Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-05-06

against the window pane; Well, Accord
ing to the calculations of Professor Uni
born, each of these heavy moulded old
brutcs is now about to lay 5000 eggs.
If each egg produces a fly who lays 1000
eggs before the first Of June, and from
each of these 1000 are Matched and
ready to Law before the FIST of July, to
furnish each a brood of 2O00 before the
first of August, the number of flies from
this single ancestor, ready to trouble YOU
in September. will be 10000, 600, 0OO,-
600. We believe Prof. HowliSch COM
putes the average brood at 600 only,
which would give but l ,296, 0o0, OC0 flies
in September as the descendants of each
of the present generation. But even
calling it the lesser number, don't YOU
think it will pay to kill EN- aoc'
The Portland Press tells the follow
ing. which would seem to show consider
able ignorance of temporal affairs on the
part OF one of the Methodist brothers
attending the recent conference:
Monday morning lady who resides in
the upper part of the city saw a stranger
| irving % open one of the letter boxes near
her residence and upon her approach he
| asked her how ne could get at the contents.
/ She told him that only the poStoulce OIL
/ cial> could open the box. The stranger
/ then said ne was i'm attendance ON the con
/ ference and was told that his mail would
/ be put into the box and ne was DESTROYS OF
/ obtaining IT, The lady explained 10y saying
/ that the letter carrier brought the mail TO
| the houses and that the boxes were only
intended 20 receive letters which the writ
/ crS wished forwarded to the poStotiice 50
/ that they could Dee sent 10 their destinations.
Tell Us not in mournful numbers that
| this life il hut dream. when girl that
weighs one hundred gets outside quart o.
erclm-aud then wants mOrc.-E|Wir' 6d-
-.,.. Life is real life is earnest, and the
girls know what they need but on cream
they arr the durudc>t set 90 show their grit
and creed. No sururr.-NOr York N'rS.
! Let Us then, he up and doing. with heart
for any fate. but never let Us 20 WooinG
girls that want "a second plate. io" =
that N,i~slaH Lives OF such girls at
remind Us. as We float adowu the stream.
| that the bows who come behind Us Will have
/ to nav for lots of cream. N-V-N-t - one
| (.r> Gr-.tf. BE not Ike dumb. driven cat
t1c. hc a hero I'm the strife; never with
/ Nor mother battle. save the lee cream for
YOUR wife. Proceed, - Br""kigH E11l..
Art is long and time is tcctin@; he Who
hi.gle> - churl. Soothc with cream her
heart wild beating. pay the score and win
the girl Ffrse->' R,rjet".
II YOU wait perhaps another, of cNpcn>-
e., mo-, afraid. some more wise and gem
crouS brother, Will cut You out and we'd
the maid
A man now serving out q sentence
In the County jail sends as communl-
cation tor publication He say, be has
found that the way of the traus-rcS>or Is
hard and intends TO lead better life
when he Is released. And ne wishes to
have his letter published as warning 20
Others. Now look here. friend: That
isn't wise According TO your own story
Won We served out over half YOUR sentence
which was "a lish, one 20 begin with,
and YOU doa't want 90 advertise your
misfortune any more. There's q better
wav 90 do IL. Put YOUR good resolutions
I'm practice us soon as YOU get out; make
believe YOU never were IN jaIl-don
mention IL: but show the sincerity OF
Your reformation by lr1fmg better life
and thus being a good example 90 your
nei.h1or>-vhich !, far better than 20