Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-09
MOUNT NoRIAH FROM BETTE
BY LUCY LARcoN.

The mountains. gazed AZ from afar,
Take shape OF our tinaginingsi
outspread beyond this village are
A lifted pair OF purple wings
That bear my thoughts away, away,
know not whittier, day by day.
BEHIND them two great pyramids
Cut sharp and deep the western sky.
with one pale summit, that forbids
His brother peaks TO climb TOO hlgh'
Because he will have mate nor peer
Ills lonely tryst with heaven 10 hear.
These are the heights that crown the land.
step after step. their slopes descend
out OF clouds. stairway grand,
Until with common earth they blend
Where the broad meadow spreads before
Their bases, like an emerald noor
The men that titled these fields OF old
Called the place Bethel; well might seem
That mountain stairway 10 unfold
The ladder set In Jacobs dream.
And the wide plnions outlined there
An angels, wtnnowing the air.
The further SUBMITS proudly on
Retreat in clouds, and mist, and rain.
Leaving those great wings poi sed sJot
Forward they bend. with steadfast straih'
As ifto bear on through the sky
some burden Of glad mystery.
Ny fancy often paints a face,
Benign with majesty and light
Looking out midway through the space
Where the wings part for onward eight
oh. wonders beyond mortal guess
i that elusive lovelinessi
Yet vRiniy imagry OF mine
Would dream weak pictures OF the Love
That hovers. with a warmth divine,
These human lives with ours ABOVE,
And from the hariships OF our lot
Uplifts Us, when we know II not.
Out OF the very ground we tread
Visions OF heavenly life arise;
Gop made the earth, II Is not dead;
II shares the glory OF the skies
Look even in vague. halfshapen things
4 soul Is struggling mp for wings
Mrs. W. +. Skillings, while on hshing
trip with her husband recently In Canada,
caught trout weighing Is lbs, the lsrg-
est OF the season.
The corn factory has shut down. leaving
100 acres OF corn uncslled for. There Is
much dissatisfaction among the farmers al
the management Of the factory this season
-AoaRtGiReer.
BETHEL, Oct. sth.-Our people were
visited last Tuesday with the first snow
storm OF the season. A smart rain set In
At first, but terminated in snow, and the
high lands around the village were clad In
white to the depth Of several inches.
We learn the oxford County Musical
Association have decided TO hold their
next annual meeting at Bethel. Oct. 10th.
Prof. Kotzschmar will be In his old place
As musical director. Pree entertainment
and half fare will be secured.
The NJ. z. Society will hold their annual
Harvest Fair snd Festival at Pattee's Hall
on Tuesday, Oct 9th, supper will be serv-
ed from six 70 elght-s good time ex-
pected.
This year has been good one for hay
and grain, bat the apple crop has been a
failure in most all sections OF the county,
The drouth has been quite severe this fall
and consequently stock has not done so
well, and farmers have been obliged to feed
their COWS from the barn to get good profit
from them.
The corn canning factory at this place
has been closed for the season. About
l25, 900 cans have been put up.
DR.. Tuell Is getting along finely with
bis new house on Broad Street. The DR..
thinks he shall have It completed so he
can move his family into 1t by Christmas.
The N. E. Church is being treated to
new coat Of paint. Joseph Chapman has
taken the Job to paint the steeple OF the
on two coats for $50.
The season has been exceptionally cold,
and II tAe average temperature Is to be
maintained We ought to yet to have much
marin weather before winter sets H.
Many are Of the opininion that the latter
part OF autumn will be warm and wet
q.