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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04
For the Oxford Democrat
The Poor Mans Relief.

There is o cry of hard times all over
the country, and the financial question is
regarded as one intimately connected
with II.
In discussing this matter We want TO
consider the relation of the people to the
Government, and realize that the two are
one and inseparable, with interests iden-
tical. In speaking OF the Government
we are apt to speak of it as of some far
away power, accessible only to privi'
legged few. Just so long as We indulge
in this fallacy and admit our helplesspess
we shall find plenty Of unprincipled men
to take advantage of US; but when we.
in the true spirit of Republican Gov
ernment, feel that we are equal sovereigns
of great Nation in whose policy and
legislation we each have voice, then
sooner or later that voice will be heard.
Governments in their financial dealings
ore to be measured by the same code Of
honor and stability as individuals, and we
are to regard their financial movements
in the light of political economy. Indi-
vidual interest and local preferences are
not to be considered, but the general vel.
fare-the greatest good to the greatest
number. The interests of some might
call for more currency, but the good OF
the whole and the permanent prosperity
of the country might suffer in conse-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04
4Oetrp
Caidiceu OF SpriaotaeIi.

hf RREr HNRTE
Here's the spot. Look around Won. Ahovsor,A,
height,
Lay The HessiAns, eneamped. Bv that church on
The right
>'O'' ''e saun' Jersey farmers And here ran .
wall
i'N nay sig anywhere and you'll turn up a ball
more Grasses spring, watsrs run
aowers blow,
r''''y much as hey did ninety three ysars ago.
Nothing more did say STAY one moment
You've heard
Of Caldwell the pastor, who once preached IN,
word
Doe Al Springfield. What, no. Com.-thar.
bad why, he had
All the Jerseys Aasms' And they gave him the
OF the Rebel hisA PRIEST lie stack in ,h.i,
Eorgs,
i0T he loved the Lord God, and he hated King
GeorSe
lie had cause. you might say when the Hessi.n.
that day
Marched eP with Knyphsussp, they stopped on
teir way
~ The Farms, where his wifo. with 4 child in
her arms
Sat alone in the house. How il happened none
inev
'N' "O'' and that one OF the h,reling crow
who ared the shot Enough there she Law.
AID Caldwell The chaplain, her husband. away.
D'd he prcaoh-did he pray Think OF Ain q,
y0u stand
by the old church, to-day; think Of him and th,,
band
OF militant ploasa-SOy,' See III. smoke and the
heat
oi that rOc.less adrAaee-Of ,ha, struggling re.
treat
Keep the ghost Of ,hA, wife. rOuIy slain, in your
view,
Aud whAseouli you. What would you whA, shOuld
yoa dot
WHY, jus; waA, he did They were len in the
urch
For The want Of more vadding. He ran TO the
church.
Broke 'hc door, stripped The Pew., and dashed out
Ia the r0ad
With h.s arms ?uu Of hymn books. and threw Wn
h.s load
Al ther feet Then above AL their shouting aad
shots.
Rans IA, voiee-"Fui Waits into 'eu boys give
'en watts o"
And they d.l That's all. Grasses spring, nOWers
blow
Pretty much ne they DID ninety three years ago.
Too may dix Nuy where. and you'll turn up ball.
Rui not Away, a hero Ike this--sd thats al.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04
Il Distinguished COnlpOsitOr.

On Friday morning an elderly gentle.
man came into the Herald office, and said
it was his birthday. lie was seventy.one
years old. Fifty years ago, on the 10th
of December, 1925, he had obtained his
majority, and finished his apprenticeship
in this office, having served seven years
and two months. He wished to celebrate
the anniversary by setting up matter
where he had learned the mystery OF
printing, and to see if his hand had for
gotten its cunning. A case ard stick were
accordingly furnished him, but the copy
he selected himself, "My Psalm" by
Whittier which we publish to-day on the
outside of the Herald. The gentleman
proved himself to be rapid and correct
compositor, in fact no errors could be dis
covered in his proof. His name is tolera-
bly, well.known in the world. 1t is
William Lloyd Garrison. At the time
when Mr.. Garrison was The Oldest appren.
tice in the Herald Office, Joseph B. Morss
was the youngest, and while the matter
was being set, Mr.. Morss came in and
met his fellow. workman celebrating his
semi.centennial.
William Lloyd Garrison is a native Of
this city; was born in the house next to
the Presbyterian chapel on School street,
and educated in our common schools
He had one brother. some four years
older than himself, who died at his house
about twenty years ago. and three Sis
ters. all dead, leaving him the sole sur
vivor ofhis generation of the family. One
sister died in infancy another removed
10 Baltimore and there died: and one
came to her end very strangely. On
Beck street lived Mr.. Norton, with a
garden adjoining theirs, who having dug
up some flowers, threw them over the
fence where she was with another girl,
afterwards Mrs. Jacob Horton. The
girls took them chewing and swallowing
them. They proved poisonous; both
were taken i'll, and Mr.. Garrison's sister
soon died. The family came from st.
Andrews in New Brunswick. - Net0bury.
port Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04
NUMBER 81.

qlcnce. The man whom VIC trust is Tie
one whose integrity is undOubted, and
whose notes do not sell al q discount. In
such a man we have confidence. It may
be 10 case OF an unavoidable emergency
that he was obliged to raise large sums of
money on his notes, and for the time be.
ing they sold at a discount; but after that
emergency was passed he like prudent
man does not issue another lot ofnotes 20
run bis credit lower, but hastens 10
establish his credit so his note for dollar
is worth so much in gold.
This is just what our Government needs
to do, and just what the people want
done. A few years ago We saw our Gov
eminent promises to pay current for only
So cents on a dollar; but since then We
have improved our credit so our notes
are worth to. day 81 cents on a dollar
Now what we want is to get where our
Government notes are worth As much "a
gold, and then confidence is fully restored.
and sound financial basis established.
This does not Necessarily imply a literal
and immediate return to specie payment,
for that is not especially desirable; but
return OF confidence and good feeling. a
feeling that if the choice Of 800 in
greenbacks. or the same amount OF
gold were given Us we would as soon
take the former as the latter in cOnsidera.
ton of its value, and prefer it in point of
convenience. When this feeling becomes
universal. business will return 10 It's
Legitimate channels, and reckless specu-
lation will be checked. We DO not need
gold in all our business transactions in
place OF our greenbacss; but we want it
for q stable basis, and not speculative
indicator as it now is.
But how are we to bring about this
condition of things. and when brought
about how is 1t going to relieve the poor
man How Il it going to meet his immc.
diate wants The resumption of q specie
basis Of itself simply will not relieve him.
The means necessary to secure resump.
ton are the very means Of his relief, for
these means will establish principles Of
economy underlying all successful ard
healthy business, and without which we
may look in vain for improvement.
The relief of all this difficulty lies wits-
in the hands of the people and at their
own door. They may make as many
political issues of it as they please, bat
this will not draw the money from the
rich man and place it in their pockets;
but it is for the people TO work out their
own salvation. When the horde of young
men who idle away their time 10 our
cities and villages, will cease TO be spec-
ulators and drawers of impossibili,ies
and seek such honest employment as
comes in their way, when our merchants
and other business men in hard times will
do their own work and reduce their family
expenses to q more economical basis,
when our farmers will raise their own
potatoes. corn, butter and cheese in
short when the people otthis country will
make it a rule to spend less than they earn
and do as they did previous to 1860, theh
we shall sec them on the broad highway
Of prosperity. BUCKFHLD.
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Seltttt0 Storp.
\ COLD SNAP

Aunt Lakeland lived away out in the
country in those days-in the backwoods.
Nell and called il. though, to be sure.
our own place wasn't so very Populous,
considering that there were seventy odd
miles between the two; but then We were
on the river-bSnks. and n steamer ran
between US and Boston once a week. and
We had shabby little newspaper and a
shabbier lecture course, and an occasional
eoneert, aud occasional sleighing parties,
and assemblies among ourselves, while
out 81 Lakeland people dwelt so far apart
that i. was a days work to make call.
Aunt Lakeland was 8 widow with no
children. and we had often urged her to
come to Wateredge and live with US. but
she had steadily refused, and thought she
should not live out halt her days If she
were TO iorSake the familiar fields where
her good man had plowed and resped.-
She bad an cid servant who had lived
with her since her marriage. and a kind
OF cousin of her husband's-Eoen An
drews-had come to manage the farm Tor
her al uucls's death, and who was eIecu-
tor Of the will. residuary legates. aud
goodness knows what not. and by whom
she set the world. II used 20 be. "Eben
thinks So" and "Eben doesn't like this, v
till l got worn TO shoe-strings the hrss
time I went 10 see her. for, you see'
mother. plying her forlorn condition.
living so on, of the world. and no blood
relation within call. used to send Nell and
me 70 make alternate visits there. TO make
sure that she wasn't imposed upon by her
husbands relatives.
"Who cares what Eben thinks and
likes9" said !. for l suppose was little
Jealous that she should regard the opin'
ions OF this raw farmer as OF greater im-
porlsnee than mine.
Il dare say you'll care more'n Joull
like to own before you're much Older
said she. laughing. land you won't be
the frst girl. neither"
IN go night home if you talk So y
said. II dont think l shall lose my
Young affections 10 Eben Andrews in
hurry. Anybody'd think l had never
seen 4 young man before"
"You never did see one like Eben'"
she persisted.
"And never want TO see another.
That's Just the way girls talk when
they are in love-" put in Tidy Bruce who
had come down TO do up the sewing ior
Aunt Lakeland. whose eyes had begun 10
tail her.
Tidy was something OF comparison
TO me in that louely place. though had
no crea, fancy for her. She lived SIX
miles away. through the woods, and boen
used to 90 tor her and carry her home
when her work was done.
There's our Esther" she went on
what fun she used to make oil ION
Adams red head but. sakes alive. now
sbs,s martied to him every particular har
is gold!"
VERY likely" / retorted; cit runs in
the family. heard you ssy yourself 'ha'
Ebeu had the biggest hands you ever saw.
suppose they'll shrink as soon as ne
.fysrs them 10 yOu.n
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Terms.
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Rates Of Advertising.

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-. t-.s also. 6or those OocuPyingeHtcnsive
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,,,,-,rtlv aud Neatly Executed.
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aflistellang.
Il III o u G. II Il s.
A POET.

From wells where truth in secret lay,
He saw the midnight stars by day.
go marvellous giitp the many cried.
30 cruel gift ~ his voice replied.
The stars were fer, and cold, and high.
That glimmered in the MONDAY sky.
He yearned towards the sua in vain,
That warmed the lives Of other men.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04

An irreverent correspondent of the
Westfield, Mass. Times, who went TO
the Great Burlington cattle show. says he
never was so impressed with "the eternal
fitness OF things" as when, after the Rev.
Mr.. Smith Otis had won the spoons in a
trotting race. the band gave with peculiar
emphasis the melody of that popular
hymn, Nearer, my God, to Thee.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-01-04

.-,...se-s can te.i ty examining the eoloted
.-...-l q. ,tf.s payers. tas AMOUNT due. aud
.,-.r. ta avail themselves % The advanced
'.--..-. ~ t--. .l us 4y maii, % hand 10 the
.-..-st sept. -, GA The slip, means
t,is'- .r,.s f.r % that date. when mOasy
~ .hs-Id bt sskcn % examine the alp,
-. '...- ----,, r. uos srcdItcd within two weeks
-. 5c sPrrscd of o.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
GENERAL NEWS.

The Missouri Democratic Conven-
tion meets to day. Among tie candi-
dates for Governor are CELSIUS Price,
son of Sterling Price; GeoIge G. West
and John S. Phelps.
Mrs. Annie johnson was murdered
in Leavenworth. Kansas, on Monday
night. by Lows Earlmein, whom she
had several times refused to marry =
The murderer escaped.
The Spencer and anti Spencer Re-
publicans in Alabama have withdrawn
their respective State tickets and
united on one headed by Mr.. Wood.
ruff, the present Mayor of Selma.
the University boat race at Saratoga
yesterday, between freshmen crews
from Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia
Colleges, and a single scull race be-
tween Harvard. Cornell, Columbia,
and Princeton were postponed to day
on account of high wind making the
lake too rough.
At the centennial exhibition a NUM-
Der of group juries Of award have
completed the bulk of their labors, and
are now engaged upon second and
more thorough examination, which
will include all that has been hitherto
overlooked. The request is now made
that notices be promptly given of any
exhibit not adjudicated upon.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
FIRST EDITION
TUE STREET MARKET.

Prices in the Street market, this NOR
ming, were rather higher than usual, the
general supply being somewhat limited /.
Butter was firm at so cents per pound,
with exceptional instances where IS was
demanded, while only one farmer had
conscience enough to offer good article
at As cents. There was quite a marked
difference in the price OF omatoes-the
market asking rs cents per quarter peck,
and the Jersey truckers at Fourth and
King asking but IS cents per half peck.
The latter also sold them at S1.35 81 so
per basket. A few pears we've offered at
25 cents per half peck, and premature
peaches of the Early York variety sold
at the same price. General prices were
as follows:
Butter, 50a55 per pound; eggs 2S cts.
per. dozen; apples, 12a25 per half
peck new potatoes 20a28; sweet pota-
toes, 18a20 do; onions, 25a30 do; toma =
toes, 8al0 per quart, or 25a50 per half peck
string beans, 12a15 per half peck peas,
Is do; sweet corn, 12a2O per dozen !;
chickens, live, so a$l 90 per pair, dressed,
75a$1.25 do; rhubarb, 10 per bunch /;
radishes, 3a6 do; beets. .4a8 do; squashes,
3a5 each; cabbage, 3a6 per head rasp-
berries, 10d12 per box. currents, 10 per
quart gooseberries, 8 do; cheri les, Gallo
do; blackberries, 10al2 do; pears, 25
per half peck; peaches, 25a3O do; water
milons, 12a50 each; canteloupes, 5a1O
each honey, 20a30 per pound, lemons,
4Oa50per dozen.
In the meat and fish markets the usual
rates prevailed.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Base Bali.

Tile Mo0enaents Of tile Quscksteps-CUuse
of the Neso Castle Defeat.
Information has been received in
this city 10 the effect that Quicksteps
did not play IN Pittsburg or Allegheny
City, but proceeded to Wheeling, W.
Va, where they played yesterday af'
tcrnoon, with what result is not
known.
To-day and tomorrow they play the
Buckeye club of Columbus, Ohio, and
on Friday at Canton, Ohio. The de,
feat at New Cast g, it is said, was
caused by Birchall, who, by two bad
overthrows, gave the. Neshannocks
five runs. With this exceptinn the
home team played good game.
Quinton has been discharged, be.
cause he did all he could to secure
the disastrous defeat at Reading, and
also sold the Harrisburg game Holbert
succeeds him and is giving satisfac-
tiOn.
Financially the club has prospered,
large crowds attending each game.
Should this success continue the trip
may be eXtcneed far as Chicago.
AL Bushong, catcher of the Brandy
wine club, of West Chester, has ac-
cepted position as catcher on club
at Winona. Mimi, for which place. he
purposes starting on next Saturday
or Monday. The inducements offered
him are trifle in excess of what he
receives at West Chester, and there he
will turn his sole attention to the mer-
its of the national game.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
THIRD EDITION.
NEW CASTLE LETTER.
Regular Correspondence OF the Gazette.
NEW CASTLE, July 10, 1876.


big Frank" must be bug bear to some of
you Wilmington people. He has not escaped
nor is he likely to provided sharp lookout
ped persons visiting the jail through mere
curiosity, WHICH formerly has been a source
OF trouble to the warden, and besides was a
5000 medium to bring In tools. de-. by means
Oh wnich numerous escapes were made. Oar
county prlsoh IA and has been an anomoly-
one warden to guard nearly one hundred pri
soners. besldes Keeping an eye to large num-
Der OF visitors The visitors are now done
away with but the number of prisoners has
grown no smaller.
An alarm of FIRE was given yesterday after
noon. The fire company responded with their
usual pr romptness. The cause spark set FIRE
to the roof of Dill's blacksmith shop on Or
anee street; a few buckets of wa.er soon put
it out. No damage.
Mir. WIN. +. Lane. teller Of the Farmers
Bank. started for Ashland. Pa, yesterday
morning. His place in the Bank is tempora-
rily filled bp Mr.. VIM. A. KINNEY.
City Council meets to morrow night, We
understand that member of that body will
offer resolution prohi bit ng the representa-
tlves of the press from the NEE tings. We have
good reason to believe that the resolution
Will get but one vote. even il seconded. thai
Of tn person offering it.
Ju dying from the melodious sounds issuing
from the classic regions Of Bull Hill" yes
terday Afternoon n and even ing a certain party
must have thought that the 4th of July hal
come again, How aboutit?
We would call the attention of the author
does not seem to be compiled with. Who is
to blame, the Mayor or the police, or is it the
business of tho Street Committee who com
pose the Board of HI attn in this city, ?
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
BOARD OF HEALTH

LOOKING AT DEFECTIVE sEwERs-THE
ABATEMENT OF NUIsANcEs ORDERED.
Last evening a meeting of the Board
of Health was held at Second and Wal
nut streets, for the purpose of hearing
complaints from the residents of that
locality whose cellars are flooded at
every rain, from the overfowing of =
sewer.
This sewer commences at Fourth
street, and runs between Walnut and
Poplar streets to the Christiana river
At Second street, the 30-inch water
main which runs through it, and this il
is supposed, greatly tends to cause the
overflow, al the cellars below Second
street are seldom flooded by the sewer
during q storm of rain. Above Second
street it is different, many cellars being
almost constantly filled with water.
The Board listened to the complaints
of a number of the property owners and
then adjourned.
They next proceeded to the P. W. l. B
k. h. new round house, where a large
pond of stagnant water exists. This
they ordered to be drained.
Afterwards the Board examined the
| sewer running from Sixth to Fifth
streets, between Tatnall and Orange
This they for nd filled with the content,
| of cess-pools, dead dogs, cats, and Other
offensive matter. This sewer was de
clared public nuisance, and its imme
diate abatement ordered.
The Board then adjourned.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19

A VALUABLE REMEGY FOR CoRNs.-
The most simple and sure remedy for
corns we have ever known may be got
at E. Bringhurst s. Co.'s. corner Sixth
and Market streets. For 25 cents a box
containing ten or twelve small plasters
which will with proper care in appli'
cation, relieve the most obstinate
corns, even where the foot is inflamed
from the pain of the corn. These lit.
tie plasters appear clumsy, and one
would at first sight think they would
be an embarrassment to the stocking
or the shoe. But they are not; and
any body Urgent leman who is troubled
with corns en- their feet will find re-
lief from their use which will at once
enhance their value in their estima.
ton. They are far better and more
lasting in their effects than the knife OF
the most skillful operator. A little
patience and care is necessary. OF
late years, since the manufacture of
shoes by machinery, the pegs and nails
that are left in the soles have great
ly increased corns, until they affect
nearly all persons, young and DID,
These little plasters will as effectually
cure them as the knife, even from the
bottom of the feet. Try them.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
The Party Rules.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE on REV.
SIONS.

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE on REV.
sIoNs.
This morning meeting was held in
the City Council chamber of the COM
mittee appointed at the last Democra-
tic County meeting TO revise the party
rules. There were present the follow
ing members.
Will mington-Hon VIM. G. White
ley, l. G. Grubb, Esq.
New Castle-Hon. Thos. Holcomb.
White Clay Creek-Wm. Dean.
Red Lion-Thos. Bird.
/ Pencader-Hou. Benz. It. Biggs.
st. George's-Nathaniel Williams.
Experimentation Townsend,
Blackbird-Jacob Rschardson.
Mayor Whiteley was appointed
chairman, and the committee then
proceeded to their work.
ERules and 2, in relation to holding
the County Meeting in May as usual
were adopted without any ch .nge, ,ex-
cept to provide for the appointment of
Judges to hold nomination elections
for candidate for Levy Court and
Legislature in addition to the other
nominations.
The committee will continue in ses-
sion this afternoon.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Peruvian Syrup VS.. Alcoholic Tonic,

1t has been desideratum with the
medical profession to procure prepera-
tion of iron less otjectioual than any of
those now in use, which often produce
unfavorable effects upon the system,
especially when prepared with alcoholic
fluids.
In many cases of debility and GONZALES
cence from disease, where tonic is in
dicated, wine, brandy, porter, &c, have
been recommended but these are very
doubtful efficacy, to say the least. Alco-
hol is never digested, is ranked among the
diffusible stimuli, and is incapable Of af-
fording nutrition. 1t creates generally an
unnatural excitement and arrangement
OF the circulation, irritating the whole
system by preventing the blood from To-
sing its carbon. Again, how difficult it is
to obtain an article approaching to puri-
ty, almost all the wines, brandies, porters
&c, being more or less adulterated.
Such being the case with regard to the
spirtuous preparations of iron, and the
alcoholic drinks, of which any one can
satisfy himself by investigating on the
subject, an opportunity is now presented
in the Peruvian Syrup, for the trial of an
article In general practice, which has the
very strongest recommendations from
medical and scientific men of the highest
character-a preparation which SO hap
PLY combines the protoxide of iron with
the other constitutional parts that the eff
fects incident to the use of iron salts are
obviated.
For all cases in which iron or any tonic
is needed this preparation is confidently
Aolieved to be far superior TO any other.
Il seems to purify the very fountain of
health.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Campaign Clubs.

Last evening number of gentlemen
met at the office of Henry @. Turner
Esq, No. East Eighth street, for the
purpose OF discussing the propriety Of
organizing a Tilden and Hendricks
Campaign Club. The subject was
favorably considered. and a committee
was appointed to draft Constitution
Another meeting will be held at the
same place next Wednesday evening,
when permanent organization will
probably be effected.
Movements are also on foot for the
organization of other campaign clubs
IN this city, and before long the
democracy of Wilmington will be
thoroughly organized for the cam.
paign.