Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-09-13
IN GENERAL.
The census OF India shows popula-
ton Of 252. 800. 600.

tion Of 252 SOC, 900.
| The Cars lot Is decidedly not hap.
py one. He has lately received models oil
different weapons aud engines Of assasina-
ton, with written request thai hc should
select one to be used upon his own per-
son.
1t Is reported that the peach crop this
season in Massachusetts IL larger than 1t
has been Tor many years. Those who have
peach orchards will this year realize II
large profit on them. 0ae Worcester
trees for $1,000.
when reading, writing and arithme-
tic are put in the possession of youth Us
tools for acquiring .dacation, the New
York Journal of Commerce thinks, "he
has received quite as much as Ii Is necessa-
l; for the taxpayers 10 give him gratis.
-"Great feas have little fieas To bite
en- and every pest has It's enemy. A
correspondent OF the Home Farm writing
from western Aroostook says thar some
Kind OF insect IL preying upon the eggs OF
the potato beetle there, having destroyed
nearly half of them.
Instantaneous photography has been
developed 10 a high degree of perfection
At the exhibition In New York, there were
shown photographs which depicted the
effect OF a torpedo explosion under water,
aud n picture of mule at the moment his
head was blown of by dynamite.
There were lO2 railroad accidents IN
the United States during July. Thirty
eight persons were killed aud 10 wounded.
Twenty accidents of the total number
caused the death OF Que or more persons,
aud twenty-four caused injury but not
death, leaving 500 per cent. OF the whole
number in which no personal injury was
recorded.
American cheese Is in demand in Eng
land this season. An English paper re-
marks: American cheese is coming into
the market In very great quantities, from
sc, 900 to a, 900 checses having been land
ed In Glasgow every week during the last
two months. Every lot is picked up as
soon as II arrives, the quality being con-
sidered fine
The New York Herald says that SEN
timeutal people who wonder why man
who lately committed suicide was unable
for months to find employment, may find a
pertinent suggestion In n hotel bill found
In the pocket OF the deceased; the total
amount Of the bill was fifty-four dollars,
more than one-half OF which was charged
under the single head Bar"
The Pennsylvania State microscopic,
Prof Lehman, In lecture NJ Philadelphia,
SATURDAY.. declared that most OF the liquor
nj 10 took
necessary ingrediments, and In few min
utes had concocted, In the presence OF his
audience, a first rate article OF ten-year-oid
brandy.
-Ne,r Chattanooga they have establish
ed an industry novel in this country. III
Is n sheep dairy for the manufacture oil
cheese Sheep cheese is favorite article
OF food In Austria, aud this enterprise,
which begins with 1000 sheep, Is under
the management or an Austrian.
in a restaurant Gent 10 the walter ::
Bring me some grammatical and typo
graphical errors" Waiter Cooking puz-
zled at first but recovering In a moment
his usual serenity: 1--WE re just out oil
them, sir" Gent: Then what do you
mean by keeping them on your bill OF
fare!'
Vermont has 2,j9T common schools,
with an average attendance OF OBS
There are 1926 teachers connected with
the schools, who receive total OF $780,
800 4 year. The number o! children At
ending priva. c schools In the State Is -
LIS. making the whole lumber OF school
children 2,SGl, or one 10 every Tour OF
the population.
A Boston firm of lumber dealers Is
irving the experiment OF bringing Cana
dian lumber TO that city in an immense
raft from Toronto To Oswcgo, thence by
the canal to Troy, next to New York. and
finally around Cape Cod into Boston Har-
Dor. The raft now en- route Is 1900 feet
long and ca wide, the value being S25 900
and cost OF towage $500.
A Boston Lady Dountlful fell into
ecstacies about the lovely, salntlike eX.
preston OF boy OF nine who formed one
| OF the poor children's excursion 10 Walden
| pond, but her feelings sustained cruel
shock when this ching OF beauty" was
heard 10 eXclalm when sandwiches were
dealt out How in the devil do these
ladies expect TELLER 10 eat sandwiches
without mustardg
AT Bologna, the other day, the leg OF a
chair In which the wife OF carpenter was
sitting went through kuot'hole In the
floor, and the good dame fell. Looking
into the offending knot hole, she discover
ed money, and the floor being pulled up
400, 900 lire (about $4,000 In Austrian
bills were found. That was lucky acci'
dent.
w. W. Goodale Of Brookaeld, Mo-,
sged seventy-seven years and native o.
Northamton. Mass, is said to be the old
st living locomotive engineer in the United
Stats. He was q steamboat engineer on
Lake Erie in 1882, and began running
locomotive engine on the Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad in l754. He afterward
worked on different roads, including The
Norwich and Worcester, in 1916, and wa:
1 L.. - Nf IN