Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-01-14
Editorial and Selected Items.
j. II. Loveioy of the House, has our
thanks for State Reports.

ID. III. LoVelOy Oh tue HOuse' nus our
thanks for State Reports.
And now, Bro. Seitz, we want to
know who the Dickens wrote your shadow
story.
Most OF The dailies indulge in com
ments upon Gov. Garcelon's message,
which occupy more space than does That
document itself.
Attorneys are reminded that notices
for publication 10 the DEMOCRAT 10 be- IN
season for March Court, must appear N
our next issue.
Small, OF Caribou. Aroostook Colo-
ty, issues circular concerning larns
which he has Tor sale. lie makes some
excellent Oilers in farms OF from 80
$40 acres. in price from $3.50 to $1,000.
Our cipher dispatch extras are doing
good work 10 opening th- eyes OF ti...
who had been blinded by the fraud Ell.
They believe the cry stop tibet" @as
rai,ei by the stealing rascal hims, II. 10
throw the police on a wrong clue.
"A petition is in circulation To 10
presented % he Legislature. askins TOR
an amendment OF the prohibitory q or
law and providing that seized liquors
shall be tested, and il found good instead
OF being destroyed shall be sold 10 the
town agencies for the benefit OF lie
State.
Tho sale Of photographs OF govern
ment celebrities at Washington shows
some curious facts. More OF Ms.
Hay IS photographs are sold than of
any her person. OF he Senators,
Blaine's sells better than any other ay
one-ha.t, Lamar and Gordon following.
N Y. EUening Post.
Nasty hits the Southern "idee" very
neatly o. follows:
Tho mig or hez the rite 10 vote We
andGrI.sni that and respect H. B1t
there must BE iimitsshuns. He may VOC
tho law SEE that-but the law dou'k
say how be shell vote. That Is for Us.
Tho new catalogue OF Blwduin Col
lege shows l40 students. including y
seniors. SO Juniors. As sopbomores s1d
81 freshmen. There were also 90 ~
dents in the medical department during
the uAs, Year. The nun or of books n
he college library is 10 500; ned 4
10 sTg 4 900 peuciniap, = $50; albtngan,
$3.50, toIa. SO COO volumes
-" The Hall Timer"-an article Civ
ing American b)Ys and glr'- q glimpse
Of cb,!G-,le IN the great itctple, ANA
Mills 81 glands pr0mis tor the
forthcoming number oi ST. NICHOLAS.
Il is written by Mr.. Charles Barnard.
4uthorot The attic IS On Co-o9era'i1u'
in Eaglisl Manufacturing Cles. which
were printed In ScribueGs MOllub or
May and June. 1876.
When the Norway Shoe FactorT paid
off last week each employee received
portion Of his wages 10 gold, and oGc Of
them soon came running OacA and said 10
the cashier. Hero. ny money i txO
dollars and iorty-dve cents short" lie
had mistaken quarter esgeto Il nickel
When inform OF the resumption, he re-
tired with bis specl-
Speak, az oi the sending 10 Boston
IN aid Ct the Old Sou'h Church OF "O.d
Abe. the celebrated var eagle Of Wis
cousin, The Madisp1 Journal OF Ghal
Safe sajs that oIdeIs lor histories of The
eatta-Hsru bird are ifrqueni.y received
RON abroad. and u estimates iLBt over
$50. 900 hiss been earned By him Tor ali
sorts OF sCci, ties. IN the sale OF photo
grap- and Histories and entrance tees 10
fairs
Says the Boston Journal, in abiding
10 affairs at Augusta-The patriarchal
sym pathy Of Uncle Scion Chase does not
aspire TO the disposal Of governorships
and colectorships and things, which
Messrs Blaine aud Hale have been &C
cused Of seeking after; it Is contented
with the naming Of the messenger Of the
House. II the gTeenbackers are satisfied
with what has only been change Of mas
ters, it is not for others to complain.
j + Moody, A. NJ. VINO has so long
been Principal OF Hebron Academy, is
now in charge OF the Academy at North
Budgton Mr.. Moody adyertises his
school, in another column OF this paper,
as his many friends in this vicinity will
be pleased to note. Pupils who losya
oxford County for schooling, can do ~
better than place themselves under the
care OF Mr.. Moody. He will receive such
with peculiar interest.
A corr espondent OF the HeHHrJtc
JOurha says The impression prevails in
some quarters that the eIpend lures u
his SAFE Tor school purposes is very
lavish, and ought 80 be cur.alied. Maine
stands thirteenth from the top Ia the
pay Of male teachers. Four dollars and
ninety cents per month lower than sJy
State or territory, and eight dollars and
ninety-sIX cents per month lower than
Chociaws pay their female teachers.
Twenty-Five States and territories pay
more per scholar Tor education than
Maine, and five less.
A portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
is TO be printed as the irontispoce OF the
enid winter" (F,b) SCRlBNER, which
will also contain q descriptive and bio
graphical paper on the poets "hau1ts
and homes" by +. B. Sanborn. TINS
portrait has been drawn from lite by Mr.
Wyatt Eaton, and has been engraved by
Mr. Cole. by whom Mern drawn ard On