Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-04-16
Editorial and Selected Items.


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Boss Tweed died in Ludlow Street
Jail. Friday.
Frogs are reported TO have begun
croaking-oPposition in the greenback
line?
There viii be May Day ball at Mt.
Abram House, Locke's Mills, May lst.
Dancing and Oysters, 81.
The Reform Clubs OF Maine, held
mass convention at Brunswick, tssi-day.
Many interesting speeches were de-
livered.
A large ire in Lancaster, y. H., last
week, burned out the Coos Republicans,
smoug various otaer large business es-
Establishments.
There is a lady IN this city who has
been a resident of the plsce Tor over IS
years. bu, has never been inside OF the
post Office during that me.-SsniiNel
Probably she keeps her msii matter a,
home.
One hundred and hfy thousand coz
les OF Frye'S speech on Folks Soldiers
Roll have been printed for campaign
purposes l, will not % framed and
ban up 10 The houses Ot many demo
Gratis.
OF the suicide ofMadame K stell the
no,ed abOriioDist, the New York Times
SAYS IL "is s. declaration by an expert
toa. career even O, prosperous crime i
necessarily a failure, and that no amount
C, upbo stery can compensate tor public
detes,stion.
The Dexter CARTE publishes por
trai, Of Mr.. Barron, the murdered cashier.
Il is proposed 10 erect 8 memorial church
in bis honor. He was deacon Of Cor
eregsuousl church in Dexter, but the
society has had no suitable place for wor-
ship
VIZ are permitted 10 pub lish an e1lrsc,
ir.m letter OF John c. Whittier, written
% Ms + Il. Marble cf ,Lis village. Ia
connection wiki the letter (Which may bee
found on the 6rst psge of this psper) are
some OF Mrs. Marbles exce.leo; thoughts,
putin her usually AZ trsctiye style.
Congressman Woods new tariff bill
imposes tax Of thir,y-hve per cent. on
matches oi "a. kinds Young persons
scout 90 enter the matrimonial state
should gemsUstIaje a. once. The tax Is
ouerous. What is ueoted Is ,4X OF
a1ou, u,uety-ive Per cent. on long en-
gsEemeDls.-Nor. Herald.
The great ground swell o., democrat
ic victory Wss not Eel, uuch 10 Rhode
Island last week. Tre Republicans
made q gain q over 5000 from last year
In h vote u about 20 OO} No, We, are
The people ready 10 pass the government
over into the hands that Ggleo ,o destroy
II. and are now reaching on after the
last dollar in The treasury.
The DEMOCRATIC House bss agsin
distinguished Itself. !, rejects q manned
Union soldier 10 favor Oi man who
fought 10 the Confederate srmy, wsS So
''uure cOuCiled" That b. lived abroad for
yCsrs iu voluntary exile, and whose pO-
h.cal disabilities have bur recently been
removed. You can trust the Democratic
House 20 give the preference 10 rebel
every time.
Senator Voorhees,, who is now the
most rsnid OF paper eIpansionis;s. l. t.
minded by be Indianapolis Journal that
he CanvasSeG Indiana 10 lS64-5 with
gold eagle 10 one pocket sod a teu-dOllar
greenbscS 10 the other; tha, he was
wont 20 eNhioi, ard praise tne former,
and abuse and deuOuuce tGe lstieT IS "a
tather.ess fugitive and lawless bastard,
utterly worthless.
The 4rg,ls was ieaJfl,,y sold lss,
week. by the report OF murder 3. Leeds,
in This State. It's article wa, Sd lengthy
and blood Curdling, that poor woman
was arrested tor kiling Der husband.
Before time tor trial, however, he bus
band writes to ssy, with great states
man: IL ain, dead yet
A correspondent. writes that some
persons have construed our notice OF Mr.
Ssiz's p5mpble, 10 mean that Mr. 5. an
svers his questions oy reuarsiog, THAT
is one of those things which no Teller caD
ind ou.." 1, any one holds that view,
be should reconstruct mis- opinion
Mr. Ssuz simply assumes the role OF
Yankee. and s'5s good many hard
questions. leaving his readers 10 solve
them AS they are able.
some people, nowadays, attribute
t0a rard times under which this country
has been suffering % .acS 90 abundance
in iue Circulating medium How co ihey
account g.. tue sI.uatlJ" Ia BucuOs AyTes.
q .s-.- country which produces vas
gusLIi-Ies "ottie. horses, sheep, hides,
wool and nA,l other things for eX-
pOs,siiOn, and which hiss suffered aud
D, suffering tar harder things than this
country? Buenos Ayres IS blessed
from The Greenbsck stsndpoiut-wilh
government notes m such abundance
that "a dollar note j. wor,1 only tour cents
in the money OF the world; and SCI they
are not happy.
The Maine Genealogist and Biog-
rapher for March, which has been delayed
somewhat. Is issued this week. IL mas
the following table Of contents: GENE
aIogy Of the Ciavy Famiy. crnclu ted
+ ush Fishers Journal; Alfred, 5ie E9i-
tayh.; Settlement OF Wilton, Mc. lu-
corporation of Newhe.d. Ne. Tax
PAYERS m Eliot 10 17j2: Gen. Joshua
Nirgate; Notes snd Queries; Family