Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-04-24

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Colds and coughs are very preyalenti
no very serious sickness as yet.
DOLiIR DART.
OXFORD. One Of the most acceptable
presents YOU can give an absent relative
is years subscription for good local
paper-it is better than letter from home
each week
bling down" his sap. lie makes very
nice article OF maple syrup-better we
never saw or tasted.
Farmers say it Is a poor spring for
pigs.
May-howers have come.
The river has taken of It's overcoat Of
ice.
IL has stopped raining in this county
TrdHScriw.
On Sunday, April :, Thomas Manson,
promising lad of 10, had a severe attack
OF nose bleed. About o'clock, Monday,
it broke out again, continuing until about
half pastS. Tuesday morning at o'clock
1t began again, and DR.. Tiltou OF Norway
was sent for. As he had not come at
about . p. IN, DR.. Stevens was called In,
and soon after Or. T. arrived. The mos:
powerful styptics were used, but the
bleeding could not be stopped until about
5 the next morning-bleeding nearly p
hours. At that time the patient was very
much exhausted, and his hands and feet
were cold As marble. He seemed 10 rally
little at first, under the Influence OF pow
erful stimulants, but soon began TO sink
sgaiu, and died a few hours after.
D. Is. Wood is having his shoe shop en-
larged. He is talking OF adding the har-
ness business 70 his other work. Mr.. W.
IS 4 trst-claSs workman an artist IN
lcather,-and he is always driven with
work.
The pond is rising rapidly, and every
thing is lovely aNong the looms and jacks.
The deep loom OF the bounding foot
ball sounds often in the streets.
Hark! Don't you hear the chickens
peep;
\. Gray s Co. are giving a series Of mu-
steal concerts here-n. 9.
The FIRST cut granite horseback ever
erected in Oxford, so FAR as we know, was
put into is place in front OF Jones's drug
store on the afternoon Of April 18th, with
appropriate ceremonies. Who says oxford
amt growing:
H. o. Blake has Just received some of
the best oil stoves we have seen-in quail
ty and prices they can't be equaled else
where.
Elmer Walcott is doing considerable
grating this spring lie always has good
luck with his sclons. Thos. Baker, esq,
has an elm by the road side, upon which
the winds OF heaven blew too roughly,
that needs grating.
5. ID. Edwards has put in q tiue stock of
carriage repaIrs-a great convenience 70
those who can afford TO indulge in the lux
ury OF smash-ups.
The river is so high as to kinder make
them hang up work in the Welchylle
mill
We don't feel so big as we did; our
quilt item of April 10 is crushed-jammed
all up. The correspondent of Forest and
Stream drops in and tells US, Mrs Fanny
Andrews OF this place, a nice old lady of
IS, has quilt of 1909 pieces on top and
:, 40 pieces on under side-uaking 6,679
pieces in the quilt, no two alike. This
takes the cake. Mrs. Andrews has also
a number of other very curious and valu-
able quilts and rugs. She has always re-
ceived the first prize at every fair to which
she has carried them.
The same correspondent gives US the
following for which We return thanks, aud
hope he will do so some more; 1--WE
learn that Mr.. f. c. Hanscom is to erect
a fine French-roofed cottage on Pond St.,
the coming season. Several others talk of |
building"
William Edwards or Bryants Pond has
sold his place known as the Bearce stand,
on Pleasant ST., to Miss Eliza Whiting,
who will make some improvements.
Henry Ellis is quite !ame-cut his foot
splitting wood
Fred Cary, Bakers popular clerk, grooms
down his horse with a butcher knife. This
instrument Of death is the best thing to
take the old hair out of horse We ever
saw; use it same as a curry comb. As
Fred says, sit makes them look slick.
Simon Wardwell and ''als' sent off a
carload of cattle, April l6; had one cow
left over and sent her back.
Oxford, so we are told, is to have new |
depot very soon. T is badly needed. Our
present depot has few equals, but many
superiors. A. WARD, JR.