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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03
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MiSSEAroLIs, MiSS., April :, ls7s.
WM +. CLARK, Eco, Providence, x. J.
Dear Sir-By accident saw your medicine call
Cd HuuIs Remedy. UsCl In u case OF AnasArca
wish perfect success / did not trea. ire patient,
but understood that ionr attending ply iciAn- hal
given up the case "a hopeless. Your preparation
Wa- then used with perfect succo -, aud the patient
Is we'll avn not IN the habii OF usiug patent med o
cines my practice, out - this case Is very re.
mHrkablc one shall give uunta Iamcdy triai
IN Ana satea and Kidney cases for which u Is only
advertised. Please give me your terms 10 physi-
cans and druggists.
Respectfully yours,
e. II. BLECKEN, VI. d.
The following letters are from Rev. Anthony At
wood, a retired minister OF Ihe Methodist Episco-
pal Church IN Ph.ladelphia.
PIuLApTr PIIA, Dec. II, ls71.
MIR WM. +. CLARKE.
Desl Sir-iIunt. Remedy IA. cured my wife OF
Dropsy IN is worst form. In two day the change
Was remarkable; IN one week Nature resumed All
her functions She was not young and the case
could not have been much worse. All other means
have been tried None snc0ccdcd but that
ANTHONY ATWOOD,
80 North Seventeenth street. Philadelphia.
again ,he desire II published TO tho whole world
PHl.ApELrHiA. April u, ISIS
Mr. CLARKE: Allow me 20 say tnat my wife -
well-soes out ~ formerly. All say that y u q
miracle. Al AopC had len as fOr nonths Water
had dropped from her right limb ior months FOR
ty.eght hours had taken all the eNtrlyasateo waite
from the system, after taking your HUM h'me'
DIV. have recommended II 20 many. Much more
a. sold hy johnson Holloway X co. by my send.
Ing people there. Publish / still wider. Lot az
know ts power. / am speaking OF ITO almost All
meet. want al 70 know it. This - my PlFp
IN writing now, 70 induce you ~ puOAsh Hunts
Remedy more widely for the sake OF hum4nity.
"0'' Nu'' ~" '"A. 4iISSTIioSY ATWOOD.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03

OXFORD, - AT Court of Probate held AZ
Paris within and Tor TIE County OF ONi"tu
ON the tbird Tue d. q August, a d. ls7S
ITOSFS s. SAMPSON Trustee under the WIS
vi OF Moses and Mary Sanps on late OF Hartford
In aid county doceA-ed. hsying presented MS
account OF administration OF the estate OF sAid
deceased tot allowance
ordered, That he 'ald Trustee give notice
b all persons Interested by causing copy ~ ms
order 10 be published three week -ucccHsiVry In
The Oxfofl Democrat printed at Paris, that they
may appear ~ Probate Cour. % De held At faris
.n said County ~ the third Tuesday 81 sept next,
n. nine O'Clock in the forenoon and shew cause II
any they have My thc zane should not oe allowed
II. WALKER, Judge.
true copy. attest II. Z. DAVIS, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03
HUNTS REMEDY
The Gren, Kidney Medicine.

The Great Kidney Medicine,
Il not rev compound it has bccu before .hc
pub. c 10 years and nsel b. al Glasses. Hunt ;
ReucdV has saved from lingering disease and
death hund reds who have been giyc- mp by physi.
clans % die Hunt's Remedy cures AL diseases OF
the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs, Drop
~, Gravel Diabetes, IncOntncncc and retention
OF Urine Hunts Remedy encourage sleep, Gre
atcs appetite. braces up the sTHicm, and rene"
oil health Is the result. Hunt's Remedy cures psin
IN the Side Rack or LOins, General Debility, re
male Diseases Disturbed Sleep, Loss OF Appetite,
Bright Disease O. tho ksdncys,an All Complaints
Of the Urno- Genital Olvan-. Hunts Remedy 10
purely vegetable and meets want never before
furnished 70 the public, and the utmost reliance
may be plEccd In II.
Hunts Remedy s. prepared expressly for the
above diseases, aud has never been known % isil
QUO -T!1l .. convince me most Hkcptical.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03

\ true copy-Atte.t: II. c. DS7fs, Register.

OXFORD, - AT Court Of Probate held AZ
Paris within and tor the County Of oxford on
ths third Tuesday Of August, 4. ID. i-7S.
4 IBFRT G. BOLSTER Administrator on tht
N est % 0f Lyman Bolster late 81 W0odsioc&
IN said county dcceased, having presented ne
account OF administration OF the estate OF said
deceased Tor allowance:
Ordered That the said Admsr give notice 10
an persons interested. hy causing copy OF ths
order 10 10 published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
In the oxford Democrat, q newspaper printed NJ
Paris IN aid County, that they may appear Al
Probate Court 10 be held AZ Paris. on the thru
Tuesday Of Sept. next, AZ nine o cock IN tne iorc
noon, and show cau-o n any they Lave why VI"
-AmC should not b. allowed. .....
4 "A. WALLER, Judge.
-. ..,r,. --.lln.f. q nANI.. Kegl -lsI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03
PROVERBS.

! 1850 viii &c , III for
4 n case that Hon B:ttcrs
4 Will not cure or help
4 "Iiop Bittors builds
Z up, strengthens and
Z cures continually from
3 the fret dose"
Z Fair skin, ROSY cheek ;
! Sn,l sW ectest breath IN
j Hop Bittcrs -
= Kidney crd Urinary
] complaint o. az Kind :
! cured by II y Bit crs. y
J "SOur stomach, sick
= heaaache sn1diLZiness
{ Hop Bitjers cures with
8 g fey doses -
) Take Hop Bitter s
3 three times a.day and
q vhu will have NO doctor
q bills to pay
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03

me subscr.Lli lattby .lEe7 ploiIc n0tiCc that
ne has been duly sppointoi by The Hon Judge Of
Ploh4ta for DC coultg-0 Of oxford God assumed the
tru-t OF A4minisls ,iot ~ ihe estate o. Samuel L.
by giving bond AS the law directs ne therefore
requests all persons Indebted 10 the estate Of said
deceased 10 make immediate payment; and those
who have any demands thereon e exhibit the same
10 WILLIAM BAILEY.
Aug. 20, 1870. sepS-2w
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-09-03

bIsAnBoaUt'u! So Grand Pianos price $1,000,
PlHMU only Sis. MAGNIFICENT Upright Pianos,
price $1,000, only s275 Pianos, octave, SIPS, n
SOS, New style' 0rglas s35. Organs stops.S5R-
So ChuIch 1Dnsu rs stops. price $500. on
y sII0. LUMBAR gait SAYS Mirror Top
Organs only sIo6. Beautiful Paglor Organ price
$40. only sos. Fraud Exposed, $500 re-
ward. Read Trans for the UnTary'and NewspA-
per about cost OF Pianos and Organs. SENT
FREE. Please address Daniel r. Bsattie,
Washington, ~. J.
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STATE OF MAINE.

n. K GOODWIN,
and H. others.
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

The semi-agrcultural newspapers are again
recommending Paris-green for killing canker
worms, leaf roller etc, or fruit trees. The
Fruit Recorder usually Gle of the best in
formed Of our exchanges, and practical in its
teachings, says it is highly successful in Hi
nos, and quotes Prot. Cook, of the Michigan
agricultural college, as saying that Paris
green does not affect the potato, nor will it the
apple tree" OF course, it will not inJure
the tree. Nevertheless, it is not safe for indls-
criminatc use on fruit trees especially those
producing tender-sklnned fruits. Whale oil
soap. diluted as recommended in the Prdtrie
Faimer is fully as etfectual in Kidding trees
of canker worms and other noXlous insects OF
like nature, and it has the advantage of being
innocent to human life. We repeat, Paris
green should not be used indiscriminately on
foliage tor the destruction of leaf-eatlng insects,
particularly where there are small children.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08
A New Explosive,

1t was stated at a late meeting of the Royal
Dublin Society that new explosive agent has
been discovered by Prof Emerson Reynolds
IN the Laboratory of Trinity College, Dublin
1t is "a mixture of seventy.five per cent. of
chlorate of potassium with twenty-five per
cent OF body called sulphurea. 1t is a white
powder, which is very easily prepared by the
mixture OF the materials in the above-naned
proportions. The new powder can be ignited
at rather lower temperature than ordinary
gunpowder while the effects it produces are
even more remarkable than those caused by
the usual mixture. DR.. Reynolds states that
his powder leaves only forty-five per cent. of
solid residue, whereas common gunpowder
leaves about tifty-seven per cent 1t has been
used with success in small cannon, but its dis
coverer considered that its chief use would be
for blasting, for shells, for torpedoes, and for
similar purposes. DR.. Reynolds pointed out
that one of the advantages this powder pos
scSses is that it can be produced at moments
notice by comparatively rough mixture of
the materials, which can be stored and carried
" ithout risk so long as they are separate The
snlphurea, the chief component of the new
explosive, was discovered by DR.. Reynolds
about ten years ago, and could be easily pro,
cured in large quantities from product of
.as manufacture which is at present wasted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

The colored congregation of Richmond, Va.
have just settled a grave question in a manner
thoroughly original and perfectly satisfactory
to themselves. \ Cumberland colorcd deba
ing society have tackled another which they
will settle definitely by dInt of argument \
gentleman of this city was called upon the 9th
er night by Il colorcd man, who desired to
know if he could borrow the Life of Martin
Luther" He stated that he was member OF
debating society and the next question be
fore the association was "Who was the great
est man, Nimrod or Martin Lurher?" lie
was DESTROYS of fortltying his position with all
the facts he could get in the history of the lat
ter. Some of the questions discussed in the
societies of our colored friends are novelties
We are told that a debating society in this city
some years ago had for discussion the follow
ing question; If man has thousand dol
lars in his house and a bedfast wife in the
same building, and the house takes fire, allow.
ing him only time to remove one or the other,
which should he carry out:' The debate last.
cd an entire week, and attracting crowds of all
classes of people, and was finally decided IN
favor of removal of the money.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

The dairymen north of the city are seriously
alarmed concerning an epidemic that has bro
ken out among their cattle. From eating dew
covered white clover, Il certain highly cXpan
sive gas is formed in the bovine stomach which
pcnetrates TO all parts Of the animals bodies,
causing death in few hours. There is only
one known remedy, and that is to thrust knife
in the sides of the afflicted cattle just behind
the shoulder-blades. This affords an outlet for
the gas and brings instant relief Cattle suf-
tering from the gaseous complaint look as
though they might have been fed on COM
pressed yeast The dairymen have associated
themselves together for mutual protection, and,
by adopting this method, manage to prevent a
very extensive mortality though probably a
hundred cows have died from the disease thus
far. The gentle herdsmen now goaround with
log keen butcher-knives, which they slip into
the sides of their COWS when occasion requires.
The cornteld subdivisions north of the city
have been converted into immense clover fields,
and it is here the grazing kline are encounter
ing the death-dealing white variety Dairy
men call the disease "cloverng.' 1t has not
yet attacked the pumps, and the milk-mer-
chants donot feel entirely Observation-Disclosures
andp0lis J0urRaI.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

A correspondent of the Farm and Fresid,
writes: Housekeepers, purchase good sup
ply of ammonia to use in house cleaning. The
husband has everything that will Tighten his
labors. Now suppose his wife had her bottle
of spirits of ammonia to use; she takes hel
basin of water and clean cloth, just puts on
few drops of the fluid, and wipes of all the
dirt; it is worth more than half days hard
labor, and does not hurt the paint either. She
could put few drops in her dish water and
see how easily the dishes could be cleaned Il
few drops on the sponge would clean all the
windows in the sitting-roOm, making them
shine like crystal 1t would take the stains of
the teaspoons A spoonful in the mop-pail
would do more towards washing up the kitch
en- floor than ten pounds of elbow grease ap
piled to the mOp-handle. A housewife has
just as much right to make her work easy and
expeditions as her husband has. If she does
not do this, the fault is her own in great meas.
IRE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08
A Lady,s strange pets.

Most ladies choose dog, u cat a canary or
pony for pet, and often "set their lives upon
Them" but rarely does one hear OF Il lady at
taching herself to such strange pets as the writ
er saw at Mrs. Lincoln's, "a Howard street, a
day or two ago Living in the family are a
couple of lions 81 months old, brought up by
the hand of Mrs. Lincoln. They are African
lions, IL species not easily reared in this coun-
try, but Mrs Lincoln has succeeded, by the eX-
ercise Of great care, in rearing them to their
present are and size. The male weighs about
$50 pounds and the female perhaps fifty pounds
less. They have been at the house on Howard
street since last September, and until within a
month have had the run Of ihe place" going
about the rooms with considerable freedom
As measure of caution the police thought tAc
creatures should be restrained, and their quar-.
tiers are now more limited than formerly al
though they have safe outdoor run and ii
room adjoining the kitchen, with only strong
wire door separating the apartments. Mrs
Lincoln is as free with her pets rs ladies are
with their poodles. She plays with them
feeds them from her hands, and has taught
them various tricks. They will kiss her at her
bidding, jump through hoop etc. Before
the police restrictions were placed upon them
the animals were accustomed to walk into the
kitchen or parlor among guests, and go back
to their quarters without offering to harm any
one. a year ago the lioness used to occupy
the same couch as the lady as night, but now
she has grown full large to be taken upon a
common bedstead The animals are quite a
curiosity, and, in their gentleness, show plain
ly how potent is the law of kindness, even with
the brute creation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

The honey bee IL an inhamibe critter sud
den in his Impressions and hasty in his con.
illusions, or end
His natral disposishun IL a warm cross be
tween red pepper in the pod and fusil oil, and
his moral bias IL, git out ov mi way"
They have long boldly, divided in the mid.
die by waist spot but their physical impor.
lance lays at the terminus of their suburb in
the shape of javelin
This javclin il alwas loaded, and stands
reddy to unload at a minits warning, and
enters man as still as thought, as spry as
litening, and as full oph melancholy az the
toothake.
I Bees never argy a case; they settle awl ov
their differences Of oplnyun hi letting their
javelin fly, and are az certain to hit az a
mule liz.
Bees are not long lived-I kant state jist
how long their lives are, but | kno, from in.
stinkt and observashun, that emmy kritter, be
he bug or be he devil, who is mad all the time
and stinss every good chance he kan git, gen.
orally dies early
The only way few git the exact fiteing
weight ov q is few tutch him; let him hit
lyou once with his javelin and you will be
willing tew testify in court that sumboddy run
4 one-tined pitchtork into yer; and as for grit,
will state for the informashun ov those who
havnt had chance to lay in their vermin
wisdum 10 freely az hav, that one single bee
who feels well will bake up Il large camp.
meeting!
There is one thing that bee does will
give him credit for on mi books-he alwas at
tends tew his own Dizziness and wont allow
any boldly else to attend tew it, and what he
duz he duz well. You never see him altering
emmy thing; if they make emmy mistakes it is
after dark and amt seen
If bees made half as many plumbers az the
men do, even with their javelins every boldly
would latf at them
In ending Oph this essa | will come to stop
by concluding that if bees waz a little more
pensive, and not so darned peremtory with
their javelns they might be guilty of less wis
dom, but more charity But you kant alter
bug nature without splicing it for emmy thing
else, emmy more than you kan an elephants
egg.-JOsh Billings.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

The internal vital organs of a hog are very
much like those Of man. Hogs are subject to
many diseases that men are subject to. A Sc.
we're cold frequently produces pneumonia in
man, and in hogs 1t produces the same disease.
Tens of thousands of hogs die yearly by this
disease. The preventive is good feed, good
shelter warm and dry bedding. If hogs lay
out on the cold, wei ground, if they and their
bedding are exposed to rain and sleet and snow,
is it any wonder that they take cold, get the
pneumonia and die? Men subject to the same
treatment would die. The hog has not fur or
wool or hair, or if called hair, very coarse ar
tce it is to shield it from cold and storms.
Hence good shelter dry beds and kind treat
ment are very essential to keep hogs healthy
and thriving
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

WAGEs-Whcn times are duh, wages arc
low Accept tne situation and take low wage,
rather than remain idle Trades unions arc
fashionable among The lazy, who want NOR,
pay for less work The best trades union is a
union of body and soul at hard work, for the
best price that can be had. Ifyou cannot get
five dollars for job, take four take three. OF
two, or even one rather than do nothing. Ev
cry man should be his own master. lie
should master his mind. his body, and will
and do mastery work to insure better times
Mind your own business, and do not attempt
to master other people. or to control their
wages or their hours of labor. Earn some
thing every day, and then, at least one person
will see better times
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

Inns must De an excellent way TO clean &
carpet. Try it. First, have it thoroughly
busted and the floor well cleaned. Then tack
down the carpet as you want it; take a half pal
of water, hot as can be borne; put in a table
spoonful of ammonia. Have a stiff scrubbing
brush and borax soap, and scrub small place
have a second pail of water and ammonia
rinse off with this, and, with a wooden cloth
wipe as dry as possible, Renew the water of
ten, until the whole carpet is cleansed. Then
open the doors and windows to dry it. This
removes the grease stains and brightens the
carpet Another and less troublesome way to
clean a carpet is to sprinkle salt over the sur.
face after it is tackled down, and Thoroughly
sweep. But the grease spots are not removed
by this process. The carpet, however, is made
to look very clean and brightly Y World
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08
VEGETINE
For CANCERS and
DANGEROUS HUMORS.
The Doctors Certificate.
READ 1T.

ASHLEY. WASHINGTON Co., ILL, Jan. II, 1875
Mr. II. Il. STEVENS
Dear SiI-hs to certify that had been suffering from
Rose Cancer right breast which grew very rapidly
and all my friends Il iven up 10 die when heard
your medicine, Vcglne recommended for Cancer ant
CdncerOus HumOrs. | commenced TO take II, and soor
found myself beginning 10 feel better my health and spr
both felt the benign influence which eXertcd and in few
months from the time commenced the of the Vc2en,
the Cancer came out almost bodily.
CARRIE DEFORREST
certify that am personally acquainted with Mrs DeFor
rest, and consider her one OF our very best women.
DIR. S, ii. FLOWERS
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLooD.-IfVEGETINEw will relieve
PAIN cleanse purify and such diseases restoring thu
patient perfect health after trying different physicians
many remedies, suffering for years. is it not conclusive
proof if you sufferer you can be cured? Why THU
medicine performing such great cures? 1t works in thu
blood, in the circulating fluid. 1t truly be called the
great Blood Purifier. The great OF disease orgi
In the blood and medicine that does not act di
rccty upon it, to purify and renoyac has any just CLAIM
upon public attention.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

Toward the las' Of May and during June the
codling moth viii lay its eggs on the young
fruit of the apple and pear. Each female lays
between 200 a.d 30 eggs, distributing them
over the tree one 20 an apple or pear. Whcr-
ever an egg is ID the fruit will be destroyed
almost certainly. Hogs should run in every
orchard; o. . .oot up the ground; C2) to fer
tilizc the soil: - to eat the fruit that falls in
consequence {" being injured by the Larvae of
the codling lno'h. If all wormy fruit is eaten
as soon as it i;ts to the ground there Will soon
be no moths (, lOuh,e the orchard 1t is the
second crop OF he insect that does the most
mischief which matches out in August and
burrows in the full-grown fruit; but destroy
the first crop ana there will not be Il second
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
COrrespODdenCe.

We shall be glad to receive for publication
in this department, short and pointed commu
lucations from farmers gardeners, stock-rals
ers and others on any topic of general inter
est to agrculturists. The name and postotiice
address should accompany each letter, not
necessarily for publication, but us guaranty
Of good faith. 1t is our purpose to open this
column to free exchange of experience and
opinions between its readers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

Its now found that the graSshoppers, which
are regarded as such pests, have greatly en-
riched the soil where they persisted in such
numbers. The fields where they deposited
their eggs, which were destroyed by the wet,
cold weather OF last year, are now said to he
benefited more than If thoroughly coated with
the best fertilizer known. \ heavy crop of
hoppers IS not so bad, after all, where guano
and fertilizers are scarce.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

MORE FOR THE EYE.-Take horsehair and
double II, leaving loop. If the mote can be
seen, lay the loop over it. close the eye, and The
mote will come out as the hair is Withdrawn.
If 1t cannot be seen, rise the lid of the eye as
far as possible, and place the loop in il as far
as you can, close the eye aad roll the ball few
times, then draw out the hair The substance
which caused so much pain will be sure to
come with it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

ORANGE SHoRTCARE-NIake a very short
crust, roll out one crust and cover a large plat
ter, sprinkle on little flour, put on another
crust and bake; when done open and butter
Take six oranges and remove the skins, tear
them apart in all the places intended, take out
the seeds, put on a layer of orange, then of su-
gar. 1t requires one and one-half cups Of SUI
frnr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08

At a sale Of Clydesdales at Merryton, Scot
land the stock offered went at prices hanging
from sixty-nine TO three hundred and fifty
guineas, or an average of over $3.50. This
breed seems 10 BE appreciated at home, where
their merits are best known
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-08
VEGETINE
regard it as q Valuable
FAMILY MEDICINE.

JANUARY list, 1878.
Mr. II. Il. STEVENS
Dear Su-I take pleasure in sayRG that have used tn,
Vegetine In my family with good reu and have known
OF several cases of remarkable effected by it, regard
1t as a valuable family medicine.
Truly yours. - -
REV. wa. MCDONALD.
The Rev VIM. Mcdonald Is well known through the Uni
ted States Il minister In the NJ. L. Church.
THOUSANDS SPEAK.-VEGEriSH Is acknowledged and
recommended by physicians and npothccarcs to he the best
purifier and cleanser of the blood yet discovered and thou
sands speak in its praise who have been restored to health