Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-05-12
Editorial and Selected itcms.


Chicago. A gir who undertook to build
IL ire viii kerosene introduced il.
The Univcrsali,t Social Circle will
meet with Airs. Mcllcn next Thursday
evening. III are invited to attend.
-Towle's band. OF Canton, who fur
nishcd music for dance al CheSlerville,
May day. went and returned on runners.
"A resident OF our Village received \
letter this week, which had been % Paris,
France. 1t VAS mailed at Boston, April
oh.
j. S. Hobbs. Esq, former Register
OF Probate aud noN State Librarian, i
spending few days in town, with his
wife
John Hall. native oil DuckGe,d. who
settled in Lyndon in 1873. died Of apop-
lcNy, IN that town April l2,h. al lh1 age
Of seventy nine years.
DR. Do Lewis was at Portland .ast
week. and started The Woman Crusade
under favorable circumstances. One
noted rumsellcI has given up The business.
A gentleman in P-t;syi'ic, Pa. has
named hiS dog Penny because il was
one cent 10 hia and hiss had ten mills
with The cat II the doS brought the
CT 10 griei. lac could raisc it 10 'do!or.
Mr. } p Muston WAS Obliged To with
draw from the Academy at South Paris
before the term closed. u NEE; other
engagements, and Mr. Daniels. student
Of Bates College, Vas employed to com
p.c,e The term.
We arc pai-cl to learn tina; Col.
Alex Hycrson of Oxford, Formerly OF
Paris. is very low with dropSy. We are
informed that he was tapped and lUur
paiisluii OF water drawn from him one
day this wcck.-Rrgtster.
The closing exercises OF the Spring
tcrm q! Hebron Academy, last Thursday
evening, were highly spoken Of Several
students Of oar Academy were present.
The school, under the charge Of Mr. J.
+. Moody, i ycly prosperous.
The Arkansas civil strife Is still m
settled. The President, proposition tor
compromise Is declined by Baxter, and
i, is sail The President will rccognihe
hiai. as lac has been dcclarcd The Governor
by tac President of the Senate.
The L,yi,tor says: Lust Monday the
iiicud, and neighbour, Of Mr. j. W. Allen
OF this town. Jurued ou, to the number oil
twenty dvc snd assisted him to haul and
hcw Lumber lor barn frame. Such
kindly acts will no, - uurewarled
Mr.. y. Mason OF South PAri,. passed
cur office last week with his beautiful.
stallion Young Back Hawk" This is
one 90 the finest horses A,p: in O1f7rJ
County; he is coal blac,. perfect la limb
and carriage; stands IL hands inches
high, and weighs lJ,5 pounds.
The closing exercises Of P,r.s Hill
Academy viii occur on Friday evening
next. There viii be original dyc,ama
,ions. aud essays BY the young ladies'.
The school, though not large, has been a
profitable one. ard Mr. c. r. Elder. the
Principal. and Nr p.dmctVr. the Assistant.
have given excellent Satisfaction.
The New York E,cuinE PJsi i con.
i.lcul thut initiation is 4 natural uigrowth
OF protective lslif. Unfortunately FOR
The Posts statement the parts OF The
country most generally in favor Of Tree
t;aIe a;c equally pronounced against
protection. The POSI- haas not yet a.ui5ut.
ca The high price OF lec to the policy OF
protection.
Miss Clara A Russell Of Harrison.
seems 10 stand al the head OF the list o:
pant makers, both in dc1ierily AMI dis.
patch. She made. the last weel, in March,
for l. p. MaYbcry or CISCO. eighteen
pairs of pants in ioul snl one hall days,
al average Of four pai.s in day. she
also made four pairs in twelve hours,
and all with her own hands.
i, Will be remembered that Charles
c. Benson recovered verdict for dam
ages against The Grand Trunk Tor Lciag
put OIL a train by the late conductor Lat
ham The Grand Trunk Brought 4 sui!
to recover OF the estate Of Latham. the
conductor. tor the amount Of the verdict
recovered by Benson, asd The Supreme
Court alter trial, awarded a verdict lOr
the amount recovered by Benson of the
company; $7S2,20.
The select school ut Browntield.
taught by Prof. 4. X. Mabry, of Hiram,
closed last Friday. followed by an exhibi.
ton The next evening. which wai Of an
Interesting character and witnessed by a
good audience. Mr.. NJ. has taught dis
Iict and select schools in that place the
past twelve months. and though tempo
rarily resting from his labors at his home
in Hiram, is still "open to proposals in
the school line, says the Briigtoa Ne'cS.
= c. Merrill of South PniS has
changed the shape of the teeth Of his
popular narrow this spring 50 the old
difficulty of clogsiug will be entirely re-
removed. The old tooth WAS diShci, or
followed out from every side. The new
tooth dishes from the front and then