Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-06-24
IN GENERAL.

The New Haven Register comments on
the Northwest paSsage-"TOO much ice 70
the amount of water.
Fruit prospects on the Hudson are ex-
cellent, except Is 70 apples, which Will not
Dc above the average.
The first barrel Of -four this year comes
from Georgia. The wheat was cut April
30th and threShed May lSt.
Gen. Grants Arabian horses those
presented 10 him by the Sultan-haye ar
rived by sea al New Haven.
Isaac I. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, is
going out 70 san Francisco next month for
the purpose of assisting in fitting out the
Herald Arctic exploring expedition.
A pack Of dogs at Highland, Va, re-
Gently attacked a dock OF sheep at night
and Killed several OF them, but on a second
attack, the following night, the sheep came
OF victorious, killing six or eight OF the
dogs.
Mr. Cough says that he sees decided
advance in the cause Of temperance in
England since his last visit % that cOun-
try The church aud the nobility are en-
listing in il as never before. The impulse
given 70 the reform in this year 1879 by him
will be the most healthy and maSterful it
has ever received.
One beautiful Sabbath morn, when
nature was all atune with the merry carols
Of jOyfOl birds. little boy, scarcely i've
years old, sat near window and gazed in
silent admiration upon the scene which
spread out before him in all its msgnifi-
cence and grandeur, until he suddenly
shouted, Amt this nice: Hurrah for God -
A Herkimer County N. Y man, who
has lost several thousand dollars by indoors
Ing the paper Of friends. recently went be-
fore a magistrate and SOlemnly swOre that
In future he would indOrse no paper Of pc
cuniary value. He carries a copy OF the aft
davit with him, and when approached on the
subject OF indOrSing he shows il 10 prove
that he cannot indOrSe without perjury.
The Postmaster OF New York. driven
nearly wild by the carelesSneSs Of people
who direct letters merely 10 certain towns
without designating the State and county
has published 4 circular which contains
some rather singular facts concerning the
reduplicatiOn Of names that occur in the
Post ONCE directory. IL is pretty geuer-
ally supposed that ''the Hub" iS the only
Boston in the country, but this CIRCULAR
shows that there are no less than twelve,
while there are five BaltimOreS, four Chi
Cages, eight CincinnatiS, seven Philadel-
phiaS, thirty Washingtons, five Omahas,
etc. Often in single day as many as so,
600 letters are posted in New York alone
having incomplete directions.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
scene Of the Mountain Meadow massacre
Is now the very picture of deSOlation. Be
fore the MOrInOnS murdered lSl innocent
men. women and children there in 1857, the
Meadows were known far and wide as a
paradise in the desert, with an abundance
OF grass, crystal streams and eyer-hOwing
springs. To-day the grass is gone, the
water courses dried up, and nothing but a
dreary waste marks the once beautiful
spot. 1t Is said that the earth is also sink
ing, and the bones which were collected
after the massacre, though thrice buried,
continue to reappear, while settlers in the
vicinity Shun the spot as haunted, and say
that the winds from the meadows bring
piercing cries FOR help 70 their ears.