Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-02-11


Rev. A. \. Ford OF East Auburn has
accepted q unanimous call from the Third
Bap,is, Church ut Tenants HsrbOr 10 be-
come their pastor.
Gen. Bragg Of Wisconsin, for oppos
ing war claims. Is receiving compliments
from Southern papers Tho Now Orleans
Times says that Gen. Bragg fills want
long ieit'-"an artistic standard oy which
to measure idiots
is II because more men are sent to
jail or tined the pas, three months through
out the country Tor election frau Us, thai
Democratic managers aad journals are SO
1udlY denouncing the Federal election
law?
Mr. Pickard. OF Bangor, made seven
teen speeches in the House, Tuesday, and
tuen atAed tbatii the members would
only stop taking So mach, the business
could be dispatched more eXp, ditiously /!
-AUg1StG Journal.
The Tribune pats a hue sarcasm into
the remark that: The judicial editor o.,
The Nation ough, 10 DC permitted 10 mount
the stand and repeas his immortal sYl!o-
gism: The Democrats ,rIed 10 tuy the
Presidency; therefore, the Republicans
bought it.
The Boston Irareiier, too. has its
fling q, the detectives. thus: His CIR.
having Tilted him. John Rowly, OF FiLd-
ley's Lake, y I. retired - the woods.
dag q grave, lay down 10 H. ;ired pistol
INTO hi- heart, aud was r-.ll TOT burial
-Er. That's nothing. Il he had been
IS smsT, ~ Barron. Tao Dexter Bauk
cashier. be would baSe completed the Jp6
by filling uD the grave after him and pat .
ting up = neat tombstone. Auy expert
can show how the thing might De done.
The annual report OF the Portland &
O@densburg Railroad Company shows an
increase OF about eleven thousand dollars
Ia gross receipts in excess Of the yreceC-
ing year. The President is FULLY justified
in saying, Considering the depressed
condition OF business everywhere. and
the fact that so many roads report tall.
ing off in receipts. il Is certainly in no
degree discoursging that the road can
show IN Increase of only a little more
than four per cent. IN the gross earnings.
When Nephew PelIon Was made to
say that Democratic agents were NJ
South pending the canvass OF the vote 10
November, 1876, because tho Repu iii.
cans frs. sent men thiiher, be was pie ed
up as follows: And suppose COioi, ~
interpOsed MIR. Reed. "that you sent the
best men you had in the party" "Oh,
yes, SIR. :" innocently replied the witness,
"thst is, well, no-not The best. but as
good rs any ~ the paTig;' an answer
which was received with shouts OF laugh
ter.
The discussion on the resolve to aid
the town of Byrop. Oxford County, TO
build dam, Was one Of the most inter
esting thus lar during the session. 1t
Vas very ably supported by Mr. Earring
ton OF Fryeburg. who depicted 10 torci-
Die manner. the condition OF those people
whose farms have become almost des-
troyed by The freshet of 80, and the del
uge OF last fall. Messrs Dickey, Locke,
Weeks and Lovejoy favored, and Messrs.
Picksrd. Brown. Dingley and Hurd OPP
posed. Ii was passed by a decisive vote
and showed that the House proposes to
consider the appropriation OF money on
| the merits OF each indiv!dua! case.-hen-
ne6ec Journal
Rev. DR.. William Warren, of Cor
ham, died Tuesday. Tie was born at
Waterford, Oxford county, October 2lst,
1906. In 1882 he entered Phillips Acsd-
envy at Andover, and graduated in 1888.
The same year he entered Bowdoin Col
lege, but left at the end of the sophomore
year for Andover Theological Seminary,
from which he graduated i'll 1898. he
broke down in health that summer, and
this date marks the beginning of life
long struggle with pulmonary disease. In
the fall Of 1899 he took charge of high
school in Windham, meanwhile preaching
occasionally. That winter he was settled
as pastor of the Congregational church in
Windham, and remained such for ten
years. Each fall he taught a high school
which was largely attended. He is CRATE
fully remembered in town by his many
former pupils and Pensioners In lS49
he removed to Upton, Mass, and became
pastor of the Congregational church there
his connection was maintained until the
summer Of 1856 During the fall and
winter of 1886 he was in the service Of
TIE American colonization society. In
the spring Ct 1857 he was appointed dis.
trict secretary of the American Board of
Foreign Missions, which position he held
until his resignation in 1873. In the
spring of 1878 he was attacked with
pneumonia. He rallied partially from
this attack, but gradually failed until his
death, Tuesday.