial managers have
important duties TO iuIiill. According
to the instructions OF the Director Gou
eral ION the State board will deyolve all
the responsibility of organizing its Stale,
and OF securing its thorough representa-
lion in the Exhibition. 1, will have to
care Tor the interests Of its own State and
OF its citizens in matters relating 10 the
Exhibition; TO disseminate information
about il; to issue invitations to partici-
pate; 10 receive aud pronounce upon ap
p,ication ior space; 10 apporiion the space
placed at its disposal among the exhibitors
from its State; and to supervise such
other details relating to The representa-
ton OF its citizens in the Exhibition as
may from time to Time be delegated to it
by the United States Centennial Com
mission
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Western District.

BRowNTIEGp. Thomas scavey TO Lorius 4 aud
Thomas Il. Giles, farm, 5000. VIM Grcrul1w 90
ISAAC I.iuscott, 10 acre, OF liHI 80. Isaac
Lin-cott 20 - tuul- Mc-crNc, p ~ acres, IS.
l.. a. and 4. 4. Giles TO Albert Hill, farm, with
reservation, $l4.O.
DENMARK. Nathaniel Hale 10 4. H. Witham
and g. WhIdden, store and lot, 500. Mai Jordan
30 same, piece of land, Sl15. Isaac J.. Brown 90
stephen II. fe,scnden, farm, $500. Ilcnry Mason
10 Eicnor Mas IN, small farm, 600.
FErLuURG. Timothy VI Eastman TO \. Dean
AMI NJ. Ballard. 90 acres % land, SJ0. X. VI. y
NJ +. Thous to Samuel Walker, ftrm, $3.50.
IiIRAN Deborah Lowell ~ D1vid Lowell, ulrt
OF homestead. Sl3i. same - olive G3odw IN Iart
OF homestead, clio.
LOWELL Epos Hcallto Joseph Tirlrkctt, house
lOl $50. Jos. Brackett TO Frank l.. FON, building
aud lot, sllDn. r.. \. Cole q g. ii. Moor aud \.
II Walker. piece OF land, 500.
STOW Edyar g. stevens ct al TO VI. l.. CLAY,
tract OF llnJ, $500 Th0ml, VI johnson O. uh,
VI. Eastman. lot Of land, $50. Oscar g. Ecuiis TO
John Lewis, of loo acres Of land, Sl,j.
SroNrliAV. Julia Nuni- and husband 70 Laura
Cummings, farm St0.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09

This is the week for Conferences all
over the State, and beautiful one it is.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09
ROBERT MARTIN.
T.. 2. CARR,
REUBEN tE\pEESON,
L. ID EI-EEE

EtIUuuC3l DIstrIct l1mmIttCC.
Auburn, May p, l>,f.
Under the above basis Che several towns IN o..
ford County will bc eu,i.lcd 90 representation as
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REPUBLICAN
State Convention.

The Republicans OF Maine are invited TO send
delegates to a state Convention to be holden in
GRANITE Hal AIlGIlSTA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09
From the Maine Real Estate Register
Real Estate Safes
In oxford County, for the Month Endin z
NAV 18th.


BETHEL. John Mayo to samuel Waller, land,
800 Moses L. Grover io JOhn Mayo, farm, syuV'
Thos. j. sargent ct ais to i. Il. Foster lots, $40
BYRON. Richard c. Young 10 sumner souic ct
al, farm, sl2Ob.
BucKFIRlp. Freeman Hollis TO Robinson Dean
ct al, larm, S22oO. lieury 6. Shaw To- Aliie"
shaw, l farm. $3.50 Allied shaw 10 Henry g.
shaw, farm, sIsOo s. &. Andrews to William H.
Harlow, farm, sltVo.
csEENwoop William G. Piece q 2ewal A.
Milelt, land, SOP. Olive law u Daniel :. Davis
farm, SEQ Ransom Cole TO Simeon \. FAR, Iand'
$40.
GmEAp. Horace bennett to Hiram Bennett,
GRAFTON. Aac a. Lane to Ira G. sprague,
farm, ssOO.
HARIFoRD. John NJ. Dcshon 70 Ephraim
Shacklcy, farm, $500. Ephraim shaeklcy 10 Amasa
Trask, Iarm, ego. j. r. Benson to Ruth u. Young
ct al, farm, Sl3oJ
HANOVER f. o. Sands ct al, to Hanover Manu-.
featuring CO.. mills, : zoo Hanover Manaiactur'
Ing Co. TO j. A. Virgin, mills, $1,000.
MILTON PLANTATION. benjamin SWEET TO En-.
ersou NJ SWEET, mills, $3.50. Geo. III. Pulslier 10
Moses Pulsil--, land, SidO
NORWAY. Sarah l.. Hazcn to T. c. Andrews
farm, $500. Lee Mixer " Fannie l.. CLARK, land,
$50 same 10 Angelica Clark, stand, SONO.--
BstlIany Hayes TO George y. Brooks, land, 500.
Calvin +. Evans 10 .Frccnh Howe, lot, -.
Frceland Howe TO G. T.. Evans, lot. $50. same
r. spinner, lot, 600. John Saunders TO Edward
4. saunders, farm, 500.
NEwRY. Henry J. Ryerson 10 Hannah l.. Ryer'
son, farm, $500.
OXFORD. Joshua Il King 10 John Harper, stand,
$3.50. Lydia X. Chadbourne 70 +. :. Chldbouthe,
farm, $500.
OXFORD AND PARIS. 7. W. Bartlett c. al, TO S.
T. liolbrook ct al, farm, S'tOO
PARIS Richard H. Lurycy 10 James w Davis,
land $40. Geo. II. Crockett 10 :. y. Stclrhs
land, s1c. Il. :. STEPHENS @ Olive NJ. stephens
ct al, larn, $50. Fred. T. SHAW TO JOS {. Cum
mings, stand, 5000. &. f. Cumming ct al 20
George ". Cook stand, $50
SOUTH PARIS. Hannah l.. Shurtlca 20 ~ilas IA.
TrbOu, stand, 5000. Daniel CLARK % William VI
Libby, stand, ESQ. ID, r. otDwcll 10 PO!ly Crock
cit lot, SO.
WEST PARIS. s. b Locke 20 West Paris steam
Mill Co., mil site, 30.
PERU Eli Robinson 20 l.. q. Harlow, ciym, -.
RoNBuEi. VIM. V Porter to Robinson Gum
mon, land, t.OO. Robinson Cannon 10 Ssweil
Goa, land $JUh,
SIMMER. Mclcn Bates 20 hbbic l.. Rates, farm.
500. George q. Cha1ia 10 William q. S-cScns.
farm, $1,000.
WATERFORD \ !. Woodward lo WIN. HAYNES
ct AL farm, si:C0. same 20 same, farm, 81 10.
wooDsToCR. L. c. Allen to Joseph Carpenter,
hotel, SbjJ.
American citizen., 1874-11-21
A Lovers Revenge.

SOME five or six weeks ago Il young
man named Charles Perrin, twcnty-three
years old, and Il carpenter by trade, fell
in love with good looking girl whose
parents live on Orchard street. Charles
has red hair and frcckled face, and al
though the young lady treated him court
eously when he called at the house she
had her mind made up that she could
never wed red dheaded man. After an
acquaintance of three weeks he asked
her to become Mrs. Perrin, and was
greatly taken down when she told him
that she couldn't think of such IL thing.
Charles then sought to have the old folks
put in good word for him, but they de
clincd to interfere. He continued his
visits, perhaps hoping to soften the girls
heart, but Thursday evening the crisis
came. He went to the house with a bot
tie of acid in his pocket prepared to spoil
her beauty if she did not give him IA
vorable answer There was no one at
home but the girl and her mother, and
Perrin first wanted the girl to take a
walk with him. She refused to go, and
he asked to see her alone. She also re
fused this request, and the lover had Just
got ready to draw the bottle from his
pocket when something bit him. He
thought ii was dog, but it wasn't. The
cork had worked out of the bottle and
his coat-tails were turning brick color at
the rate of yard IA minute. The acid
wasn't content with the coat-tails but
struck out for flesh, and in about IL min
ute the young man was dancing around
the house as if to escape Il bullet, Shout
ing and whooping he got out of doors
and threw off most of his clothing and
rolled in the mud, and it was some time
before any one could find out whether he
had snakes in his boots or had sat down
on bradawl He was so badly burned
that two men had to help him to his
boarding house on Fifth street, where IA
physician dressed the burns. There is a
good deal of laughing at his expense,
and if he makes his appearance at the
house again he will be arrested, as he
told some of his friends in advance that
he meant the acid for the girl-Det, oil
Free Press
American citizen., 1874-11-21

"A FARMER cut down a tree which
stood so near the boundary line of his
farm that it was doubtful whether it be-
longed to him or his neighbor. The
neighbor, however, claimed the tree and
prosecuted the man who cut it for dam
ages. The case was continued from
court to court. Time and money We're
wasted, temper soured and temper lost,
but the case was gained by the prosecu-
tor The last of the transaction was, the
man who gained the cause came to a
lawyer to execute the deed of his whole
farm, which he had been compelled to
sell to pay his costs! Then, houseless
and homeless, he could thrust his hands
into his pockets and triumphantly eX-
claim, 'Pve beaten him."
This reminds us of little story
FOrty-three years ago young man was
teaching a country school. lie had not
been in the place one quarter before he
had acquired a reputation for knowing
much more than he did know, but he was
wise enough to take no pains to disabuse
the popular mind of the favorable i'm
preston. If there was one study that he
was more deficient in than another it was
surveying. But he taught it as well as
he could and his pupils learned. Two
farmers had chronic dispute as to the
line between their lands, and for many
years they had contended as to the
right of possession in little strip
Both of them were warmly interested in
the young school-tcacher, and in happy
moment it occurred to them to ask him
to examine their titles and maps and
decide as to the true running of their
dividing line. He took the papers, gave
:" his whole mind" to the question, made
a map with the line where he believed it
should be; both parties accepted it, set
their fence according to it, lived in
peace, and to this day, after the lapse of
nearly half a century, the schoolmaster's
line is undisturbed, though the lands
have changed hands frequently. The
line will doubtless never be disturbed.
How much better this than to go to law,
consume their property in vexatious liti-
CATION, ALLEVIATE families, fret themselves,
and bequeath feud to successive gen
erations. Both the farmers have long
since gone to sleep with their fathers, but
the young schoolmaster who judged be-
tween them lives to make this the first
record of his decision.-N. Y. Observer.
American citizen., 1874-11-21

woul1 have to be butchercd before the
quantity requisite to produce the effect
would be obtained. Then arises the ques-
ton, what next? 'To ladies of inventive
genius, the Geological Gardens offer op-
portunities, the thought of which ought
to strike terror into the breast of DIR.
Sclater. y pclican's beak as hair-pin
would set off the largest chignon. How
many cOckatoos' graceful top-knots,
would be required to furnish forth a cos
tune de jour could only be a matter of
speculation, and the judicious eXpendi-
ture of a few siX-penny visits. a tlamin-
go's leg would make an elegant paraso
handle, and a tigers tail comfortable,
as well as an unusual, boa. The mask of
the Polar bear, neatly trimmed with vul-
lures feathers, would make very strik-
ing as well as warm covering for the
head during the coming winter But
these are rather speculations for the man
milliners. If we only live long enough
we shall no doubt see the elephant and
rhinoceros contribute something else be-
sides their "ivorics' to the eXigencies of
fashion, and when the earth and the air
are exhausted there will remain the great
deep and its inha oitants TO help to crafty
feminine vanity.-LoHdoa Globe.
American citizen., 1874-11-21

"THE horse that frets is the horse that
sweats" is an old saying of horsemcn,
and it is just as true of men as of horses
The man that allows himself to get irri
tated at every little thing that goes amiss
in his business or in the ordinary affairs
of life is a man that, as IA rule, Will ne
complish little and wear out early. He
is Il man for whom bile and dyspepsia
have peculiar fondness and for whom
children have ii peculiar aversion. He
is Il man with perpetual thorn in his
flesh which pricks and wounds at the
slightest movement; Il man for whom
life has little pleasure and the future
small hope
To keep jolly" under all provocations
Is perhaps Il task which only Dickens
Mark Tapley could perform. We never
have met Mark Tapley in our experience
of human nature, but we have seen him
closely approNiAated; and it would be
well if people in general could approach
more nearly that inimitable character.
In all the phases, emergencies and oc-
equations of human life good temper is
a commodity for which there is great
demand; but in those which bring an
individual into daily contact with many
others it is perhaps in greatest demand
and most limited supply.
TO foremen in shops and superintend-
ents of large manufacturing establish
ments, good temper is most valuable
qualification Indeed, this article was
| suggested by a notable want of good
| temper in the treatment of subordinates
| by IA foreman in an establishment recent
! ly visited by us. 1t was evident that
! this establishment was pervaded by d
! spirit of revolt, bcgotten by the brow
| beating, insolent language and manner
of the foreman. The men were sulky
and obstinate, being undoubtedly ren
American citizen., 1874-11-21

WHOEVER has lifted the curtains of
boys alcovcs, soon after their inmates
have gone to bed, and has looked lovingly
in, has seen pretty sight. Generally
their faces are lying most restfully, with
hand under cheek, and in many cases
look strangely younger than when awake,
and often very infantile, as if some trick
OF older expression which they had been
taught to wear by day had been dropped
the moment the young ambitious will
had lost control The lids lie shut over
bright, busy eyes; the air is gently and
evenly famed by coming and going
breaths; there is a little crooked mound
in the bed; along the beds foot, or on a
chair beside, are the day clothes, some
times neatly folded, sometimes huddled
of in Il hurry; bulging with balls, or, in
the lesser fellows, marbles; stained with
the earth of many fields where wood
chucks have been trapped, or perhaps
torn with the rOughnesses of trees on
which squirrels have been sought; per
haps wet and mired with the smooth
black or gray mud from marshes, or the
have been tracked. Under the beds foot
lie the shoes-one on lis side-with the
gray and white socks, now creased and
soIlcd, thrown across them: and there, in
their little cells, squared in the great
mass of night, needless how the earth
whirls away with them or how the world
goes, who is thinking of them or what is
doing at home, the busiest people in the
world are resting for the morrow.-FroHS
LotoeVs " 1stony Biode."
American citizen., 1874-11-21

dered unmanageable and restless by the
total disregard of amenity in the man
placed over them. Surely, thought we,
whatever skill in his profession this man
might possess, it was dearly purchased
at the expense of willing service on the
part of the workmen.
When, from any cause, a man is forced
to add to his physical toll the burden of
a discontented mind, he will neither do
as much nor as good work as when his
heart is light and his mind easy.
1t requires more than technical knowl-
edge and skill to make a good foreman.
The power to manage and control men Is
an essential which can never be found
apart from good nature. Of course, we
do not mean that sort of good nature"
which results from want of tirmness,
but that broad, wholesome, breezy hear
mess that feels good itself and loves to
have others feel good, and which shows
itself as much in rebuke as in praise
Scientific dnerfcom.
American citizen., 1874-11-21
Flighiy Costumes.

\ TERRIBLE fashion has been intro
duccd this autumn in Paris to swell bills
and excite an honorable emulation i'll eN
trava"ance. Some one has discovered
that trimming dress with birds fcath-
ers has an exceedingly charming appear
ancc, and that envy is excited in proper
tion to the rarity of the fowl that is
plucked The lady who has introduced
this novelty made her first appearance
in costume which evidently left moth
ing to be desired; though we are unable
to understand the millinery jargon in
which it i, described. The tunic was
trimmed with the feathers of the jay, but
only the blue ones that form part of the
wing. As the jay Is not "A very common
bird-tor lie is a deadly enemy to game
keepers. and even the Legislature has
put IA price on his head-those feathers
must have cost a pretty sum. But what
will old ladies and children eXclaim when
they hear that another merUej}ieuSe, not to
be outdone, has ordered a black silk
dress to be trimmed with canary feath-
ers? 1t is not easy to calculate how
many hundreds Of these little creatures
American citizen., 1874-11-21
=" AIS Well That Ends Well. -

YEARS ago, and yet not SO many, for it
has been since the war, some disagree
ment arose between Il couple OF married
folks in one of the old States, and after
much pain and suffering and public eX-
posurc of family affairs in the courts
decree of divorce was obtained, and they
who had stood at the altar of Hymcn to
be joined in union were parted ut the al
tar of Justice, to which they had ap-
pealed. Their own way each of them
turned and long years have come and
gone since then. The husband and
father travelled with his burden to the
golden shores of California, and there, no
doubt, tried hard to forgive and forget.
The wife and mother, with their babe,
struggled with the skeleton of her dead
ened life and in time came to Texas. by
some fatality her husband came to Texas
also.
Last Friday they were both aboard the
train bound from Galveston to this city
The little daughter, while looking curl
ously over the car at the strange faces,
suddenly caught that of her long gone
father Betorei her mother could stay
her she rushed to him, crying Papa,
papa The greeting of father ard child
was touching and beautiful. All the old
emotions, all the smothered love of wife
and child came back in an instant
" Mamma is here" said the little girl ;
come and 90 to her. And she led her
father to the astonished mother, and Il
poetic predestination was accomplished
They met and talked as of yorc, and soon
all was well with them again. Chastened
as by fire, they seemed To know each
other better The sequel is soon told
After reaching Houston tue services OF
the Rev. Mr. Hackett-were called for, Il
license obtained, and the marriage vows
reassumed with IA far better understand
ing of their nature and sanctity And
thus it is that "all's well that ends well
-Houxfon tTer) Ieiegrdph.
American citizen., 1874-11-21

| plate and the WEAKNESS and anxiety on
her face.
Every one was of to school or to
work but Annette. Mamma, exhausted
| from hurry and labor, sat rocking and
resting.
Annette looked up from her school of
dolls and saw mamma, pale and tired,
and remembered the untasted food on
the plate at mammals place at the break
| fast
Size is tired" she whispered /" she is
hungry; she has so many to tend and no
one t. tend to her; if | was only bigger,
If l was a woman like Jo'phinc, or a big
girl like our Ted,'' and she sung low
lullaby, unconsciously, to the doll in her
arms. wonder II L could" she
thought, Ii L could make her anything
| good wonder what L could maker"
and light as the air her little feet flew
over the STAIRS, down to the kitchen and
pantry peioW.
don't dare to ask about anything
sue tnougnt, because mamma Wouid
say, NO, niue uaushter' you can get me
hothihS; am not hungry, ana you are
TOO small, ana she Peepeo INTO thls jar
ana that pan and dishes without mum,
per 10 uGclue at iast tnat she only couio
guess about making broth, which was
Easy anu Whicn IN, ~ WAS quiie certain
d'a If was "iust iust the the incest tbiro in the
Ill -. - ~ - - II,,o -
@ moriu 10 ln+r t4G meat plu9oerm9 IN tne
p'', anu hno" ma. siie hau Pul l. mere
" 80 'iio ~ uanoIis oii INC cuooies'
anu d ~ Isl p,is.ty iea.es tioiii aie
Ss. Su uen- pa'Iii anu i,A 'h1lh ~ .ne plC.
'i'St Nr oiiha Do~ !, an loauy Ioi 'no pio.h'
Neeer nao Iuncneoh-tray SO nlucn IA
sne Detoi ~ H., ION ushS anG naphih, viii as
was arr,nged and rearranGed apUum, IN 1" ths
kitchen was redoIent viii tIe yanors Of
J
anil dona 90
P,,t n,ammo wos .S,eon o,o,,,,,,-aroa
bv we,r;ness on tho cbair where sbe had
rocked, and Annette sat on the door-siu
to watch and to wait.
Roots rong ON tho sideyyall, ond On tho
stems and before Annette had time tn do
more than think at sounds like Rob
but what can he want?" Rob had banged
| the door behind him and was whistlino
nm tho stairs l''
! r. Uusb" said Annette on tin-toe
q ,o,nna &c aSIconn
"Wbat,s tho nse ,f busb;nq9 I've lost
nv lunch and come for more"
| Manma stirred in her sleen at the
sonnd Of the voice and the creakino
! boots
"Pleasem pleaded Annette, "she's so
tired And Bob gave Annette's curls a
| love null and turned to cIatter down
| stairs.
Gle will get something in the pantry"
she Thought and sat down again on tb-
door-silI To watch if mamma sIept.
awoke to the creaking of boots.
Mamma awoke in. a little while, when
! a door banged down stairs: SO Annette
scampered away for the wonderful tray
| But. sad to behold. Rob had treated him
| self to his luncheon. and the tray in dis
order the parsley leaves gone. and the
drippings OF SOUP told tale overpower-
ing to Annette.
"Oh, Rob, Robr' she sobbed, "every-
one thinks of himself
Rob tanned at tho 1v;rdo1y and shook
his bc,d and was off wbistIing as he
vent. bnt Annette was burning her fin
gers with the steam as She lifted the
Roller to tho iinbt and baboId-Oh bannv
sigbtiN FIAT there was nIentv for mamm,
Yat
American citizen., 1874-11-21
THINNING OF MAMMA.


NANNN WIS WCiTN.
Annette watched her at the table at
tending to everybody. but never attend
ing to herself Everybody was to be fed ;
everybody was to be fixed, and who was
to see 10 it but mamma? Appetites
were to please; pleasant dishes were To
dress luncheous were 10 be put up;
every day and every day mamma thought
and did it all, but who thought OF doing
tor mamma?
Annette forgot that her omelct was
getting cold that breakfast was almost
over, and sat tasting and thinking as she
saw the untouched food on mamma S