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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
TRUTHS FOR SIXTE EN-YEAR OLD
MEN

Remember, my son, that the world is
older than you by several years; that for
thousands of years it has been so full OF
smarter and better young men than your
self that their feet stuck out of the
dormer windows; that when they died the
globe went whirling on, and not one man
out of ten million went to their funerals,
or even heard of their deaths.
BE as smart as you can, of course.
Know as much as you can without blow
ing the packing out of your cylinder.
heads. Shed the light of your wisdom
abroad in the world; but don't dazzle
people with it, and don't imagine thing
is so simple because you say it is. Don't
be too sorry for your father because he
knows so much less than You do. Re-
member the reply Of DR.. wayland to the
student of Brown University who said it
was an easy enough thing to make
proverbs such as solomon wrote.
MAKE a few" ,ersely replied the old
man. And we never heard that the
young man made any not more than two
or three, anyhow. The world has great
need of young men. but no greater need
than young men have oft. Your clothes
ft you better than your fathers nj him /;
they cost more money, they are more s,y-
lish. your mustache is neater, the cut OF
your hair Is better, and you are prettier
than "pl." But. young man, the old
gentleman gets the biggest salary, and
his homely, scrambling signature on the
business end Of the check will drain more
money out OF the bank in five minutes
than you could get out Of ream Of pa
per and coPperPlate signature in six
months
Young men are useful. and they are
ornamental. and we all love them, and
We couldn't engineer picnic successfully
without them. Bat they are no novel
ties. nv son. o no, nothing ofth kind.
They have been here before Do not be
so modes, as 10 shut yourself clear out /;
but don't be 50 fresh that you will have
to be rut away TO keep from spelling.
Don't be afraid that your merit will not
be discovered. People all over the world
are hunting for you, and you are worth
finding they will find you. A diamond
isn't so easily found as quartz pebble,
but some people search for it the more
intently. .-BmLinqI0n Ha,ckeYe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

Cor \ CORNER. one OF the morning
trains over the Erie road, the other day, L
farmer-looking min walked the length Of
a car without t!nding an empty seat and he
slowly returned TO one occupied by a lone
man, who At once spread himselfout aS much
as possible and suddenly became deeply in
terested in his newspaper. The farmer halted
beside the seat, but the other madenO move
ment. Even after full minute had passed
there was no sign that he meant 10 share
his quarters with another. Then the farm
er touched his arm and said:
IF you hang on long enough you'll make
a fortune"
"What-what's that, sir?' demanded
the other, as he looked up.
"It's big thing-hang on to it, whls-
pered the farmer.
.What Is IL? What do you mean, SIR"
II tumble; but | won't give II away"
chuckled the farmer.
What do you mean, sir?"
IL mean that you've got the biggest
corner on the hog market ever known In
this country, aud If you don't make mil
lion dollars out Of il, III eat Goldfish for
year."
Half that seat was suddenly vacated, but
the farmer preferred TO stand up and brace
against the stove.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
CARELESSNESS IN SENDING
LETTERS.

About a year ago a clerk in the Post
Office at New Orleans discovered let
ter unsealed in which was over $4,000
in United States bonds. The other day
letter containing drafts for nearly
$40, 900 was returned to the same Office
from the Dead Letter Office at Washing
ton, which had gone from New Or
leans to England via Boston. The letter
had thus twice crossed the Atlantic and
was finally returned to the writers in
New Orleans. In the meantime the
business firm which had despatched the
letter made a great stir in post office cir
cles about the letter,its prolonged absence
and supposed final disappearance, very
much to the discomfort of the New Or
leans officials, as appearances indicated
that the Office there was to blame for its
loss. The members of the firm had fire.
auent consultations with the Postmaster,
but no clue could be obtained that i'm
plicated any one in Office. "Were the
firm quite certain that the letter was
properly directed ~ the Postmaster asked.
and the firm replied that they were quite
positive, as they had seen the address
and it was correct. The valuable pack
age, as it was received from the Dead
Letter office after month and half S
absence, revealed the mystery. 1t was
directed TO g. -, New York,
England"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN
TURKEY IN PARIS.

On the 9th of June, 1870, when
Charles IX. was married to Elizabeth
of Austria, the kitchens Of the Louvre
were ablaze for the celebration Of the
nuptals of the monarch, and it is said
the royal master-cook had then the great
anxiety of serving upon the nupital table,
what: Why, brace Of turkeys! These
were the first turkeys coming from North
America to France. A flock of these
fowls formed a part of the cargo of .
small vessel loaded in North America
for Saint Malo, and from the latter port
had been sent by post to the superintend-
ent Of the Kings kitchen of the Louvre.
Twelve stuffed turkeys figured at this
grand matrimonial feast.
The high dignitaries OF the court,
without excepting the Duke de Guise,
the Cardinal of Lorraine, and even the
queen mother herself, ,allured b. the succu
lence of this new game, eat to the point
of having an attack of Indigestion, and
and the superintendent OF the royal pal
ate received from all the guests the
most hearty fluctuations. Charles lX.
took strongly to this new species of fowl,
and recommended its reproduction in
the wood of Saint Laye.
The turkey, of Indian origin, as its name
indicates, has then been known in France
since the middle of the sixteenth century.
The breeding of this fowl begun by the
desire of the crown, was promptly popu-
larized, and has become for the breeders
fruitful source Of profit, and for the
epicures a comestib,e of the first choice.
Such was the debut of this excellent
bird in France and in Europe. Never
theless, the turkey was not really popu-
larized, or its breeding developed in
France until about 1880. The care
naturally given to it in state Of domes-
ticity produced many well-defned races,
the gray. the variegated and th. red.
The flesh Of the two former Is the most
delicate. Like other fowls. the Indian
cock is acclimated in all parts Of France,
accommodates itself TO all the climates,
TO all the soils, and to all foods. The
great farms of Nomandie and Piclrdie
have always raised the choicest spec
les.
/, only remains to say that the raising
Of this fowl has been, and Is to-day. an
important factor in all farming opera
,ions. I, has acquired above all yerlt-
able Importance in certain provinces,
notably in Berri, Boursogne, Gascogne,
our dear old Lorraine and others. II
would be slperflous to eulogize the flesh
of the turkey. to which the addition OF
trufties given an inexprcssible SAVIOR, al
ways appreciated BY the epicures OF all
countrie. Prepared by true artists, its
value and importance have on certain
occasions been fully recognized. At the
congress of Vienna the representatives Of
France received the fclicitatious Of the
most elevated persohages. Ought we to
say uH dinde or uHe dinde: There are
partisans for both expressions. Each
has an acceptable reason. tHe dinde Is to
say turkey hen: IN dinde is to say a
turkey cock. The most certain method
of being in accord is to eat this excellent
biped under the name of dindon.-.iour-
nat des debdts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

ton from the pastor set their minds right,
and before night the whole town knew
that Rosie was the affianced bride Of Ed
ward Bentley, the new Baptist minister,
and that i, was love affair of long stand
ing.
Everybody went TO the wedding. which
was in the Congregational church, and
everybody went to the reception at Miss
Bailey's which was the grandest affair
Bosworth had ever known.
At the end of the year Rosie bade fare
well to the little town to go to her city
home. But even she, so far distant from
the little village, will ever have pleasant
memories of the assistance she gave in
the religious revolution Of Bosworth
through the enterprise of sixteen old
maids.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

How TO CLEAN THE FLooR.-lf you
have a painted floor keep soap and soap
suds off of it, for it spoils the brightness
of the paint, makes it soft, and then it
peels off, leaving the floor looking worse
than if it had not been painted. IT, your
floor has not been painted, keep soap off
of it, for it gives it dirty, grimy look,
and keeps growing worse all the time.
Just take clean hot water, pour tea
spoonful of spirits of ammonia into a
three-gallon pail Of water, stir it, and
with a clean, long g-handled mop rub the
floor all over, then wipe it off with clean
water. 1t will take little while to get
the gray out of the boards, but it will
come out after while, and you will find
it far easier to keep your floor clean and
nice than it was when cleaned with soap
or suds. Woman's Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
4 SALT PICKLE.

Lorenzo 4 Pickle of Newfane, y. Y,
i, six feet five inches in height and is
one of family of twenty -four children
of whom twenty-five are now living.
He has thirteen sisters and eight brothers.
He was the smallest of the family, the
largest deing a brother who lives in the
State of Kentucky, who is seven feet two
and half inches tall in his stocking feet
and weighs two hundred and seventy-fye
pounds. The object Of this sketch is
is sixty eight years Of age, but his activi-
ty might well be envied by men of forty
years. He wears no overcoat, and adds
further that he wears no socks. He has
two daughters living, one seventeen and
the other twelve years of age. The
former is more than six feet tall and still
growing; the other is five feet eight
inches in height, and will probaly reach
six feet and more before she has attained her
growth. A singular characteristic Of Mr..
Pickle is that he has two pupils instead
OF one in each eye. The pupils are not
entirely distinct, but rather, are double.
He says that it is necessary for him to
use strong magnifying glass to be able
to read, but that at a distance he can dis
tingush objects with a facility that other
men do not possess. The secret of his
remarkable health and activity Mr..
Pickle says is the use of salt. His food
consists mainly of salt meat and salt pork,
and he says he prefers salt to sugar even
in his tea, and uses on an average two
tablespoonfuls of salt every day. Mere
over, he never eats cake or pastry or
sweetmeats of any description. But it
is a well. established fact that excess Of
salt is not wholesome, but induces dis
ease. Mr.. Pickle naturally endorses
salt, but he is probably healthy in spite
of salt, and not because oft.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
A CARD PLAYERS SERMON.

Mans life is a game of cards. First
it is "cribbage." Next he tries to ''go
it alone" at a sort of "cut, shuttle and
DEAL pace. Then he raises the
"deuce" when his mother stakes hand
in" and contrary to Hoyle, "beats the
the little joker with her fve." Then
with his diamonds he wins the "queen
of hearts Tired of playing 'lone
hand" he expresses desire to "assist"
his fair partner, throws out his cards"
and the clergyman takes a ten dollar
bill out of him "on pair" She
"orders him up" to build the fires.
Like "knave" he joins the "clubs'
where he often gets "high" which is
slow" too. If he keeps straight" he
is oftentimes "hush." He grows old
and bluff" sees a deal of trouble
when he at last "shuffles" off his mortal
coil and passes in his checks and he
ia "raked in" by "spade," life's fitful
"game" is ended. and he waits the sum-
mons of Gabriers ''trump' which shall
"order him up"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
ONLY \ LITTLE VEIL.
SUSAN COOLIDGE.

Only little veil between
\ slight thin veil. If you could see
Past its gray folds, there she would he
Smiling anil sweet, and she would lean
And stretch her hands out joyfully.
An the day long. and year by year,
She will go forward as yOu go;
As YOU grow Older she will grow;
A. you grow good, she, with her clear
And Angel eyes. viii mark and know.
Think, when YOU wake mp every day'
That she i standing by your bed
Close 90 the pillow where her head,
Her iiItie curly head, once lay,
With a "good morning" smiled. not said.
Think. when the books seem dun and tame
Tic sports no longer what they were,
That there she sits, a shape of air,
And twincs the leaf. or Joins the game.
with the same smile she used 10 wear.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

"A young lady residing in the vicini-
ty Of Bangor, but formerly school
teacher in this village, recently found her
false teeth were being crowded out by the
determined growth Of set of new teeth.
The new set is now complete and the
teeth sound, though the lady is As years
old. DR.. Twitchell informs US that a
lady seventy-ive years old had a set OF
new teeth, and they were not false ones
either.-Farfeld Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

PROFIT, sl,20O.-"To sum Il up. six
long years OF bed-ridden sickness. costing
500 per year, total 81 2OO-all OF this eX-
expense was stopped by three bottles
or Hop Bltters, taken by my wife. She
has done her own homework for a
year since, without the loss OF day, and
want everybody % know it, FOR their
benefit. ~ f. FfrDsr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

The person who would pick upon ban
jo is entirely capable of pounding piano.
squeezing the life out Of an accordion, or
beating drum.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

FROM REv. DIR. DUMMY" Aiamsoa's
Botanic Cough Bdlsdm has been used In
our family for more than three years, aud
we can recommend it as a superior remedy
for Coughs and Cold"
AUGUSTA, ME., Jan. >, lS7S.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

HAVE WIsrAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHER
RY always at hand. II cures coughs, colds
bronchitis, whooping cough, Group, influ-
enza, consumption, and all throat and
lung complaints. 30 cts. aud 81 a bottle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
If 1t ace1.e possible

to get the testimony OF the multitude who
have used HOOPS SARsArARILLA for de-
bIlIty, languor lassitude, and that general
feeling OF stupidity, weariness and exhaus.
ton which every one feels during this season.
We should be able to present to our readers
such an overwhelming mass Of commend
atory messages, that the few who have not
tried IL would do so at once. II Is 4 positive
fact, and has been so efectually demor
strated that no one to-day denies Ii, that
Hoods sarsaparilla contains more real med
cinal value than any article before the people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

A man out West who used 10 take lime
juice when his whiskey soured, died sud.
denly, aud the doctors are trying to deter
mine whether il was a whiskey kill or 4
lime kill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

Nine thousand letters were dropped into
the post-oiilcees Of this country without
being addressed. last year. and people won
der why their letters don't get there"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

As Time is always represented as a bald
headed old gentleman with a scythe and
an hour-glass, we suppose the man who
took Time by the forelock pulled IL on.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

"solid comfort" can be realized by those
suffering from all forms of Scrofula, If they
will take Hoods Sarsaparilla and be cured.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
= ShOrrcv,
WatcrtOwu. " !

II wonld perhaps be di1I-ult % decide
which j. the uoi>ics; mllkmln Ia New York
with "a, wlr-whOop. Ole laiy, however.
says that ia a street amDn- the seventies
q milkmlu j. 50 loud that the milk takes
him FOR early spring thunder and turn,
sour.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

HABirCu CosrNENEs> IL the bane OF
nearly every American woman. From u
usually arises those disorder, that 20 sure
" undermine their health and strength.
Every women owes II to herself audit 70 her
family 20 use that celebrated medicine. Kid
ney-Wort. It Is the sure remedy for con
stlpation. and for all disorders OF the kid
neys aui liver. Try IL in liquid or dry
form. Equally efficient in eIther.-Bosio'l
Sunday BHdyd.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

The envelope" muf is much worn.
It stamps its wearer as ready for the
next male.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
HOODS sARsAPARILLA

Works through the blood, regulating. toai''1
and hpi0orattn9 all the functions OF the body.
Sold by druggists. Price 81, or six for -.
G, L HOOD q CO., E8wsil, Mass. ~, II
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

An exchange says the Egyptian obeli,k
can not stand our climate. II will have %.
II II asking 4 little % much of the people
% change their climate % suit tie o5elisk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

BIZ TENPEEATE.-Whens sickness or de-
preston comes, do not buy "tonic btters. -
II is better 10 die Of disease than drunken
ness. Buy bottle OF "Fayorite Remedy
aud cleanse the system. The great multi
tude OF human MS have their foundation
in impure blood. Dr. kennedy'S "Fayorite
Remedy" attacks these at the fountains
head aud makes the stream or life pure.
Only one dollar per bottle. All druggists
sell It. DR.. David Kennedy, Proprietor,
Rondout, y. Y.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
What
What
Q
Man Did
qrith
Kidney
Complaint

get up without feeling weary anu III Iagsyu
out. Many mornings | was obliged 10 He
down on the lounge; To do any work seem EN-
Ties. The backaehe, dizziness, pain In my
chest and arms. and that feeling OF intense
WEAKNESS are all gone. can eat anything
and il does not press me at all. Feel Just
like work; in fact, like n new man. Can
heartily recommend HOOP sSARsAPARILiA.
and hone All who desire To- know anything
about IL will come to me and ask what |
think Of IL. Very truly yours,
JONATHAN j. COBURS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

Edith O'Gorman, the escaped nun, -
says that girl shouldn't kiss 4 man un-
less she is engaged To him, and then not
oftener than once a month. II that is the
heresy that is taught In these converts,
who wouldn't blame Edith for escaping.
Such doctrine as that would break a
girl all up.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
DRACUT, MASS.
MFssRs. CT. HooD& Co.,
Iouell Mass

MISS RS. u. HOODSt to.,
Lowell, Mass:
Dear Sirs Il have sui
fered from kidney com
plant and biliousness for
fifteen years. Have tried
everything and never got
any good. Last January,
before l commenced TAX
ing HOODS SARsAPiRIL-
LA,eyerything ! ate bloat-
ed me ali up, pain in my
chest and arms, headache
and dizzy. l could not
a = a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12

am happy 70 say u. 4 V. g. j. doing
wonders Tor my wife her case was
singular one and looked upon here ~ one
almost raised from the dead our neigh
bors wonder what has effected such . Won
derfal change Ia 80 short a time ID. Z.
V. g. has done Il an.
T. : ShOrrcv.
Wafarfnvu
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-04-12
Z Gbt0tforo 5lrmotrat
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY.
GEO. II. w ATKINS,
Editor and Proprietor.

Ter4ns---S2.OO per Year.
lfr,iF sfrictlv in siv1nre detrcti"n ~ 'ltN ets
,.,r 20 u,.ae n p-i1 Within siN months a
I4lurt,on o. rsv-av. rsp's viii De
male. tf not paid tH the end ~ the
rrar two Anllars VIII - chArgel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-25

for studapts IN hoard in private families frequently
with the professors; and his home was WIN ~
MED Inv the good mans gIanddauehters. ana care
fully preserved. Mr.. Allston declared that ne was
arrant fop in those days. ana Always sry late from
ball. anayed, If remember Ightiy III snJ Ipnuo
silk coat, and white satin waistcoat WIN an aotn
dance of shirt-ruliling. lie lifted tne hnueSSo r
gently surprising that q servant was sitting up lor
him. The door was opened for INN. anu eHeio
stood Dr. Waterbouse himself, who silently ra,sI 1
and lowered his candle till he had deliberately
surveyed the young man from head to foot tnen he
moved aside and Mr. Allston. too much coniounlaeu
to speak, hurried mp the stairs ieene hiins ont a os
he said q consummate puppy" Az the io9C Vi
that staircase still hangs PORTRAY ol aa" ori'J
Waterhouse, painted by Allston III those cary early
days. And until within year room ~ i ne, ~ au
of those stairs was always pspered with blue De-
cause Mr.. Allston preferred that color. Matilda
One night, it might he IN the year 1870 tout w
not remember dates we'll, there was ball at Oo-
modOre Hulls 10 the maynard at Cha!Ies'V Vrnn
Every one said it would be more interesting tnan
ordinary balls and Mr. Mr. Tn of that
family; so he went to it, AS we stood Iook XII az
the gay figures after supper, he amented .n1 Ss ~"
iounging through the cOtillion scarcely llftng te
feet from The floor Presently lie said 81 was pas,
sionately ford OF dancing when l was Souns, o or'
Will you dance with me ~ Then he added; WI. III
it not he better to wait till the crowd is diminished
littlep The carriages were rolling away
rapidly the room was thinning, when we stood up
for the last dance was rather dannted ny ih hS
partners profound bow, put astounaeu "Ile 3a ~ y
began to take his steps" Such "pgeon-w1hgsi
as suppose they were. such bounding anu T aI
all the elastic agility such perfect grace! All ao-
sorDed in the delight ol1ls unfOrgotten exercise,
and exhilarated by the music OF the me Danu m
was utterly unconscious that people were stepping
back from the hall to look at him. ,.,.,.
The currents of our lives carried us IN diIeremT
directions and I never saw him after his seconu
marriage but his portrait still hangs in my heart
with few others so distinct. His eyes. think must
have been hazel, they were capable OF such Valle9
expression; his hair was wavy. his features anu anu
complexion were delicate. his very hands gracelui
IN every movement. heard'him say many tninss
which indicated humble aud devout nature
pure heart; and cannot wonder that those VINO i
knew HIM best almost forgot the noble artist Ill 'no
lOvablc man.