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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-12-28
free and asylum OF the oppressed from

every land.
The reports OF the heads of the several
Departments and Bureaus are nearly
ready for the press, and will be OF un'
usual interest. That of the Post Office
will show remarkable increase in Offices
and the money order business. The
whole number of offices on the first day
OF September was 35,741. Pennsylvania
having 5000 being the largest number in
any State. the smallest number being in
Alaska, which has but ..
Early in September there was quite a
move made among the churches TO secure
the services Of Moody and Sankcy in this
city, and was prosecuted with much
earnostnesS and general good feeling
among The pastors. They all met to-
gether frequently, and to their honor be
it said, not one but entered into the mat
ter, each desiring TO secure revival IN
their midst; but success did not crown
their efforts SO far as the great rcyivalis!s
were concerned. SO we nave heard but
little Of Moody and Sanky for nearly two
months past, and we have been reminded
OF the story we used 10 read in "Pier-
points Young Reader in our school day 5.
OF the lark who had her nest in the wheat
field. The pastors and churches went TO
work leach over against his own house,
aud the result is that while there has been
no general excitement the good work has
been and still is going on, and many have
proiessed conversion. Union services
are beiag held in several churches, and 4
deep inerest is manifest in nearly all Of
them. We have endoavored to secure
the statistics from all the churches, but at
this lime have Cnly those of the Methodist
Episcopal, which aggreg gated 200 conver'
sions in the month OF October. We
attended service at the Metropolitan Nj g.
+. church on Sunday evening, The l4th
IHSt.t Ltu bbtAC hSiC bhtHll oC'Sb
seekers at the altar. The Presbyterian,
Baptist. Congregatioualist and Lutheran
churches are also much engaged in the
good work and many are being added to
them.
Thanksgiving day WIS very generally
observed-much more so than we recol
lect OF ever seeing in this city. Services
were held in many Of the churches. some
were crowded. and The places OF business
nearly all closed. with little drunkenness.
We meet many Maine men who are
coming to the city as the weather gets
cooler. We met this week Nathan L.
Twitchell, Esq, of Heuvelton. n. Y,
where he is largely engaged IN purchas-
ing butter. cheese and eggs for Boston
and New York markets, and has this year
made quite q shipment OF butter and
cheese 10 this market. Mr. 7. is Bethel
boy, son of the late Dea. Nathan +.
Twilchell, and is thorough going busi-
ness man, alive 10 the wants of his
customers and devoted 10 his business.
OXFORD.
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4ottrp.
From the AldjEc.
NeIC Years Belts.

Ring beils, ring, With your mellow din
Hips The old year ont and the new wear IN
Ike ''e voices Of birds from the old grey spi-,
l'' your 'Nvery music rise higher and higher.
Floating aNoad Ger the hillside bare
!" Hi.io"s Of sound on the tremuIous air
Le' rise and fill with the ntfil gale.
'ei' o'es city and wood the tale.
Say That tom iEh. the old year diesi
.''' ne watchers look TO the eastern skies.
For ,hc beautiful Lalo that tell, afar
VI 'uc welcome rice Of the new wear. atari
Ring ih' OIL year ovt with its si.bs and ,s,rs
lS withcring hcarta aches and tire.o,,. c,,-..
1"'F "''h i'7 memories OF doubt and wrong.
''' cod decei's aud lis envyugs strong.
Ni Us p'uful shams and is cold pretepss
We VIII heap them together and bind then, fast
10 The ola maa's lOsd as he tot,ers past.
lNe '.l' THAT he brought he may take again:
Keep we the Joys, let him bury the pain
hins son, Oh bells, as ne goes 20 rest
Far IN The shades OF The darkeninr west,
Ring bells, ring, with q merry diut
The old year has gone with its care and sin,
Nmi.lns and fair st The eastern gates.
I.-I "a untci lisht, ;be new year waits
Wcieone him with the ROSY band
who wait the wave of HI bcckoninr hand
Hope, with her wreath OF ,yyee. spripr rovers
JOY for The summers glowing hours
Plenty and peace for the fruitful fan.
And love FOR all seasous-best OF an.
KIM mcrrily, beil- ger the bluslin. skies
See TIE ecauiiful star Of The new year ri.ei
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WY and When lamps EGpi0de.

All explosions of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vapor or gas that collects
in the space above the Oil When full OF
oil, ofcourss lamp contains no gas, but
Immediately on lighting the consumption
oil oil begins, soon leaving space for
gas, which commences 10 form as the
lamp heats up, and after burning 4 short
time sufficient gas will accumulate 10
form an explosion. The gas in a lamp
will explode only when ignited. Ia this
respect it is like gunpowder. Cheap oil
is always the most dangerous.
The flame Is communicated 70 the gas
in the following manner: The wick tube
in all wick burners is made larger than
the wick which is to pass through it. It
would not do to have the wick work
tightly in the burner; on the contrary, it
is sessentiai that il move up aud down with
perfect ease. In this way il is unayoila-
bic that space in the tube is LETT along the
sides of the wick suilicien. Tor the flame
from the burner 70 pass down into the
lamp and explode the gas.
Many things may occur TO cause the
flame to pass down the wick and explode
the lamp.
/. A lamp may be standing on table
or mantel. and slight puff Of air from
the open window. or the sudden opening
OF door, cause an explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from n table or mante. and instantly
explode.
8. A lamp is taken into an entry
where there is draft, or out OF doors,
and an explosion ensues.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up flight
of stairs. or raised quickly to place on
the mantel, resulting in an explosion.
In all those cases the mischief is done by
the mir movement, either by suddenly
checking the draft, or forcing the air
down the chimney against the flame.
). Blowing down tie chimney to
extinguish the light is a frequent cause
Of explosion.
6. Lamp explosions have been caused
by using chimney broken of at the top
or one that has q piece broken out
whereby the draft is rendered variable
and the flame unsteady.
:. Sometimes thoughtless person
puts q small size wick in large burner,
thus leaving considerable space in the
tube along the edges OF the wick.
S. An old burner, with its air.dratts
clogged up. which rightfully should
be thrown away, is sometimes continued
10 use, and the final result is IN explosion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-12-28

PUNISHMENT ENo UGH.-In the Police
Court yesterday was witness who had
refused to obey subpoena. and who was
accordingly brought TO terms with the
aid of an attachment. When the Police
Justice asked him what excuse he had to
offer for his contempt of court replied
that at the time they wanted him in
court he was standing at the altar.
"gittin' married"
MAY it please your honor" hurriedly
interposed bachelor lawyer who had
overheard the apology, 81 respectfully
suggest that the man is already sufii,
ciently punished, and I beg the court
to deal with him mercifully in view OF
his recent affliction."
"Ah. replied his honor. $50 it strikes
me. You can 60. You are discharged,
sir, and may Heaven have mercy on you."
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Southern Correspondence.

We have received two very interesting
letters from DR.. II. W. Field of So. Paris
who is spending the winter in Georgia.
He writes from Lawtonville, and we
Gull the following, which will Interest
our readers:
Business is very dull owing to hard
times and a thirteen weeks drought
Farmers will only raise about half crops
Cotton is bringing but y cents pound
This place was on the line OF Sher-
mans wonderful march to the sea.
hear a great deal said about that cam
paign. The other day party of foul
besides myself visited "stoskade" or
prison yard where the Confederate:
confined large number of Union soldiers
whom they had captured. When Sher
man approached, these prisoners were
removed to Savannah and Florida. We
had an ex Confederate soldier as a guide,
and he gave US much information con-
cerning the prisoners cook houses,
hospitals, the dead line, etc. The prison
is surrounded by hills. on which the
rebels planted their batteries so they
could sweep the whole field in case of an
insurrection among the prisoners.
A great many people in this section
have passed through bankruptcy since
the war, being despoiled by the ravages
OF war and the liberation OF their slaves.
The people are very much behind New
Englanders, especially in manner of
living and in temperance. The colored
people give the whites much trouble by
taking more liberty than the government
has given them. Hen roosts and pig
pens are never safe. We are constantly
struck with the peculiar expressions of
the people in this section, they being SO
different from those to which we are
accustomed.
We recently visited q great natural
curiosity called the Magnolia Springs.
They are located short distance from
here. and derive their name from q
beautiful Magnolia tree, on their banks.
These springs are from thirty to forty
feet below the surface of the ground.
What depth of matter they contain is not
known. The water comes bubbling up
at one end of the spring and sinks below
the surface again, at the other. They
are caused by subterranean stream and
are very beautiful.
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For the oxford Dea5crG.
WdShinOtOn Correspondence.
WAsHINGToN. ID. c.. I
NOy. 1879.

The pleasant autumn weather OF the
last month, has been SO much like the
lovely October days OF New England,
that we have had almost constantly in
mind, thoughts of home and days spent
amidst the scenes we love so well to
dwell upon in these days OF our wander
ing. Early in the present season we
Joined the Cant get away Club" and
have spent the entire season in the city /;
it ha3 been SO delightful that we have
done 50 with few regrets, though often as
we have met friends who were of for the
mountains and springs, and wished them
pleasant trip. we have thought OF the
pleasure i. would afford US to again
ramble over the mountains and through
The valleys OF "oId Oxford" Quite as
often has the names Of those who have
left those scenes, at the summons OF the
grim messenger since we were accustom-
ed to these rambles passed through our
minds, and We find long list that has
been fearfully heightened since our last
visit, until it seems 10 US that all is
changed.
This city is rapidly filling up with pol
iticiaus, and the indications are that there
will be large gathering OF the unwashed
looking for places, but there are COM
paratively few places within the control
of the house. yet there is no doubt but
that the chairman of several of the more
important committees will be able to
secure many places in the Departments
for their friends. Notwithstanding the
hard times many prophesy that the
approaching season will be among the
gayest, If not in fact the gayest in the
history Of Washington; the certainty that
many who were prominent in society
here in days "ante bellum," will make
their appearance for the first time since
the .'late onpleasantness" adds not little
10 the interest that attaches 10 society
matters.
There is q much better feeling in the
Republican ranks. Men who arrive here
from all parts give hopeful reports of The
party in their several localities, and we
see signs OF general yielding to the
good of the whole party. and less Of
selfshness. The party has given prom
inence too far TO many men who have
attached themselves to it, for personal
aggrandizment, having no principle he.
yond self. These are sinking into insig
ni6cance and out of the party, giving
place to better men, and We rejoice TO
see the honored names that are again
being enrolled under the republican ban.
ner. as we read the names of Fenton and
Sburtz and hosts OF Others who are ready
70 unite in an effort to bring the party up
10 its once proud position, and again to
victory to fulfill lis high mission. We
feel something OF the old spirit and the
blood courses quickly through our veins
a. we think OF the proud record made
during the past twenty five years. of a
country redeemed. TO be handed down to
future generations, as the home of the
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REsENDING POSTAL CARDs.-The post
Office department rules that a postal card
once having been delivered to the person
TO whom it is sent cannot again be sent
through the mails to the same address by
affixing an unused one cent stamp with
the second sending, but must be charged
letter rates. 1t seems that certain relief
associations sent out postal cards announ-
ing the death, and consequent assessment
upon the surviving members. These
cards were returned with the money in
sealed envelope to the secretary who
stamped them "paid" and, allixing one
cent stamp, deposited them for retrans-
mission to the original address as re-
ceipts.
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Terms.
=, -o Ter Year ia Advance
, 1875-07-24
A Society GanBlG-

Abiding to the recent denth Of
Geo. w Hill, the New York Clip
per says He WIS 4 PrUfesz6nuAl
gambler and had been the PruPr5-
etor of several gzmbling houses
in this city, Washington and Sr2-
toga. The money he Flcksa up
on one side of the table Wzseirhe1
put down on the other on squn-
dsred upon dress, As 70 winch Eze-
ter he was for many years n mz1
of unmatched extrzEagznpe- He
seldom wore n pair Of boots zlx
times, his gloves he bU9ghH by
the hundred pairs, and were dis
carded after having besn once
worn, to pay SIS apiece E1s Ez
usual price for shirt bosoms mh8e
to his order IN Paris, hs wardrube
contained suits of clothes urmn-
bered, and he has also been
known, while Standing a& Flor
ence's, corner of Broadway and
Houston street, to hail n cab three
or four times a day for NO Other
purpose than to go to ks aPart
ments and don n fresh sHiE-
, 1875-07-24

Shaw, Geo IT 50 ar Of NV ar, sec 3 IN
2SrSe, 4iacres, $l.G9
Snider, Alfred sw or, sec p tp 20 r De,
100 acres, Sc lG
Smith, Henry A NV Or of NV Or Of ne
or, sec 10 tp n 2 G, 10 acres, 90 10,
tax and costs 1873, 81
Scott, NJ II In lot no 4, sec 30 tp 30
r3e, 3 acres, 80 %, tax and cost
1873, %
Scott, James sw or Of NV or and ne or
Of NV Or. sec l, tp 20 2 q, so acres,
50 0S; taA and cost 1873, 8 02
Sinsheimer, II 1l2 lots In N Coveland,
$4l5 TT
shorey, o C Sc or of Sc or sec l2 to 81
RI Q, 40 acres, eI 81 ~
Spithill, Alex in lot no I, sec 10 tp %
rae, 1860 acres, 90 90, tax and cost
1873, l 81
Sanders, Henry in hf Of sw or Of sw
or, sec II tip 29r2e
Sanders, Henry und hf Of hf OF sw or
sec l0tp 7S &c, $3.50 acres, 81 o.
Stine, c p ne or sec "a tp lr2e
Stine, G 2 NV Or OF sw or and sw or Of
NV or, sec 25 tp 81 : 2 @, 240 acres,
50 p, tax and cost 1873, IA 20
Tarbell, Frank hf Of ne or Of sw or,
sec 80 tp 81 r3e
Tarbell, Frank NV or sec 81 tp 3Or3e
1880 acres, q d, tax and cost 1873,
IL SO
Van Schroeder, In sec II tp 32r1e, 10
acres, 80 40, tax and cost 1873, 81
Winslow, Lawson lots no l aud 2 and
W hfof Sc qT, sec tp 30r2e
Winslow, Lawson lots no 3 and 4, sec
7tp 30r2e
Winslow, Lawson W hf Of ne or and
hf Of SC Or, sec 8 tp30r2e siai
Winslow, Lawson lot no l, sec Q tp, 80
rae, 43l.75 acres, S18 SO
Waterman, SIgmoud lot no 2, see IL
tp 30r3e, 1880 acres, % n, tax and
cost 1873, 81
Waite, A E hfof se Or Of ne or ofsw
Or, see IL tp 29F2e, 8 acres, 90 80,
tax and cost 1873, l 81 az 4
Ware, Robt S hf Of ne Or and sw or
ofne or, sec Is, tp 20 Sc s-'
Ware, Robt s Sc Or Of se Or, sec z 70 20
r3e, 100 acres, $493
, 1875-07-24
George Washllgtmas Hu-ssz

The grooming Of WasGAgtums
white horses was something sun
prising. The night be6me they
were to be ridden they were COW
cred entirely with n winnie paste,
then swathed In body cloGhes and
left to sleep uPonclsan strzE- In
the morning the composites In =
become hard, was vel rubbed m
and curried, which process g1Ee
the coats q glossy, sA1lREke 1P-
pearance- The hOufs were then
blacksd and polished, the mouth
washed, teeth picked and elsa@s8
the leopard skin housings bsiag
properly adjusted, the beau1if6ll
white chargers were led ont fT
service
, 1875-07-24
HerSonalfi&

Pustmazter-GeneraI Jewell Is
looking sharp altar the Western
P0sanGees-
A L0ndon editor, Mr.. Delane,
Of the Times, Is to be made a bar
Onat-
Queen Victoria danced q reel
htsly, at BaImoraI- She is com
ing out
BrighAm Young has a son al
West Point He Is a young man
Of marked ability
Gen Ben Butler makes his own
stockings now, having bought out
a stocking factory
Bingham Young thinks of moy-
ing hlmssIfand folIowersto Sonors
@Out Of the influence of the pub
hs schools"
Robert Bonner has half q nil
hon invested IN horses, but Lydia
Th0mpson has realized that much
of Of calves
Beeeher says there are twelve
Ways Ofgsting to heaven The
wonder IS which he intends to
take-
Coal Oh Johnny, who squander-
ed \ million and a half In sixteen
months, IS now foreman of q gang
of hridge builders at Des Moines,
IO1
Kate Blanchard, the actress,
Eho at one time rode bewitching-
ly n MazePpa, IS now a cook in a
Chicago hotsL She makes rolls
NOW instead of filing roles.
Harriet Hosmeris to send to the
Centennial a set of golden doors,
n copy of a superb design ordered
by an English gentleman, who
has allowed her to duplicate them
for Amerlca-
AdeIInA Patti appeared at a.
EHmeF dress ball IN London a short
tIme ago. as Rebseca, of IvanhOe,
m 4 costume that was almost en-
rIreIy studied with diamonds.
Mrs Z D. Clark, an American
-1ty. and At one time q fashion
hbIe mIIliner IN New York, IS now
as milliner to the nObil-
nv Of England, with residence at
Br51gePort- She has been twice
with 4 visit from the
k1sez- which speaks vel for
ArEarIeIn tastes
, 1875-07-24

Just so, Mr. Clark resSg1rHH60u
is cooling balm, rs II were, To
fill the void In the troubled hrsaz4-
and l always thought y0ur wife
was too old for such asmar1 aE1Tvs
man as you are
Did you really2 answered Clark,
with sudden Interest
To be sure 1 did, 1 always took
an interest In your welfHre-
Clark was lost IN nsdi1H1lm fur
some time.
Miss Perkins, said he, cm yUu
you make good butaerR
Now, Mr.. Clark, she answered,
blushing, you tonch me ON n ten
der point, for, if 1 do sly N my
self, 1 won't turn my hack 10 amy
woman IN the country mixing
good butter
Good cookR
First rate
Understand honsekeepGlg3
None better
Then III tell Won what I've
been thinking abOut, sald hes P6rk-
ing up another lHnge stone and
throwing 1t into the well Suppose
you and i get mAr1ed2
Now, really, Mr. CGmks y0m Ee
so sudden, and take me by sun
prise; but my heart kleeas f1r yuu
in your bereavement, ana-Gm3
/ consent. Take mel am yuurz-
The fond couple embraced, tax
ing a Kiss to rAtify ths baTgzaM
Mrs. Clarke, under the gouse
barry bush, was bmlIng with Eage,
but she restrained herself fun n fsW
moments
say, said Clarke, af1er thy had
regained their o0mPosme, EunHt
Betty's clothes ft y0u2
OF course they VIII and II viii
be a great saving
And 1 viii take that new cloak
of hers and make me an UVeru0aG,
a long one hkeths city soaksweaE
o, you dear creAtuEeA sind she
Sweet angel Of my sOal s1i1h he
Just then somsthlng Et uPuu
Clark's back, and he did not know
at first whether II WIS n Wild cat
a streak of lightning, on the @eEl,
but he found out directly
His charmer cast une gAHnee n
the apparifion, and souOaeA
Clark has Just got around agzin
He says It was the worst eHse a
infammatory sickness he eva
had.
But he is the meekesG husband
to be found, and the well rs filled
up forever
, 1875-07-24
FASHION NOTES.

GR,,oa5,L.i-
=-v4. OA ou' VI
Open-worked silk STOCKINGS are
the latest ballroom DovaItv
Lre.-ns oL outteTcuPs are used
VII LIIl
tn - csni-,H-asoS sa-5 ~o
0,-,-,-=5,1s '' ~
v77th sIIEiirt. sbort enough 70 ~ go
~. ,-,1,r5
In Z I1nS yOuln eAnnot mar,
ul-.I nS = Io' nor = malo until
OnAlemens ne" suaT hats
n-NG s1r~-&nh O1ms ana OiAek
0an'ls neAriy As "loe as tne crown
ImFes riding sboes ara orI;D.-
rEvm,I3e ~ n3U on EIe gsDtIe.
mems boots
THT S,ur,a-,. ztvIaz r.o,;,a al
IsB=51-- - co--szrcnd GIovss
E,1 5a-.-,I nd - i.v.Is mnst
s1r.rtI 4 m.t',b The co-t1ms