Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-12-05
r1storial and Selected Items.
Las, Week made the wood-piIss

contract.
Hon. Wm. 7. Frye lelt Lewiston for
Washington. THURSDAY.
Thanksgiving passed eff quietly,
,ab excellent wheeling.
Melville Holland has been aP-
United postmaster at Canton Point.
HIM Geo. & Stacy late Secretary Of
- has been rendered position in tie
= Treasury Department by Secretary
Morrill,
There will be Eve eont' sted seats in
a., N.ire House OF Representatives. \ IL /:
!. he Wilton. Orlsnd Sullivan. BUrling-
,o0 and Redmond districts.
The editors Of the Somerset Reporter
.,,ource that they are about TO publish
vssopic ard Otd Fellows Monthly,
I.,o,ed 10 The interests Of these orders
il Name.
TIE Eastern Examiner. recently
-.,,.5si Al Augusta. IS amoag the
Ans. hat were. There is great NOR
Lily smoug newspapers that are not
s-mly established.
The Lincoln Record is the title Of
80, rsper Ssr,td IN DamariscOtta, by
D.,.bsr brothers. and designed TO record
,.o local news OF he twin villages Of
D,nsri,coita and Newcastle.
We hsve received from Deeser &
Mcclellan. Portland, copy OF The
Vsw story OF the State Of Maine. by
r,oeh Kaigb'. l, is valuable pam
,s,s.. aud We shall review it a, length.
hereafter
Our Norway correspondent evident
=, MIX. The editor great eater. IS be
,,,i,e, HIM to visit Norway Tor the pUr-
,,.s O. J,-posinS OF the minee pies. tur-
,s5 etc. which were LETT from Thinks
E,iaI ieas,s-
Tee Portland Pros 6evOtes nesr'y
,o.uu to report Of 4 lecture delivered
% ia. c.,y as. week. by \. F. LeSis.
- OF Fryoturg, upon The subject Of
Nrucui,m. MIR. Lewis has been in
sat- lake City. and rsthtr leans toward
ne tect
We have received Colby University
Cns'ogue for 1861. There are At
,-s,sDtd09 s.aienss 10 tbs iasti;u 10, Il
Seniors. 4 Juniors. SO Sophomore. and
s, Freshmen. Among them We uo,ice
ne 10 loving iron oxford County IF.
booster. Hebron, W. c Stetson. Car
o-, T. \. Barker. Ramford.
james Ftesm&n. No. ?. Union
Wbari. Portland, sent u keg Of Oysters
70, Thanksgiving, We give thanks. ard
recommend that those Of our readers
vso wish some ine biva,yes. Try the eX-
pertinent Of sending to Mr.. Freeman tOT.
5eu lie viii pack them securely and
Nal hem fresh by express.
The Augusta Journal learns that Col.
Z 4. Smith, recently Fl the Portland
Pres. has been called 10 s position on
he political department ct the Boston
psaY Journal TIE Journal say 5 that he
IS one ot the sharpe>t aud most versatile
u,ters 10 The State, snd his il il1euce
a. new be tell il more tN,ended
sphere.
We have received lrhographic en-
craving Of Dr.. P.srce's lnvA'id,' Hotel
GB.Glo. ny. lis so elegant oui.c-
rg. modern in style. and fitted up es-
p,cla.y Tor The accommodation OF he
.Aocsatds q patients Who Annually
Eek TO TIA, ei;y, to place themselves
satrr The care Of This dis,iaguis. ei
pay.ictar.
-N-,srs. 4. c. Druison * CO.. Of Ne
cbsu,c Falls. hAve Just filed an order Tor
sH pounds OF heavy paper Tor he
Ulted states government. Messrs ID.
4 Gu. reduce $4,000 pounds OF paper
Der mouth. OF witch So 900 pounds IS
bock ysper, ard The balslce ne~s. Thy
Sc. argviY 10 New \ OIk aud Cincinnan.
TIE mill a. Brunswick. OF which THIS INN
are cc-proprie;ors, produces @oo.OUO rs.
o. paper pulp per month.
-L7tia Maria Child. the venerable
su.toI and pbilsnIhIoFi>t. passed her
Youth in NOrrideeNoCk, and here at the
axe OF fourteen she wrote her racy novel
"D1p.iciiy," the characters OF witch
were >setched from models light 81
home. NJrritge sock is also the scene
Of Winters noble lrdiAn poe N. "Mosg
MagoUe," ard here, tCo, resides Miss
Clark. The author Uf the ever-popu,s!
Ptudy s,oIi-s s. that the ancient tn"
hss several literary feslhvIS 10 Is cap.
besides the stirring historical legends
lp)u = h.ch she properly p!umes herself.