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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-28
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In This State

BY special request we publish for the int.
ofpeopie that are suffering and hoping interest
pg for relief The statement OF A ,ei'.tu Pray
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BRYANT's PoND, Aug. 2l- - Jeremiah
Bartlett, esq, respected citizen of this
village, died at the home of his son, +. NJ.
Bartlett, on Saturday the 18th inst, al
the age of 20 years and months. His
funeral was attended on Monday, by Rev.
L. H. Tabor, OF the Universalist church,
Mr.. Bartlett was member OF Mt. Jefrer-
son Lodge Of Masons, at this place.
Rev. II. S. Whitman and wife of Dexter,
are stopping here few weeks
Mrs. Mary Durham widow Of Daniel
Durham, died suddenly at her home in
South Woodstock on the 30th inst,
aged -.
Azel Perham has sold his place at No.
Woodstock TO Geo. Jackson OF Rumford,
for $500.
Messrs Houghton s Farnum have five
and ten cent counter in their store, which
is new feature for this place.
Mrs. Julia (Bensonl Tubbs is here on s
visit from the west, after an absence OF
twenty-eight years.
BUcEFIELD.-Mr. John Lewis ChIlds and
Rev. A. Hsgeman, OF Queens, y. Y, spent
last week with Mr.. Childs's friends in
Buckheld. Mr.. Hsgeman preached at the
NJ. <. church on Sunday p. m, Aug. 10.
Hon. George d. Bisbee aud family have
been taking vacation 10 the islands in
Portland Harbor.
The Rumford Falls & Buckfeld Railroad
Company are building large freight de-
pot at this place. The new locomotive,
the Buckfield, which has Just been put
on the road, was built st Providence, r
l., at cost of about seventy-fve hundred
dollars.
Miss Rilla NJ. Baird, 8 grs duate OF He
bron Academy, Glass OF So, has obtained
s position as teacher In the village schools
st Buckdeld.
The High School commenced Monday,
Aug. Goth, under the instruction OF F. A.
Robinson. -
Mr.. Benjamin Murch OF Buckdeld, COM
mitted suicide by hanging, Aug. 10th.
Cause unknown. He Was "a years Of age,
and was much respected by all who knew
him.
BYRON, Aug 22.-Joshua VI. Merrill, OF
this town, died Aug. 20, OF cholera NOR
bus, after sn illness OF about three and
ha1 a \ Ill he kAr In
this town In 1918, and his home has al
ways been within n mile OF Roxbury Pond
either In Byron or Roxbury. Though
reared Al time when educational sdvan-
tages were measre At the best, he was an
exceptionally well informed man. Pos
sessed OF good natural ability, he has taken
a prominent part in local affairs, and filled
various town offices till advancing years
with failing health and eyesisht placed
him on the retired list" He had lost by
death, tour daughters (two very suddenly
In early womsnhood), one son who was an
invalid for many years, and his wife. He
was living at the time OF his death with
his only remaining child, son. A pro-
Tossing Christian since early youth, no one
would have been more missed in religious
as well as secular affairs than Uncle
Joshua" large number of friends and
relatives assembled at the funeral to-day.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr..
Deme, of Andover, from Revelations XIV,
ID.
CASroS.-From the Telephone: I. B.
Fuller is threshing grsiu, at the saw-mill.
"A little child OF r. A. Barrows Is dan
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-28

So. PARIS, Aug. Eliot, dry and dusty
for change. The first OF the season we
had almost too much rain and now sharp
drouth is upon us, and all crops upon the
sandy land throughout this vicinity are
suffering badly.
Judge Deering and family are at the Is
lands. Orren Swan aud wife keep house
for them during their absence.
Pound party, Friday night last, at the
house of l. ID. Faunce, who, as was stated
a week or two ago, has been "lsid up
with rheumatism since the first or last
April.
II has been decided TO locate the site OF
the buildings OF the Paris Hill Msnufact-
uring Company on land of Albion Taylor,
at the north end Of the village, and several
acres have accordingly been purchased In
the field on the west side Of the X. X. just
below the crossing.
Yesterday was an exceedingly quiet day
here with small attendance ut the church
es,-large numbers OF our people having
gone down to campmeeting at Poland.
Burnhsm i Morrill, open the ball at the
corn shop, today. They expect to employ
q larger force than usual the present fall,
TO that end have had larger number OF
cans made up, the buildings enlarged and
repaired, a new boiler put in, new pans,
baskets, etc, bought and everything in
and around their premises put In complete
repair.
Oar new school house has been progress
ing rapidly Of late. The masons have CON-
pleted the walls and are now doing the in
side plastering. 1t will In all probability
be completed by the first of October, the
time agreed upon in the contract.
The cucumbers have been coming In so
fast for the week past as to require two or
three hands to weigh them OF and barrel
them up ready for shipment, but unless we
have rain almost Immediately the vines Will
not bear scarcely any more, In fact, on
some sandy pieces they are about ruined
now. JEAN
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
THE FAMOUS BLIND POOL.
AOw President Willard Secured Com
troll OF tie Northern Pacific Rail-

E. V. Smalley, who has devoted a good
deal of time to Mr.. Wizards affairs and the
affairs Of the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany, and who is now engaged in writing a
history of the road, tells the story Of the
famous "blind pool" as follows:
Mr.. Willard exercised every precaution to
conceal himself as a buyer, using exclusively
his private means and credit. In this way he
very quietly took out of the market large
lines of the desired stocks during the months
of December, 1880, and January, 1881. Hav-
ing thus obtained the virtual control of the
market, as regarded three stocks he was buy
ing, he felt sure that complete success was
only question of further investment. Early
in February, 1881, he decided to call on his
friends for funds for further purchaser
in such manner, however, as would not
yet disclose the real object he sought to &C.
complish. Having absolute faith in the
soundness of his project, and feeling justified
in taking large responsibilities, as the as
sumption of such was in the direct interest OF
all concerned, and was the only sure means
of accomplishing his purpose, he decided to
make the strongest appeal any man could
make to the confidence Of others in him by
asking his friends and followers to place their
money in his hands without telling them the
use to which he intended to put it. Accord
ingly he issued o private circular to about
fifty persons, informing them that he desired
them to subscribe toward a fund Of IS, 000-
600, to which he himself would contribute a
large part, in order to enable him to lay the
foundation of a certain enterprise, the exact
nature of which he would disclose
thereafter. The effect of the announc-
ment was marvellous. The very mys-
terry of it appeared to be an ire
sistible attraction. The result was that one
third of the persons appealed to signed the
full amount asked for before the subscription
list could reach the other two-thirds Then
an eager rush of applications for the right to
subscribe ensued, and within twenty-four
hours after the issue of the circular mora
than twice the amount offered was applied
for
"How much money was raised in this
way?"
''In all s20,000,0 600; the plan was disclosed
to the subscribers to the purchasing syndicate
June %, and on the same day the new COM
pany was fully organized under the name of
the Oregon & Transcontinental, its object
being to unite the Northern Pacific & Oregon
Railway and Navigation companies"
''What is the present relation which this
company holds to the Northern Pacific con,-
pany?"
Merely that as holder of its stock"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
The Virginia Negro.
TJoauuin Miller.l


Whatever advance the Virginia negro,
made of darker if not coarser clay than our
selves, may be making in other parts of this
continent, in the heart of the Blue Ridge he
is as stationary as a post. Not one, with
single exception, owns the land on which his
neat little whitewashed hut stands in its little
patch of corn and potatoes; nor does he
aspire to own it. He generally has a COW
and a few pigs, many hens, few turkeys,
lots of dogs and perfect cloud Of merry
little children hovers about his home; and all
are very happy-healthy, too. Of course,
they are ignorant, and must remain SO, even
as those of better class or more favored
color, in a sparsely settled region. On Sun
day no one, black or white, seemed to think
of going to church. But down in little
dimple of the earth, under the oaks, dozen
or two Of young negroes gathered and passed
a greater part of the sweet September day
swinging each other, laughing, chatting,
singing, making merry in the most innocent
and Arcadian way. The old Virginia gentle
man assured me that they are good at heart,
fairly honest, reasonably industrious, very
happy, and very helpless. He seemed to be
constantly making presents to some one of
the hundred or SO on his lands of shoes, hats,
and clothing Of one kind and another, and
am sure they all love the old gentleman
and regard him almost with reverence.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
The Tramp and the Rooster.

He was weary looking tramp. He had a
weary eye, weary trousers, weary hat,
weary shoes and weary coat. He might
have had weary vest, but a majority Of
holes had overcome minority of cloth, and
had carried the meeting.
He was sauntering along one of the Graves
end roads, where he espied a large game
rooster that suited his taste to st, or, rather
two cts" Visions of wealth superinduced
by countless future cock-fghts cantered
through his brain, aud he determined to
have that rooster if he never worked day in
his life
He chased the animal all over the road, but
the rooster had as many feet as the tramp.
Then a happy idea struck the featherless
bired, and he crawled over the fence into a
nearby corn-field and shelled an ear. Then
I've threw half dozen kernels to the feath-
cred biped They were gobbled down in an
instant Then the tramp cut a hole in his
pocket, put handful inside and as ne walked
along the road the kernels dropped out one
by one and the rooster followed him, picking
up the corn as it proceeded. Finally the
tramp took piece of cord from his pocket,
made slipnoose, placed it on the ground and
nnwinding the string as he proceeded walked
onward Pretty soon there was a jerk, d
Hutter, and rs the tramp came toward the
writer he was fat all il one place.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
Edison's Toy Baby and Patent Shirt.
New York Sun

Undergoing general circulation is story
that Edison, the inventor, has produced an
electrical toy baby that can arrange the let
ters Of any name from among spelling blocks;
that can say Come in" Mamma, Use
sleepy" and two or three other sentences,
and that can cry, laugh, sing, and play the
piano.
rs that fact? hadn't heard of that story
yet" said MI Edisons private secretary yes
terday; ''that must be the latest out about
Mr.. Edison. Is that an European or an
American taleg'
That's of Waterbury, Conn. manufacture
that is if it is manufactured"
"Well, it certainly has no truth in it. Most
of the clever stories about Mr.. Edison, how
ever, are European. The latest was pub
lished in the Vienna Tageblatt. That was
about the 3G5 shirt-a garment chat Mr. Edi-
son was said to have succeeded in manufac-
turing of 365 delicately thin sheets of paper
in layers, one layer for every day in the year.
You tore Off the outer sheet every morning,
and started each day with spick and span
clean shirt For leap years you bought 366
shirt. A man in Paris went to an exchange
Office, bought five-dollar bill, and mailed il
to Mr.. Edison for sample of the garment,
and chap in Berlin tried to buy the agency
for it in Prussia"
New York Advertiser: Jack Frost doesn't
say anything, but he INDUCES In freeze peach
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24

francisco. Neither does Ian Francisco now
offer extraordinary inducements to bust
ness or professional men. The day of the boom
IS long passed. The successor of the
slug does not circulate more rapidly
here than in other cities. It is GER
tainly not thrown to stre~ the stage beneath
the feet of pretty actresses. The Same dis
couraging cry rises here as elsewhere:
Everything is overdonein The pioneers
estimate of Frisco is based upon ignorance.
1t is the only city he knows, and he loves it,
is infatuated with it, as if it were being of
the female sex. He brags and lies about it
with an utter disregard of facts and statistics
1 should hate to tell Californian so, but by
far the most interesting part of San Francisco
is Chinatown. The other phenomena of the
city are being repeated in many parts Of
our vast country. This is novel and unique.
While endeavoring to pass through it, the
other day, l was carried along by great
throng rushing excitedly in the direction of a
distracting noise. There were beating of tin
pans, squealing of Chinese fiddles, and a
cracking of fire-crackers that beat any
Fourth of July celebration I ever attended
The object of attraction turned out to be q
procession in honor of some great warrior,
dead and gone And what sight there was
for an American in the heart of great
American city! Cinnamon east and west,
north and south, sWarmiDg at the windows
above and from the Easements beneath.
Only here and there, at rare intervals, would
the face OF white man be seen-apparently
a foreigner in a strange land. 1 questioned
l think, q dozen Chinamen as to the meaning
of the parade, but received no reply, or at
best only q shake of the head. I began to
feel uncomfortable, to feel that was an in
truder and in the way, and that it would be
a particularly delightful task for
one of those sly-looking fellows to
send me post-haste to the other
world. But the sound of Celtic voice reas-
sufed me. It said: ''This beats HI. Did ye
liver see SIGH parcel of brutes!' and then a
policeman who had taken me through the
town some nights previous showed his way
unceremoniously to my side and remarked:
''This is the most damnable race that ever
lived. Iasked q preacher once what God
made them for, and he couldn't tell-had to
give it up" Then he went his way and as
suaged the bitterness of his feelings by push
ing the Cinnamon hither and thither without
any obvious cause for so doing. Woe to the
Boston judges who have let in the subjects of
her majesty from Hong Kong if they de-
pended upon California votes for their tenure
of Office The Celestial has no friends here
The people have to depend upon him to do
great deal of their work, because so many of
their white laborers are thriftless sots, but
they hate him with an intense hatred.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24

sidewalks under contract Of Peter BerkeY,
estimate No. 81 for term beginning April
1, 1888, and ending November 1, 1883,
came up and after hearing all persons
present interested, upon motion the same
was duly completed and the clerk was di-
rected to give the confirmation notics.
Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn
ments hereunder, the matter Of the con-
firmation of the assessment for the change
of grade on Pleasant avenue from Third
street to Ramsey street came up and upon
motion the same was adjourned until
Sept. u, 883, at p. m:
Pursuant to due notice the matter of the
confirmation of the assessment for open
ing, widening and extending street or
levee along the Mississippi river bank in
the Sixth ward of the city of St. Paul,
from the south line of said city in section
9, town %. range %, to the south line of
said city in section -, town %, range %,
on certain property on which judgment
has been denied by the district court of
Ramsey county, Minnesota, came
up and after correcting
the assessment as to the following des-
cribed property SO as to conform to the
fact and rights of the case as intended,
and SO as to read as follows, to-wit:
F. Ambs' Addition to West st. Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
Marrsa0e In. China.

On the wedding day the guests assemble
in the bridegroom's house. Then a pro-
cession is formed, consisting of friends,
bands of music and sedan chairs decorated
in red and gold, with bearers in red coats,
anl dressed in sort of livery, sometimes
wearing red caps. The procession starts
from the house with courier at the head.
He bears large piece pork on a tray, to
keep of malicious demons who may be
lurking on the street corners and in the
alleys. These demons are supposed to
tackle the pork, and while they are thus
busted the procession passes on without
being affected by their evil influence. All
this time the bride is at her own house
arraying herself in her best dress and rich
est jewels. Her hair is bound up and ar
ranged in due form by a skilled matron.
After this her head dress is dopned. It
usually consists of some rich material
sprinkled with ornaments. large mantle
is then thrown over her. 1t completely
covers her. Last Of all an enormous hat,
as large as an umbrella, IS placed on her
head. 1t comes down to her shoulders
completely hiding her face. Thus rugged,
she takes her seat i'll the red gilt marriage
chair, called kwa kiou. When concealed
IN this chair she is carried to her husband
| by four men.
When the bri7e is seated in tho chair.
her mother or some other relative locks
the door and the key is given TO the best
man. suppose he turns 1t over to the
bridegroom on reaching his house. The
procession returns with more care and
more style. 1 saw one during ramble ia
a Chinese town. AS the bride was borne
past US we gave her three cheers. I dare
say that all her children will be either
knock kneed or bow-legged, because of the
cheers of the barbarians. Good luck to the
poor bottled-up ones. She had the best
J wishes of all our party, as we followed the
procession for some squares, to the great
establishment of all the cinnamon on the
street.
As the procession approached the BRIDE
groom's door band stationed there struck
up a tune and firecrackers were let of by
the box until the bride was within the gate.
The go-between then got the key from the
bridegroom and opened the door of the
sedan chair. As the bride alighted she was
saluted by small child ct the side of the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-24
COMPARTMENT CARS.
a Plea for Their Adoption by the
Railroads of This Country.
NV. A. Croffut's letter.


wv. A. Croffut's letter.
Let me say one word more about the cars
in Europe. l like tho system of compart-
nent cars; I like it so well that I believe it
ought, to some extent ut least, to supersede
our own system. have no doubt that all
invalids will unanimously agree that the
first-class cars in Europe are easier than any
tirst-class cars in this country, excepting,
possibly, the parlor cars, which carry less
than half as many and charge about twice as
much. If some young, daring and enter
prising man like Willard, with the prestige Of
success and the determination to make his
the best road in the world, would try the
experiment of putting upon his track half a
dozen of the latest French compartment cars,
believe it would result in their adoption to
some extent by every road in the Unite1
States.
1t is mistake to suppose that Americans
wouldn't stand such seclusion." There is a
much greater opportunity in the European
cars for social interchange than in our own
cars, for there are eight persons sitting VISIT
Wis, ready for any conversation to which they
may incline; and as to the danger that has,
to some extent, been incurred in compart-
nlent coaches, it exists no longer, for glass
panes have been placed above the seats COM
n,uncating with the next compartments, and
doors are left unlocked. Our system of checks
for baggage is certain to be adopted i'll
Europe by and by; but we can do better than
to stick to our long, awkward, inconvenient
and uncomfortable passenger cars, at least
for frst-class passengers.
In Italy, running from Venice to Milan, ana
again from Milan to I'ucerne, through the
Alps, we encountered sort of mongrel car
a compromise of the two systems, which
seemed much better than either. 1t con-
tanned the usual four departments, but a
rallied passage ran along one side of the car,
outside the doors and windows connecting
with the closet and preventing the posi-
bility OF imprisonment. 1 think this car
would he popular in America, for it is great
Improvement on any frst-class car ever in
use here, and equal in comfort to the draw
ing-room car, while far surprising it in ca
pacity.
Ina country of magnificent distances, the
people have a right to expect the best at
tainable accommodations. It is a shame
that our second-class cars should be no better
than the European third-class and our first
class, less comfortable than the European
saoOnd-claSS