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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06

OXFORD - AT Court OF Probate held Al
Paris, Within and for the County Of Oxford, on
the third TucsdAy OF January, y. d lS1.t
IOHS WALkER, Guardian OF susie r. and
81 Alice NJ. " ood, minor children and heirs OF
Josiah Wood, late Of Lowell, II sail County, AAN.
Ing presented his account OF guardIanship OF said
ward Tor allowance:
ordered, That the said Guardian give notice
to all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY causing copy OF this
order 10 be Published three weeks successfully III
the oxford Democrat printed Al Paris, that they
NAV appear ~ "A Probate Court 10 b held al Paris
in sald County on the third Tucsday OF March neat
~ O'Clock u the forenoon and show cause II any
they have Why the same should not be allowed.
A. II. WALKER, Judge.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06

OXFORD, SIS AT q Court of Probate held at
Paris, within and for the County Of Oxford, on
the third Tuesday Of January A. ID. 1877,
nN the petition Of LUCY w. CHASE, widow
~ of Cyrus q. Chase, late of Buckheld, in said
county deceased, praying for an allowance ont of
the personal estate OF her late husband:
Ordered, That the said Petitioner give notice
to all persons interested by causing n copy ofthis
order 10 be pablished three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the oxford Democrat printed ut Paris, that they
may appear at Probate Court 10 be held at Paris
in said County, on the third Tuesday Of March next
at O'Clock in the forenoon and shew cause IL any
they have why the same should not be granted.
A. II. WALKER, Judge.
true copY-attest: IL. C. DAVIS, Reg steT.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06

THE subscriber hereby gives public nouce that
hcihas been duly appointed by the Hon. Judge OF
Probate for the Countyiof oxford and assumed the
trust OF Executor of the estate Of
ANNA ABBOTT, late OF EumfOrd,
IN said County deceased by giving bond GS the law
directs nc therefore requests all persons who are
indebted 10 the estate Of said deceased 10 make i'm
and those who have any demands
thereon To exhibit the same 10
Jan II. ~. SPENCER ABBOTT.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
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OXFORD, SIS. AT 4 Court OF Probate held at
Paris within and for the County of oxford on
the third Tuesday of January, A. ID. Isl.
I UCl w TOBIN, Administrative on the estate
IL of Samuel Tobin, late Of Canton, in said
County deceased, having presented her account
OF administration on the estate OF said deceased
for allowance:
Ordered, That the said Administrators give notice
10 all persons interested by causing a copy OF this
order 20 be published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the Oxford Democrat printed at Paris that they
may appear nj 4 Probate Court to be held ut Paris
in said County on the third Tuesday Of March ne II
at O'Clock in the forenoon and shew cause if any
they have why the same should not be allowed
4. II. WALKER, Judge.
true copy-attcst ii. &. DAVIS, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
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OXFORD, ss-At \ Court OF Probate, held al
Paris within and for the County OF oxford,
on the third Tuesday OF January A. ID. 1877.
I ERE III. WINSLOW, Executor on the estate OF
- Jacob II. Nichols, late of Paris, n said Coun.
~, deceased, having presented his acc cunt of ad-
mnistration OF the estate Of said deceased for
allowance:
Ordered, That the said Executor give notice TO
all persons interested by causing a copy of this
order 10 be published three weeks in the
Oxford Democrat printed ut Paris, that they may
appear at Probate Court TO be held at Paris, in
said County on the third Tuesday of March next
a. O'Clock in the forenoon and shew cause If any
they have why the same should not be allowed.
A. II. WALKER, Judge.
true copy-Attest: II e G. DAVIS, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
J. A. RODICK & CO.,
2 doors S. Post Office, Lewiston, Me.

N.B.-MR. +. w. CoBURS is still with US and
will be pleased to wait any of his friends that
will favor him with call.
October y 1870,
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Farmer Wanted.

A PPLYto W. SMALL, JR., Room No !, Odd
N Fellows Block, Li.bou street, Lewiston. Me
Dec II
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OXFORD, ss:-Al n Court Of probate held at
Paris, within and FOR the County of Oxford, on
the third Tuesday of January A. d., 1877.
SAMUBL ID. WADSWORTIi, named Executor
- in a certain instrument purpoTting TO be the
last VIII and Testament of Alfred Benton. late of
Denmark, in said County deceased, having pre-.
sented the same for Probate
Ordered, That the said Executor give notice 10
all persons interested by causing n copy OF this
order to be published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the Oxford Democrat printed at Paris, that they
may appear at Probate Court % be held at Paris
in said County on the third Tuesday of March next
at o'clock iIthe forenoon and shew cause IL any
they have why the same should not be proved, al-
proved and allowed a. the last VIII and Testament
of said deceased.
4. II. WALKER, Judge
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
4. j. CHASE, Grnernl Agent,
PORTLAND, ME.
WM. j. WHEELER, Agent,
C.h q IN, S1f.TU PARIS ME-

OXFORD, sS:-At a Court OF Probate held at
Paris within and for the County OF oxford
on the third TUESDAY Of January, A. ID. 1877.
nu the petition OF ELIZA " j. RIPLEY, wi
~ dow OF Nalcutinc Ripley. late OF Buckneld,
IN said County, deceased, praying Tor IN allow.
SnCe out OF the personal estate OF her late hus-
band
Ordered That the said Petitioner give notice
10 all persons interested by causing copy OF
tii- order be published three weeks successfully
10 the oxford Democrat printedat Paris, that they
may appear at a Probate Court to be held At Paris
u said County on the third Tuesday OF March next
ats o'clock IN the forenoon and shcw cause II any
they have Why the same should not be granted.
An WALhEk, Judge.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
OXFORD, IS AT q Court Of Probate held at
Paris within and for the County OF Oxford on

OXFORD, sS:-At Court OF Probate held al
Paris within and for the County Of Oxford on
the third Tuesday OF January A. ID. 1871,
ON the petition Of LOT lSA J. BURBANK,
" Administrative on the estate Of IA Is BUR
BANK, late of Bethel, in said County deceased,
praying for license 10 sell AMI convey all the real
estate which said deceased owned, at his decease,
in the County Of ONforl:
y Ordered, That he said petitioner give notice TO
all persons interested by causing abstract OF
said petition with this ordsr thereon TO be publish.
ed ) weeks SUCCESSFULLY In the oxford Democrat
printed at Paris that they may appear ut Probate
Court 10 be held Al Paris in said County on the
third Tuesday OF March next nj O'Clock A VI and
shew cause IL any they have why the same should
not be granted.
A. II. WALKER, Judge.
A true copy-attest II. G. DAVIS, Register.
OXFORD, IS. Alta Court OF Probate held ri
Paris, within and for the County OF Oxford
on the third Tuesday OF January ID. 1871.
ON the petition 0fClRENE +. DUNN, widow
" of Samuel s. Dunn, late Of Bethel, in said
County, deceased, praying for an allowance out
OF the personal estate OF her late husband
Ordered That the said petitioner give notice
TO all persons interested by causing copy Of this
order 10 be published weeks successfully in the
oxford Democrat printed at Paris, that they may
appear at q Probate Court 10 be held at Paris, In
said County on the third Tuesday OF March next
at O'Clock in the forenoon and sbew cause IL any
they have why the same should not be granted.
a. II. WALKER, Judge.
A true copy, attest III G. DAVIS, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06

The ntroduc;ions By Mr.. Whpplc greatly en-.
nance the value and interest Of this edition, Of
which the following volumes have already appear
ell The Pickwick Papers, , vols; Nicholas Nick
elby, vols; Oliver Twist | vol: Old Curiosity
shop, > vols, EaInaby Eudgc, and Hard Times
> vols: Christmas Books, vol.
'.tIhc ADORE books are fer sale ~ Eooksdicrs
generally. or -iN BE- sent Jy mail postpaid, on re-
CENT ~ pri,, m Publishers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06
A Brooklyn Tragedy.

Cupid is always more reckless and
desperate in Brooklyn than any where
else. The tidings now come that, in q
fit of jealousy, Mr.. j. Huntington, Of
that singular city, has shot, in his mis-
tress' arms, the small dog upon which
her young affections were lavished TO
the exclusion of all tender sentiments
towards j. H. She was a Miss Begg,
though her parents may have been, new
ertheless, too wealthy to mention. There
is reason to believe that the awful Hunt
ington had frequently lain in ambush,
waiting for the beloved poodle to pass !;
but, such was the magnificent sagacity
of the small creature, it never passed.
The tragedy occurred early in the morn
ing, just as Aurora herself vas begin
ming to smirk for the day. Miss Begg
was in the yard at the time, sporting in
the dew. She supposed that j. II. would
not shoot, because her darling was in
her arms. Never was maiden more de-
ceived. That the same bullet did not
end her own young life, is now the sub
ject of wondering comment in Brooklyn,
and though the father of j. H. has since
denounced her as g a perjured vixen, a
witch, and an outrageous fiirt, - because
she wouldn't get married, there are
those who think that perhaps the sweet
affections of a young woman for her
poodle may be thing too sacred to dis
turb in the interest OF any young man
now on charlottesville Cour,er-J0ur-
nal
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The Capital of Arizona.

Prescott, the capital city of Arizona,
our latest FL Dorado, is situated i'll a
small valley or basin, surrounded on all
sides by mountains, and has a pictur-
esque location. At the first glance it
strikes the tourist as being an extremely
homelike place, recalling many of the
features of a New England or Western
New York village The population is
now about 1000 and is increasing with
wonderful rapidity, as the fertile valleys
adjacent and the rich mining districts
round about are filling up. Most of the
houses are of brick and wood, two or
three stories in height, solidly construct
ed, and exhibiting good architectural
taste. There are few Mexicans and In
dians, and in consequence adobe struc-
lures are a novelty. The city is l55
miles east of the Colorado River, $50
miles northeast of Yuma, and about the
same distance northwest of Tucson, the
second city in the Territory. The cen
ter of the city is a large plaza, now
square, which is to be occupied by sub
stantial public buildings. All the
churches in Arizona are in Prescott, land
besides the Catholics, there are three
Protestant ministers there. The largest
of the seventeen public school houses in
the Territory, two-story brick, cost
ing $4,000, is in the cit limits. Yava-
pal County, of which Prescott is the
county seat, is not only the largest in
area but the best populated of the five
into which Arizona is divided. Within
its borders are some of the finest settle
ments as well as some of the most nota-
BILE evidences of prehistoric life.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06

on him than Mime put her head down
on the table and began to cry. Her hair
got loose and fell all about her, and, to
make the matter worse, heard a foot
step outside, and this time thought If
must be Sam Riley.
{" For goodness sake, Mime" | said,
"don't let Sam Riley see you in this
wayin
But the door opened, and there stood
the school-master again. He said he
had come back for his cane; but he
never even stopped to pick it up, but
stood staring at Mime as if she was a
ghost instead of the fresh, pretty,whole-
some creature that she was. She raised
her head, and though her face was half
hidden by her hair, her eyelashes were
wet, and the tears not dried yet on her
cheeks.
The school-master, not minding me
any more than if | was block of wood
or something, walked straight over to
Mime.
You know very well, )" he said, "that
l am only going away from here because
love you. Because it was not the class
that was distracted by your pretty ways
and devices; it was l. You know all
this very well, and can tell me whether
| had better 90 or not. Now tell me,
shall stay?"
You might have knocked me down
with feather when saw Mime put her
hand out timidly to the school-master,
and he turn pale and catch it in both
his own.
"Of course not, ~ / broke in, for was
near distracted by the way things were
going. "If you're an honorable man,
and got any sense left, and an eye in
your head, you'd see that my niece is as
good as engaged to Sam Riley"
Sam RiIey!" said Mime, as scorn-
full as if poor Sam was toad or SOME
thing, and holding on to the school
masters horny hands as if she was
drowning. Like enough they'll beat
her some day, and if SO she'll like him
all the better for it, for before I'd got
out of the room 1 heard her tell him
she'd teach any way that suited him
oest; and my only hope is that he's got
a little money laid by, for he said he
didn't intend she should teach at all.
But dear! dear! when l heard the crack
of Sam Riley's whip outside, and knew
the evening stage was in, and poor Sam
not knowing what was-in store for him,
l had to go up stairs and have cry all
to myself And all L can say is, if Mime
marries the school-master, it's a mighty
queer courtship. Harper's Weekly.
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Vaccination Parties in America.

A Partisan contemporary soberly pub
fishes an extract from lie Telegraphe, in
whish it is stated that it is at present the
custom at SoireeS in Yankeeland to offer
the guests varied aSsortments of vaccine
in lieu Of cakes and other refreshments.
1.-The domestics of other days are re-
placed by doctors, lancet in hand. Eight
missions are considered the correct
thing, and both human and animal vac
cine are used at the same time, some
taking five points of animal vaccine and
three of human, others four of each, and
so on according to the fancy of the vac
cinated. There are also S0ireeS at
which the vaccinated meet to compare
their arms and ascertain the success of
the operation. 1t is not an uncommon
thing for an American lady of the pres
ent day to express her preference for a
certain gentleman in these terms i:
What would you have? We have been
vaccinated together
We have no doubt that this will prove
news to most of our readers.-hedical
Record.
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The Solitary Mosquito.

The happiest moment in the life OF
mosquito, who is so constituted as to
enjoy all there is of this feeting exist
ence, is when he makes the sudden dis
covery, during the silent watches,
clocks, and other chronometers of the
night, that he, of all his race, is the
sole occupant of the mosquito bar, and
that there is no one to divide his ban
quet with Reflect, for moment, what
it is to be the only mosquito admitted
to the bar, with the privilege of practic-
inc in all the courts known to mosquito
jurisprudence. A mosquito with a man
all to itself No hurrying, no corrOding
fear that some other mosquito is getting
his work in ahead of him, no apprehen-
sion lest there shouldn't be enough to
90 around, no boiling down of his din
ner in the momentary expectation of the
arrival of horde of hungry and unem-
ployed mosquitoes, bearing a red ban
ner inscribed Bread or bloOd!" OF
course, no mosquito of epicurean tastes
likes to be disturbed in his dainty meal.
And when a man is eXasperated by a
general and simultaneous attack, he is
apt to toss and pitch about, superinduc-
inc fever of the blood, which any mos
quito with proper knowledge of hygi-
enc understands renders the blood i'm
pure, and consequently unnutritiOus, if
not positively hurtful. There are thOus-
ands of mosquitoes, we are confident,
limping about at this moment with
health gone and constitutions hopeless
wreck, all on account of ignorance or
carelessness regarding the simplest laws
of health.
Our solitary mosquito within the bar
is monarch of all he surveys, when he
has his surveying instruments with him,
and his right there are none to dispute,
unless we except the sleeping victim be-
fore him; but what is a drowsy man
against healthy, wide-awake mosquito
intent on business? How cOolly he eyes
his victim from his position on the head
board, selecting point on which to light.
His soul is filled with joy, and he gently
huns that familiar tune, 'We will meet
in the sweat by and by" He whets his
bill or draws up a new one, adding an
item here and there. Then he descends
in easy though eccentric circles and
drops gently down upon the end OF the
gentleman's nose. If an impatient hand
be raised mechanically to sweep him
away, he only huns gOOd-naturedly-
feeling entirely at hum there-and gent
lv retires for moment, seeming to say
"No hurry at all, old fellow; take YOU
own time. | can wait till the second
table if you like" He even lights on
the mosquito bar and jeers his gaunt and
voracious comrades, who are clinging
with the desperation of hunger to the
outside.
"Don't you wish you had him." he
SAYS, indicating who ''him'' means by
throwing his thumb over his shoulder IL
the direction of the sleeping victim
ssNice fat fellow, isn't he? and he's al
miie-minei"- Cincinnati Saturday
| Ni0bt
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

ONE-EGG CAKE.-1A cups sugar, !
cup sour milk, cup butter, l egg.
teaspoonful soda. Don't mix very stiff.
SoUR-MILK CANE cup of sour
milk, cup brown sugar, cup chop
ped raisins, cup butter or lard, egg,
even teaspoonful soda, flour to make a
stiff batter, and spice TO taste.
PICKLED APPLEs.-3 pounds sugar,
z pounds apples quartered and cored,
l pint vinegar; steam the apples till a
fork will go through them readily; then
make a strip of the sugar and vinegar
and pour over them while hot, and stick
Glove or two into each quarter.
PARADISE PUDDING.-3 eggs, pound
bread-crumbs, 5 apples, a cup of cur
rants, juice of half lemon, nutmeg and
salt to taste. Mince the apples, beat the
eggs, and stir all together. Rub the
currants in flour and stir in the last
thing Boil one hour and half. Eat
with hot sweet sauce.
| SPICED APPLEs.-S pounds apples,
pared and quartered, 4 pounds sugar,
l quart vinegar, i ounce stick cinnamon,
ounce cloves. Boil the sugar, vine
gar, and spice together; put in the
apples while boiling, and let them re-
main till tender (about 20 minutes) !.
Boil down the sirup until thick and pour
it over the fruit.
WHIPPED CREAM.-Take ] a pint of
cream or quart of milk boiled down to
a pint. Add 1 pound of powdered loaf
sugar and J teaspoonful of powdered
gum-arabic dissolved in orange-fower
water. Beat the liquid till converted
into froth, and send to table immediate
ly. Flavor the cream with vanilla or
any thing preferred previous TO beat
ing.
FRENCH ROLLs.-Into l pound of
! flour rub 2 ounces of butter and the
whites of eggs, well beaten; add ia
blespOonful of good yeast, a little salt,
and milk enough to make a stiff dough ;
cover and set in warm place till light
which will be in an hour or more, ac-
cording to the strength of the yeast.
Cut into rolls, dip the edges into melted
butter to keep them from sticking to-.
gether, and bake in quick oven.
JELLIEs.-In making jellies of apples,
plums, peaches or apricots, peel, re-
move the stones or cores, cut in pieces,
cover with water, and boil gently till
well cooked; then strain the juice gent
ly through jelly-bag and add pint
of sugar to pint of juice; boil until it
ropes from the spoon, or from Is to 20
minutes. In making raspberry-jelly,
use one-third currants and two-thirds
raspberries.
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POOR WORKING PEOPLE.

young and old, who have the winter be-
fore them, and no work in prospec to
keep the fire burning. A considerable
number of colored folks were among
the groups, and they appeared to accept
the situation with more cheerfulness
than any of the others. They were
anxious to find out just what kind of u
dividend was to be doled out to them,
and when quietly assured by some
gloomy brother that they need hope for
nothing, they would walk of with the
remark that they would take care and
not get bitten again.
These are only few instances out of
many which could be furnished to show
that the failure fell heaviest on the poor
est and least suspecting class. They
came and fingered about the place hour
after hour, reciting their woes, and
waiting for something in the shape of
official information to come from the in
side, where Col. Thayer and his assist
ants were busy at work on the books.
About half-past 10 O'Clock Col. Thayer
came out. As soon as it became noised
abroad to the crowd that he was the
Assignee, he was
BEsIEGED BY ANXIOUS INQUIRERs.
To all of them, as they came up, he ex-
planned, with patience truly COM
mendable-s seeing that he had to repeat
the explanation dozens of times--that it
was impossible to say just how much the
depositors would realize; that he was
endeavoring to get at the true situation
of affairs, and would let them know
something definite as soon as he knew
it himself; that, according to the bank
books, there were over S3,000,000 of
assets, and that the liabilities were
somewhat less; and, although this
statement was not exactly correct, yet
he hoped to know the whole truth in a
day or two, when he would call a cred
itor's meeting and give them all the in
formation in his power. That there
had been a failure was certain, but it
might not prove to be as bad one as
was at first announced, and they would
certainly get something, perhaps a large
per cent. of their deposits
And so the crowd came and went dur
ing the day-every body with any thing
like decent amount of indignation I'M
corking the walls of wrath upon the de-
voted but absent heads of the bank Off
oarS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Diary.

Among the discoveries made by Col.
Rawlinson, in the excavations of Baby
lon, was Nebuchadnezzar's hunting
diary, with notes, and here and there a
portrait of his dogs, sketched by himself,
with his name under it. He mentions
in it his having been i'll; and while he
was delirious he thought he had been
out to Craze ike the beasts of the field.
Is not this a wonderful confederation
of Scripture? Rawlinson also found a
pot of preserves, in an excellent state,
and gave some to Queen Victoria to
taste. How little Nebuchadnezzar's
cook dreamed when making them that
twenty-five centuries after the Queen OF
England would eat some of the identical
preserves that figured at his masters
National Repository.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06

Clifford's Febrifuge.-In the cure Of
Fever and Ague this remedy displays eX-
traOrdinary powers. Properly used, no case
can resist it,and other diseases of an intermit-
tent character, including that most Distress
ing disease, periodical Neuralgia, have been
found to yield, with equal certainty, to its
influence. 1t eradicates all malaria from the
system, gives tone and vigOr to the whole
body, and prevents disease from becoming
seated. Try CLIFFORD's FEBRIFUGE; it is
sure, safe and speedy in its action. You will
never regret buying the first bottle, and you
will have discovered friend you can not af-
ford to lose. j. c. RICHARDSON, PrOp'r,
For sale bV all Druggists. st. Louis.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-09-06

THE band of music in Grand Haven,
Mich, consists of Mr.. Lukens and the
six Misses Lukens. They play on an
the public occasions requiring music,
such as professions and balls, and also
are the orchestra for theatrical enter
tainments. The girls are blondes, all
of strikingly good figures, and two are
very pretty. They wear black, short
dresses, and hats with sweeping plumes,
They make excellent music.