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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

10 the Honorable Boards Of County Commissiopsr.
IN and for he Counties Of OXFORD aud Andyo.
cOggiH,
WYE, the undersigned, inhabitants Of Hc5r.,
w and vicinity, respectfully reprcsentth1ttLa
public convenience aud necessity require the loe
ton OF a new highway commencing al on npgt ,5
dwelling house Of samuel H. Brdgham IN III --
IN sand County of oxford. thence ~ s0uth,..,
erly direction to Minot line, thence Ia lie ir1.
favorable route to West Auburn IA the Count, nj
AndToscoggin; We therefore request our Homo.
AFTER you have caused due notice To be given Il,
view SAID route aud make sald location, II in yoU1
Judgment It j. eXpedient and proper and a. ,
duty bound will ever pray.
Dated at Hebron, this 29th day or Scptenle.
ID lssl.
DANIEL ID. GRAHAM
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Non-Rcsidcnt Taxes,

In the town Of Stoncham County Of oxford ard
State of Maine for the year 1873.
The following list of taxes on real estate OF non.
resident owners In the town OF StOucham for the
wear 1873 in bills committed TO LEVI MCALLlS-
TER Collector OF taxes Of said town on
the 10th day of July 1873 has been returned by
him To me M remaining unpaid on the 10Th day
Of June lssi by his certificate OF that date and
now remain unpaid and notice Is hereby given that
II the said Nes interest aud charges are not paid
into tue treasury of said town within eighteen
months n ON The date of the commitment OF said bills
so much of the real estate taxed will be sufficient
10 pay the amount due therefor Including interest
and charges will without further uOticc be sold at
public auction nj
The stoic of sumner Evan, In said town. on the
roth day of January $50, nc O'Clock in the fore
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ONFORD,ss supreme Judicial Court srptemL,
Term, 4. ID. ls1i
HENRY \. SMALL ". CHARLOTTE \. sol H.
And now 1t appearing the Court that the saIt
Defendant l. not now an inhabitant OF tii..
State and has no tenant, agent or attorney thersu
aud that She has NJ notice Of the tendency Of Lt.-
Writ.
IL Is ordered by the Court that the said plaintia
notify tue said defendant Of the tendency Of thit
Writ by causing abstract thereof with
this order oi Court thereon 20 be- published thrcr
weeks essiyely in the oxford Democrat pBpu
printed at Paris Ia said County Oh. last publication
% be- thirty days at least before the next term ut
said Court 10 be holden NJ Paris aforesaid on a.,
nr-t Tuesday OF December next 20 the end thlt
the said defendant may then aud there appear lt
said Court and shew csu,c II am she have why
Judgment should not be rendered against hrr aui
execution issue accordingly.
Attest: JANIS :. WRIGHT, Clerk.
\ true abstract Of Pms Srit and order Of Court
thrrcon.
Attest. JAMES :. WRIGHT Clerk.
J. :. WRIGHT. Att'y Tor Pr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Non-Resident Taxes,

In school district No. q, IN the town Of Swe,leu,
County of oxford and State OF Maine for tlip
year i>3.
The following list Of take, on real estate OF non.
resident owners in school district No o. IN the town
OF Sweden for the year 49,, in bills committed 30
Il. o. MOuton collector Of taxes Tor said town on
the eth day Of August lS3 has been returned BY
him TO me as remaining unpaid on the 2gIh day
Of July 1874 by his certificate OF that date aL,i
now remain unpaid and notice is hereby given that
II the said taxes, interest and charges not psd
into the treasury Of said town within tighle, o.
months from the date of the commitment o! ia,d
bills so much OF the real estate taxed a. will b.
sufficient to pay the amount due therefor including
interest and charges will without further notice be
sold at public auction At
The store of Dean>ABdrews In said town, on
Thursday, the first day OF April, \. u. ISIS, at
O'Clock in The afternoon.
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brilliant phalaaN Glls the welkiu's ring.
Gathered a royal death TO celebrate;
And royal answers to the doom OF r,te
Proudly the serried lines in honor bring.
A plaintiye requiem the songsteTs sing;
Low -bSatius drums upon the singers wad
And scarlet ashes and gay puInes yihFstc
With martial splendor born oH solemn wing
IL is the lovely summers Ohsequies,
Which grand October signals kingiy-Ni~c.
Tears scarce escape his brave ". saddcnel eve,
Bat yielding tribute, drinks he Of the lee,
OF joy in silence, smiling that DER al
This blish, Of beauty, drops a golden pail.
The Him
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

4 dentist in Wiconsin, who kissed n
young lady while filling her teeth, was
called on by her father with shot gun.
lie paid the parent $500 not to fire, be
ing extremely sensitive TO noise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
fAb.,r,ctof PiT.. wrjt.,

"ENRY \. SMALL Of RumtorJl IN or County
IL Of oxford, Plaintiff, ~. Charlotte \. >ouI,
OF said Rumiord, formerly Charlotte A. Beard now
the wife OF Ezra SOulc, Defendant.
Assump-it upon prOmiss Dry note, dated April
18th, lss9, and for the sum of 7Glll on dcmaui
aftcr date; also upon account annexed iorthe sum
OF sI52 All damnum sOo. Writ lated May D.
lS7i, and rcturnable % lite september Term, $50
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

THE subscriber hereby gives public notice that
hc has been duly appointed by the Hon. Judge OF
Probate for the County OF Oxford and assumed the
trust Of Administrator Of the estate OF
EBENEZER ABBOTT late of Hanover
In said County deceased by giving bond as the law
directs he therefore requests all persons who are
indebted TO the estate OF said deceased TO make i'm
mediate payment and those who have any demands
thereon TO exhibit the same 10
JESSE BsIIOWE.
Hanover Sepf Is 1871
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Record of Fast Horses.

The following record Of the fast horses
and the fast time made this season Is OF
so great interest to some of our readers
that we append the following record for
the year lS7i, thus far, together with the
place where the time was made:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Notice Of Foreclosure.

XIvIIEREA~, Alfred =. Perkin-, OF Top-ham.
w 10 the County OF Sagadlhoc aud state oi
Maine, on the hnh day 81 March A. u. 1874, con
ycycd by mortgage one half, u common and undt.
vided OF the following lots of land m the town Of
Newry. IN tGc County OF oxford and said State,
namely In the sixth range, lots eight, nine, ten,
eleven. twelve and thirteen, east Ut Bear River IN
inh range, lots eight, nine, ten. eleven, tssl'c
aud thirteen, cast uf Bear River. IA fourth range,
lots nine ten, eleven, twelve aud thirteen east OF
Bear River, in third range lot nine. ten, eleven,
twelve aud thirteen, east Ot Bear River, hcins
Peikinss half. IN common, 10 Henry L. Merrill of
Portland, County ct Cumberland Zoo said state,
said mortgage being recorded ia the oxford Couu-
~ Registry OF Deeds, Book ~, Page 81. TIL, 10
a. give notice that ! now intend 10 iprcclo-c the
-amc Tor a breach oi the conditions thereof which
hn. occurred HENRY T.. MERRILL.
Dated 40 Portland.
september -, 1871. uct.iw
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Hanover, sept Is, 1874

TIE subscriber hereby gives public notice tha'
he has been duly appointed by the Hon. judge o.
Probate for the County Of Oxford and assumed the
trust of Administrator Of the estate of
MARY &. KEEN late of Hebron
in said County deceased by giving bond rs the las
directs he therefore requests all persons who are
indebted to the estate of said deceased TO make i'm
mediate payment and those who have any demands
thereon TO exhibit the same TO
HENRY BONNEY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
LUMAN SARGENT


OXFORD, sL:-Augu-t 2i.t. l>1i
Then personally appeared the above named d.
man sargent and made oath 10 The truth cot Oh,
several allegations set forth the foregoing lLr
FOR divorce bv him subscribed
Before me, CHARLES H. iIERSEN.
Iu- ticc Oi the Peace
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

NIvANTED-A situation as Book-Kccpcr or In
w some business capacity. The country pre-
ferrcd Have been engaged ia mercantile pursuits
cr bookkeeping for years. Feel competent 10 do
thorough work aud give entire satisfaction. Rev.
Edward Cootc, ID, late Principal and Treasurer
of Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass, says:
Has been employed by me for live years a. book.
keeper here. Has performed hi duty with marked
ability. fidelity and honesty. Has shown superior
executive and financial ability,' &c, &c. Other
testimonials and rcicrcu 'cs can be- given.
ALBERT : NEWTON. Rochester, Vermont
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
sept. Is, 1874

THE subscribers hereby give public notice that
they have been duly appointed by the Hon Judge OF
Probate for the County Of Oxford and assumed the
trust of Executors ofthe last VIII and Testament OF
ALEXANDER RIERSON late Of Oxford
in said County deceased by giving bond n the law
directs they therefore request all persons who are
indebted to the estate of said deceased TO make I'M
mediate payment and those who have any demands
thereon TO exhibit the same TO
ALGERNON 5 RYERSON and
JOSIAH A. BUCkNAM.
Nfiuat SAINT Il, 1874
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

uIANTeD- First-c class canyassers for CHARLES
MI SUMNER BY Bishop Gilbert Haven and VIM. NJ
Cornell Ii. D., with eulOgies by Schurz, boutwell,,
Curtis, Anthony Banks and Elliott: issued sept.
-. Exclusive tern TORY. book for everybody.
Address j. ii. EARLE, Boston.
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FREE TO BOOK AGENTS,

Au Elegantly bound CANVASsING BOOK
for the best and cheapest Family Bible ever pub
lIshed, will be sent free of charge 10 any book
agent. II contains Over 700 dine Scripture Hits
traliOns and agents are meeting with unpFocedent.
cd success. Address, stating experience, etc, aud
we will snow you what our agents are donS. Ma
TIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia, Pa
rhicnrn ILL or 81. Lonls. No.
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DR.. ]. Walkers California Vim

III. y. W uikeE NdlliOflili Wiz
egar BiiterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Caii0r.
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted fhcrefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of YINEGARBIr-
TRRsi" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and lnyigoratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTRRs in healing the
sick Of every disease man is heir 10. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Yisceral Organs III Bilious
Diseases
The properties Of DE-. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient. Dlaphorenc,
CarminatiVe, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretlc,
Sedative. Counter Irritant SudOrfc, Altera-
tive, and Anti-BiliOus.
Il. IL. MCDONALD - CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco California
and cor. OF Washington aud Charlton SITS. y. Y.
sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20

TIE subscriber hereby gives pubic notice that
he has been duly appointed by the Hon. Judge OF
Probate for the County of oxford and assumed the
trust oi Administrator ON The estate OF
JOHN MERRYFlELD late of Hiram
in said County deceased by giving bond Us the law
directs he therefore requests all persons W ho are
indebted 10 the estate of said deceased 10 make INA
mediate payment and those who nave any deihahuh
thereon to exhibit the same TO
SAMUEL RIDL0N, JR.
Snni. Il. lS14.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
JOHN Il. MAN TlN.

SOUI'Ii pNItIS, n Nm =.
Second hlad instrument, take. 90 exchange Tor
new.
ss-Cu>tomcg. u h1 come IRON q distance. and
who purchase $40 o. .,rjucut. MI ht entertained
fEEE.
south Paris April =. l>.;.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
Farm for Sale.

Stoneham, sept -, 1874.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03

day in home culture and school study.
this matter of training in good manners
lis not the least. Indeed we are inclined
to think il is of paramount Importance.
LIZ should become o matter of text books
at once. A thorough gentleman or
lady, who has brains enough 60 dompre.
hend principles, while nrofcient in
practice, could hardly do better ser.
vice to the country than by preparing q
book for parents and teachers, as &c
once guide to them and to those who
are under them. Children must be
trained to politeness, or they will never
be polite. They must drink politeness
in with their mothers milk !; IL must be
exacted in the family and neighborhood
relations. and hnys and girls mnst ernn
up gentlemen and ladies in their de-
pertinent, or our nation can never
be . thoroughly polite one polite in
soul as we'll as in ceremony, and kind In
manner as we'll as kind in heart.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03
The Steamer Elephant.

Mr.. Thomas Hartshorn is still able
to thow little light on the annals of
the steamer "Elephant," Captain Jim
Homer remembers the " Elephant" !" and
bears witness to her speed. He re-
members that she had tin elephant on
her jackstaff, and one painted on each
wheel-house All questions as to the
existence of such boat are thus put ct
rest. Mr.. Hartshorn Gays, by way Of
further recording the exploits of the
Elephant: "She was comm up from
Orleans on one of her trips, and struck
a wood yard just below Shirt-tail Bend.
The woodward was about q mile long,
and the current set strong agin the shore
that the yard was on. The Elephant
pulled up at the lower end of the yard
and wooded. She started aein the eur
rent, and durn me If she didn't wood
three times at that yard. She was the
broadcast boat across the stern, reckon,
that you ever saw. She had two rud-
ders, one at each side, and when she
was moving she made sort of suction
or eddy behind her 80 strong that If q
man fell overheard he would follow the
boat all day. When man tumbled off
they used to look ut the books to see if
his passage was paid. II il was paid
they pulled him aboard, and if it wasn't
they let him slide"
"The Elephant" continued Mr..
Hartshorn, "made one trip to st. Louis
just after she was built. She was in
sight of the town about two days be-
fore she got there. All the steamboat
people were out lookin' at her chimneys
and pilot-house, and trying to tell what
boat she was. Finally one of the pilots
on Cincinnati packet, who'd passed
her two or three times on her way round,
sez, sI'll bet, by gad, she's the Ele-
phant.' And sure enough she was"
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03
The sonorous Sand of Kunai.

W. II. Frink, OF, Honolulu, has sent
some strange sand, taken from bank
on the island of Kauai, to the Academy
CT Sciences of San Francisco. In his
letter he thus describes it's peculiarity:
The bank, which is composed OF this
sand, commences at perpendioular
bluff at the southwest of the island,
and extends one and q half miles almost
due south, parallel with the beach,
which is abont 100 yards distant from
the base of the sand bank. This sand
drift is about sixty feet high, and at the
extreme south end the angle preserved
is as steep as the nature of the sand
will permit. The bank is constant
ly extending to che south. It is said by
the natives that at the bluff and along
tho middle of the bank the sand is not
,sonorous. But. at the extreme south
end and for half-mile north, iftyou
slap two handfuls together there is q
sound produced like the low hooting of
an owl---more or less sharp according as
the motion is quick or slow. Sit down
upon the sand and give one hand a
quick circular motion, and the sound is
like the heavy bass of melodeon.
Kneel upon the steep incline, extend
tho two hands and clasp as much sand
as possible, slide rapidly down, carry
ing all the sand you can, and the sound
accumulates as you descend until it is
like distant thunder. In this expert
ment the sound was sufficient to frighten
our horses, fastened O short distance
from the base of the drift. But the
greatest sound. we produced was by
having one native lie upon ms, ely and
ayaother taking him by the feet. and
sisA 81 II ri III Il Is ,ss Eel tf5S
carrying as much said as possible with
them. With this experiment the sound
was terrific, and could have been heard
many hundred yards distant. With all
the experiments that were made, it
seemed the sound was in proportion to
the amount of sand put in motion with
proportionate velocity. Another con-
sideration seems requisite is, its
perfect dryness. The dry. sand would
sound on the surface where six inches
beneath it was wet but If any of the
wet sand became mingled with the dry,
its property of sounding ceased at once.
The sand appears to the eye like ordi-
nary beach sand, but ordinary beach
sand will not produce the sounds. It
has been said that it lost its sonorous
properties when taken away from the
bank. But can discover no diminish
ing of its sonorous qualities, even with
the bottle uncorked, and We have had
rain frequently and an atmosphere more
than ordinarily moist for this time of
year. Perhaps if exposed to very
damp atmosphere it might absorb mois-
ture enough to prevent its sounding"
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03
gHRAp1E AMONG THE HILLS, !,
ny HARRIET M,EwEN KIMBAIL,

BY HARRIET M,EwEN KIMBALL.
Midway between these towering hills II 81 i
Ono lonely human dwellingiDt 49, IA,
1hi sllsssslpE lsss sS5s asltnsi swept
On either hand tho meadow land
Mako fair the mbuntaini Hpacsgfg
With golden reach ofsbuttercups
And silver drift OF dnssies. ti1Ns,y. >
Behind, tho massive forest van
Before, the river running; -,
And close about the14ttl cot
Tho signs Of human cunning; n,
Thesfgns 30 homely and 30 sweet i & I. i,
That draw us to each other,
And mako tho daily lifoN Of MAN.
Familiar to his brother.
We.knowsthe hand of early mora, y ,,,ti !.
That cottage hearth-fire kindling:
We watcbed the dropping of this oorn
't'Ye walt its purple spindling i'rlIra Ss
Apart have we In all the tolls I. 4, Z. v ;;.s
or these our mountain neiRhbors;
Abortion In the precious. gain rrHss iSass ,
siHeayen winnows from their labors.
We tabte their trials, share their feasts, b
.EAnd, with passing. wonder,7 ,sgtIl ls4ltt
We linger even while wo go,
( sI.:s.s choice, their lotto ponder.
Amid tho grandeur and tho gloom
.sOn every hand abiding.
A flower Of human blossoming g
This little homeis hiding. 5
What tender wind Of Providence
Tho small seed hither drifted,
Whore yet these shadows vnst may fall
ION village spires uplifted7 Z. -.
Less awful seem those hills August,
Less lone the valleys glooming, isS =
Since in this wilderness the rose ,,i,...s go.
or human life is blooming
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03
NUMBER 80 i
FACTS AND rANoIEs.

Nine Thousand bushels OF. peanuts
from Africa arrived in Boston the other
day. ssss 81
How Patrick proposes TO get ever,
his single blessedness-Ry proposing TO
Bridge it. zs tss'''. Is q = Z 3 80 sl
In Boone, iowa, the young !, ladies Of
the period meander through the streets
playfully kicking over dry goods boxes
their parasols. llltig
e Gent (calling as the house Of q lady
friend s' is your mistress in a" Mary.
gagged 2" Mary Faith, she's moro
nor that she's married.. /. M -,
The reason an urchin gave lately,
for being 80 late at school was, that the
boy in the next house was going to,haye-
q dressing down by his daddy, and he
waited to hear him howl.
S 1t was darling Gweorge when q
bridal party left Omaha; it was " dear
George ut Chicago; at Detroit it was
% George. and when they reached
Niagara Falls it was !" Say, you.
80 I don't want to make any sacrifices
useIessly," said her husband, as she
rolled up his sleeves and stood over. the
wash-tub, while his wife executed q
pas seuI around him with q potato
masher. m !. II siesi,t atf Is tss 5s
People talk about the christian
spirit of forgiveness to be met with in
America, but let a young man sit down
on new plug hat at q Sunday y-school
excursion and it mars the harmony of
the whole assembly. 80 ~ &
1t may not be generally known,
says Chicago paper that the enormous
arches which support the Chicago and.
st. Louis bridge were copied from O.
cast taken from the instep OF promi..
nent st. Louis belle. !. iil 4, .;,i !
"A little girl remarked TO her mann
ma, " I am moi afraid Of the dark,
No, of course you are not" replied
her mamma ST was O little afraid,
once when I went into the pantry TO get
tart" What were you afraid OF ?"s
asked the mamma. ssIawas afraid Z
could not find the tarts." .,,,;:i a,.,.,.I
i "A Hartford man was drowned, and;
friends brought home the dead body to
his afflicted wife. AS they came to the
front door with the corpse the new.
made widow appeared and sadly re-
marked: guess you had better
take him around to the back door, SO he
won't drip on the parloi eaFpets
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03
oRANGEBURG, soUTH cARoLINA TIURsDAY sEPTEMBEl

curious in the least, marry her, Tom,
but always burn your letters, or any
body else's which you happen to get
into your possession BY this time
the cook had let the tomatoes spoil,
the dinner was late, and poor Long
worthy CURSED young Bigelow from the
bottom Of his soul, and taking a half
holiday, went out of town with brother
Tom. =. : :. . - ~ - ~ tstiii iittE 2ti
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-03

The death rate in London, England,
is. only half as great in proportion TO
population as tits iniNew York. This
Indicates that there is something wrong
in the habits of our people and in their
sanitary management. Poverty and
crime, .the great accessories of death
must be far greater among the crowded
millions of the British than the Ameri-
can metropolis.