Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-04-25
WAITS.

WA1tO Va bEllS.
During the time Of the Norman ~.
quest the game Of dice was yerv .'
mon.
Rabbits and guinea.pIgs are said ;.
be seldom affected by poisons vbi%
are fatal to other animals.
Some years ago Missouri farps, :
blowing found a rattlesnake which h.,
two perfectly formed heads.
The vanilla, as living plant ~.
imported into England toward the s,I
Of the eighteenth century.
In the twelfth century slaves in ?,
rope were rare; in the fourt4e,n
slavery was almost unknown.
The waste heat Of the lime kiln :,
made to generate steam and warm in
mense public buildings in Europe
Jerusalem existed ZOO years be,,.
Rome was founded, 500 before II.
siege OF Troy, and 500 years before Il.
hanging gardens of Babylon ve.
built.
The manufacture Of wooden shoes !,
an important industry at Green B,r
Wis. A local paper say they are nsia
Of green Eastwood, thea smoked sBi
dried like hams.
On the patent roll Of Henry ". is,
record which allows Matthew Fin,
too,he drawer OF London, si1pence ,
day for life upon condition Of Lis dnv.
ing the teeth Of the poor grataitouslr
Christian names are so called By bar.
ing been given TO converts in baptism
as substitutes for their former PAGAN
appellations, many Of which were boz.
rowed from the names of their gods.
and were therefore rejected as pto.
fame.
Fight against hasty temper. Anger
will come, but resist it stol.ly i
spark may Sc. houso on fire. Aflol
passion may give you cause to noun
all the days OF your lie. Never Re.
yenge An injury.
At the station Of Dol in Brittany, i.
q French d" Railway J2ck," a dog, vLo
makes it his mission 10 warn people %
keep ont Of danger. The poor creature
was once injured 10y passing train,
aying his nose crushed and foo. ca.
of. Ever since he watches for each
tain to be siGnalei. and on its arrival
limps close to the train and banks viz.
orousIy until j, Leaves the station and
then lies down quietly until tie lex.
arrives.
According to the Nortirc,rH LIN.
Jsrai the workmsn on the Delva
and New Orleans railroad. while within
from twenty to thirty-fye miles Oi
Denver, Col, between Cherry and Run
ming creeks, encountered somewhat
remarkable obstruction 10 their i1r.hH
progress, consisting Of buried forest
The trees are all petriiied and agatizsd
OF various sizes, aud are buried at
depths OF from ten 70 twenty feet al
deep as the meu found it necessary togo
These trees were net in half doze-
localities. are perfect, and il proper M
csinciy was used could be unearihel
nearly or quite whole.
Some parts OF France are still IN.
tested with wolves, and every row and
then when sheep AID dogs have fallen
victims to the marauders q cry goes ~
from the provinces against the cham
bsr for not compelling the " lieuten-
ants de louveterie" to - their duty.
These officers are accGqel Ct showing
more discretion than vigor in destroy
ing the enemy, for il the wolves be-
came extinct their own agreeable cc-l.
patton would be gone. II is computed
that there ere 1000 or 1000 wolves IN
France at the present time, and tic
principal sufferers from their depreda'
tions ask for an increase Of the sual
price now put upon their heads.
We are getting to h We many clrious
epitaphs in this new county OF olf''
Here is one from Indiauspoii-, Indiana
where man has hal the uncommon
experience OF losing five excellent
wives. He was desir-us Of erecting D
headstone for each, setting forth thei'
virtues, but was deferred by the expense
A happy thought struck Lin. Tee
wives were buried side by eide. he &C.
cordingly had the Christian name
each engraved on small stone" LI,
ma" Jane" MARY" I" Margaret
Elizlbeth"- hand cut on each stone
pointing to large stone in the center
of the lot, and under each hand were
the words, "For epitapb, Zee large
tone."-Raper's Weekly.