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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26

"A Boston correspondent of the
Somerset Reporter advises farmers not to
ship all their poultry to Boston at Thanks
giving time, as the market will be flooded
and prices will be low. He says they
will do better to ship in small quantities
during the season and at Christmas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26

PoULTRY-0xford Coutty Poultry
Association will hold its fourth annual
exhibition at Pattees Hall, Bethel, on
Wednesday, Thursday aud Friday, Dec.
18th, 10Th and Goth. The usual list of
rules governing Poultry Exhibitions will
be enforced-copies Of same can be had
of the Secretary. Entry Blanks will be
furnished by A f. Morse, Secretary,
South Paris, Maine. Entry and coop
fees must be sent with entry bank, in
every case. Premiums will be paid upon
all classes of fowl, Chicks, Geese Turkeys,
aud Ducks recognized by the "Arc' lean
Standard of Excellence" as follows;
Fowls, $500, LIST; Sl00 End; highly
commended Sd. Chicks, Turkey' Ducks
and Geese the same, provided always that
first premium birds score 10 points to
the pair; second, 100; third, 80 the
Society reserving the privilege of paying
premiums pro rata, IN case expenses ex-
coed receipts. Entry fee, 80 c'u's per
pair; Pigeons, % cents. Coops wall DO
rented for 80 cents to oil who arnly and
remit with entry. A Premium of 3 90
to first and highly commented second,
will be paid upon the different y.i.oties
OF the following classes OF pure bred
pigeons OF sufficient m-ri' Pcuters,
Carriers, Fantai!s, Tumblcrs, JIG, bins,
Turb.ts, Magpies, Owls, Barbs, Swallows
KGnis Archangcs and Trumpete,s In
addition a large list OF Spccl r.cmIdms
is given Tor every variety aud grade Of
bird No doubt, this ail be one Of the
finest exhibitions OF the Society YET owen.
a. nc;aIug OF the kind has he.o.c been
gwen IN Bethel, tnero wi, doubtless, be II
large attendance from th4; aud a. lining
towns
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26

NORTH PARIS On Wedn esday last The
house Of James B. Andrews had nar-
row escape from destruction by tire. A
little son OF Mr.. A. in some way started
= lire in room used for bolt omiug chairs
and tho combustible nature OF toe mate
rial made rapid Roadway before discov-
cred. burning up one chair and quite II
hole in the floor 1t is not safe for litte
ones to play with fire.
.. p ElIingwood & Co. are erecting =
small building on the end Of the girls
mill for additional machinery in their
h ,ir business. Th"y hsve yho rsI ted
he hall over j. Is. Rch nd,,i.'s black
smith shop iJt rJOm Tor palA-lls l7its.
ID.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26

The December number of Harper's
Monthly contains beautiful poem entitl-
ed "Urania," from the pen Of the gifted
poetess Mrs. Frances l.. Mace, OF Bangor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26

HIRAM The fail term OF ihe Hraui
High School came TO successful termln-
alton on Friday, the o,h OF Nov. II was
taught by popular teacher, Mr.. Geo. ID.
White oi Auburn. the scholars hav,
shown uutlagging interestlrom beginning
10 end. The progress OF the school has
been excellent. The examination showed
that it had been the aim OF both scholar
and teacher To learn with thoroughnes,
whatever they undertook. Mr.. White
has endesvorcd To inslil into the minds
OF his scholars the Importance OF becOm-
ng good penmen. aud helped them To
become SO. IL seems to Us that thi-
branch OF education is often sadly neg
lected The truth OF this assertion CAL
be attesled by the number OF poor pen
men whose name is legion We learn
ounceruing ,ho above school that among
the names OF those who pursued studies
OF the higher classical education, Frank
Davis. Annette Kimball. and Alice Allen
stood highest in rank. There wero many
whose rank Tor the term was almost per-
feet. The average attendance was excel
lent. For exceIlency in drawing Nelii,
Burbank and Lulu Bradford took highes'
prizes. --NeUS.
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TOWN ITEMS.

FRYEBURG. The tall term OF the Acad-
envy closed the 18th, with public exam
ination-and an entertainment by the
scholars in The evening. The examina-
ton show that the scholars had had the
right kind of instruction and had improved
by it. Mr.. Adams, the principal, AS well
as the assistant, Miss Emerson. are tho
right ones in the right place, employ ing
all their time and attention for the benefit
of the school. Parents intending to send
their children from home 10 school can
find no better teachers TO take charge and
care of them. The winter term begins
the 9th for ten weeks.
The course under the NJ. l.. society
opened the 12th. by lecture by Rev. Mr..
Bradlee with small attendance. The
18th a concert il to be given by Eye Ode
folks" in place OF the High 81. choir OF
Portland which disappointed the society
A street light has been put up IN front
of the chapel by the Congregations So
ciety. There'are now but two-this one
aud the one erected by Mrs. +. q. Fife
IL Co. some weeks ago.
Two families have recently moved into
the village-Mr. &. Morgan into the Sew
all house and Mr. j. Foster into the WarC
house. We welcome all new corners.
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for four or i've days, being marked mis-.
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terry in this office.
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Ring out, wild bells, % the Wild sky,
The living cloud the frosty hgas,
The year is diving m the night,
Ring out, Wild bells, and let him die.
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

A city of 10000 people, without any mu-
nicipal government, is an anomaly in the
history of this or any other civilized coun-
try; but such Is the status of the city of
Washington to-day. This condition of af-
fairs would seem to demand from Congress
early attention and prompt action. The
House has bill under consideration which
provides for municipal form of govern
ment for the future. 1t is not precisely
what the citizens of the District would de-
sire, but it is undoubtedly the best that
they can get for the present, and hence it
is desirable that it should be passed with
out any unnecessary delay. This bill, as
we understand it, provides definitely for n
division of the expense Of the municipal
government in future between the tax
payers and the Federal Government. 1t
provides for three Commissioners to be elected
rs follows: One by the Senate one by the
House, and the third by the nomination of
the President and confirmation by the Sem
ate. 1t provides further, for municipal
council, to be elected by the people who are
entitled to suffrage. This recognizes to
some extent the right of suffrage, and brings
the Government in part, if not entirely,
within the principles of representative
form.
To the present bill there is no serious OBJ
lection on the part of the citizens OF the
District, though in some particulars q
change might be desirable. Still, it is as
acceptable as anything likely to be pre-
sented, and it is to be hoped that the House
will put the measure on its final vote be-
fore the close of to-day's session. When
the House shall have performed its duty
then it is to be hoped the Senate will take
the matter in hand and push the bill to q
final vote at the earliest practicable moment.
Let this vexed question be settled. Let the
people of the District feel that some definite
policy of government has been decided and
then they will indicate their gratitude and
zeal by complying with its requirements in
q perfect spirit of accord. The comfort,
welfare, and prosperity of all concerned
will be enhanced by an early settlement of
| this question.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
OUR BONDS IN FoREIGN HANDS.

In addition to the views we lately ex-
pressed, there is a point which it seems
necessary to consider in any discussion
about the nature and province of money
We have seen that money is u representa-
tive Of labor; that is, common measure
of all mems labOr-therefOre not in itself
wealth, but only its representative, for
wealth is only the product of labor. Now
what are Government bonds? Are they
money? Are they wealth? When they
are sent to other countries in return for the
manufactures, &c, which are imported, does
it mean that the importations are thereby
to be considered rs paid for? Not at all
The purchaser of the foreign goods has SIM
ply succeeded in getting the country in
debt to an inhabitant of foreign country,
and this country is allowed to pay interest
on that debt to that foreign country that
is, so much of the product of the yearly
labor of the workers Of the United States
a. is needed to pay the annual interest of
the bonds held by residents Of foreign coun-
tries is diverted from this country to Tor
eign country.
In fact, every Government bond held
abroad, irrespective of why the bond went
abroad, is thus an annual drain upon the
industrial resources of this country, and
| therefore n constant element of weakness.
| If every bond was held in this country the
interest for which the people were taxed
would be paid to the people and expended
among them, and 80 the whole country
would in one sense be neither richer nor
poorer but the case is far different when the
bonds arc held abroad The bond then be-
comes an ingenious method by which the
evils of the curse of absenteeism, once 50
fatal to the prosperity Of Ireland, have been
introduced into this country, the curse OF
absenteeism lying in ths fact that the pro-
cceds of the labor of the inhabitants were
spent in another country. This fact may
explain the reason why some persons are
not greatly distressed to learn that the
bonds are coming back. Since, W. we have
to pay the annual interest, wherever the
bond is held, it is at least an advantage to
have tho amount Of that interest used here
instead of elsewhere. The Government bond
represents, then, not present wealth, but is
only mortgage upon future wealth, that
| is, future labor; IL is an evidence Of indebt-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
a HARD AND UNJUST CASE.



To The Editor Of tie National Republican:
SIR: 1t Is hardly within the province Of q
newspaper or its correspondents to comment
upon the actions Of q court when q case Is In
progress involving the life, liberty, good name,
or property Of any individual but when a
case has been decided, the restriction which
propricty has previously imposed is removed,
and | therefore desire to ask your attention
and that Of the public to the following case:
An aged lady, living near Nicksburg, Miss
had $1,000 worth Of her property taken for
army supplies during the war, for the value Of
which she commenced suit before the Southern
Claims Commission. The value Of the property,
the fact Of its taking. and tho loyalty Of the
owner were all conclusively proven. The de-
tectives or agents were sent as usual in such
cases, and nothing could be found to prevent
the payment of the claim. Before the judg-
ment was rendered the old lady died and left
will devising the proceeds Of the expected
judgment to four parties One OF the devisees
was child born after the rebellion, which was
to receive 81, 400, the remainder being divided
between three ladies.
The Commission then rendered judgment
giving the child what was devised to 1t and
| refusing to allow the other, because the loyalty
OF the devisees was not proven. / very much
| fear that this court has made mistake. IL
am correctly informed, the child to whom this
money was given is about thirteen years old f,
war. Yet there was no inquiry made as to its
mothers loyalty during the period when she
was cnciente. This seems TO me to be an act Of
carelessncss that should not be repeated.
Yours, II.
The facts rs presented in this communi-
cation, and we do not question them, are
well calculated to awaken serious doubts
as to The justice that marks the case. That
a part of the devisees should have been re-
cognized, without including all, is past our
comprehension. The legator was loyal, and
there is no proof that her heirs were not all
equally so, and it would seem that the de-
cision Of the question as the case now stands
involves a hardship, if not rank injustice
1t looks as if revision of their own action
on the part of the Claims Commission
would add to their fame as o just and
equitable tribunal.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA.

A very strong argument in favor Of es-
tablishing steamship navigation direct with
South America on the part of the United
States is found in the fact that manufac-
turing firm Of the city Of Buffalo, New
York, which has large trade with South
America, is compelled to ship most Of its
goods to England, whence they are sent by
steamer to Brazil. The only alternative to
this course is to ship them by sailing YES
sells from New York and run the chance of
the ship being blown out of its course and
pitched about two or three months before
reaching its destination.
The Cleveland Leader, in referring to this
circumstance, remarks that this is hardly
creditable for large country like the
United States which is reaching out in all
directions Tor market for its surplus pro-
ducts. In our national prejudice against
outsiders we have gone too far and given
the cold shoulder to good many enter
prises which might have been judiciously
assisted. New York and New Orleans
should have regular lines of steamers to Rio
Janeiro and Buenos Ayres. If it requires q
moderate subsidy to enable these lines to
begin business, the subsidy should be
granted. The Chinese policy is poor and
short-sighted one for country like the
United Statesn
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01

never saw him TO my knowledge, and am not
informed rs to the charges preferred against
him. Ny sole Point is that these constitutional
safeguards Of the citizen are so far superior TO
what may seem The cxpc,liency of any special
occasion that they should never be ignored.
Do the questions recur Of what avail can the
hdbeas corpus be to really guilty man, or to
one who Is legally charged with crime2 Tho
answer Is, those are questions that the law will
not permit even Judge TO decide In advance
Of a hearing under a writ. CHAS. CASE.
p. S-Since the foregoing was written the
explanatory card Of the officials has been
given TO the public. From this IL appears
that Mr.. Noyes gave up his watch, went with
them, &c, without objection.
This Is strikingly suggestive of the oxpe-
rienco Of one Mark Twain, l believe It was,
when by accident he shot the settlers mule
lie very gravely tells US that "the owndt camo
out with dcublc;barrcllcd shotgun and per.
suaded us to buy the animal" @.
MARCH 20, 1873
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
THE NOfES CASE.
Pertinent Remarks About the Alleged Kid
mapping.

Pertinent Remarks About the Alleged Kid
mapping.
Editor National Republican:
Sir: Law abiding citizens cannot fail to ap-
prove most heartily the course and comments
of The REPUBLICAN, upon the recent extra
ordinary taking away" of Mr. Benjamin
NOyes.
The aTticle upon the same subject from the
New York S,0, which appeared in your col
umns of the Goth instant, was also eminently
just aud to the point. Well does the editor
say 'the question Of the guilt or innocence of
Mr.. Noyes of the charge preferred against him
is neither here nor there Though u citizen
may in fact be guilty OF the highest crime
known 10 the law, until legally convicted, he
can, equally with the innocent, demand pro-
lection from any Unreasonable search or
seizure" Where do these ministerial officials
find their authority Tor seizing and scare mig
u citizen found peacefully sleeping in his bed
at tho midnight hour, they having no warrant
licensing any such meddling with his person
II, as to one they may so act, without proper
judicial order, why may not any and every
citizen of the District BIO similarly visited and
treated, at the instance OF any one who may
suspect some breach Of the criminal code
Mark, IL il not the case Of peace officer ar.
resting without warrant an offender, who has
committed a crime in his presence but one,
legally speaking, of arrest and search without
such warrant, upon nothing better than sus.
piclon. If this may be, who is sais2
Again BY the fundamental law of al.
most every State, probably eyeryone-the
writ of haJeds corpus Is secured to the humblest
yes, and until convicted the guiltiest citizen.
BY the Federal Constitution this privilege can.
not be suspended unless when in cases of re-
bellion or invasion the public safety may re.
quire it." Yet here it would seem these subordi-
nate ministerial officers assume to do what the
highest State official, nor the President, nor
Congress- nor any judge, nor all combined
dare attempt, and hatiy tell Mr.. Noyes that he
cannot have this priceless writ.
When Senators say that such acts are not
worthy Of notice what san 1t meanS 1t seems
to me citizens of this District will hardly as.
sent to such proposition.
Lot Inc add that do not know Mr.. Noyes,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01


class Of savings institutions who have Sc
cured the condolences of those least able to
suffer, and their pittanees have been
gathered in only to be swallowed up by
their custodians through dishonesty or
mismanagement.
1t Is now proposed to pass stay laws-os-
tensibly in the interest of the depostors,
but which discriminates largely against
them. The banks have their deposits
there Is no question about that The depos-
itors want their money. Their necessities
demand IL. The banks have not got II when
demanded. II has been invested or spent
unadvisedly or is held, covertly, and the
pretence is set up that not having il they
cannot honor the checks of the depoeitors.
Then stay law is passed which enables
these institutions to hold the peoples
money, which they need to answer pressing
wants, while their managers are living right
on in luxury. The State of Massachusetts,
has passed n stay law in the interest of the
savings banks of that State which permits
bank torefuse payment of one-half deposit
for two years. The sixty or ninety day rule
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
CoNCILIATED BUT NOT SATISFIED.

Conciliated, but rap acious South! Paci-
fed but not satisfied. A solid South" is
now clamoring in unison for Federal lucre.
Insatiate monsters Carefully prepared
figures show that the people of the late
Confederate States have presented to the
present Congress, within six months, claims
to the modest extent Of $500, 100000. This
is a fair yield, but it is only the skirmish
line of the impending battle for plumber.
These people expect to realize these claims
sooner or later, and they will do so, should
the people clothe Congress with Democratic
power to accomplish the work. tall hinges
on that point. The claims are presented
and belong to Democrats. They are to be
satisfied as soon as that party shall have
sway in both houses of Congress. They had
not the power to conquer the Government
but they will have power to rob it, unless
the people interpose to prevent. 1t all rests
with the future and with them as the bull
warks Of safety, whether or not this STU
pendous swindle is contaminated.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01

REFERRING to the letter recently printed
in these columns from Mr. FOSTER, of Ohio,
to friend in that State, in which certain
pain-spoken structures upon President
HAYES and his policy appeared. the San
dusky Register remarks that, curious as this
letter is, il is far more curious that any
friend of Mr. FOSTER should give it TO the
public. Mr.. FOSTER could hardly have
written such letter for publication, aud it
may be possible that he is not its author"
Well, why don't Mr.. FOSTER deny it, then
Or, did he really write 10 his friend, Captain
VANCE, that the President is not on pleas
ant terms with his fellow-partisans in Con-
gress; that he is under control in the mat
ter of appointments; that while he listens
he delights in going contrary to the advice
of those TO whom he listens and that while
he is pure and all that he is not calculated
to make friends where friends ought
to be made? These are not the words, but
they are the ideas conveyed by the letter
in question. Mr.. FOSTER has the floor, and
the Register must look to him for an answer
to its question, If such It may be called
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-04-01
THE sIx-PENNY SAVINGS BANKS.

These institutions, which were designed
to benefit those of limited means and small
savings, do not pan out" very well any
where, and in the city of New York they
are turning out very badly. Six-penny
savings banks as now conducted fill the
public mind with more excavations than
pockets with dividends In the city of New
York one bank of this character has closed
its doors, in which there are at least thirty
three thousand depostors, and 1t holds in the
aggregate nearly two millions of dollars OF
their hard earnings. 1t proposes to pay
from seyenty-iive to ninety per cent. of this
sum sometime-whcn, nobody can now tell
and it is not probable that the child is
born who will live to see fifty per cent. OF
this sum restored to the depositOrs.
In this way at least a million Of dollars
will be scooped from the savings of the
poor-and where will it 20 to? Not where
it honestly belongs. 1t has probably been
squandered either in prodigality by the
managers, or through bad management and
worse speculations for individual aggran-
dizement. And this Is but one instance
and us misfortunes never come singly, but
in troops, it is not unreasonable to antici-
pate Others until the rottenness of the
whole system of small bank savings is ex-
posed to view in general ruin. This re-
mark does not apply to all savings institu-
tions-for there are those whose business is
conducted under the highest rules Of hon
esty and propriety-but it does relate to a