Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-26

ones.
"A Norwich man, who lectured in an
adjoining town last week, came home and
reported that he had regular ovation.
it seems they threw eggs at him.
Extract from letter from Atchison,
Kan; The ground is tremendously dry
here the big rain of last week did not
reach the ground the grasshoppers stood
on their hind legs and drank the water as
fast as it fell. So | am informed"
-"Why does the Russian squadron
linger in our harbor? The Soung lady
who keeps one Of the Grand Dukes cards
prominently displayed in her parlor blush
es slightly when asked the question, and
gently replies: Don't ask me- New
York Times.
An excellent man uptown, who re-
buked a youthful friend for dcvoting too
much Of his life to horses, was so over
come when the other replied that life was
but a span that he was obliged to 60
home and lie down and take little rhu-
barb out Of decanter.
An exacting temper is one against
which to guard both ones heart and the
nature of those who are under our con-
troll and influence. To give and allow,
TO suffer and to bear, are graces more TO
the purpose of a noble life than cold,
exacting selfshness, which must have, let
who will 90 without, which will not yield,
let who will break. 1t is a disastrous
quality wherewith to 20 through the
world for it receives as much pain as it
inhicts, and creates the discomfort it dc
precates.
Il think it must somewhere be writ
ten that the virtues Of mothers shall,
occasionally, be visited upon their child
rem as well as the sins of fathers. Dick
ems.
-Sociability in churches is very i'm
portant element in Christianity. Many
a man has been saved by some ones simp-
ly taking him by the hand and expressing
concern for his welfare. The religion
that keeps men apart is sham; that
which brings them together Is genuine.
A western woman having been spok-
en- of as "having one foot in the grave,
a wicked journalists remarks that there
must be big hole out there somewhere.
One of the sable orators of old Nir-
ginia made a good point when he said /;
"De oyster got mo- sense dan some folks,
cause he know when to keep his mout
shet"
Now that the circus season has op-
ened, the living statue troupes are dis
banding, as most Of the members intend
to resume their regular occupation as liy-
ing skeletons for the side-shows.
1.-Two attempts have been made to
burn 4 colored schoolhouSe in Holidays
burg" says Pennsylvania paper. See
ing that it isn't human it might be paint
cd white if 4 color is so offensive.
"A saloon keeper named his resort
Nowhere" so that when his married GUS
toners went home late, and their wives
wanted to know where they had been,
they could safely tell the truth.
"A lady residing in Maryland is said
to have received letter last week which
was mailed in 1910. The agony of that
woman to find out where it has been all
this time passes comprehension.
Not one Of the war maps shows any
trees for the officers to crawl behind, and
that makes the anticipated battle grounds
look strange and unnatural. Ask any
soldier if this isn't so.
When 4 tramp walked into q cloth
ing store and asked for new suit OF
clothes on credit, and it was denied, he
warned the proprietor that it
was such conduct that was "paralyzing
trade"
The Norwich Bulletin man re-
marks "A North Carolina paper speaks
of baby which was born black and sub
turned to white. In this lati-
tude baby is usually borne white and
turns to lively yeller."
=" You ought to acquire the faculty
of being at home in the best society"
said a fashionable aunt to an honest
nephew. "I manage that easily enough"
rejoined the nephew, "by staying at home
with my wife and children"
Let US have short cessation of
TRADES against laws and law
makers and law-breakers, and a little
vigorous action in enforcing the laws
which We already have against the law
breakers. This will give the temperance
men abundant outlet for all their energy,
and abundant use for all their funds
And it is kind Of work in which they
may count confidently on the sympathy,
if not the cooperation, of men who will
never vote prohibition ticket, or even
sign total abstinence pledge.-Christ-
ian Union.
-"She'll be Madonna one Of these
lays" said another of the Malaprop fam