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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29

Cholera, Cholera Morous.
Cramps and Pains, Chronic
DidTTh0d, Dysenfery and
Cholera HJdntun, DidrrhGd
iIl TeethiHG and all Summer
Complaints. Dyspepsia. FIdtu-
Iency. Sluggish Digestion, Want
of Tone aud 4cticity IN the
Stomach and Boreis, Oppres-
sion after Eating, Rising Of
Food and similar ailments,
ChiIlS and Ferers, Colds and
Chills, Fererish Symptoms,
MQIdridL Fecers, Pains in the
Bones and Joints, Symptoms
of Rheumatism, Neuralgia and
GOut. Cold E.rtFemities. Sus-
pended Circulation and De-
pressed condition Of the Titdt
Forces, s-en1ies it the Standard
Household Medicine through
ont the length and breadth of
the land. On sea, on land, for
the trdreiier. for the young, the
Q0ed, under all circun stances
and conditions, both as a niedi-
cine and as a gentle stimuidnt
or beUerdOc, 10 O. the most
0rdteTifE and eGectire prepare
tom ercr compounded Ia the
history Of medicine.
beware Of diluted and worthless limitations
recommended by dealers for purposes OF gain.
ASK FOR and insist upon having SANToED's JAMAICA
GtNGEE. -
sold by ~ Wholesale and RetaN Drnggisii.
Grocers anil Dealers Ia Medicine throughout tho
Initrd statrs and CHradas, Price. - cents pr
lot:lN WEEKs & POTTER, General AgulA
al W. ale Druggists, Boston, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
July -. ls7g.

THE subscriber hereby gives public notice that
he has been duly appointed by the Honorable
Judge OF Probate Tor the County Of oxford and
as sumed the trust Of Administrator de bOnis non
of the estate OF
ANN W. CLEMENT, late II BroVnneld,
In said county deceased, by giving bond ~ the lSw
directs: he therefore requests all persons Who
are indebted To the estate OF said deceased To make
immediate payment; aud those VINO have any DE-
mAnds thereon, to exhibit the same 10
JAY l.. FRlNk.
Jnlv II is-g %
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
SANFORD'S
JAMAICA GINGER
THE oUINTESSENCE OF JAMAICA
GINGER, CHOICE AR0MATiCS,
AND FRENCH BRANDY.

A PREPARATION 81 elegantly favored and
"A incidentally effective rs 90 utterly surpAss All
rrcv1us prrpArations Essences or Extracts OF Gin
rcr ConipostIou, Herb Teas, Pain BELIEVERS, and
10 bundfcd ana ono disgusting and nRuseating
prs-cts with which We have been wont 70 does
ourselves. is Instantaneous eject IN
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
FOR SALE!

VALUABLE Real Estate on Pars Hill, com.
Y phsing Moving, Pasture ami Woodland.
Also the homestead OF the late Mrs. +. s. Cum
mings Parties who desire to purchase one or the
most desirable residences in the village. may ap-
ply 1T the premises or address w. l.. WARREN,
SACCARAPPA, MAINE. lelIu
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29

Rumford Falls 4 BackGeld X.
X. Co, or unknown the clark
stand. 20 called 2lw 1 600 81 -
Cole, Lemuel, or unknown,
part Of 2lw . 200 1870
Darling samuel, part OF sw2
or unknown, -w 81 =
Howard, John, or unknown,
land bought OF j. Z. SWasey,
and known as the Packard
land, IS LOO ID
Lewiston Steam Mil Co, or
unknown, part OF Dea Walk
er's lot, SO called, 30 l25 -
Same, part OF II
l. 6 80 so 80
same. deficiency Of highway
for 1871, on same, %
Same, part 0f ljw . 81 Is ~
Same deficiency OF highway on
same. of ISL, tD
Poland, Levi H., or unknown,
the Levi Poland farm, 20
called, ~ 20 %
StotsOn. Grin r., or unknown.
part OF lot No. y. X. n, ac-
eoring 10 the original plan
Of town OF Hartford, Is 100 in
Same. part of same, POI 20
smith. r. -. J., or unknown,
part OF 2Ow go b -
NJ. PEABODY, Treas'r
Of Canton.
jy!23w
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29

deficient highway tax of 1877.
Heirs of Ephrian shack
Gyant ' 81 100 $50 81 rs 81 50
Do, NJ. A., w lc WW % -
WILLIAM II. MATHEWS, Treas'r
OF franklin Plantation,
tvfS "
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29

Tarrant's Settler Aperient,
twin save much pain and danger. Nature some
times is 30 outraged by the burden she 10 made To
carry, through the heed essness OF her children
that she openly rebels, and Furnishes learlully
Don't neglect the proper treatment when the ~ mp
toms fret appear. Resort 10 the hperienI and
get well speedily.
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13

dead snakes around the school house, and
giving it out that there was a nest under the
floor
There was a little Irishman, named
Tom Clancy, who worked for Litton, and
who had reputation as snake catcher.
His plan was TO pin the snakes head to the
ground with forked stick, then to slip a
loop over the head, fasten it to his stick,
and thus drag his captive, squirming, home.
| wanted live specimen of the timber rat
Ter, which is usually much larger than his
prairie cousin, and, instead of being black,
is orange and black, and a decidedly
venOmous-looking beast. One day Tommy
succeeded in capturing a big yellow fel-
low, with fifteen rattles, and was drag
gIng HIM home in high glee at the prospect
of the So had offered tor the reptile, when
fellow driving a breaking team as he
passed, struck the snake across the back
with his ten-foot ox-whip. You know a
light blow will kill a RATHER, and this blow
killed Tommy's captive. Well, you'd bet
ter believe that Irishman was mad. Whirl-
ing around, he lifted his stick, and, using
the big snake for a lash, walloped the team
ster Justify. At first the fellow returned
the compliment with his ox-goad, but when
he felt that clammy snake flap around his
face and reck once or twice his nerve went
back on him, and he turned and ran, pur-
sued by the little Irishman, who whipped
him with the rattler as long as his breath
held out. Tommy afterward caught me
another big snake, but not so big as the
first, and had had the pleasure of bring
ing him east and presenting him to my
brOther-in-aw, who has weakness for that
sort of pet
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
Taking the Ldse or.

Recently sort of slOuchy-loOking hum
crv-eved. cadaverous fellow stepped into a
restaurant and said he wanted a cup OF
coffee and a piece of bread and butter. The
waiter told him that the place sold nothing
short of complete dinner, and the price
was fifty cents Said the stranger, 'Well,
YOU see, | amt real hungry, and only
want little coffee aad bit Of bread.
Waiter-sIt makes no difference; we
sell a whole dinner for fifty cents, and moth
ing else.
Stranger-''You give hull dinner for
fifty centsl'
Waiter-''Yes, a whole dinner; roast
meat, potatoes, succotash, bread, butter,
pie, pudding, coffee and tea"
Stranger-"'WeIl, l s'pose you give a
man all he wants to eat! p
Waiter--''Oh, yes; we fill YOU up for %
cents, and give You a solid, good, plain
meal
Stranger-''Weli, I've half a mind to
eat with We. The fact is the ole womin
give me half a loaf of bread and piece
of corn beef for bite and eat ii up 81
Carpenters Just now with glass of beer.
thought I'd like a cup of coffee and a lit
tie bread and butter to kind DER wash the
thing down but We say ye can't glmt
thatl'
Waiter-'.NO sir. Wen give you, a
I've said, solid, square meal for nifty
cents. You can eat Is little or much a
| you please.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
a High-PrIced Mistake.

Two miners sat down in wilderness q
southern Utah, few months since, %
MUNICH their bread and then pursue their
wanderings and their search for wealth.
They were "prospectOrs = who, having left
the beaten track Of pleasure-seekers, wan
dered off, to the amusement of their fel-
lows, into the comparatively level country,
where months of searching had revealed
nothing.
ave had better get back into the noun
tain country, jim, said his 'pard. "
As he spoke his tool struck something
few inches under the sand, and the pros
pector found fracture on the rocks and
picked up small yellow piece of stone.
whats that - said Tom, as he saw
with what feverish earnestness his ''rard
examined the piece.
sEgad think it's born silver
They were out of provisions and clothes
thev had not means with which to pay the
fee for securing their "tind." After open
ing I'D their prize sufficiently to show that
a vein of ore existed. they offered it to Mr..
Ben Morgan, of Pittsburg, who is operating
smelling works few miles below Salt
Lake CITY, for SIS, 900. Mr.. Morgan sought
the advice of the Superintendent of the
Ontario Mine. Together they carefully eN-
amined the new = find, and, unfortunately
for the genial Ben, they decided it was not
worth risking the money on. The miners
continued to open their vein, but soon again
were stranded, when one of them wrote to
two Irish friends, who had already lost
money on supposed finds, and besOught
them to try their luck once more. After
much importantly they invested enough
money TO give the miners good start, when
the development of the mine proceeded
rapidly. -Four shafts were sunk and n
number of intermediate galleries run which
connected the shafts. The work was pushed
solely with a view to show the magnitude
of the deposit. 1t was the marvel of the
whole country. Conservative old engineers
measured the ore beds actually in sight,
taking nothing for granted, and made nu-
merous analyses in all parts Of the mine to
determine its richness. and the most eau
tious calculated the silver in sight as worth
I S27, 900, 900. Jay Cooke. hearing of this
/ prize, secured an option of One-hah inter
est for 81, 800. 900 for short time, and
Fastening east ward he induced a number OF
| Englishmen in New Y York TO invest and they
/ took it at this price, the four original own
ers declining to sell the remaining half at
anv price. Thi. is now the famous -" Horn
Silver Mine" or New Bonanza, around
which a town has in few months clustered
called - Frisco and TO which one mine
the Utah Southern railroad will this sum
mer be extended nearly three hundred
miles
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
silk Raising in the United States.

Parties in North Carolina have found 1t
sufficiently profitably even with present
drawbacks, to raise silk-worms and ship the
cocoons to France One gentleman in Ra-
leigh, Mr.. f. Fasnach, has shipped two
bales to Marseilles, each containing over 100
lbs. of choked cocoons. They have been
sold at Marseilles for as high as 32 francs
Tor over s6) per kilogramme mot quite ,
l-2 lbs), and the freight from Raleigh to
Marseilles did not exceed 50 per cwt. The
cocoons were raised by the children of the
family; and aside from the silk product,
Mr.. Fasnach also produced a number OF
eggs for which there is now ready mar
ket abroad a. 81. 80 to 81 per ounce OF 20
grammes. Several other persons IN ollie
rent parts of the country have also reared
sufficient cocoOns to warrant New 1ork
brokers in Offering from $ 80 to - per lb.
for the same. When parties find it prof.
table to raise silk under these adverse cir
cumstances, there can be no question as to
the growth of the industry whenever
home market is furnished for the raw ma
terial. and that when once it shall have
been demonstrated that there can be offered
and paid for cocoons some stated sum that
will vet allow fair profit on the reeling,
the industry will be fairly established, and
private capital will not be wanting to seek
profitable investment therin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
Food at saratoga

At Meyer's and Moons ON the lake, they
are famous for game dinners. \ regular
game dinner for one, without wine, costs
s., and with wine it often runs up to sl2
and SIS, and even $50. The 50 game din
rer consists Of five courses. Soup, black
bass and stewed potatoes, chicken, partridge
and fried potatoes, woOdcock and salad,
and ending with coffee. \ plain game
dinner of black bass and stewed potatoes,
and woodchuck and fried potatoes, costs,
without wine, 81. The S25 dinners that
Pierre Lorillard, Belmont and Traverse
take are produced by an indiscriminate
slaughter of Johannisberger, champagne,
old Burgundy and dollar cigars. The Sara
toga black bass are caught early in the
morning in deep water. They weigh from
a pound to a pound and half. They are
very juicy and delicious. No one even
touches brook trout in Saratoga after hav-
ing been once spoiled by eating black bass.
Mr.. Belmont says the Saratoga black bass
are the best fish in the world. We have,
also. what is called the Saratoga white bait,
which really tastes better than the white
bait caught at Manhattan Beach. Saratoga
white bait are produced thus: Suntish an
inch and half and two inches long are
caught in shallow water. They are placed
in salt water which causes them TO disgorgt
their entrails Then they are fried whole
in butter. Saratoga white bait are an i'm
provement on the genuine article.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
Washington at Valley Forge.

In the latter part of the summer of 1896,
when his second term as President of the
United States had nearly expired, and he
was about to retire to private life, Washing
ton concluded to see Valley Forge once
more, the scene of so many tolls and strug-
giles. The particulars respecting this visit
an old farmer living near there at the time
related to his son, who made a record of
them. 1t was in the afternoon, he said, as
he was engaged plOughing on his farm in
the vicinity of the encampment grounds
that he observed an elderly man of digni-
fled appearance on horseback, dressed in a
plain suit of black, accompanied by a
colored servant, ride to place in the road
nearly opposite, when he alighted from his
horse and came into the field and cordially
took his hand. He told him he had called
to make some inquiries concerning the own
ers and occupants of the differen. places
about there, and also in regard to the coun-
try; the system of farming practiced in
that part of the country; the kinds of grain
and vegetables raised the time of sowing
and planting; the best method of tilling the
ground, and numerous other questions re-
lating to agriculture. He also made in
quiries after certain families in the neigh
borhOod As answers were given he noted
them down in book, the farmer informing
him that he could not give as correct answers
as he wished, for he had not been brought
up TO farming. and besides had only moved
into the vicinity since the war, thought he
had been in the army when it was encamp-
ed there. This gave a new turn to the con-
versatiOn. The stranger informed him that
he had been in the army and at the camp,
and as he expected to leave the city in a
few months, with the prospect of never re-
turning, he had taken this journey to visit
the place which had been the scene of so
much suffering and distress, and see how
far the inhabitants had recovered from its
effects. On being informed that his name
was George Washington he told him that
his appearance was so changed that he did
not recognize him, or else he would have
paid more respect to his late commander
and now the chief magistrate of the nation.
He replied that to see the people happy,
and the desolafe fields recovering from the
disasters they had experienced, and 10 meet
with any of his old companions now peace
ably engaged in the most useful Of all en-
ployments afforded him more satisfaction
than all the homage that could he pald to
his person or station. He then said that
pressing engagements rendered 1t necessary
for him to be in the city that night, and
taking him by the hand babe him an affec-
tionate farewell, ard this was Washington
last visit TO Valley Forge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
Red spider on fruit-Trees.

Among the insect enemies of the fruit
grower it is singular that no one has re-
ferred much to the spider. II is small
enemy to be sure, but one by no means 10
be sure, but one by no means to be despised
1t makes up by its immense number for its
diminutive appearance. They appear lar
ger than those we find in greenhouses on
roses. fuchsias, and other tender plants !;
but whether or not they are different spe-
cies from these, are natives to the soil, or are
introductions from some other parts, are
questions which may perhaps interest the
entomologist, but will hardly aid IN the de-
struction of the foe. We suppose on large
trees the labor would be too great to attempt
any means for their eradication, but for
Young trees which are easily reached, 1t
might be well worth while to keep them
down. The popular receipt in garden books
is to mix flour of sulphur in greasy water
and then syringe with il, of course keeping
the mouth of the syringe near the surface
of the water while drawing up the hquid,
as the oily and sulphury water floats only
on top, and is drawn into the syringe only
in that way. This greasy liquid causes the
sulphur to adhere to the leaves, and II Is
said the red spider abandons these leaves II
disgust. The hot dry atmosphere Oh oul
country is peculiarly favorable to the exls
tence of the red spider and when we know
how great pest it is to the 1rnt-gro"er'
under glass, it seems to us well worth looh
ing after him, when he undertakes to last
en- on our fruit trees in the open air.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13

night; and the stars were shining with in
tense brilliancy, to my great disappoint-
ment, for | was in hopes of seeing the first
streaks of dawn. 1t was freezing very
hard, far too hard for me to think of going
to sleep again. So | reused the Indian and
suggested that he should try another call or
two. Accordingly we stole down to the
edge of the little point of wood in which
we had ensconced ourselves, and in few
minutes the forest was re-echoing the
plaintive notes of the moose. Not an an
swer, not a sound-utter silence, as if all
the world were dead, broken suddenly and
horribly by yell that made the blood cur
die in ones veins. 1t was the long, quav-
ering, human, but unearthly scream of a
loon on the distant lake. After what seemed
to me many hours, but what was in reality
but short time, the first indications of
dawn revealed themselves in the rising of
the morning star, and the slightest possible
paling in the eastern sky The cold grew
almost unbearable That curious shiver
that runs through nature-the first icy cur
rent of air that precedes the day-chilled
us to the bones. rolled myself up in my
blanket and lighted pipe, trying to retain
what little caloric remained in my body,
while the Indian again ascended the tree.
By the time he had called twice it was gray
dawn. Birds were beginning to move
about, and busy squirrels to look out for
their breakfast of pine buds. j sat listen
ing intently, and watching the blank emo
tionless face of the Indian as he gazed
around him, when suddenly saw his coun-
;cnance blaze up with vivid excitement.
His eyes seemed to start from his head, his
muscles twitched. his face glowed, he
seemed transformed in moment into a
different being. At the same time he began
with the utmost celerity, but with extreme
caution to descend to the ground. He mo-
toned to me not to make any noise, and
whispered that a moose was coming across
the barren and must be close by. Grasp
ing my rifle, We crawled carefully through
the grass crisp and noisy with frost, down
to the edge of our island of woods, and
there, after peering cautiously around some
stunted juniper bushes, | saw standing,
about sixty yards off, bull moose. He
looked gigantic in the thin morning mist
which was beginning to drift up from the
surface of the barren. Great volumes of
steam issued from his nostrils, and his
whole aspect, looming in the fog, was vast
and almost terrific He stood there per
fectly motionless, staring at the spot from
which he had heard the cry of the supposed
COW, irresolute whether to come on or not
The Indian was anxious to bring him lit
tie closer, but did not wish to run the risk
of soaring him, and so, taking aim as fairly
as | could, considering was shaking all
over with cold, fired and struck him be-
hind the shoulder. He jumped forward on
his knees, jumped up, rushed forward for
about two hundred yards, and then fell
dead at the edge of the heavy timber on
the far side of the barren.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-13
Imagination on the Weather.

A citizen doing business on Griswold
street, Detroit, has given this weather
question a great deal of thought, and re-
Gently he began a series of eXperimen TO
ascertain whether Imagination hasn't as
much to do with a hot day as thermO-
meter. At 9 o'clock in the morning he en-
tered his office, built a brisk fire in the
stove, closed the door, and sat down to his
newspaper, having his chair close to the
stove. In a few minutes one of his GUS
TONERS opened the door, and before he
could express his surprise the official called
out:
Come in What change in the weather
since last night hated to build fire,
but it was positively like November in here.
Come over by the stove.
'.Has-has the weather Changedl" hesi-
tatingly inquired the caller.
Changed. Why there's a difference OF
81 degrees since 10 o'clock last night. Hear
what the weather report says: Northerly
winds, great change in temperature, with
indications of a severe frost at night.
wish | had brought down my spring over
coat -
Well, | felt the change, but dldn
realise the full power of it, said the otnel
as he edged over to the stove and rubbed
his hands
"You should watch these things anC
dress accordingly. | wouldn't dare com,
out in that thin coat. First you know
you'll have a chill"
'I-I know I'm rather careless, but
must look out for myself in the future
This fire feels rather good.
''Yes, it does; you'd better get thor,
oughly warmed up before You go out in the
raw air.
The caller remained there at least 10 min
utes, all the time standing beside the no
stove and Yet when the thermometer
marked 100 degrees he made no complaint.
and went out saying that he would go home
and get on a thicker coat.