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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-11-19

ne BACK ana LOsmS OIL q HOESes
When horse back is short the
loins will be found to be broad and
strong-what is called good; a circum-
stance arising from the circularity Of
the chest and the breadth of the hips
these four formations, viz, shortness Of
back. circularity of chest.
breadth of hips, and strength
of loins, generally being found
in combination. 1t is . great matter
that . horse should have good loins,
and when these are associated with a
long back. and the requisite length and
Substance of hind quarters, we may
take it for granted that the animal pos
sesses both speed and endurance. Look
at the hares and rabbits, greyhounds,
deer, and such-like animals and note
what thickness of loins and
length and muscularity of hind limbs
they all exhibit: while their fore parts
amount to hardly any thing in COM
paritive substance. 1t is impossible
that . horse with thin narrow,
loins can last; the moment his feet
stick IN the dirt, that moment he will
fail 1t Is the good loin that can-and
the only point that can-compensate
for hollowness of back. When the
loins are good, not length. not even the
hollowness Of back, are to Be accounted
] Objectionable points
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-11-19

A great variety Of articles, including
grain bags, wagon covers, floor covers,
ropes, sails, &C.. is made in Russia,
from the inner bark Of the Eastwood or
linden tree, million Of trees being de-
stroyed annually in the manufacture,
and II e value Of the articles produced
amounting to s2,400,000. The bark is
collected by the peasants in May and
June, when the ascent Of the sap rem
ders peeling easy. That of the lower
part of the TRUNK, generally en-
ployed for roofing. is obtained in
pieces abeut 5 IA BY IA feet, and is
warmed and pressed to prevent its cir.
cling. That of the upper part of the
trunk and Of the branches is tied in
bundles and rotted under water until
September, when it is dried by aid oil
heat, and separated into thin, delicate
strips, suitable for weaving into mat
ting. and varying in weight. according
to the use to be made of it. The
heaviest is sold at the Mimi Nov-oro6
Fair. at about S24 per hundred weight
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03

and Oxford Counties, have quite frequent
ly discontinued portions of highway'
located by Joint Boards. and the records
of both counties show ii. When petit
! ton for the discuntinuaDce of highway
is presented to single Board of Com
missioners, il is for that Court TO decide
whether or not it has jurisdiction. II il
decides ii has. that judgment is absolute
and binding upon all parties, even upon
the Supreme Court itself, until 1t IS re-
versed upon writ of Certiorari.
In the Oxford case, the Commissioners
after listening 10 the able arguments ol
counsel and carefully examining all the
authorities cited, decided they had juris
diclion; and if they discontinue The road
prayed for. their judgment will be AN end
of the controversy in the Supreme Court
at Paris. Under these circumstances, II
would be passing strange, and extremely
foolish, for any one TO presume or sup
pose for moment that any man OF com.
mon sense rs an .'agent" would go into
n reckless expenditure OF money, before
the Commissioners made their report.
and he knew whether there WdS or was
nat a road over which he could exercise
authority.
If there ever was any public necessity
for this piece of road, it does not now
exist. The Ogdensburg X K. and ex.
cellcnt water and railroad communication
between Harrison. Bridgton, and Port
land, entirely supercede ii.
No town in the Stale is more willing TO
build roads and bridges, when the ''com
mon convenience and necessity" require
it, than Oxford; and her past history in
building roads and bridges for the public
shows il. In this case. she can prove To
tho entire satisfaction OF any tribunal,
ercepiiRg the Board Of County Commits
si0nerS for Cumberland County. that the
road and bridgs is not demanded by the
public.
No one pretends the e.. Trunk will ever
build station al Smiths crossing. and
the only prelense let aud set up by the
little clique who are making 80 much
noise about the building of this bridge,
is the Struggling travel. from one or two
towns, through Oxford To Lewiston;
which travel now has good road lhl oush
Oxford Village TO the same place, just rs
near lacking only 2S rods in the whole
route. To lax the inhabitants Of Oxford
$1,000 to build this bridge. under these
circumstances. would DO wanton out
rage.
For this reason they have resisted. and
thus far successfully. this raid upon their
treasury by their missouri neighbors." y"
and in their behalf hereby serve notice
upon the Hon. Geo Pierce and his squad
OF camp followers. that they will in the
future tight against this wicked invasion
of THEN right in all lawful, legitimate
ways. to the bitter end; and it the great
public" whose principal business is ut
"lIarrson Flat" fancy they see The dry
bones of that old deiunct bridge moving,
or showing signs OF lie, they may ~
we'll cool down the ardor OF their enlhusi-
asm little. and remember the lend Is
not yet" JoHN j. PERRY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
Western Correspondence.

BENICIO, CAL, Jan, 1874.
M. Editor During the past three
years your paper has visited me when
ever acts of interest occurred in your
field OF ink; never have | received il
without creating in my heart feeling OF
thanklulness TO its contributor, and oil
late by means unknown, il comes regular
once week, portrayins is merits to
Californian OF New England birth. One
can only realize the value OF home
paper until he is in a country far from it,
origin. where he gets his news only by
short pen epistles, omitting a portion
thought 10 be yalueless and cumbersome
10 the reader, which is found in paper
Those very important items, much to
the satisfaction oil the reader, are found
for the paltry sum OF two dollars pei year.
One would scarcely believe, in Maine.
the % oil January, where the snow is -
feet deep. it would he necessary to carry
an umbrella 10 protect them from the
scorching sun in California. ca distance
OF about ioul thousand miles, but while
your correspondent is penning these
lines glance from The window reveals
the fact. The grass is three or four inches
high. and in some counties it is still
higher. The grain in some valleys is ten
or twelve inches in height.
1t is beautiful at this season OF the
year TO look ut the surrounding hills
clothed with yerdure. aud compare them
with the rugged hills OF New England,
with its deep mantle ol snow. A few
sunny days and the almond puts forth It's
leaves aud blossoms-Lhe peach and
other fruit trees give fragrance and utter
ancc OF Spring. The hills are all being
plowed and grain going in reminding
one OF busy May ia the "Oid Pine Tree
State" An another reminding lact.-
the little troublesome mosquito uniulls
its wings and huns by, bringing fresh To
memory the first OF June. Soon the hills
will be covered with its noral carpet.
crimson. purple, and gold, emitting fra
GRANGE surpassed by no other State except
the Fioridian peninsula. Vegetables ol
ali kinds ale in market, green peas, beans,
strawberries. etc. Oranges, grapes, aud
pears are abundant of different varieties,
luscious TO the taste-no one thing lack.
inc to satisfy the most delicate or ravenous
appetite.
1t is exhilafaling TO sit on the piazza at
twilight, and breathe the pure atmos.
phere. warm, soft and balmy, rs il frisks
by. watching The beautiful rays of the
sun rs they light up MI. Diablo. and
imagine the thermometer at twenty de-
greco below zero. a powerful wind
whisking the snow into YOU ears and nose,
turning them into lrost bitten souse. A
consumptive can distinguish this contrast
with but a brief description, when he has
.bu, once inflated his lungs. Many con
sumplives who have dcspaired oil life and
longed for The continuous disease 10
shorten, have and would enjoy years OF
quite good health among the vines OF
California. Nature has given this coun.
try more genial climate Tor invalids,
but for tho hardy man. New England.
IcHABoD.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03

The stories OF enormous cuttle-ish
of The coast OF North America, which
have been generally considered fabulous,
have received confirmation in what APP
pears to be a truthful report from 81.
Johns, TO the effect that some fishermen
encoun,ele ed n marine monster while out
in u boat, which, on being struck with Il
"geif, threw out two long arms across
the boat. These were promptly severed
however, and Ihc animal, huge squid,
backed off very hastily. The severed
portion cl the arm, being about nineteen
ieet in length, was brought in TO ST.
Johns, the entire length being estimated
at about thirty-fve lcet. Portions OF
this arm have been sent 10 the Natural
History Museum ol Montreal. The
length of The body was thought to have
been about forty feei.-Hay1er's Mdga
ziRe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
JOB PRINTING OF Every Description
Promptly aud Neatly Executed.

Sabssribtr- can tell. by examining the colon ID
.lp attached 70 their papers the amount dU~, and
lses. ~ishiuE 90 avail themselves OF the advauc.l
payments. can send 90 a. Dy maA, or hand 10 tAc
nearest agent ''Sept. I "a" Ou tue slip, means
She pat,er - paid ior 20 that date. When money
is sent care should D. taken 70 examine tle slip,
aHd d. She money s uotCi tditcd Nithiu tN" weeks
&C should oc aVurisCd % q.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
qOttrp.



She hath a song OF songs lit l. but folly
And dear it Is to folly y-lcying men;
Even Ia hear it smleth Melancholy,
Against her viii listens, and s'ghs again.
Aud vanity Of yanites,n saith the Preacher
saith old Experience, moaning 70 the Old;
But hope hath learners more than any teacher
All the young hearts, aud all the lovers bold
And thou, o sovran soul, no longer glory
To put thy Gair deceivers all away;
Lof here the Princess Of the Eastern story,
Charming her threatened life from day TO day
Above her or thy restless sword doth glisten
lOh, light of faith is she when all is done D.
Immortal child. she knows that thou wilt listen
Rapt To the end, her thousand nights and one
Carl SPENCER. in Harpe' s Naga-ine for Fet-
rtaru
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
SAMUEL X. CARTTR,
PARIS HILL, NE,
LIFE 5 FIRE INSURANCE AGENT
FOR
OXFORD COUNTY

;. r {. represents only hrsi-elass Companies
and Will Policies at as fayOrablerates a. any
othe Agent Applications by mail for Circulars
'fin'urance, promptly answered, and any part Of
TIE County visited II requested AplI
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03


A correspondent of The LeTtstos
Journal writes Has remedy been found
for that dread disease, cerebor' spinal
meningitis? Almon Paul of Skowhegan.
was taken with 1 second attack Of the dis.
ease about ten days since. The attack
WAS very severe indeed. Every one sup
posed that there was no help, no remady
and no hope. So violently was he laken
that be had fourteen ot the spasm. III one
day. That night, his physician, knowing
tie power of tobacco smoke in relaxing
the nerves. told him the next time he fele
one Of them comming on 10 take pipe
of tobacco and smoke "lor dear life"
Young Paul, who, by the way. had nevef
used The weed. did as he was directed.
and, in truth, did by the use OF that means,
ward of AN attack. and has thus FAR avoid
ed them altogether. 4 day or TWO alter
his first "smoLe,r he rode home from
Dover, where he was stopping, distance
of forty miles, and pow says tie leels ~
well AS he ever did in his life. Should
this prove remedy in all cases 1t Isl
TACT worth knowing.
sourrn,vs GREEN.-We all like tbs
sigh, OF green in the late winter and early
spring days, before much green i. TO be
seen. So simple thing as carrot with
a little attention may be made to yield
much pleasure. Scoop out much OF the
inside from the bottom, cutting oil the
end of the root. Make two holes by
which cord may be inserted to hang IL
up. and after inserting one, seal over the
opening with wax. Fill the hollow with
water ami hang in the window. Change
the water daily. Tie head hanging down
will grow rapidly and luxnrieusly. soon
forming beautiful cluster oil fresh, origlt
leaves.
A sweet potato suspended in glass
lar in which there is water and piaceu In
a window will put forth shoots ana soon
produce very beaulilGl vine. Flaxseed
snrinkled in the hollow of pine cone
and KEEP, moisencd (placed in The glass
lar OF watcI) will soon become a mass OF
green within The jar or vase. .--Rf''ss Fsp
Yorker.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
Gbs CorforN Democrat,
Published Every Tuesday Morning, by
F. E. SHAW d co,

EDITORS * PROPRIETORS.
r. +. SHAW. GEO. n. WATKINS
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
THE COST or A PLEASURE

THE COST OF 4 PLEASURE.
Prom TIE Spanish
UPsn the valleys lap,
The dewy morning throws
\ thousand Pcarly drops,
To wake single ro,c.
Thu, often, in tsc course
Oi lie. lew hcetirs wears
\ single pleasure costs
The soul thousand tears.
- FdGIst Caiea Bryaaf "a St. Nich0 10, for Feb
raary.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
NUMBER 3.
Exercise: IN Illustration.

Two friends are in canoe in the
Mozambique Channel. A sudden haw
of wind upsets the boat. Before they
can right her, she fills with water, and
sinks; and the two men aIe swimming
for their lives. All, well.' says one OF
them to other, sit is long pull TO The
sIlore but the water is warm, and We
are strong We will hold by each. and
all will 60 well."-"No," says his friend.
Il have lost my breath already: each
wave that strikes us knocks il from my
body. you reach the shore, and God
grant YOU may tell my wife | remem-
bered her as | died. Good.by God
bless you I" and he is gone. There 10
nothing his companion can do for him.
For himself, all he can do is to swim. and
then float, and rest himself, and breath
to swim again, and thoH float, and rest
again, hour after hour. TO swim and
float, swim and float, with that steady.
clam determination that he will 90 home:
that no binding spray shall sthe him.
and no dispar weaken hm,-hour aitor
hour, Till ut last the palm trees sbo"
distinct upon the shore, and then the tall
reeds, and then the figures of animals
Will one never feel bottom Yes, at
last his foot touches the coral, and with
that touch he is safe.
That story that man told me.
Now, what is the difference between
those two men ? Why does one give up
the contes; at once, and resign himself TO
what people call his fate, while the other
fights the circumstances for hours, and
wins the battle, On shipboard one
was u strong as the other. He
was as brave. lie was as prudent as the
other. "Whst ii he wa, p YOU say.
Strength and bravery AMI prudence were
all needed in the crisis; bat something
clso. The man had never trained him.
sell to swim. lie knew how TO swim. if
knowing = method were OF much use.
where one has not trained himself TO the
habit But that training he had never
given.
Take that as precise illustration.
where nobody questions the answer, OF
the difference wrought in Two men mere
Is by exercise, or the steadiness OF train
;oy /, p,otters like this ol purc bodi.
ly exercise. everybody sees and owns
It's work and is rcsult-OId aad 6eV.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03

Ben Butter denOunccs the newspa-
per, because they refuse TO sustain him
in his base political ambition. lie says
they "howl." at The salary grabbeIs, be-
cause the latter would not allow the
dirty sheets" to he transported free
through the mails. We assert that the
cutting oil free exchange OF newspapers
and The discontinuIuce oI lree delivery
oi weekly papers in the county OF publi-
cation. was mean act, and as proved by
the manner in which it WAS done, it was
a malicious one, wholly unworthy oil 4
respectable congress. IL WAS stroke OF
revenge at those newspapers which aim
ply imposed 4 small burden upon many
of them that they were iii ableto bear as
well rs upon their patrons. But THIS "a
not the true reason for the "howi' which
these papers are keeping up 50 much TO
the annoyance Of Butler. They but rep
resent the public voice in deuOuucing Lhs
disgracelul selfshuess OF Congressmea
in filling their own pockets at the public
treasury while new taxes are imposed
upon their constituents. Ii the howl OF
the. newspapers is occasioncd by the ra-
peal of the free postal law, Mr. BuIIor
hal better try to explain what caused the
bitter murmuIing OF the people. It 10
the laithiulne,s OF the newspaper to The
public interest that troubles Butler.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-02-03
eru1S.

$500 Per Year---l.5O it Paid in
Advance.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-02
LAMBERTvILLEs j., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2 1874.

acid according to taste sprinlxlcd in II and the
thing is done. Now for desert to finish his feast
ali Of the large thoroughfares are seen men
who carry a basket and who yell continually.
!" yucca rticco = which means dried pump
kin seed. These arc.the great desert Of the
poor Italian. lie delights in this as much
as any American Miss docs Ia her ico
cream or French tarts. 1Ic buys small
measure Of then,, eats and goes on singing his
love song, Or IL he must work work when
he can find it. Hero on the sunny side Of d
square or large courtyard and especially on
the pavement, called the Riro du asc;apori,
at the principal water fronts of the city, are
seen boys and sometimes men performing a
very useful act for each other One takes the
head of the other In his lap, begins a diligent
fumbling Ia tho shaggy hair, from which he
cxtricatcs certain unfortunate hexapcds, cracks
them between the nails of his thumbs and re-
sumes his search. When the searcher grows
tired he closes his eyes and lays his own head
in the lap Of his neighbor and is blessed for
his labor--so it goes. Excuse this hasty
sketch, have no spaceto write as | desire
and must just throw things together.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-02
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W.ISHIyGTON MEMORIES.

This scene from the Heights is a fiscnt tiny
harmony with the past character OF the CAPT
tol. Everything is misty, vast, uncertain,
grand and ill-dcincd. One does not see clear
ly the boundaries--the city and country are
one. Every street we trace in tho distance,
almost every building, almost every foot Of
ground has gathered something Of tradition
from the lives Of the statesmen, generals, jur-
lists, diplomats, who have lived aud wrought
here three quarters of u century. The visions
that passed before the eyes OF Washington as
he stood on the Observatory Hill here, sub
altcn under Braddock, contemplating the
wilderness about him and imagining the fu-
turc the pictures that filled the fancy Of the
tractable Il Enfant, rs he defined the great
mail and thought of the gardens between the
Tuileries and the Chamber of Deputies (; An
drew J. Downing giving his last days to such
All arrangement of the trees and grass as
would be worthy of the design President
Madison and his cabinet, with q useless army
a. their heels, flying in despair from yonder
bloody hill side Admiral Cockburn derisive-
ly riding al old mare up Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. the burning Capitol and White House
lighting up the gloom of that hideous night |;
Stephen Decature shot to death just round
the bend of the Anacosta there the conflicts
by tongue and pen that have again and again
gone on here till the whole country swayed I;
Gamaliel Bailey silenced a mob at his door !;
the histories that lie buried under the 10000
headboards that CLEAN like an army Of ghosts
among tile trees Of Arlington Abraham Lin
coin gasping his life away in that little Tenth
street house; his assassin dashing in darkness
across the bridge at our feet over which we
have just passed, and squirting almost into the
shadow OF the parapet where we stand all
these things and hundred more as tempt
ing to the dreamer, come crowding to the
mind at every glance. Yet who stops to call
Washington romantic city? When the
White House, just visible from those tree tops
shall have ceased, as it soon must do, to be
the home Of the chief magistrate, what future
magician shall summon down those cherries
stairways the ghostly procession Of dead Pres
idents, as our frst literary nccromancer mar
slialed the shades of royal governors across
tho threshold Of the Province House ?--Kdp.
pinc0t's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-02

A STRANGE CIocK.--A strange clock is
said to have once belonged to a Hindoo prince.
In front Of the clock disk was gong swung
upon poles, and near 1t was a pile of artificial
human limbs. The pile was made up of the
full numberof parts necessary to constitute
twelve perfect bodies, but all lay heaped to-
gether in apparent confusion When the
hands Of the clock indicated the hour of one
out from the pile crawled the number of parts
needed to form the frame of one man, part
coming to part with a quick click and when
completed, the figure sprang mp, seized NAL
let, and walking up to the gong struck one
blow. This done, he returned to the pile, and
fell to pieces again. When two O'Clock came,
two men arose, and did likewise and at the
hours of noon and midnight the entire heap
sprang up, and marching to the gong, struck,
one after the other his blow, making twelve in
all then returning, fell to pieces as before.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-02
LEARN 4 TRADE.


never look at my old steel composing rule
that do not bless myself that, while my
strength lasts, am not at the mercy of the
world. II my pen is not wanted / can go
back to the type-case aud be sure to find
work for learned the printers trade thor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES work, job work, book
work and press work. am glad have a
good trade. It isarock upon which the pos
SCISSOR can stand firmly, There Is health and
vigor for both body and mind in an honest
trade. 1t is the strongest and surcst part of
the scf-made map. Go from the academy to
the printing office or the artisans bench, or,
if you please, to the farm--for, to be sure,
true farming is a trade, and a grand one at
that Lay thus a sure foundation, and after
that branch OF into whatever profession you
please.
You have heard perhaps, of the clerk who
had faithfully served Stephen Girard from
boyhood to manhood. On the twenty first
anniversary of his birthday he went TO his
master and told him his time was up, and he
certainly expected important promotion in the
merchants service. But stephen Girard said
to him -
VERY well. Now so and learn a trade
!" What trade, sir?''
Good barrels and butts must be in demand
while You live. Go and learn the coopers
trade and when you have made perfect
barrel bring it to me-,
The young man went away and learned the
trade, and III time brought to his old master