Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-11-04

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The matter of the sociable: Yes. II
meets next Thursday evening at the
house of Mr.. Thcophilus jameson"
That's right like that, Remem-
Der that good time does not depend upon
outward surroundings.
And that III stick TO that chair like
was pasted in, put in Sam. Don't
forget that
Thursday evening came, and 50 did
the guests. The Majors wife came early.
bringing the lady from Providence with
her. The latter was such a quiet, unas-
suming little body, that Myrties lingcr-
ing fear of her was scattered to the
winds at once. But. notwithstanding her
quictnesS. keen gray eyes were busy, and
this is what they saw.
4 scrap of house, plain furniture.
some of which. like the barrel chair, was
of home manufacture. \ few ornaments
of the simplest kind; one or two engrav-
ings from ancient magazines, and map
of the United Seates, old enough 10 mis-
lead fatally any youthful student of Ge-
ography.
But it was not upon the things that her
ewes rested with most interest 1t was
the people that held them most persist
entity.
For dear old Grandmother Neeland was
there in all the glory Of an astonishing
new cap and ribbons, as was Mrs. New
come. the milhucr who made the cap, and
whose ,talwart husband, the wcll-to-do
5rocer followed close behind, with fat
faced baby of which he seemed immensely
/ proud
Squire Norris wa, there. with his tussy,
oyerircssci wife. and near them sat the
people from the great stone house by the
"cr.ck. They brought little Jenny
/ Graves. who scwcd for them sometimes,
and who since her husbands death had
/ been a soy; of village pet, cared for by
au Her doh of "a baby SAT up IN her
/ Jap. looking around upon the company as
..o.af "a, If She had been a Young lady
I a. eighteen summer, instead OF one.
Queer, Qaocr, Queer " was the
on-reue4.cd mental comment OF the Provi-
"'a.' i-'y. I.''-, '"'. I. ''''..'' - -
Lot i,is that they AL seem so genuinely
interested i1 each ''''I' anu ~ t''''',''
"' nome ''--'',',.
Young ladies' AN" 'H''' ''''''N' ,..,
IhNNe latter "'I' " merry '''''' 'o'''- I
pany' conspicuous among " nor" WY t ~.
'9'''A1.'>' VINO "''''.''' '' '' w ''''' vs. '''
WIN ,.'-'. "''.'''''.''' d..
Aat we "'a ~ ',''' ''.'.
| eyes "'' .'' '''' '' sane '' '. ,
''-'i. '' ... t..''
.eI cordial -',, -'"- .' '.'
..',ie,1 "'i" i'.'- $500
'Li ".'''" 'N''',- '.'' ,-'' .' . ~.
aAd '"e '"I,""'' ''''.'''' 49,, T. -
/ queni' anxious -'"",,' '' ''''' 'I
,he H'4iI1' To- "'''" '','! '',' l.l ..,
disposed 'o pay ' ''''''1' '''' ''-'' '''.' ''
escape 'h,m'
Inc Only h7d1e ''"' ''','','' ,,.. Y.'' n, W.
keeping with 'ne general J'''''' 90 ~ ''J
occasion Was t"'' "' " -''' .'''''''' ''
looking boy oi some '"'''' '' I-.,',i lou. "a =
| years. VINO came ''''!' '''1' ~
A.mNe" mo """' "Pi,'',." ~ ~ m '''t
most c'mio''a'. 'I''' III ',1 , ioG,''' am -T
VINO >,''"'" 0'''' ''''''''" ~ : ~
"@la'0'' ,.;. l..,....
H' '.'',,''''',.''r' : - ,.L;.L -. ,rc
.,'I ',.' 49, ,,', -, a.,r'ct;y, or the
II,..i 49, -. -. ''' .,.. 49,, T,,Jcd ,ronpl nv a
- 80 VI -. ,.,,,, Isdy friend. She
49," ~ ~ - - - ,b,. ,ea and c,tre
.'''' ''J' -. - - ,,;ng.. which
.i..;. - - '. ,.a,. s,,.c,rd to furnish
''', .rLa J,''' ro,,"o crnrIemrp flew around
III. snI nd themselves useful as
6e-, thew could The stranger guest
.o., fonrJ herself in possession OF q
rr,,efl Of .ooodi.. but SO absorbed
|LaJ .bs been in watching our young
G...d Sam. that She wa, quite obiivious
of her duty with regard to them.
I'D, se. that bow with the gray suit. -
.ts vbisncr,d 20 the Majors wife
.,,9uire Norris and Mr.. NCweome have
been discussing the state Of the crops
directly across him. Mrs. Ncwcomc and
AIRS. Graves have been comparing babies
over his shoulder, and John Flanders has
lust spilled half cup of tea down his
back-stiIl he doesn't bulge an inch from
that chair. What do YOU suppose -
p.. a.. ,bor NJ Ionis pottenqer