Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-07-04
IN GENERAL.

Coy. Long of Massachusetts,, is the
first man who, while holding that Office,
ever consented to deliver the Fourth OF
July Grafton before the municipal authori-
ties OF Boston.
A way has been found for making old
postal cards useful. Cut lengthwise into
strips about an eighth Of an inch wide they
make excellent lamp-lighters, which burn
readily. do not throw of sparks, AM leave
scarcely trace of ashes
Colonel Iugersoll says it is absurd to
| ask him 10 believe that seven men could or
did blow down the walls of Jericho with
rams horns Well, then, why does the
| Colonel try 10 blow down all the churches
| in America with only his good strong
breath: Hadn't he better wait for rein
| forcements:
The Rev. DIR. John Brown of Bedford,
4 England, now travelling in this country, is
a successor to John BunYan. author OF the
q Pilgrims Progress" in his pastorate,
and is only the sixth minister that church
| has had since its organization, 25O years
| ago.
Out in Colorado man grabbed Oscar
Wilde by the hand and exclaimed, why
Frank Fosg, how do you doE in the
meantime yankiug the sunilowery oscars
arm nearly out OF Joint. The man was
/ former down easter, and took Wilde Tor
the long-haired ex. Councillor, Who, few
years ago, was conspicuous and con-
ceited figure in Maine politics.-LeictSioH
Journal.
| Congressman Grapes curious cognomen
had. IL IL said, the following origin. In
early Puritan times s. French BARK was
wrecked on the Cape Cod coast, and ali ON
board were lost save one little boy. Him
the sturdy colouists rescued, and dubbed,
hacause OF his red hair and French origin,
Rufus Crssa.d. And from that little waif
the present MEMBER 10. the lst Massachu-
sets district Is In the seventh generation
/ OF direct descent.
-AWashiugton editor went the other 10
/ DR.. Bliss 10 have carbuucle lanced.
Bliss cut and slashed so vigorously that
that the victim fairly howled in pain " In
| heavens name, Bliss, are you trying 10
murder me-" "Ch, noi was the phlegmatic
reply You said in your paper last sII..-
mer, during Garfeld's illness, that was
/ squeamish in using the knife. I'm only
showing you that am not, and he cut
harder than ever.
President Arthur with nearly hun
dred Senators and Representatives, visited
the government fish-pOnds near the wa3E-
ingtou Monument on Saturday afternoon 10
witness the drawing OF q carp pond. Carp
were taken out which had been put IN AZ
ter having been Matched three years ago,
and which were two feet long and weighed
over six pounds.
One of the oldest, IL not the oldest,
deeds in America Is In the possession oil
Major Leland OF New York. II antedates
the landing of the Pilgrims ITO years, and
was written eighteen years after the dis
covery OF the New World by Columbus.
II is a deed OF Fishers Island, near the
mouth OF Long Island Sound, by certain
Indian chiefs to John Csbot, the eeie-
brated navigator, and bears his signature.
The newspapers OF the United States
alone, taking all issues OF all classes Tor
one wear. making a grand total of 2,6sG,-
| lSO, O46 copies, weighing about lsO,OOO,-
900 pounds, costing simply as paper slI.-
100 900. Taking these papers 20 average
| % by Al inches and placing them in line,
! .S96. 39l miles, or la other words, would
more than belt the earth "a tiRes, or reach
nearly eight times as far as the moon. The
statistics are from Hubbards'' newspaper
directory.
John Potts. the village blacksmith,
has received the bread cast upon the va
tiers. He took into his home poor and
homeless young girl, loved her, cared for
her and educated her. For many years he
has not not known where she was; but
! few days ago Mrs. James Rutledge, the
wife of Pittsburg millionaire, made her.
self known TO him a. the waif of thirty
wears ago, took him toher home, and gave
him more United States bonds than he
ever dreamed Of possessing.
in Commissioner Dudley's response TO
the Senstes request for certain informa-
tiOn regarding pensions statement is made
that the Congressional district, in which
the largest amount is paid TO pensioners
is the third Maine, which has 2,545 PEN
sioners, receiving s542,sS7 This is prob
ably accounted for by the fact that the To-
gus branch Of the National Soldiers Home
is located in this district, and the inmates
are pensioners.
An Ingenious method of arriving at an
estimate OF the numbers of children who
succeed in evading the compulsory bylaws
OF the school board has been adopted by
the Ragged Reform School Union of Liv-
erpoOl. A band Of music was hired 10
play two hours day during school hours
in different parts of the city, and record
was kept of all the luvei.es who were at
tracted by the music. In four days they
counted no fewer than 1920 children Of
school age, for the most part squalid and
ill-fed, standing around the band at
time when they ought to have been at
school.
w. II. III. Murray, who wen: up like
rocket flashing far and wide as lecturer,
editor, orator and preacher, has come down
like A stick. Unable to endure praise and
prosperity. he became vain, and because
his vanity wasn't sufficiently pampered in
his estimation, he soared and departed to
parts unknown. He now has settled on a
farm in Texas, and correspondent of the
New Haven Palladium writes that he saw
him at Sen Pedro Springs unloading with
his own haHds Q wagon load OF cedar ties
that he had hauled from his little place for
the street railroad company. He was
without coat, vest or collar, dirty Snd un-
shOrn.
Addison L. Herrick, esq, Of Bethel,
law partner OF Enoch Foster, esq, and