Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-15

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An article 10 the i.swlsiou ears''s leads
me % write the foiowing
n "rum l. getting 20 b. an eSei'ins
tonic 10 oxford Coun,y. Instead OF being
an evidence 81 - increased sale aui use,
the average reader will regard the matter
Ia sitstrue eht. and say that the excitement
!. an evidence ~ diminishing privileges "
sef ant drink .-,ha, The friends u the
traffic. snilovcr- ofthe d" cup, are alarmed
a, ths steady growth Of The opposition u
their cherished pet and the rspid advances
mate toward total stsiinence Twelve
indictments were found. All iu one week
mostly 10 Paris and Norway" what dos
,he gs.sif, man mean by that statement, n
NJ, % lead the readers OF that paper u
believe ,ha, twelve indictments week afc
no, an uncommon hndlns In oxford 20
..cour, sat =, Paris. ,he Grand Jary found
twelve indictments We have bad no sitting
NJ ,hs cour. since last Sepiemhsfl AMI
twelve Indictments were found. ~ In a. 7
Paris
Nearly Al the rumsellers are Repuh'
cans .sys the effsfs. Two OF the twelve
Indictment. we're against a Greenhacker OF
Mexico. two againstA Democra, OF Newry
AMI one sgalns, = Democrat of Ando'e''
what The other persons Indicted are p'-
u,e.fivfam unabie % sAv. hut 90 most
eiear.heaici people the idea generally car
ro.. TIA, rum.elicr In Maine must De-
Demo.ra, have in mind two persons 10
one village who have The disoredi,ahis
name OF belag rumseilcrs, both fall hedged
b. Bourhsns ."-Dcmoera,s OF The sirAl',s'
.ect whose creed l. embodied fuily 10 tn
old wa,chword of Democracy. " love run
,,t hate uirrers." In the next village The
gentleman f) that l. repu,cd % s'iil deal
cot poison 10 large quantities Wa once
prominent Republleani-" faliing from
grace he took 70 dcalins ont The ar
dent ne has been indicted by Republican
or,cl.l. once. twice or thrice and nov i
d. .bl.tan, Democrat. ~-" anything 20 oea'
the Repabllcars being bis motto. From
conversatlon with men who kaor whs'
they DO iaor. who DO not assert that thing
.re 80. unless they are 20. nni That ihos'
known 20 be- rumsellers ani those supposed
Z, ne rumsellcrs. Ia oxford County In near
ly every case vote against the candidAie'
of the Republican party. There i no,
man living conversant with The Paris an
Norway of the past, aud the Paris an
Norway of the present, who does no, know
that the statements Of the " lifc-long rcsi
dent OF Paris and the business man o
Norway" cannot b. regarded as The wei
maiared opinions OF anpreladlcod persons
According % the Gdtsiis Que OF them says
II never saw the use Of intoxicanis earrie'
IN such success 10 Paris a. during the pas
wear The other saws, be has "seen NOR
cases OF drunkenness the past year thai
ever before" The hrst statement l. ht
lie indefinite one naturally lnqaiaes wha
success attends the use OF int0xlosnts
/ The Norway genileman's sight may hav'
been enlarged. Al oxford Oricll says
rum was never more plenty 10 this towr.
An oxford gentleman tells @s, that bu'
little drunkenness. comparatively speak
Ing. Is In town OF oxford. l. IL true. Mr
Edltorf l. true. citizens Of Paris, Nor
way and oxford. that you are In such
s,ste or condition a. not 10 be able 10 de
nv these charges or statementsl
Speaking OF oxford County, the Gdrsii'
says, "tha, the sale and use OF inioxieant
has been Increasing for years" "Ths
nearly all the rumseilers Ia oxford Count
are Republicans that where the r.
puslieaus are In strong majority, there th
rumsellers nock. for the Republicans low
the rumseller." The Gdsens "has reaches
a subllmlty In the art CT lying which n
other paper can hope 20 attain Will
no other paper, unless possibly The Edsier
Anus has, ever has attained. Il the Gqseii
man acquainted with the history OF Demo
cratic Dlxneld, Canton. Buckheld, Brown
field. Sewry and other Democratic strong
holds Of oxford County, Does he kno'
their Temperance "(i) history Did h
ever hear that there were rumsellers !
any of those opposition" towusf Ifno'
he had better wait until the returns from III
back towns come In before he spreads hi
cla,,s and gives another "LioH's" rosi
How many rumseIlers does he know, the
have "focked" into Rumford, Hartford
Hanover, ssmner, wocdstocs and othe
little towns "where Redubllcans are !
strong msjority"-lots OF themf IL nc
when he does ind out the number. he ma
spread his ,sings and LET the "Eagie" b
heard. Such broad statements, and M
supported assertions are not becoming
such unmitigsted lies are evidences OF ran
cor. The statement that the Lewis'o
Journal said there Was no rum 10 be foun
In Oxford County was false. That "res