Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-10-25


BRYANT. one Of the oldest residents OF the
town. died the 18th inst Mr.. Byrant WAS
born oct. -. lSOO, and was the son OF
samuel aud Lucy Briggs Bryant, who
settled in what was known as Township
No. :. in the spring Of 1893, on what i
now termed the Common lot His wife
who survives him. was the daughter OF
Capt. Amos stevens They had a family
Of nine children, eight Of whom are now
living.
The winter term OF school in the Mute
district is taught by Mr.. $ L. Curtis Of So.
Woodstock.
DR.. r p. Sawyer Intends 70 open a
drug store here soon, in the Perham
store
The winter term OF school a, North
Woodstock will De taught by Mr. C. Leon
CuShmau.
Alden Chase, ESQ has a complete set OF
the Maine Farmers Almanac" neatly
. boaud 10 two volumes. The first issue
was IN ISIS This Is PROBABLY the only
complete HE IN existence, and Mr.. Chase
has beeu,o considerable toublc In their
collection.
Miss Flora Stevens i teaching in New
Hampshire.
Amos : Bryant hs> been chosen Prc'i-
den, Of The Reform CLUB. aud Horauo +.
Houghtou Secretary. Con.
HRrrorp. oct p. ISL have Re-
c..yed a letter from Prof l. W. M,,ou.
As SO many Of you, readers kuow The OK
ford boy. send you the following extract
from the same
.NfNAo. JArAN. Aux. -. ISL. Here
am among the mountains OF Japan % spend
nv vacation Il j. very cool and comfort
able. hire q very nice japanese hou>'
Tor lttle more than q dollar day.
have ny cook. hi wife aud two iit,c chill
tr,u. ana nov Jiuricklu man with mr. My
house g., 40 the foot Of m"untliu ty The
>lG,ur2 riycra> large as tl, Little Arlro-
>co.eIn 80 Lewiston. and very >w.'.
have plenty o. trout. ana Young salmon,
aud occasionally q large salmon. The tenn
pies spoken &C in the japanese guide az q
thousand YEATS OH. have good opPor-
tun.ty 90 study Oh, religions ~ Japan here.
Tr.f. .I, tal A.uI, 90 r.l'- .u . Ilplr.
F.-,t t.- SH u,.t o- real Japanese rr.i--
hon. tle other k.ui ct Bu' .lj>.n. which
is l.r -su, from THAT OF India vr t...L
Tho Saiutlu.-'> aaNu uu idols. They have
temples anil ~.riu.> devoted 90 heroes aud
c-...- rulers .a their history. llry do uoi
hlteWb4t - called preaching, hut lectures.
Last sunday ! received au Invitation 20
attend a Sltu-ol service. ! Went MIA q
J8par.>s ,ri.,d. Who ~V"Ft~ t0Sli>u, %
graduate OF Amherst College. and 3 Chris
tian. The services were Al a school hou>".
when We arrived / found about sixty chill
dren sitt.u. quietly. On The arrival ot
two priests. plainly ard neatly dressed. one
approached the altar, slipped OF his sandals
and kneeled bowed his head 10 the floor
then said short prayer all 10 himself
clapped his hands four times, walked 70 4
table. sat down. took out his notes, and
read a lectur. upon the difference between
men and animals He said man has soul,
animal has not. Then be stood up and
went through the same performance s. Al
first Then the other priest went through
the same performance, took seat aud
made a speech on the importance OF edu-
cation. Each one occupied about twenty
minutes In their lectures l have visited
the japanese school in this place several
times They have about POO pupils and
six teachers, including two or three who
are learning the trade OF teaching. The
japanese schools are very noisy on account
OF so much concert recitation. They have
10 use their voices 80 much in this way
that N recess you scarcely hear voice
from the 200 children. l brought food
from Toxic HARTFORD.