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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28
CONVENTION.
GRrFNB,CKERs IN CONVENTION
A Bolt.

PORTLAND, Nh, Sept. 2l.-The Green
back State Convention To nominate Pres
idential ticket met ut ,, p. m, in Congress
Hall in this city. The convention was
largely attended and no person was admit
ted without 4 ticket Mr.. Berry, chair
man Of the State Committee, called the
meeting TO order. Hon. Cha.s A. White
OF Augusta, was appointed temporary
chairman, and responded in brief speech
caudcmning Garfield "a a salary grab Der
and DeGolya contractor. He said they
had lust achieved glorious victory. lie
doubted very much whether Plaisted would
have been elected Governor had IL not been
for their arrangement with the Democrats,
which gave them four names OF the seven.
John Benson, jr., and \. q. Plummer, jr.,
were appointed Secretaries The temper
airy organization was made permanent.
The committee on credentials reported 30
towns represented by 4G5 delegates. Mr..
Ilobson offered a resolution congratulating
the Unionists on their election OF Plalsted
and endorsing the arrangement made by
both committees at Augusta. Scion Chase
moved 10 amend the resolution so the con-
vention nominate solid Greenbackers and
said the convention must either adopt the
Fusion resolution or go IL alone, and he
bitterly opposed Fusion. He was conf
dent no other State in the Union would
work in unison with the Greenbackers, as
the Democrats could not stand on their
platform. Mr.. Benson, OF Newport, Mr..
Stevens, Mr.. Thomas Plaisted, Mr.. Perry,
OF Camden, and Mr.. Eaton all spoke in IA
vor OF union, and the resolutions were
adopted by rising vote, nearly every man
rising in his seat amid loud cheers. The
following were chosen as candidates for
electors Electors at-large, Scion Chase and
Samuel Watts; District Electors, John +.
Turner, Benjamin Bunker, Cha's X. Wild
den, VIM. A. Cromwell and John j. bod
worth. Congressman Murch was called To
speak and loudly cheered. He favored the
union and said that this convention was
ominous of the destruction of the Repub-
licau party. lie predicted 10000 majority
in November. Scion Chase desired those
of his mind to retire for consultation.
Mr.. Pierce, of Augusta urged Mr.. Chase
and his band OF followers TO consider be-
fore they bolted.
The convention then adjourned.
BOLT.
At the close OF the Greenback conven-
ton the boilers headed by their leader, So
Ion Chase, adjourned TO City Hall, where
they finally concluded to nominate Fu-
sion electoral ticket. Scion Chase and
Judge X. A. Frye are electors-at-large.
The following is to be printed in to-mor-
rows papers in explanation OF the position
taken by the Greenback party: "For the
instruction and encouragement Of our
bretheren in other States we straight
Greenbackers would say. there is Green
back party In this State Of Maine devoted
to the interests Of the whole people, and
that the late Fusion and confusion that has
prevailed In this State was solidly aud
wholly the result of local exigencies and
issues, and had nothing to do with Nation
al matters, aud that we shall vote with our
brothers elsewhere for Weaver and Cham
bers."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, SEP
TENDER TERM, 1880.

HoN. WIN. G. BARRows, Judge.
JAMES s. WRIGHT, ESQ.,, Clerk.
Mrs. CROSBY, Reporter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28
GENERAL PLAISTED DECIDES FOR
WEAVER.

The Weaver Club OF Elizabeth sent the
following despatch to General Plaisted;
ELIZABErH, y. j., sept. 10. lsso.
GOVERNOR PiAisrED. BANGOR. ME-.
Accept congratulations ofWeaver Club. Are
you not for Weaver and ChambersI
h W TERLISDE. sec'y OF Club.
The following despatch was received in
reply.
Il. W. TERLISpE, SECRETARY WEAVER CLUB.
ELgZABEIH, y. j.
Thanks for your congratulations, Yours for
Weaver ana Chambers. III. vi. PLAisrED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28

Heirs NJ Elbriige Chapman. ltui
ON Church ST, as described Ia
inventory, 3, p
same, house lot on Railroad Street, 3F
T.. l. Wheeler X y q Grover.
meado y being part Of lot No5l. ID
Same deficiency on highway tax
for 1876 ID
VIM. II. Lapham or unknown, VIM
Crooker homestead. 20 =
OLIVER II. MASON,
Treasurer OF Bethel
Sent 10 i-sD
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28

Court was opened with the usual proc
lamations, and prayer by Rev. H. c.
Estes, ID. D., of Paris.
The new Grand Jury was empaneled
as follows:
Sumner, Nernal Bates.
Andover, Elijah f. Bedell.
Porter, Amos Blazo.
Norway, A. Bonney.
Greenwood, Peter b. Buck.
Oxford, James II. Chapman.
Fryeburg, Samuel B. Charles.
Albar :. Otis Hayford.
Bethel, John F. Hapgood.
Brownfeld, John Hodgdon.
Hanover Winfield s. Howe.
Peru, Daniel w. knight.
Byron, William F. Merrill.
Paris, O.lando A. Thayer.
Hiram, Euoch NJ. Treadwell.
Buckfeld. c. c. Spaulding.
Canton, VIM. II. II. Washburn.
Sweden, +. p. Grant.
Judge Barrows delivered an exceed
ingly interesting and instructive charge
to the Grand Jury. after which it retired
and selected as foreman, Elijah +. Bedell
The traverse Jurors were then called,
but as several were absent and Others
were excused, only one panel was organ
lied. The full list Of jnrors summoned
Is as follows:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-28

AN ENQUIRER AFTER BOOSTERS.
A postal card, received on Wednesday,
asks
WISTERPoRr. Sept Is. lssO.
DEAR SIR:-Pleasc let me know where your
BOOSTERS are now? And oblige
JAMES WARDwELL.
Just where honest mems poultry has
been before-in the bag OF prowling
thieves.-Belfdst Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
Dime Novel Heroes.

Four small boys started out last
week fer Texas to hunt buffaloes
and fight Indians, and had quite
spirited Journey until they reached
Pier Twenty, East River, when sun
dry policemen took pity on tho
hunted rad man, also the nations
few remaining buffaloes, aud SO
changed the psrty's plans that
Texas is not likely TO be as rich in
valor as it might haze been. Other
venturesoms souls, equally youthful,
have started West on similar err.
rands; indeed, they have been so
numerous that their fsncies and ex-
periences no longer raise laugh !;
on the contrary thsy arouse senti-
ments that are anything but face
tious. Nine.tenihs of ou- American
boys are allowed to select their own
reading matter, and they may be
depended upon 10 buy whatever,
within their means, is most exciting.
Generally they find it in serial pub.
LEGATIONS, the contributors to which
seem to imagine that nothing short
of the sight of gore-that of an In
dian prsfsrred-cau fully safety
Juvenile longiDgs, and 50 scores of
stories are published which DO par
ent, no matter how much be ad-
mires bravery, would ALLOW his boy IS
to read did be know what they
were. Boys demand spirited s.or-
les, and should have them but are
none of the writer's alluded to able
to bid sdieu to the Indian a little
while and "work up soma of the
actual adventure OF every day life,
in respectable neigbborhoods and
among pc pie who are not wholly
vulgar ana unprincipled ? Stories
just as exciting and strong may be
made from such material, and boy.
ish longing for heroic lives may thus
be fostered without recourse to
dishonesty or brutality-without
destroying promising young lives
and breaking mothers hesrts.--N
Y. Herald,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
Hsvanas Made From Straw Paper.

the great conundrlm in the Gu.
ban trade, "what becomes Of all the
straw paper ?" is easily solved. IL
is saturated in a decoction made
from the stems and refuse of the
choice Havana seed leaf, and when
properly treated with fayoring ex-
tracts, licorice root, SIENNA, etc,
makes filing for cigars Besides,
it burns with pure white ash pre-
cisely like that OF the genuine leaf,
unlike that yielded by any other
material. Specimens Of prepared
paper are described as closely re.
sembling tho leaf in appearance. taste
and flavor The small particles of
rye which remain in the straw and
are ground up with tho pulp being
OF an oily nature, dc not take the
dye, and look like the whitish mold
Of a real leaf. Among other virtues
it is claimed that the lime used in
bleaching the paper neutrallzes the
effects Of nicotine, SO that no inn
proVements seem possible in the
use Of straw 10 cigar making, except
that it may be to leave out the to-
bacco altogether. Coffee makers
succeed in making people prefer
chiccory and pears to any other
mixture, and why should not rye
straw excel in making "the weed"
The objection offered against the use
Of rye pspsr at home is that it would
not be ''gsnuine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
~ II = -
Her Righ Is.

A girl has right to an education
as precisely adapted to a woman's
work as is the boys preparatory to
the mans work She has a right to
study her own organism and fune-
tons, to understand the conditions
OF health, and to be forewsrnsd
against the inexorable penalties of
ignor auce, folly, or ovsr-taxation.
She has a right to instruction re.
specting the proper care for the sick,
for mothers watchfulness, aud a
wife's tenderness, when intelligontly
directed, are more potent than drugs
in the struggle with death Not that
she is to receive physicians educa-
ton, for we are not speaking of o
physicians work, but womaR's ed
ucation, for that divine work which
woman has ever performed IN every
race, and will perform as long as
there are moaning children to soothe
and fevered brows to cool. She has
a right to instruction and practice in
the art of cutting and making her
own clothing tastefully; in the art Of
cookery; in that OF setting a table,
Frightening a room, identifying 8
garden; in short, to all the knowl.
edge which related sciences can con-
tribute to her intelligence, dettness
and efficacy in that creates. and
purest of womanly arts, the art Of
making home brighter to the little
ores than the streets, more attrac-
tive to It's adults than saloons, "a
quiet nook whence the pilgrim OF
three-score- and-ten boards the ship
that sails out into eternity's OCEAN
Industridlist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
A Female Detective.

When a woman wants to deceive
a man she is inclined to dsceive him
by feigning love for him. The reason
she would probably assign for this is
that by such feigning she can blind
his Judgment ani suppress his COM
mon sense. A feminine detective
has been practicing this ruse upon
another (masculinc) detective in the
West, and with entire success. She
is named Nellie MCPHERSON has
been some time employed by the
Commercial Detective Agency at st.
Joseph, no. is so, tall, slender, has
dark hair and eyes, il attractive in
person, and has most engaging MAJ
ners. Some time since divers West
ern railways, the Chicago aud Rock
Island aud Burlington q Quincy
among others, found that a great
many counterfeit tickets on their
roads had bsen put into circulation,
and thsy employed Deteo,iye hurry
OF Chicago TO discover the counter
feiters He entered upon the work
apparently with much sagernoss, ex-
pressing confidence that he could
soon trace out the guilty but he
really made no progress. Then the
corporations engaged Nellie to assist
him, and she did assist him vigorous
.ly, la few weeks she had reason
TO suspest him of tho crime, but ia
order to blind him of her suspicion,
she pretended to have fallen madly
in love with him. The pretsnse
whsedled him completely, aud i'll a
short timo she lad collected over
wheming evidence against him. She
set trap for him, he fell into it, and
she had him arrested at q Chicago
hotel, while he was waiting tor a
sentimental interview. He 10 now in
jail, complaining that he can endure
discovery and disgrace but to be
betrayed in the sacred name of love,
wounds mis- tenderest ssnsibilities to
the core. lie may commit fresh
crime again whenever he can, but be
can never smile again--never, never,
never. CHICAGO Tribune,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22

'Yes, Lucy. it, me. could bear
it no longer, I'm dying, l believe
and | could not 90 without seeing
you and the little one again.
My arms held him fact. tattered
garments and all my kisses fell on
his poor, pale face like rain, | would
never let him go again.
tom, Tom | sobbed. getting
down on my knees beside him. ooh,
forgive mel Forgive me / have
suffered so much
1t is that must ask forgiveness.
Lucy, not you,' no said humbly. Il
Was wronc.'
But | stopped him short.
NO, Tom, ny cross word did it
all; but for that / should have been
happy all these weary years.
NANNY, nanny interposed
Ellie, twisting herself around on her
IaLner's piouiuvs, -uou-V Oiy mon Q,
pappy's came back
Yes, thank God, he has come back,
poor, battered and hungry-like the
prodigal-but my Tom, my hus.
band, nevertheless. | would never
be cross to him again.
1t was spring time again. The
sweet May sunligh. steals in at my
window as | write, and | heard the
turtle dove down in the distant
wood. My husband is a man now,
standing up proudly, his feet upon
the grave of his old temptation. |
knew that GODS mercy is equal to
his injustice, and his love is greater
than either.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
Tha Dead Alive.

The following extraordinary story
comes from Franklintown, n. c.,
over the signature of j. w. Weaver,
of that town. He says that Mrs.
Martha Smith, of Cathsm, reports q
remarkable case of suspended ami
nation, burial and resurrection, in
the person of o married lady of
that county, who possessed gold
watch and finger rings, which she
often expressed desire to have
buried witt.h her whanover she should
die. Finally che vas taken i'll, and
life sesmsd gradually to ebb away,
until her attending physician pro.
nounced it extinct. At hsr burial
her previously expressed dssiI es
was complied with, and the second
night after the inteFment q white
man and negro went to the grave
and exhumed her for tha purpose Of
obtaining the buried jswelry. As
they took the lid off the GOTTA, aud
the negro began pulling of q ring
from her fngsr she RAISED up. At
this both men took fright and ran
away. Finally the negro went
back, and she asked him What be
wanted He told her be wanted her
rings and the white man her watch
She requested to see the white man.
whom the other soon found and
brought TO her. She requested him
TO 90 home with her. lie did go,
and when she reached the door she
Knocked. Her husband opened the
door, but tainted when be saw her,
thinking n was - d6sc w,fs's
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
Recent Points In Etiquette.

Say "Good.bye,"sot "Good morn.
ing"
Upon leaving a reom, one bow
should include all.
Never wait oysr fifteen inmates
for tardy guest.
Upon introduction, enter ct once
into conversation.
A note requires as prompt an an.
swer as a spoken question.
"Genteel" and "gentility" arc
words tabooed in good society.
Regrets in reply to invitations
should contain reason therefor.
Strangers arriving should notify
friends by card or presence.
At the table you are not required
to thank the one who waits on you.
You should exchange calls with
individuals before inviting them to
your house.
Only letters to unmarried ladies
and widows are addressed with their
baptismal names.
The custom of leaving a blank
margin on the left hand side of each
page OF letter is obsolete.
Returning a personal call With
cayds enclosed in sB envelope signi-
fes that visiting between the persons
is ended.
Unless there is great difference
in age, lady visiting should not
rise, either or ARRIVAL or departure OF
other ladies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
WHOLE NO. 1916.
ghost. Mrs. Smith says the lady is
still living and bids fair to attain 8
good old aga, and that she visits
and is visited by her frequently.
Wit and Humor.

When a man gets tight the devi
generally gets loose.
Many pastors would rather preach
to empty heads than to empty
pews.
1t is time-honored custom in
Quincy, Fla, TO salute . newly mar.
ried couple by firing cannon. This
is to remind those present that the
battle of life has fairly begun,
\ little boy watching the burning
OF the school house until the novelty
OF the thing bad ceased, started
fhe Gid thing 70 s4 65tarnedd' Gown = ia ddidii6
have my jogfry Lesson, no how.
The Burlington Hawkeye remarks
that 'as you travel around the coun.
try you are more impressed with
ths conviction that the chief end of
man is to paint patent medicine
signs on the fences"
TIE girls in his nauvs village
were lighting the candles IN The front
parlors and pulling down the blinds
and the Excelsior boy reported that
"the shades of night were falling
fast"
An English tourist at New Z9a.
land restaurant, having finished bis
meal, thinks be Will try soma des
sert: "Waiter, briag me piece of
mince pie" Waiter, upol0gatioally,
"dsin't got no minoe pie, sir; mis-
sionaries is so thin this season we
only biles 'em for soup"
The English language is rich in
synonymous terms. A mechanic in
search Of work, is "out OF a i)b;" a
clerk in the came predicament is
"disengaged," and professional
man similarly placed is cat leisure"
The mechanic ''gots work" " he clerk
"connecss" himself with some estab-
Iishment, aud the professional man
"resum -" practices.
A worry good hit was made yes,cr.
day morning by one of tho defeated
candidates III Thursday nights pri'
mary election. A gentleman ap-
preached him with, Nell, Mr.. -,
how do you feel?" "Well," SAID he,
81 feei, suppose, pretty much as
Lazarus did" "As Lazarus did ?"
"Why yes" said be, Lazarus was
licked by dogs, and so was H.
YOnker'S Gdeette.
He had been sitting still 50 long
that the mother expected 20 find
him asleep when she looked around
and asked, "Wall, Harry, what are
you thinking OFF," ana, are we
very rich ?" he solemnly inquired
by way of reply. 10 one way we
are" she said your father says he
values ms Ct SO, 900. coo, you at 81
100000, and the baby at 100000.
That closed the conversation on that
subject, but next morning, "a Harry
was getting on his overcoat he ok.
amined the new patch which had
been added. and coolly observed !:
"W oil, / thipk father had beitar sell
off about half of you or the whole of
the baby, aud get the res! of US
some decent duds TO put on"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
The Doghsh.

| Everywhere there was the tnose
execrable character of the docfsh.
His looks have nothing to saw in his
favor. This pest of the whole coast
is perhaps two feet long, with a
weight of three to FIVE pounds. a
rough, leathery skin, no scales, long.
pointed snout, and q mouth under
meath like sharks, so that he turns
upon his back to bite. 1t is not
simply that he chases other species
for all the fnny tribes have their
anlmosities and yictims-but he is
omnipresent, his skin excoriates the
hands if it be touched he finds means
to drive deep in and draw blood with
a cruel thorn which is said to be
poisonous, and he IL good for moth.
ing himself. Such. at least, is tho
contemporaneous estimate of his
value +; "but those eccentric anees-
tors of ours" said Middleton, "must
take it upon themselves to think
otherwise. Ii is not strange they
should have differed from us In their
IDEAS of religion, government, and
political economy when we find them
having such unaccountabIe stomachs
as this" and he quoted to incredu-
lous ears around him an early voya-
ger who set down in his journa, that
with sassafras he had cured surfeit
of one of his men, which was brought
on by seating the bellies of dogfish,
very delicious meat
The clear bottom about the fish
house and wharf, wherever he went.
was paved with heads aud small
waste portions of the others, to be
dogfsh lay there at full length, with
an ugly follsd-despersdo air IN death;
and he felt his foot, as it were, above
an arrant bully and rascal, as he
looked down, and pronounced a
mental sic Semper tyrdnniS over him.
The water on those coasts was ex-
oessively cold, SO that it was rare
that even the veteran fishermen
could swim One day, in a special.
ly chartered iigger, we'll out TO sea
toward Mount Desert Rock, though
Ho hueW tu0 lclupcIAtuIS OF tHe
water well, he would have JUMPED
overheard for the retreshment of a
hasty dip in it, but be was deferred,
not SO much by the usual bugbear of
sharks as that OF these same dogish
again. He was told a startling cpl
sode Of two men who had gone down
to Matinic Rock-a satellite of Ma
tinicus- in The autumn for the popu.
lar diversion among the islanders oe
shooting wild fowl Shortly after
they landed, their dory went adrift,
and they saw it short distance oil.
"Stay," said one of them, throw
ing down his gun 81 will swim out
and bring it back" lie had gone
but twenty feet from the shore when
be was seen to struggle violently,and
throw up his hands with a wild de,
spajring cry: "My God p' he said,
''the dog6sh! Shoot me, and don't
let me suffer"
But they Gevoured him piecemeal,
as the story went, and his eompan.
ion could only look on in helpless
horror at his fate.-W. H. BIsuoP, in
Harpsr'S Mdga>ine for august.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22
by the exercise of tue utmost care on

by the exercise of the utmost care OF
his part.
Jones, being poor antiquarian
attached but little interest to his dis
covery, and after reducing the skele
ton to powder by thrust of his foor
he left the vaulet, only preserving the
parchment.
The clubhouse was completed and
the ancient catacomb made to serve
good purpose.
Probably nothing would ever have
been heard about the matter had
1t not been for certain party, whose
name is by request withheld, who ap-
preached Jones on Sunday sud
asked him what he was doing in the
excavacation one night some weeks
ago. AT the same time this gentle
man introduced himself as a secret
detective agent, who had come in
nocturnal doings through a person
who had secretly watched him.
Jones them made an open breast of
his discovery, and surrendered the
piece of parchment he had found in
the hand of the skeleton.
The chemicals with which in time
past parchments were prepared 90
render them impervious to the action
OF dampness and age, had caused the
dried M document to retain the
crumpled condition which it had
obtained from being clutched in the
hand while pliable. Faint tracks of
writing appeared on one side. aud
with view to unraveliue the mys
terry whey developed the vault and
its skeleton tenant, the gentleman
submitted the parchment to
chemist. Through some process
the crisp folds were smoothed out,
without injuring the document, and
an effort was made to decipher the
writing upon the surface, an UNDER
taking involving a great deal of la.
Dor. The writing was Spanish and
was executed in bold hand in imi-
tation of the old English style of
printing. 1t was dated l746, and the
name, Marcus Sierta, appeared con-
spicuou2ly in the body Of the writing,
while another, Alfonso Calrada, con-
stituted the signature. The body
had become almost obliterat-
ed, but several words could still be
deciphered: "Mont, ""Dios, ""grace,"
"madre," "rialto," "sarcophage" and
several lines in intelligent Spanish,
enough to convey that Marcus Sierta
had by order of Alfonso Calrada
been condemned to Incarceration in
a catacomb until starved to death,
and his soul commended to the mercy
of the Lord and the mother of Jesus.
For what offense could not be sscer.
tanned.
The parchment has been sent to
some r1puted professors of antiquari-
an researches to undergo a thorough
and hoPc" are entertained
that the writing can, by a chemical
process, be reproduced in its original
distinctness, and clue obtained to
its full import.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22

NEW YORK pedestrians are CON-
planning that passengers on the ele-
waited railways spit out of the car
windows OF course, passengers
would not take the trouble to do
that If they we're not riding over the
heads Of other people bat the CONS
paints Just show that some people
are never satisfied
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-22

AN eminent Boston preacher once
said that it was mockery to pray
az night for sweet and refreshing
sleep without seeing to it that the
bed room is well ventilated: God
takes care OF those Who take care Of
themselves.