Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-30

nv hiring men who could live on bread anc
water raised oats at SLIP l-2 cents pc
bushel. But fellows this is not your style
Won prefer 10 live on profit rather than al,
ON loss. | would have said more 10 tn,
toiling husbsndmSn, but you are weary.
Good news! Good news. Nv grand
e.ther is dead and has leit his vast estate e
his heirs, and / am one OF them. This i.
no hoax or hokuS pokus report, but Il
stands on the record. Ny grsnd-sire wa.
the first man who titled the ground. and
when quite yOang, was well set up in bust
ness BY his Father who was able and will
ing 10 give his eldest son good chance in
the wsrld, aud who settled him on rich
and beautiful tract OF land. Like wis,
psrest he did not give the boy a Warrants
deed but life lease based on conditions OF
obedience. Gave him dominion over the
fish of the sea and over the fowl OF the sir
aud over every living thing that moved up
on the earth; grass and herbs were az his
disposal. He soon conceived an idea e
marry, to which his father raised no objec-
ton, but rather helped the match By look
ing hin out wife, and even legshEed the
marriage, as there was no minister 10 tie
the knot. Ministers had not then appeared
and the people were moral. We generally
Ike 10 see a chap do his own counting, but
under all the circumstances IL would have
he..u = severe operation for the young man.
Soon sf(er marriage he showed lankee
traits Of character; went into the manu-
facture OF cloth without machinery ,dsbbled
with the tailOrS' trade, and finally he wss
50 disobedieut that his Father actually
drove him out Of the garden, and forced
him 20 cultivate among thornS and thiStles
and put him under a constitution made by
the Father.
Article lst. Go out and till the ground.
Article I'd Be fruitful and multiply and
replenish the earth.
Article 81. Thou shalt surely die.
Man has no power 10 resist one OF these
DEGREES even II nc had the inclination. The
Institution OF death proved the salvation
OF the race and saved them nom worse
fate. Strike death from the trio, and such
are the laws OF increase compounded that
ere 1000 years hsd passed the people
would have been packed on the face OF the
whole earth deeper than the height or the
Tower OF Babel. A serious trouble came
upon the family which nearly broke their
hearts, though kept family secret blood
was found upon the elder SONS hands, but
no quarrel ensued. LAWYERS had not been
admitted % the bar. The old gentleman
made a good living, but like mSny u you
farmers found himself land poor; with all
OF his domain, controlling all the land
which Joined him, be could rot hire one
DAYS lasor outside OF his own family
lie died at the age OF $50 years, never
saw sick day, died for want Of breath, no
disease Doctors were not then invented.
Fellow laborers. your commission comes
froun Him who rules IN Heaven and does
BIS pleasure on earth. This inheritance
Il FOR YOU and me there is enough FOR all
and IL car never be wreSted rom Us You
who cultivate the soil look upward, do not
look down 70 your cOwhide boots, they
will protect your feet Place your mark
LiSA, then aim Gb0Se the mark.
Man NAV erect land marks, pile up scrids
OF musty paper and call them records,
bows too build mud cakes and houses amer
ths shower Our title is recorded in
heaven spd can never, never fail. le till
ers OF the earth who guide the plough or
WELD the scythe, w.piDS great drops Of
sweat nom your weary brow. when called
% refreshments eat OF the bounty Of YOUR
own toll and be satisfied, but with al
;heSr rich gifts do not lose sight Of the
ciyer aud remember that Paul may plant
ana Ap0llOs wSter but God and God SlOue
giycth the increase.
We ticer 10 surroundings as in complex
ion and habits, but listen % a few personal
reflections. and then tell Ne are not the
facts p ms case substantially true 10 yours.
There was q striking OccupatiOESl likeness
between nv father and grandfather, the
later tiIlcd the earth sud made aprons, The
former was an ssriculturist aid mSnufac-
tlred shoes. When first introduced 20 my
father he was bowed with years that i'm
prr,.iye representation OF old ag0 given IN
Eccl was well-nigh fulfilled IL him. by 10
means the first but among the early settlers
- Paris. coming here about - years
since lie settled on farm, one
generous mile southeast OF this beau
t.rll village, WAS content % Til The soil by
summer AMI shoe-make in winter. His
work WAS -evyed with thresd made by NY
mother from fax grown and prepared ON
the farm the sOles never seeded from The
BODY OF the shoes be looked upon pegged
boots a. . Esnkee cheat, aud u was only
aNer wears Of experience that he adopted
tie change and used wood where his boss
taught him 20 use fax. The trees planted
glad the third and fourth generations. The
same doorway where my dear old mother
passed out and in for more than thirty
wears skin stands the old latch, forged 10y
The rustic blacksmith, pressed by her hand
So many thousand times, sends a thrill 20
nv heart which stirS the deepest depths or
Tic soul Many Incidents OF the depriya-
Tons OF our forefathers were related by
uy father OF which Ne took no note, We
SIN retain some OF the most impressive,
such IS raising corn and carrying IL on the
back % miles 20 mill, following spotted
Line.
Nv mother related how she took her
babe In her arms and, seating herself on a
sAy. three wear old colt, rode alone, by 4
oriIis road twenty-five miles 20 present
her rrSt-bOrn 20 her parents, then living
10 New Gloucester, District OF Maine IN
Ger Massachusetts how she returned.
with The addition OF = side OF sole leather
fastened 10 The piniOn OF her saddle But
times have changed even the old pumpkin
pine church has passed into history. Many
o. Is remember the wood cOlOred peWs,
tie pulpit elevated far above the common
level made accessible by flight OF steps
much Ike = fruit ladder, about a. roOmy
A. : single gig, over which hung an iucln-
mg board. called the sounding board,
carved from the trunk OF 4 mammoth pine.
The little wheel hss been marked obso-
lsts the spinning wheel branded supersn-
uSted. and laid away; the loom removed
- make wsy for the piano, and the old
house. even. would be overhauled were II
not secured by mortgage In those days
bean porridge could be handled with Il
spoon, now il must be transported on a
fork
Ny father was the youngest Of large
family, ny mother the youngest OF thir-
ten, aud stand here today the sixteenth
I'll. 4, -