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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20
Probate Courts.

BRADFORD DISTRICT.
Hon. j. a. TENNEY, Judge
Probate Courts will be holden within aud
Tor the District OF bradford.the ensuing year
Al the rrotter House, In bradford, on the
July, September aud November.
AZ Fosters Hotel. East C0rinth, ION
md Tuesdays Of February. June, August
October,
At the judge's OAice on the second Tuss.
I!ay Of April aud last saturdays In March aud
At tho Registers Ofice In West Fairlee, on
no second Tuesday In December and last
Saturday IN February aud November.
ALvAH BEAN, Register.
West Fairlee, Dec. !, 1875. 30yl
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.

OFFICE OF FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE IN.1
sURANcE Co., MONTPELIER Sept. Goth, 1877. {
The members of the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, insured in the Farmers
Glass, are hereby notified that the following
assessments have been made by the Direc-
tors of said Company on all notes in force iu
said class IN the following DAYS. to wit:
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20

"A fresh stock of blank hooks
at OPINION Stationery Store. Larg-
est assortment in Orange County.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20
Billiard Table for sale.
GOOD second hand Billiard Table will b
IA sold cheap. Enquire of
w. T.. GAGE,
Bradford, VT, March 9TH. 1877.

White and colored cigar light
RS at OPINION Stationery Store.
Also colOred straw.
Oysters, at Curtis by the quart
or gallon or in quantities to suit, at
the lowest figures,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20

Baldwin is selling Il cigar for 5
cents which is superior in flavor to
many brands of 10 cent cigars. Try
one.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-10-20

Try "Dictator" or "Acosta"
cigar at Baldwin'S. They are a
clear Havana filled cigar, and the
best and most popular 5 cent cigar
now in the market.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
EditOriai and Selected Items.

Perfect day, Friday.
Have you tapped the naples yet
Water runs in the streets each noon.
Jefferson Washburn, a disabled
soldier OF the 32l Maine regiment, is en-
gagged in selling household articles
through oxford County. People may
trust him. and patronize him, as he is
honest and faithful. seeking to earn
living for himself and family.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of tho Liverpool and London and
Globe Insurance Company, whose agents
for this section are Austin x Co. ol Buck
field. 1t is probably the strongest fire
Insurance company doing business in
America. The United States Branch has
assets amounting 10 nearly iOur million
dollars.
THE winter of our discomfort" often
leads us to look forward to the time when
we shall be where there is no "cold or
winter storms" When you have such
feeling. Just step in at Keilh's marble
shop at Norway and select head-stone,
leaving the name and age blank. You
will come away, content to live little
longer, for one always feels better after
having made good trade.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
An ErDfdnatiOn.
BETHEL, Feb. II, 1877.


lVr. Editor IL notice going the rounds
of all the papers list OF towns purchas-
ing LIQUORS OF tho State Agent and the
amount bought Among them, l see
Bethel stands well 10 the front, second
to few of the larger cities. Now we
think there should be little explanation
of that item. Bethel has all the profit
aud all tie disgrace OF selling that
amount, but we do not use all that liquor
ia or town. The Town Agent is in
structed TO sell to all surrounding towns
who do rot have an agency, and this
town furnishes TO The towns OF Albany,
Mason. Gilesd, Newry, Grafton. Upton,
Hanover and Greenwood, all they want
for medicinal and mechanical purposes
by order OF the Seloclmen. We have
had The name in years past OF selling q
great deal OF liquor in our town and 1t is
about time that some notice aud eXplana.
ton should be made. We claim for oar
town that it is and has been a temperance
town, so much so that one Of our towns
people said to the reiormers when they
first came here they could do nothing, -
we did not need q reform. But thank
God we had the reform. and there was
need of it. aud it can truly be said of this
town today it stands second to mono in
the county Tor temperance.
We hold our public meetings every
Sunday, and the good people come 10
front and do all they can to help the re-
formers on in the work they have started
in. REFORM.
We are pleased to publish the above
explanation. Having noticed the item
referred to. we had it in mind to make
uufavolablc comments upon the fact, Al
some iuture datc.-Ep
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

b. X NJ. SrRIAE-The strike on The
B jston X Maine Railroad, which b. S
been in progress Tor nearly a week,seems
to have ended 10 victory for the co..
poratiou. The trains are now running
nearly on time, and freight is being RAP
idly transported. We have no y mPaIhy
with strikes Of this kind, aud shall be
heartily glad to see the power OF this ell
gineers' brotherhood completely broken.
Trade unions may exert beneficial IL
huence, so lar as they assist members
who are out of woIk; or, in other legit.-
mate ways. aid in elevating The iaboHu &
classes; but when they undertake The
task OF teaching their employ ors how to
manage their own affairs. they become a
nuisance: Several members OF the fra
ternity have been arrested Tor obsiructing
the United States Mails by leaving their
trains before arriving al schedule destina-
lions, and in other ways preventing
trains from running. A few examples
of this bind, will serve 10 prevent
such needless and needless disregard
OF the public comfort and safety.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

addressed to Senator Kelly. 1t in iicates
that Mr.. Tiden and bis New York adj
visers have come to the conclusion that
the Grover Cronin conspiracy must be
resorted to as the only means OF securing
the one vote needed. Ii is as follows;
NEw YORK, Dec. 8.
Hon. James II. Kelly:
Telegraph Hemiock 60 ahead; you
shall be reimbursed; do not laii; ali I'M
portant; advise progress.
The Lext dispatch in order is IRON one
of the Oregon parties. probably Mr.
Kouutz, to Col. Peltou, and is rs follows
SALEM. OREGON. Dec. D
". 4. PeuO1s. 10 GrGmcrcy Park N. !.
Can't you deposit the eight. Charles
Dimond, subject the order Ladd " Bush
Salem can't get money here; must have
it WednesdI ~ telegl aph me Salem, Nier
will not fail.
(Signed) DocrRINAL
The next dispatch Is probably from Mr.
Patrick, who was re ported at San Fran
cisco. to Senator Kelly notifying him that
$1,000 had been deposited in that city ior
the Oregon parties. Mr.. Patrick's con-
nection with transmission of the funds
at that point has been shown by tele-
grams already published, but not sent in
cipher. Ii is as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO. De 6.
Hon. James II. Kelly:
The eight deposited as directed this
morning. Let no technica!i,y prevent
winning. Use your discretion.
Having obtained the siuews Of war tC
secure he services OF Mr.. Croniu and
other parties, whose names arc not know +
beyond the lawyer who was retained &c
present his case, thi5 Jealous s.. PAtricS
adds his last injunction: let no techai'
calHy prerent tcianiHg."
The chain OF evidence connecting Gov.
Tilden and his friends. particularly his
private Secretary, with the Oregon con
spiracy seems complete; and we have
only to add the translation OF the cipher
dispatch, which appears to be sent by
Gov. Grover to Samuel j. TilIen TO make
the proof 50 strong as 10 connCc, bo't
parties with the disreru,able transaction
That dispatch reads as follows;
PORTLAND. OREGON, Dec. /.
To SamIJ. HiideH, Is Gramcrcy Park
NelC York:
| shall decide every point in the case
OF post office elector IL favor OF the high
est Democratic elector. and shall gran
the certificate accordingly on morning o
SIKH inst. Confidential.
GOVERNOR.
The editor of the Detroit TriJuR,
easily translated The cipher in which tx
above dispatch was written on the ex
PLANTATION OF the key by the Detroit gen
tleman who had used it in business trans
actions with Mr.. Patrick.
la view If these startling revelations
il would seem that Mr.. Tilden's friends
canno, c0ntes; the Oregon case with Iha
confidence il The ils,uess OF their csus'
which would call forth their best eflor.s
Nj Ti.den's friends may be able to breai
the force OF such damaging kilograms
but one cannot see by what means thel
will be able TO extricAte themselves iron
the conspiracy which was carried cat II
accordance with the programme they
loreshadow.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
Orcaon.

We publish, in smother column,
lengthy article from the Boston J5THa',
giving history OF The cipher dispatches
which passed between democratic leaders
in New York and Oregon. These dis
patches show plainly that there was 81
endeavor 10 steal or buy au elec.or IN
Oregon. Thousands Of dollars were
promised TO all the scheme, in a most
bare-iaced and uuolushiug manner. Mr..
Hewitt, Of the Democratic National
Committee. says he hss no objections to
the publishing OF all telegrams sent ty
him. during the campaign, and that he
used 10 money 10 a dishonorab,e man
ner. This throws the blame Of such
irregular conduct upon another person. a
Col. Pe,tOu OF New York THIS P5iton
IS described as Gov Tiiden's private sec
Rotary. who lives at Is GrsmeTcy Park,
Gov Ti,deu's home, and who feeds 81
Gov Tildeu's table Mr.. TIlden mag be
entirely ignorant OF all This rogueUy Dat
it Will take 3 shrewder man than New
York has yet produced to make the
country think tia, such sctiouS could
have been carried on without his knowl-
edge. What spectacle is this, the car-
didate for the highest Office in the nation,
sending ten thousand dollars TO Oregon
tor the purpose OF purchasing an electoI
Il is vulgar saying give rogue
rope enough, and he will hang himself
and it is fully illustrated in this case.
The democrats oiNew York sent the no
torious David Dudley Field. che defender
Of Tweed before New York c0uIts,) 20
Congress, that he might expose the wicked
republicans. lie struck q trail and iO!-
lowed it boldly, Notwithstanding the
other hounds in his pack were yelpiDg
mile to one side. He stuck TO it, aud has
succeeded in presenting 10 the public this
batch of corrupt democratic dispatches.
Not one telegram has he found which
duplicates the republicans 10 an attempt
at bribery or corruption; while his own
fellows have been held up to tue public
gaze, convicted telOns His search has
been well termed by the Tribune "a
boomerang"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
rnor. ryNnALL,s ,yARNING.

IN combining An address % the students OF
University College London Prof. Iyudiu, Who
is PROFESSIONALLY one of The most ind,iaugaOle
BRAN workers of our century, sand. take care oI
your health. Imagine Hercules 80 O4r-man IA
rotten boat what can IA do there but los the very
force Of his stroke expedite thc ruin " hl' craft
Take care Of the tlmbcrs Of Your boat The dis
tiuguished scientists ads ice i equally valuable
10 all r0rkcTs. We are apt tO devote all our en-
otgles 10 welding The Oars, our strokes iail nFm
AMI last, but few Oi Us examine or even think ot
the condition OF our boat Antil the broken or rot
ten timbcrs suddenly give way and We lnd our
selves the victims OF a calamity which could have
been easily AvoidedO little iOrethOught. Wat
began with a slight fracture, or perhaps even =
careless exposure 10 disOrglniting influences,
ends in the complete wreck oi the life boat. The
disease which began " IN slight headache or all
undue exposure 20 cold terminates Ia death, IN
less D. progress be checked, and the disease rem.
edicd. The 1rst symptom, the heralds oi dis
eases. give no indication Of the strength Of the on
coming foe, and the ylcti n trusts that his old ally,
Nature, viii cNsermlnatc the invader Bat disease
D. M old general and accompllshes his most I'M
pOrtant movements in the night time, and some
bright morning finds him IN possession OF one OF
tic strongest forth 'atiOns and when be Ia. once
gained q stronghold m the system Nature ignom-
luiOusly turns trai,Or and secretly delivers up the
whole physical armOry 10 the Invader. Like the
willy politician, Nature j. always on the strongest
side, and the only way TO insure her support j. 10
keep your vital powers IN the Ascendant, Keep
your strongest fOIis--thc stomach aud lEcr--Wcll
guarded. 40 not 1t the lOe cutter the artcrial
highways, for he will steal or destroy sour rich
est merchandise and ImpOyerish your kingdom.
To rcpulse the attacks OF the foe you can nnI no
better ammunition than Or. Pierce's Family med
icincs. tFull directions accompany each pack
age His Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets are especi-
ally effective 10 defending the stomach aud liver.
His Golden Medical Discovery for purifying tine
blood and arrcstng coughs and colds. II you
wish 10 become familiar with the most approved
system OF defence IN this warfare, and the history
oi the foes method of invasion together with com
pletc instructions for l. epiug Your forces IN mar
tLl order IN time Of pc.ce, sou can uud no better
manual of these tactics than The Peoples Com.
mon sense Medical Adviser" by L Y Pierce. VI.
D., OF The Worlds Dispcnsary, Buffalo, y. y
sent % any address on receipt OF Sl.jO. 10 con.
tains over niue hundred pages, illustrated Boy two
hundred aud eightYtwo engrayings aud cOlOTed
plates and elegantly bound IN cloth and gilt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
Drunk or Cra:u. Which .

The ImericqR says that Mayor Young
OF E.lsWOr b.. last October, bet with A.
Coolidge Of Lsmoiue, that Tilden would
have at least majority OF thirty tive
electoral votes. The amount IN bet was
q halt bushel Of clans. The clans in
she'll were 10 be carried by the loser on his
back 10 the house OF the winner, q d :
lance OF 2 l. miles BY land, and II mile
across the Bay. Mr.. Young satisfied be
had lost, and fearing that the ice might
90 out, last Thursday shouldered bis
clans and started for COOlidges and de
posted them at his door,.
This same man, over his official sigma.
ture as Mayor Of Ellsworth, publishes q
partizAn harangue, which he terms q
proclamation. a." in which he accuses the
State Legislature OF changing the time
of Ellsworth's municipal election, Tor the
sole purpose Of DISTINGUISHING s. number
of Democratic voters who have taken 10
the woods for living. In other word:
they are the river drivers who have seated
such q jsekass as Mayor Young in chan
which he seems but to know how TO dis
grace. He therefore calls upon these
men TO lay aside their axes and meet hin
on the 9th of March at the town house
where he promises to celebrate with then
the Inauguration OF Gov. Tilden as Pres
ident of the United States. This is tint
illustration Of Democracy; bat look:
more like 8 New York 4th ward torch
light, than atallOw candle from the back
woods of Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
Compromise by which Mr.. Tilden's Ac-
counts Escaped Inspection.

BY mutual agreement the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections and
the Committee on the Powers, Privileges
and Duties OF the House in counting the
electoral vote have decided not TO 60 in
10 an examination of the papers and
accounts of the leaders of either political
party. la consequence OF this agree
meut Mr.. Ellis, President OF the 81 Ma
tional Bank of New York. will not he
required 10 produce an abstract of the
account OF Samu j. Tilden at that bank
for examination by the former committee,
while Zach Chandler will be excused
from appearing before the latter COM
mittee with his account books, papers.
&c. This hahn onious agreement OF the
two committees was brought about
through the exertions OF Senator Barnum
and Mr.. Ellis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27
hlnine Eonrd Of .laricnltnre.

NEwrorr. Feb. 2O.-Thc Maine Board
OF Agriculture organized Tor The ensuing
year 10y the choice Of the following llic-
rIs: President. Ira Getchell Of North
Nassalboru; Nice-President, w. W.
Harris Of Portland; Secretary, $. H..
Boardman OF Augusta. IA appropriate
address of welcome by A. II. Powers, OF
Newport, was iiitingly Scsp)udcd to IN
behalf Of the Board b3-.ten. Brown, OF
Portland. Papers were read by Thomas
Reynolds. member from Oxford, on the
hop culture, giving The statistics OF the
ca.lure in his section and s.atlng that the
Maine hop has special value tor its keep
ing qualities. and by Peter w. Aver. OF
Waldo, on what constitutes thorough
bred This question WAS discussed In
very profitable manner by Mes>rs
WATSON. Aver, Gilbert, Brown and Mel
son until the noon adiournmant. The
attendance was unusual Tor the openin
dav.
The afternoon session was opened With
an excellent paper on poultry raising by
". W. Harris OF Portland. Mr.. Getchell,
on what products shall Maine export. A
reference 10 the latter paper TO the i'm
porlance OF utilizing in the Safe the
refuse OF its fish oil manufactures for
mauurial purposes. called out a very 10
teres,ug discussion on the subject. in
which Messrs. WATSON. Harris, Winslow
OF NJbe5oro. Ireland OF Cornna aud
tho Secretary participated.
The evening session was devoted -
the subject OF Horticulture. pres n,ed by
J. y. Narney, OF North Vassai5oro, and
q lecture on social lite on the farm, by L
A. Gilbert.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

The final success of Hayes will not
create much bitter teelingip the breasts
of the non office-seekiDg Democrats, be-
cause they are utterly Disguised with the
disnonorable and corrupt conduct of Til.
den as revealed in the Oregon business
Millions of Democrats feel that if he were
counted in he would be a disgrace to the
county. A candidate who undertakes TO
bu1 Electoral votes is an unfit man for
Chief Magistrate OF the American pee
pie. Never before, since the Republic
was founded, did candidate tor the
Presidency undertake to purchase his way
into the Executive Chair. Bribery has
heretofore been left to pot-house politi-
clans and professional corruptionists.-
Tilden has depended On money for his
nomination, for his canvass for popular
votes and for his count-in in the Electo-
raj College; but his almighty Dollar"
failed him in the end.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

Observation-Disclosures publications
10, March come TO Us filled with matter
OF unusual excellence. Dr.. Hollands
story grows intensely exciting, tho1gh
tais instalment has some smacking OF
newspaper robbery reports. That Lass
Olowries" continues 10 elicit the utmost
admiration for her wonderful faculties CT
perception, hidden in as rough lem
mime exterior IS we often see described.
She is coarse but not unwomanly. Der
rick coniesses 10 himself thai he loves
her. as the chapter closes. II Il person
can look at the eugrayings OF Cooks
furniture aud not wish that be or she
were u wealthy housekeeper, there must
be some sense lacking 10 the individuals
make up. 81. Nicholas is full OF il
structive, entertaining matter, and beauti-
iul engravings. THIS publication has
done much 10 cultivate taste Tor art
among our children, and the effect OF its
influence will he felt more and more as
each generation steps upon higher level.
for hieh it has been fitted by just such
early associations. For light % reading
we have the Edinburgh and Westminster
Reviews. The American re print being
issued By the Leonard Scott Pub. Co., Al
Barclay ST., New York. Ia accordance
with the demands of these scientific and
inauisitive times, they devote considera-
| bic space 10 the modern consideration Of
religious topics. such as the Authorship
of the Four Gospels, Poetry OF the
Old Testament" etc OIce We CON-
mended periodical to one of our sub
scribers in such strong language that be
stopped the Democrat and took the mag.
azine under discussion. Not wishing 10
be so over generous again, we would
still commend TO every household one or
more OF the foremost magazines Ct
America. Its perussl will edify aud en-
terrain you. and serve to aid in passing
by many an hour that would otherwise
be wasted, while the money necessary TO
secure this addition to home comtol Is
may be easily saved from the tobacco
bill. or laid 10y from an extra hen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

a light heart. He contemplates an early
voyage TO Europe. and will. it is said.
make Washington his winter residence
alter his return. With the retirement of
Mrs. Grant and the dispersion OF the
Cabinet ladies, the great deep OF social
life will be broken up, old leaders being
banished aud new ones taking their
places: for there is nothing more mex
orable in its DEGREES nor more heartless
10 their execution than the fashionable
society,"" and there are few things more
destructive OF domestic habits and OF
sincere friendship, and also fatal to true
repubicanism. maxwell.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

NEwsPAPoRIAL AND Personal. - The
last issue of the Coos Republican, printed
at Lancaster. n H., announces that Col.
F. L Saaw has retired from its manage.
ment. and resigned the editorial chair to
its former occupant. The field is so lin-
tied and SO fully occupied that Mr.. 5. did
not find the enterprise sufficiently re-
munerative TO continue it. We under.
stand that he has growing law practice
in the place ard may continue a resident
OF New Hampshire, tholgh many friends
would gladly welcome him back to
Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

Here is what the poetic editor OF Mr..
Hendricks home organ, the indianapolis
Sentinel said OF the Electoral Dill alter
il became law. Il will be remem bered
that the efTlsion was written when il vas
thought the new dodge would elect
Tilden:
The streams made merrier music as
ihey went ripping to the sea. The
winds ceased their signing, aud with H.
visible liugers made Leaf and spray give
forth more Joyous strains; the sky'looked
down more serenely. the stars shone
with more dazzling Jriliauc3, the rugged
features OF the mountains relaxed, The
little hills skipped for joy, and even Re
pub'icAns, by hundreds and thou ands,
ielt certain degree OF glalness because
the country had been emancipated from
the grasp OF couspirstors "
The editor spends his time now IN
cuising himself Tor fool, which con-
ISOLATION 10 other people it not to himself.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

Newport, W., has curious charac-
ter in woman 81 years old, who has
always had passion for fishing. Sum
mer or winter. q day when fish would
bite was always fair weather for her.
Last week she walked to pond three or
four miles from her home, drilled a hole
through the ice, and in an hours time
caught cusk that weighed eight pounds.
and five pickerel eigbing together eight
and halt pounds. On opening the
cusk-which Webster calls salt water
fish-six minnows, several fiat fish, and
a sucker, weighing nearly a pound
were found.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-27

A New LEcTUKE-R3v. |. G.. Sprague
has jlst issued lecture upon the Cen
tennlal, from the Oxford DemOcl at press.
Tais lecture has been delivered by Mr.
Spragne in several towns, and has been
received with much commentator, both
by these who visited Philadelphia and 10y
those who were so unfortunate as TO re
main at home. Owing to i'll health and
pastoral duties, Mr.. Sprague is unable to
deliver it at present, and at the urgent
solicitation of many friends has Published
it in pamphlet form. Persons desiring
copies may obtain them for fifteen cents,
by addressing R9v. Ira G. Sprague,
North Auburn, Maine. The work con-
tains - octave pages.