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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

II you don't believe IL. try the expert
ment That IL, that man who knows how
cold it Is by the thermometer makes more
fuss over il aud feels colder than one who
has paid no attention TO Il.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

HAVE ALWAYS P.ID Rent! For n
house To live in. This year | have hair
paid for cottage. with money which, be-
fore used Sulphur Btters in my family
was paid to the doctor aud the druggist.
They cured my wife of Female Weakness.
.nechdHic, .Sdiem.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
Because composed OF malt and hops.
without fermentation, Malt Bitters are
popular.

The Commercial Bulletin asks-"If Mar
garet Is 'nut-brown maid, can she be pet
named Meg, for want ofa graterr'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

Leap-year is over, and the superior cour-
age OF the male sex is evidenced already
by tire Hood OF marriage intentions in the
city clerks Office.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

WM. II. PULLEN, Fowleryille. Mich,
says II have not rested better for months
than did last night. The "Only Lung
Pad" has helped me wonderfully.
Adr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

"Sit down" said a handsomely dressed
and yiyaciouS young lady at fashionable
watering place; "sit down; It's about the
only thing you can do here without being
obliged to pay for IT,"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
and especially the other couplet:
When comi , ,hro' the rye.

When comi thro' the rye.
Seem to imply that traversing the rye
was n habitual or common thing. but
what in the name of the Royal Agri-
cultural society could be the object in
.ramping down crop Of grain in that
style. The song. perhaps, suggests q
harvest scene, where both sexes, as Is
the custom in Great Britain. are at
work reaping. and where they would
come and 20 through the fields indeed,
but not through the rye itself, SO as TO
meet and kiss in it. The truth is, the
rye in this case il no more grain than
Rye Beach is, it being the name OF q
small. shallow stream near Ayr in Scot
land, which, having neither bridge nor
ferry. was forded by the people going to
and from the market, custom allowing a
lad to steal kiss from any lass of his
acquaintance whom he might meet in
the mid stream. Our contemporary viii
see that this is the true explanation, If
he will refer to Burns original ballad. in
which the first verse refers 10 the lass
wetting her clio thes in the stream.
Jenny is a. wat puir boddie;
Jenney's saldom dry;
She dag'it a'-her PEI ticoatis
COMM thro' the rye.
Albany Argus.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

Meet me at the gate, love-" has been
changed 10 Meet me at the CRATE, love. ="
the cool weather has necessitated the
change.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

A poor copying clerk at the French min
istry OF the interior was lately asked whst
place he occupied there. 20. avery good
place" he replied; between the stove and
the window"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

From Lieut. Jno. Osborn, of the .arm Of
ErdnS, Webster a. Co., Boston.
Two bottles Of AddmsOR's Botanic Bal
sam effected u cure 10 my family that four
skilful physicians failed TO do"
Sold by Druggists and Dealers II 3j cts
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
Comm Thro' the Rye.

A New York pictorial published m
illustration Of Comm Thro' the Rye"
and blunders into what we presume Ii
the popular misconception OF tue ditty,
giving u laddie and lassie meeting and
kissing in field OF grain. The lines
II a laddio meet lassie
IL IL a.,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01

have taken ID. X. V &. with great
benefit for general debility. aud recon-
mend II 10 all.
Rev. ID. W Bcallr.
Chaplain Penitentiary,
Syracuse, y. Y.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
cXNARD & BURNHAM.
Law and ZEAL ESTATE OFFICE
LINCOLN. NEB.

W. sre prepared ., ? ace loans on city prop
w rrtv Or on trup-ov~~ fs-tn- near FROM one
20 nve yvar. bear % -em snnuAl interest a.
and pfn- per cent. pevrr toauiux over oue-third
Of the value Of The se-uTi-y with The in-ursn-
mAd- IA. Ale ~ unrtg.-es m ca-e 81 loss. "
shsll te pleased % corres pond WITH any one one @ us
rs ONN Ard. BUkNhAh.
tFofmrrly ~ Norv az, oxford Co. hsinel
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
AGENTS WANTED,

UtioTu J0lnTY, % q Fa-s 1T
oSRAI ant Ka--sil's New MAJ
posd - to< right nss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-03-01
Professional Cards. Sc.

ENOCH FOSTER, IE,
Attorney and Counsellor al Lar,
BETHEL. ME
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
lfrom Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASH. eroN. D. c.. Dec. Il. 81.

WAsHIs GToS. D. c., Dec. IL. 81.
This has been week of somewhat de.
ultory speech-making in the Senate, and
Of presenting innumerable bills in the
House.
Senators Pendleton and Hill spoke on
the civil service reform question. Senators
Beck, Maxey, Anthony and Garland had
something to say about the presidential
succession, in case of the death or disabil-
ity Of the executive. And Senator Sher-
man presented his three per cent funding
bill, which. it is believed, will, with imma.
terial modification. become law it being
essentially the same measure that passed
the House last session.
1t is somewhat amusing to see Il senator
making set speech. It is such bur
lesque on Grey's lines, The applause Of
listening senstes to command" The
Senate does everything but listen and APP
plaud. The Senate dozes on the settees;
it smokes in the cloak rooms; it goes down
to the restaurant, and it treats the orator
with what casual observer might think
lisrespect. But the orator is quite indli-
ferent to the indifference of the Senate.
He is speaking over and beyond them
His object is to spread his speech on the
record and to have it noticed by as many
rs possible of the eight or nine thousand
journals of the Unitel States. Senator
Z ndlelon is not brilliant speaker. There
Is IN apparent lack of earnestness in his
oratory. His rhetoric is somewhat ver-
hose. He lacks the incest precision in his
choice of words. Thurman or EdmundS
can put in twice AS much Information to
he page. Then again, civil service re-
form is not subject upon which the aver
age senator can wax eloquent Though
Vt the m st pressing importance, it is dry
and uninv'ting. There is a faihless apa
thy prevailing political and official circle,
with regard TO the possibility of improving
he p esent corrupt and pernicious system
Fhe Ohio senator deserves praise for the
persistence with which he beseges th.
black walled, and apparently lnexpugnabc
menace 10 free ms iluiions.
Last week, Senators Lapham and Miller
of New York, had brilliant reception,
given in their honor at Marini Hal
And, tonight, like reception will be
gwen to Speaker Keifer al Masonic Hall
D. you understand the agency and the
object of their mammoth socio-poliicnl
entertainments will tel you. A num-
Der of government clerks, from New York
and from Ohio, feel Insecure in their
places. and take this means of Introducing
then selves to the new senator's, and to the
most influential man from Ohio They
wish to strengthen their influence, because
they know that influence and not fitness
is the accepted qualification for office al
hrse head uarters. This is in brief, thu
ivil service system of the United States
My did not Mr.. Pendleton make USE Ol
hese fresh conspicuous instances in hts
'rsumentp Some senators are too gentle
o live. One good drgunIsnt1tm I'D homj
mem is worth II time Of ponderous gener
,llties. If the argument hurts somebody,
atnL PTS pour Csen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

LIrTELL's LIVING AGE FOR 1882
This widely known weekly magazine has
been published for nearly forty years, and
during that long period has been priced
by its numerous readers as thorough
compendium of the best thought and liter
airy work of the time. A. periodicals be-
come more numerous, this one becomes
the more valuable, as il continues to be
the most thorough and satisfactory com
pilation OF the best periodical literature of
he world. 1t fills the place of many
quarterlies, monthlies and weeklies, and
It's readers can through its pages easily
and economically keep pace with the
work the foremost writers and thinker,
in all departments of literature, science.
politics and art. Its importance to Ameri-
can readers is evident; in fact it is we'll
nigh indispensable to those who would
keep informed in the best literature of the
day; and its success has therefore been I'M
interrupted. Its prospectus is well worth
attention in selecting ones periodicals for
the new year. New subscribers remtting
now for the year 1882 will receive the
intervening numbers gratis, and its club
bling rates with other periodicals are
worthy of notice. Littell & c., Boston,
are the publishers
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
PARIS, France, Dec


The appointment of NJ. Paul Bert to tn,
ministry Of public instruction and the al
aching to that department of the admins
ration f public worship did not fail It.
'xcie in the clerical press Il perfect stornl
II indignation. The new minister wa,
accused of Matching the most nefariuu>
schemes for the destruction of the church.
and inSCatholic circles his appointment
vas hailed as an unVsguised declaration
# hostility on the part of the Gambetta
cabinet. NJ Paul Bart has taken an early
opportunity of making known the spirit
IN which he intends to fill the duties o
his delicate and important post. On Fri
ay afternoon The personnel of the public
Worship department was presented to The
ew minister by NJ. Flonorens, the ex
hicf of tho administration who resigned
us post on the accession of NJ. Gambetla
% the premiership. On receiving the
fticiai NJ Paul Bert delivered highly
lIpibh't oPt'Sb, SllSultISl w AMY VI
,nspirions of the clerical party, if mo-
Xactly to impress them with any high
pinion OF the friendliness of the govern
nent towards the church.
He said the minister of public worship
must be neither religious nor antirelig
Gus; his ministry is not matter of doe
rne. In giving to the word "pnlice
ns highest Significance, it is simply rs
minister of the general police of public
worship, and not of doctrine that | shat
AXE NJ my position. We do not propo>,
u onstifutc 4 national clergy, or to use
he church as an instrument for governing
with the priests as II sort gendarmerir.
In practice we shall avoid the two ex
;esses of violence and petty annoyance. All
tatements with which my name has beer
associated in his respect will vanish. l.
viii be seen that / am not u blundernq
rrvolutIonist, but a man educated il
'rspecI for science and the law. do not
ask for your secret approbtliOn of all |
I 10, but expect you to do your duty rs
public officials. The nation in whose name
however humble may be, have the hon
IT OF speaking has given me the necessary
powers TO make its will obeyed hope
shall not have to use them. The straight
forward, II somewhat curt, expression o.
the new minister have the great advantage
# clearness seldom found in similar
utterances. Toe church is told that
ending the time. when it will be severed
ON state control and support, it mus
expect no favor and demand no privileges
MT granted by the instrument which since
the commencement of the century ha,
neen 50 frequently distorted by an all.
powerfui priesthood. IIencefOrth the gov
eminent will remain neutral so long rs
he church divides only within itself, bul
will stay with firm hand any further
encroachrnent ON the civil rights Of the
people. NJ. Paul Bert may be tainted
with severity in his remarks, but no one
can reproach him with equivocaton.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
New Books.

Among the illustrated calendars for the
coming year which are now making their
appearance. that published by ID. Lothrop
& Co. (price 80 cents) is by all odds the
handsomest and most original in appear
ance. It is called Day after Day. and hat
been very carefully prepared by Rev. Asa
Bullard. The name Of the day of the week
and the date appear on the left hand side
If the different Sins or leaves In large,
fanciful characters. while the other side is
occupied with sacred and secular prov
erb. making one for every day in the
year. The chrome design on the card to
which the leaves are attached is artistic in
character, and was designed expressly for
it. Ii is intended for hanging upon the
wall. the print being large enough TO be
easily read at a short distance.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND MIDSUMMER
SONGS. Boston: ID. Lothrop & Co. Price
81 SO. As the happy title of this exquisite
volume suggests, it is adapted to the holi
lays and birthdays of all the year round
The Carols and ballads and poems are
from our sweetest singers of child.life and
the beautiful and breezy out.of-doors
Celia Thaxter, Helen Hunt Jackson, e. II.
U"). Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Nora Perry
he Pajts. Mrs. l.. G. Wilton. Margaret
ii Preston Col. ilayne, j. w. Riley,
t. Trowbridge and others. The charming
illustrations by f. II. Lungren, Miss l.. b
iluml hrey, etc. are timely engraved by
W. b. ClCsson, Kilburn and others. The
cover, designed by Lnngren. is the novelty
Ut the season, and with its full moon and
birds and blossoms, and its grayish and
eddlsh gold tones, is peculiarly harmoni-
nus. The type is clear. and the page and
paper open and tine. In size it is uniform
with "low We went Embarrassing" h.
popular gifr book of lasl year. We predict
success for the picturesque volume.
AUTOGRAPH BIRTHDAY Book This
title b lok il the choicest in the holiday
collection. The poets Longfellow and
Whittier (wriuen in their happiest vein)
have e' ch poem appropriate to differ
ent month. Mrs Whitney, VIII Carleton,
lhomas Bliley Aldrich and other Ameri-
can poets whose sweet notes you love to
listen to, have told in rhyme that which is
sweetest to be said about every month in
he year, accompanied by illustrations EN-
blematical Of the month. There are three
hundred and sixtv-six conduct notices
one for every day in the year. Gleanings
| from the richest thoughts of our best think
ers. Besides these Miss Harris has made
he finest selection of poems, each bearing
the name OF its author. These poems
ought certainly to be IA great aid in filling
out the blanks for each day in the year
Surely their thought Will suggest noblt
purpose, and this carried into every day
lite will reflect itself in noble deeds, to bt
recorded on the blanks the publishers st
ssey left for that purpose. This little
volume is beautifully illustrated. anC
,ound in beveled boards with illuminate,
cover and gilt edges. 1t has u pretty
rontispiece. You cannot select anything
lrettler Tor II gif, book. ID. Lothrop &
Co, publishers. Price, $l.00
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

The New York Commercial Bulletin
publishes list of all the reported fires
doing damage of $4,000 or over, in the
United States for the month of November,
and the amount lost in each fire by the
insurance companies The figures show a
total of 81 100000, with AN insurance Of
81, 100000. Besides this SUN, about 81.
100, 900 more Was lost in small fires. In
round numbers, November will show
81, 000,0 loss, and 1881 is expected to
figure up 800 900, O00-a gigantic sum
10 be taken out OF the pockets of the peo-
pie and a drain upon business resource,
sufficient to sap the vitali y of Il less pros
porous people. rhe greater proportion OF
ali the fires ale the result of gross clreless-
ness-a carelesaness so expensive that
some remedy ought to De found, one OF
these days.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

Senator Flrwiey says Guteau has an i'll
balanced mind, no doubt, but he is TIN
ShrrWle-t MN in the court room and
cannot be called insane in any sense OF The
wurd.
The Gui'eau trial drags jnst now; the
wife Of one of the jurol| Is dead and h'
has been PERMITTED to 90 home and aten
her funeral. A plaster cast of Guiteau'>
head has been taken.
The result of the enquiry into the con
due of the Ninth Massachusetts is, tina
twenty men are found guilty of II breach
of discipline, and are SUMMARY diseharg
ed aud the regiment is ordered not t.
parade in public until next spring.
There has been much publishing of Mr..
B ines dispatches to our ministers to
CtiI and Peru: and also of his dispatch :
to Minister Lowell in which he wants the
Clvton Bllwer treaty abtogated. Tue
dispatches have created more stir in South
Amprlca and England than they have in
this country. Mr. Blaine of Maine mas g
faculty o. stirring M the animals so that
the spectators get the full benefit Of the
whole show.
The Jnnnttte has at last been heard
from. She was crushed in the ice June
29 in latitude, 10 north, and longitude
l57o east. The crew escaped in three
boats, two of which have reached the 81
brrlan coast near the mouth of the river
Lena, and The third is unheard from. A
messag from the two rescued boat-load'
represent great suffering and danger o
Starvation The Russian governor ha'
sent out an expedition to relieve the cast
aways.
D,ah removed three men of mark, Sal
urday- DIR /. |. Hayes, Lewis II. Murgat
and Elk Judge Henry f Davies. DR.
Isaac Israel Hayes was born in Cheste
county, Pennsylvania, March B, 1882
studied medicine and at the age of 81 to h
part in x mes Arctic expedition. In 1866
he was given command of the expedition
in the schooner United States, in which ht
reached through Smith sound higher
latitude than had before been attained
and confirmed his own and K mes opinion
that there was an open Polar sea, and tina
the route to the pole was through Smith
sound and Kennedy channel DIR Hive
served MS Il medicr officer in he war o.
the rebellion. He received gold medal
from the geographical societies of Paris
and London, and ranks among the Fl st 81
Arctic explorers His published works
are: IAN Arctic boat Journey in 1854,
THE Open Polar Sea- " The Land Of
DrsoIa, ion" and Cast Away in the Cold"
Lewis Henry Morgan was Rochester
IN. " lawyer, widely and honoraby
known as an ehnologiSt His published
works are: Lengue of the lrcquos.
"Sy>trms of Cousanguinty and Affinity in
the Human Family" The Seven Cities
of Cibola," and The American Beaver. ="
Henry Davies was an eminent New
Yrk lawyer. an ex Justice of the state
supreme court and ex.chief Justice of the
court Of appeals.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
UNITED STATES BONDS.
BOSTON MARKET, Dec. IS
BOSTON, Dec

FLOUR-rhere is no change IN the -four mark t,
amt the sales have been quite limited We quote
western supeI line at $4.15 800 common eXlIas al
s5.5Ol6, Wisconsin extras at s5.50a6 80, and Mime.
sofa eN. ras, including ChO bdkeGs' brands, at
s. 75d7 80 r. bbl winter wheats are quietal N625d
7.15 Tor OHIO, Michigan ard Indiana, SLOud7.75 pen
bbl for st. Louis and Illinois: with some brands
held at IS per bbl.; III srring wheat patents the
sales have been at SodS75, aud some brands are
held at %, and patent winter wheats at S7.5Odo5O
per bbI.
CoRN-Is IN moderate demand, but prices are
firm and steady. We quote No. and high mixed at
l3d7 Ic and steamer at 7lhd73c per bush.
OATS-Are steady and have been selling at j6d
5sc for No and extra whte 55d5Stc Tor No white,
53d53 &C for No white, and 5l052c per bush for
No mixed.
Professionalism is no change in pork; de.
mand moderate with sales at sl6.jUdl7 for prime,
sls 1880 Ioy mess, and s2ld?2OI per 1bl for clear
and extra Clear, including backs. Beef sells at
$l0dli for mess and Sl2dl3 tor extra mess and
Sl4.5Od6 per Dbl for family. Lard has been selling
at IL Il per ID for city and western. smoked
mans are selling at lldl2c per lib, as TO quality.
BUrTER.-There is a firm feeling Tor all choice
grades of butter; other kinds are dull We quote
western and northern creamerles at Sd'sc for
choice and 25d33c for iair aud good; New York and
Vermont DAN les at 26d@3c for choice and lids5 for
iair aud good; western dairy packed at 23026 for
choice and l6d2lc for fair and good; and western
ladh packed at 2O2lc for choice and l6dlec per lib
Tor fair aud good.
CHEESE-Is quiet and we quote choice at Il "a
| lSic iair and good at llalsc and common at Id9c
per h.
EGGS-Are finn and have been selling at 2Sd30c
| for eastern, Vermont and New York 2Id2Sc, Tor
L. Island and Canada and 25d2S per dozen FOL
western.
| POrATOES-Therei Is a steady demand for POI
| tatOes and market Arm for choice stock The sales
| OF Ar0ostOok Rose have been at Csc; Maine Cen.
trail Rose at 90d96c; Northern Rose, Jacksons ant
| Peerless at sUdSo; Chenangoes at G0U6jc; ant
mixed varieties, poor condition, at 5J86Oc; pei
bush. Sweet potatoes are selling al st,ooI0oO pei
Dbl, as TO quality.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

In 1880, IndIa's exports to other nations
we're $3.50, 100000. Excess of export,
over imports, Sl05,0OO,00O Taxes fol
home and foreign rulers are 50 enormous
that more than fifty millions of the people
of India are constantly in Il state of semi
starvation, while fanines sometimes des
roy human life by the million. 1t will be
seen where the money goes when one in.
stance, only, Of the extravaganza consists
in the construction OF u state chair for his
hlghness. Mahavnja, of Burdwan, of solid
gold. costing 765,0O rubles, or over $780,
900.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

Lieutenant Commander Gprringe in
bringing the Obelisk to New York has
So has Dr. C. w. Benson of Baltimore in
curing the nervous disorders of the world
with his Celery and Chsmomile Pills.
b1W1
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
TROURIESONE CHILDREN

that are always wetting their bells ought
not to be scolded and punished for wha
hey cannot help. rhey need a medicine
having tonici feet on the kidneys and
The urinary organs. Such medicine is
Kidney Wort. 1t has specific action. Do
not fail 10 get it tor them.-ELcha &c.
5lw1
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

The Presbyterian mission in Syria has
doubled in five years, having now nine
hundred members 1t took forty years to
gain the first four hundred and fifty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

LONE JACK. Mo, Sept IA, 1879
| have been using Hop Bitters, and have
received great benefit from them for liver
complaint and malarial fever, They are
superior to all other medicines. P. NJ
BARNES.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

The Choctaw Indian council has appro-
priated fifteen thousand dollars to the cree
ion of new building tor the Spencer
academy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21
ONE VOICE

ONE VOICE
all over the land goes up from mothers
that says MY daughters are so feeble anC
sad, with no strength, all out of breth anC
life at the last exerlion What can we dc
for them?' The answer is simple and full
of hope. One to four weeks use of Hop
Bitters will make them healthy, rosy
sprightly and cheerful.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

twenty miles it means thai the farmers are
wide awake and in for improvement.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-21

Ocean Grove has winter camp meet
ing continuing week.