Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-22
AND SELECTED ITEMS.

the absence OF the eulloF.
III. NJ. $. Piuafore" has arrived in
Maine, and has already been presented
in Portland and Rockland
One Of our eastern exchanges re-
marks. "there is no beauty in striped
stockings" We fear our brothers OPP
portuuities for observation have been eX-
cecdingly limited.
Councillor Fogg's wife has presented
him with son, and the ChroHicle, an
nouncing the fact, adds in parenthesis,
=" greenbackcrl." Perhaps 50, now, but
he viii doubtless learn better as he grows
older
While the sovercigns of Europe are
busy congratulating the Emperor Of Rus
STA upon his escape from death by an
assasSin's bullet, perhaps the best thing
we Americans can do il to congratulate
ourselves that we are not emperors. The
head that wears a crown does seem to be
having an uneasy time Of it in these days.
We are overrun with job-work Shall
add more force To the Office right away, 50
Is not o. keep our patrons waiting .-Fdrm-
iagtoH CkroVicis.
That's a healthy state of affairs, broth
er. and we are glad TO know that the
people in your vicinity appreciate their
local newspaper establishment, and give
it a good support.
An ingenious and valuable invention
Is Robinsons Calendar for the Christian
Era, a copy of which has recently been
received at this office. \ calendar for
1000 years ii is printed on good quality
paper and viii probably last; a system
of equation Of payments, and some ex-
celcut interest tables, all neatly COM
bincd. J. W. Robinson, publisher, 81
Federal street, Boston.
"A farmer correspondent writes US TO
inquire if Father Scion has taken them
steers with him in his retirement, and
suggests that he may have hitched EN-
on 70 the Portland Ayy,s. We don't
know, neighbor; but rumor has i; tina;
Scion did leave a yoke of unruly steers
attached to the Chronicle ApUpos, Is 90
the Chronicle makers two line valcdic-
tory, the humorous editor Of the Portland
T-qnscriIt asks: Is il the big Indian that
Is lost, or the wigwam;
Speaking Of newspaper yarn, about
an old clock that had stood quietly in
the corner for many wears, silent and dis
used. suddenly waking up without the
lcaS; provoCation and striking SIX, the
Rocklaud Courier man think the incident
might be aptly described in verse:
Many years wihou, " ind-sr ing
STRIKE, strike; strke, ,trike;
II stated up 20 kinder ring-
strike. suike. strike, strike.
!, struck-short-sharp and clear ssiD,
Else he old, man, led
Speaking Of the New Exodus. It's
causes and probable results, the Boston
Adr1rissr SAYS:
Letters have been received I'm Boston
within week from lead,n. Southern col
orci men. stating that the tide will swell
until there will Doe a sufficient ShrinkaSc on
the census i'm the southern States % reduce
the representation in Congress, in the next
app1rtionmeut, at least fifteen.
a good idea. Then will the South be
more solid; and also more correctly
represented in the councils of the Nation.
A Bethel correspondent writes US as
follows concerning Sparhawk * Ballard
Patent Fertilizer:
Farmers in oxford County are paying
s. for the following formula: biol. hen
manure. Dbl. dry Stacked lime, bbl hard
wood ashes. / Dol. rotted sod, 200 lbs.
plaster. ! bush salt 10 lbs bone dust. In
lieu Of the hen manure use 40 lb>. Ameri-
can guSno. The above formula was clip
ped from the Boston Journal, and copied
bv the Bridt0B NecS. : s. b. claim only
i'm .the proportions This may not be an
exact copy Of ;. 4 b. : fertilizer, but is a.
good and is free.
We heard somebody wondering"
the other day, how the Governor himself
observed Fast Day. Well, the Lewiston
papers tell Us how he spent part Of the
dav; and We must confess It was a very
sensible way Of keeping Fast, although
thew do say that some of the old lady
singers barely avoided being irreverently
froGcsome We suppose that the self
examination and resolving to lead a
better life was left for the younger part
of the community, as the veterans who
took part in the Auburn reunion seemed
70 be of the unanimous opinion that they
had all done pretty well in the past
considering
The editor of the Portland Adrer-
tissr prints 4 letter from a Kennebec cor
respondent who SAYS be has heard that
Westbrook is a great place for tinware,
and as he wishes to purchase some at
wholesale, cheap, would ike the address
Of some good firm of Westbrook or Port
| land. And the Adrertjser man maketh
reply in manner following:
our friend must have boon miSinformed.
During the last ten years, we have seen no
advertisement of tin-ware manufactured in
this vicinity, and the inference is that there
are no goods Of that kind for sale here. II
any should hereafter be advertised, we
shsll take pleasure in sending marked pa
per 70 our kennebec correspondent.
Bro. Simpson, of the Belfast Jour
nal. says that 1.-The worst apprehensions,
with regard TO the evil results Of the extra
session of Congress at this time, are APP
parently about TO be realized but he
/ appears to have unwavering faith in the
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