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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
+ Calling Blast from the Many
eyed Trumpet.

The following is taken from the Port
land IryUS:
DrloCENrIC STATE CoNVENrIoN.-lt
will DE seen bv the official announcement
that the State Convention this year will
be held At Augusta, on the pa OF June,
which is almost two months earlier than
We would have called il. But then the
committee doubtless are all ready to take
the stump and keep ND the ding dong OF
the campaign until the people really
BEGIN 10 think about the election aud TO
prepare Tor il. rs Is general thing the
work OF acampaigu is chiefly done IN The
las, month and is all the better done Tor
being taken hold OF at once, and IN earnest.
after The nominations are made.
Tle campaign OF this year 50 far as
the Democracy are concerned according
10 tue above. commences with groans
aud tears. The Committee doubtless
are all ready TO take the stump and keep
up The ding dong" So Democratic
thoughts. arguments. editorials and
speeches are nothing but ding dong.
n this is a.l the value they have. they
better be dispensed with.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Summer.

The following were installed Is officers
Of lnyincible Lodge, Tor the quarter end
ing Aug LIST; Ed. II. SietSon, ". c. I. !;
Abbie Briggs. W. V. T.; Cyrus Is.
Head. w. c.. Chas ii. Sietson, ". I ;
5. Addie Berry. ". f. s.; Roswell
Briggs, ". K. 5 Elnice Foster. W. a.
S. Daniel K Palmer. W. NJ. Hannah
b. Robinson. ". ID. NJ. julia r Bar.
rows. " l.. Ii. s.; RAchie w Sletson.
w. L. IL. S; Mary Robinson. W. |. g. /;
Asa Robinson. ". y. G Wm Z. Sew.
all, p w c. T. ; l. B. Head. / d.
Il. II. +. T.
The lodge is still enjoying its usual
degree OF harmony and prosperity con-
tanning at The present time l07 members
in good standing. Average attendance
about 90. Thirteen were initiated dur.
ing the past quarter. aud several others
have presented applications 10 be
admitted soon. The next session OF the
Oxford County Lodge will he held with
Pine Grove Lodge at Norway Wednes.
day. June 2d. commencing st 10, 30A NJ.
Let all The Lodges be represented.
Members outside OF county invited.
Cannon Bros. at f. Sumner intend
il q sufficient number of handles can :
procured, to put about 1000 dozen hA
rakes into market By an invepn r
whereby all the holes for teeth nrefeu
at one movement, holes for bows' ah' I
other, they are enabled to do same q
amount OF labor with small ofAins
iUrce. They have also q SIM '"'en' :
ton whereby all the teeth u'"med !.
at one movement, thus saw cohsld- c
cradle amount OF labor -. "an''es "
polish themselves by revsn' III large
cylinder moved by ste tS"e'' as IN "
TACT, is all the mac'eV employed. fr
They are using nc poplar and Of
spruce for handles ~" "'AAc very in
light, pretty rake. W 1S"'''y con- -
sion their m.nn,n'es to parties in
N 'A"" &C.,. en-
Portland. ~ ohootH'
Ar " p CSymare is % years cd :,
this spring, s,Si4is hearty and liyty. pa
and has a vel me Knox colt. Iri
Isaac Boy Of FoxbOro. Mass, ha, "a "a
purchased Rev, 4. Barrows ,larm 1t 81,
Sumner Cner, 70 sll0o. CIR
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
The Railroad Tax.

The Lewiston J0lTna' says that "all
the railroad companies assessed last year
except the Maine Central Atlantic Il 81.
Lawrence and Dexter X Newport, which
claiu exemption under their charters
C,he csse oftbe Maine Central being now
IN COURT have paid their taxes for 1874,
into the State treasury, IS follows;
Boston ~ Maine, SsGr+- -
Portland. >lco ~ Portsmouth -, ,'
Portland, Great Fails \ CONWAY on -
e.. traN n Peuuh,cut -.v
Portland Hor-, Railroad ~ W
One.hall OF the tax Tor 1870, lust as
stSsed. will come due July Isl. 10 JUS
,ice TO all the above roads it should be
said that they recognized the obligation
resting on them according 10 al prirci-
piles OF Justice. 10 contribute towards the
public expenses. Should il be finally
held that the roads which contest the tax
are exempted BIS their charters, It will be
necessary for the Legislature 10 so modify
the law as 70 accomplish the end other
wise. There is no doubt the object can be
accomplished in some way, II the people
Of the State desire old and valuable rail-
roads 10 fairly contribute towards the pub
lie expenses. The L S.Supreme Court has
lust sustained law of New Jersey
which imposed duty for every ton OF
freight and every passenger carried by
the New Jersey railroad notwithstanding
its charter exempted il from taxation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

Personal We receiS ed very pleas
ant call from Rev. David Garland OF
Bethel, last Tuesday morning. He is 8
gentleman considerably past middle life,
vet he arose before four that morning,
and drove to Paris. that he might attend
to Probate business and return in time 10
oniciate at the funeral of Capt. John
Harris.
W. R. Carey, Esq, and j. l.. Stet'
son OF Sumner passed through this
village last week as representatives OF
the Sumner Grange, to receive car load
of Hour purchased by the lodge. As
usual, Mr.. Carey gave US some Sumner
news. The gentlemen seemed keenly
alive 10 The interests OF the order and
we're very enthusiastic over its workings.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

TESTIMONIAL TO JUDGE CUTTING.-Ihe
Whig saws that the members of the Pen
obscot Bar Association, wishing to testify
in some Substantial manner 10 their high
appreciation oil the eminent public SER
vices OF the Hon. Jonas Cutting, during
his twenty.ou one years as Associate Justice
Of the Supreme Judicial Court OF Maine,
which should also serve as a reminder OF
the cordial character of their personal
relations, have purchased for presenta'
ton to the venerable eX Judge silver
tea-set. Ii is OF handsome and some
what novel pattern. and contains six
pieces-a coffee pot. tea pot. hot water
pitcher, sugar bowl, cIeamer and slop
bowl. The set was furnished by the
well known ieweller, Daniel White.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
A correspondent OF the Press write

A correspondent OF the Press writes
from Augusta Georgia, as follows:
SIX miles from Augusta are the kaolin
works. Kaolin is the white clay or de-
composed telspar. invaluable tor poice-
lain. Not half century since 1t was
supposed that this wonderful clay could
be found only in China and Japan. and
10 lis use was credited the superior
delicacy OF their ware. Now Augusta
sends annually to the North five or SIX
thousand tons, portion OF which,
regret TO say, returns not in the shape oil
plates &c, but in the adulterauou OF
Hour. so snowy white and pure IS this
article. Although there are al these
works three large kilns iJr the burning
oil The ware, the supply Is totally unequal
TO the demand At Granitevi.le, be
tween Augusta and Aiken, are the large
cotton mills run by New York Capitalists
the annual production OF which IS about
100000 yards at present. In this
neighborhood, too. is the large tract oil
land. where the experiment OF The cult
Walton of the new textile plant has been
so successfully tried.
Ramis is Il native OF the Island OF Java.
1t grows to a height OF six or eight feet
lons and tibrous, ike flax, eqnaIling il
in strength. The fibre, when prepared
for the spinner. is snowy white, soft and
lustrous, resembling floss silk. and
readily receives the most delicate dyes.
In any OF the Gotten states It can be
harvested three times per anuum, and Is
grown st small est from cuttings or
LAYERS. and not from seed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

The Nashua Telegraph says that
when Gen. Gordon. the eX rebel who
stumped New Hampshire for the Demo
Gratis last winter, returned 10 Washing
tou. he said to prominent Republican
Senator, with whom be engaged in a
conversation relative to affairs in that
State: at is OF no use for you to talk
any longer about the disloyalty OF Geor-
gia. have found more disloyalty lin
New Hampshire than you can find in all
Georgia. Gen. Gordon's associates in
New Hampshire were almost wholly
from the class who have recently perpe-
,rated the Senatorial outrage. which
seems TO justify his remsrk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

Pnu>pFlrun. May -The L. S.
C,utcuuia. Commission ne. 10 day. Hon.
Joseph x. Hawlyy presiding. There
was q !ar.c attendance. The report OF
the Secretary was read which states that
the following nations have accepted the
invitations OF the President To participate
in The exposition: Argentine CoCieder-
alton. Australia. Belgium, Bolivia, Bra
zii. Canada. Chilli, China, Denmark,
Ecuador. Egypt. France, Germany
G.ea. Britain. Guatemala, Hawaii, Hay
q. Honduras, Japan, Liberia, Mexico,
Netherlands. Nicaragua. Norway, Or
arco Free Safes, Persia. Peru, Portugal
spain. Siam, Sweden, Tuni,, Turkey,
United States OF Columbia, aud Nenzu-
ella. The relations between the Com.
mission and the Board Of Finance are
very satisfactory. The report OF the
executive committee states that Con
sreSs appropriated $4,000 for the
use OF the board representing the
United States executive department
The repol, OF the Director General was
also presented. which states that con-
tracts were awarded Tor buildings as
follows: Maine building Sl,42O,OOO
Srt. SI.IgS.270; horticultural, S255,95I ;
machinery. S54S,S0Q.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Up Cobb is erecting new o'ip'
which is nearly completed
nv" "MITCHEL.
Mexico.

) pavid =. Blown sowed more INA"
.,sha,. ., oats on less than one acre u
land and lhe crop harvested was ri'i't'
e bushels OF nice oats. This crop s''"
on the intervale back OF John ~ i"'r
sons hotel at this place. ,,ar,two
10 get = good crop oi corr p'a"' w.
.o,,oIs Of corn IN 4 hiIl-20 inches apa'
IN hills. 80 4 feet in rows. This mc'noD
viii surely result better than any o'he''
SPAgkEs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Ditfeld.

] b Ednons of DiNlicid has sold his
horse Black Cloud. to Boston parties Tor
$50 He was promising horse and .
good stopper, and will probably make
his mark with the fast ones. MI. Ed
monds always has good horses on hand
for any who wish to purchase niec
horso c. X. u.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
>tfur0 9tmoerat
PARIS. MAINE. MAY %. 1873.
Newspaper Decisions.

ANY person who who takes q paper regularly
lm the Otlicc-Whether directed Ia his name OF
other. er whether hc has subscribed or not
responsible for the payment.
.. 10 a person orders his paper discontinued.
must pay all arrelragcS, or the Publisher may
,utnJe 10 send q unit payment Is made, ana
,litct the ~ hole amount, whether The paper Is
ken from the office Or not.
3. The Court~ have decided that refusing 81 take
eWspapcr- and periodicals from the post office,
a. removing and leaving thcm unCHllcU iori Is
rrHar ff'rie evidence ot fraud.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Ordination.

A council Of churches will meet at
Sumner, June lst. 10 enquire into the
expediency of ordaining Mr.. Stetson to
the ministry. If he is accepted, ordina
ton services will be held Wednesday
afternoon 2nd prox.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Heather Report.

Temperstu last week NJ \. M;
SUNDAY. IS deg, ram. Monday, 46 deg, clear;
TuesdaS 80 deg, clear: WedEesday.4l deg rain /;
Thursday. - deg. cloudy; Friday, - deg. clear;
SATURDAY, co, clear.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Local .iRentS.

The following persons are authorized Agents
or .,. tiNlvEu DEMOCRAT. They VIII lttClt
lon cash aui attend Co orders for Job " orS. Adj
,ertislng aud To- ANY other matters which suoser-
hers may desire
every Postmaster in oxford CountNO
Albany, J. H. Lovcioy, Audoyer, IL. \. Bort
HrowniicIl. j :. FIuA: BucAGclI, !. n. pcCo.-
ter. ". Atwood. fycbUIs, \. +. Lewis, D. w.
MckccuC. Glc3d, Tb0~. Wright, \ j. bAAt'
GraltOu. Benz Brooks GrccuW ood, u. y. 4 'un
Hanover, 4. h. Knapp. Hebron, \. g.. W hitmah'
Hiram. l.. \. Wad-Wor,h. Mason, a.. IL. brown
Mexico. a. ". Park, oxford, Rev. =. Y Lock
wood. t.. r.. Hawke Peru \ l.. tlJint> Porter
r. W EcIlou I>sIc l.. tlvuch, Eumtcrl, W. \.
Abhoft r.. "A. llutchiu~: sweden N. sanders
= Waterfront ,. VI. shaw Nood>tpcA' %. T.
Hou-htou: Franklin n Milton Plantations, l. IT.
Thornton. .
N-cu,, VIII deduct tly-- commission before
sending moneys 90 thi, ch'c.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Augusta, May %. 1875.

John Briggs. of Waltham Mass. q
gentleman nearly 30 years of age. takes
the OXFORD DEMoCRAT and reads it him.
self. lie went from Sumner in this
County, where he was Deacon OF the
Rsniist ChnIch
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
DYSPEPSIA.

Tpepsia Is the mos, discourage,
disease mau Is beir 10. Anericsas s.el a
<rlv subject 70 this ii-ease aud rs q IS
sour stomach, sick headache, L-l..l-.
Aess' heartburn, water-bra,h. -l.v r
ING pains in the pa Of the stoma,l. ea-.. /. %
TIE fool coated tongac disagree e t.-'
mouth, !inpuse blood and au l.---.-
stomach and Liver. Two dose. %. e
AUGUST FLowER viii relieve you Sc ONE
'heie positively is not case no The li..-
u Will not cure. II YOU doubt th.- 200 Co. y
Druggists, C. p. Wilson, South PEI
Hammond, Paris Hi, OF e.. Il. Wiley He'
~ any ether medicine dealer ard OF -
'oiile for 10 cents aad try it.-Ie-a.4.
sePi23-ly
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

ECONOMICAL NEW POOP cents 500 .
package OF sea Moss Fariue made ''''
IRISH Moss, which will make ~ kinds Of .
'Eci as cakes, pies, pudiiugs etc, or J. y
OF custarNis, iellies creams, CEmloH' u
blanc maaSe, etc. Sold - al pugf
Gr0ceFs. ,prI! --if
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25

a Aost Oseiui -Arl,cIo IN every lal..I.t
sewing machine. 1he Wilson SlBii.t ,,4u-
'hine eombines IN even de-ree ,le D.a-i
machine yet invented. u Is ei,-..
simple TO learn, rons smoothl, and '.+l@
N,It j. moro Important. is th- efe.
wilson Machine ha- received the h-al.i P
from al who have used il, anI -tlai . .--
OF all sewing machines.
Machines Will be deliyel, = a an, r...lr5li.
~ ,llIs comfy, free OF ,raRsp0Tiat.aa 81.
: tseIe,s through the Company's Bulla u
- -, anu - Broadway. New York
ihey send an elegant catalogue aLich''
'slar Tree on application.
lhls Company want few more geo as'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-05-25
Earth Bethel Families.
ABBOTT.

Two families of Abbott came quito
early to Bethel. one iron Andover siasS'
and the other from Concord, n. IL, but
both families had the same common At
cestor, who was George Abbott. who
married Sarah Chandler oil AndoVer IN
lGl7. His sons were John. Joseph VINO
was killed by the Indians in 1876, George
William, Benjamin, Timothy, Thomas
and Nathaniel, and daughters, Hannah,
Sarah and Elizabeth.
Thomas had the following children
all of whom went TO Concord, n. H.
Edward, born June g. 1902; Deborah
born Dec. |, 1904; George, born Nov. a.
1906; Benjamin. born March 81, ILL.,
and Isaac, born Feb -, III. George
Abbott. the father, died in December
1851, and his wife in June, HI, aged y
wears
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Druggists & Gen. a gts., San Francisco Calltor
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building LOfS

in RICKERTSTOWN, Franklin TWP,
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-24
The Presidenrs Summers a. tho sea-
side.

President Grants assailants obstruct tAeir
influence when they arnign him for parts of
his conduct which are proper and justifable,
like his absence from Washington during the
hot weather Of summer Such indiscriminate
maIignity is seli-defeating, since 1t tends to
undermine confidence in those who adopt 80
INSCRIPTIONS method of warfare. 1t was
the constant practice OF our earlier Presidents
to be absent from the seat Of government for
o considerable part Of the year. We will men
ton Jefferson first, not because he began the
practice, but because he was the first Presi-
dent inaugurated after the removal Of the
government to Washington and because the
law which Grant is accused OF violating was
in force throughout the two terms OF his
Presidency. Now, jefferson regularly spent
about two months Of every year while he was
President at Monticello, as anybody may see
by looking into the volumes Of his CORE
spondence and noticing the place at which
his letters are dated in the summer
and autumn months He defended the prac-
tice in letter addressed TO Madison from
Monticello, September /, 1907, explaining why
ne had interrupted the daily post between his
home and Washington. 1.-THE principal rea-
son" be says, twas to avoid giving ground
for clamor, The general idea is that those
who receive annual compensations should be
constantly at their posts. Our constituents
might not in the first moment consider, first,
that we all have property TO take care Of which
we cannot abandon for temporary salaries;
second, that We have health TO take care Of
which cannot be preserved at Washington;
third, that while at our separate homes our
public duties are fully executed and at much
greater personal labor than while We are 70
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-24

NORTH CAROLINA PoLIrIcs. The Republi-
can State Executive Committee have issued .
long address to the voters Of North Carolina
denouncing the democratic Legislature for
having called . convention to revise the State
constitution. The people Of other parts Of
the country cannot be expected to take much
interest in . controversy so purely local,
especially as it does not yet appear what
changes the democrats intend to make. One
Of the complaints against them Is that they
90 not avow their objects. Until the quarrel
assumes . more Ineligible shape It Is not
very likely 70 fire the public heart !"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-24

canism in France means ultimately republic
canism in Europe. If this great ingenious
and enterprsing people can succeed in identi-
flying themselves with democracy and in
founding a government that can live through
the battle and storm as our own government
has lived its influence will be felt in every
royal household in Europe. Consequently
we must not be surprised at any phase the
opposition to democracy may assume There
are conditions within France. standing
army, an established Church, hereditary
peerage all of winch are naturally opposed TO
system which limits the army, dIssolves the
ties between Church and State and abolishes
hereditary titles. In a country 30 susceptible
to foreign influence as France, and whose
home policy is controlled so largely by diplo-
macy, we can understand how urgently Ger
many and Russia, and even England will OPP
pose the Republic Ii they cannot directly
antagonize it they will attempt to freeze
it out Of the European circles. They will
give it an Ill name; they will deny to
France the prestige and influence that was
formerly accorded TO Napoleon and the Bour-
bons. The only way by which these difficult
ties can be avoided is by patience and modera-
ton and justice. What the Republic wants is
time-time to adjust France to the new condi-
tons imposed upon it; time to recover from
the heavy burdens of the recent war; time to
renew her industries and adjust her system of
taxation time to show the world that republi-
canism in France does not necessarily mean
anarchy; that the Republic after all is the
surest safeguard for religion, morality and
society, and that great as France has been
under her kings and emperors, she has still
loftier greatness under the rule OF her people.
Therefore, as our readers will see, the con-
troversy in France is not a vital one. 1t is as
difficult for the French people to accustom
themselves to the spirit and forms of repub-
lie as it was for our fathers, and the fact that
there are conspicuous French republicans
who believe in q strong Presidency should not
initiate against their patriotism or give US
concern about the fate of the Republic. They
are taking in France the same grounds taken
by men as venerated as Alexander Hamilton
and Rufus King.