Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-13

i
ilssr Ills now an sigh, column paper
both sides printed At Norway. Is neu,rs
In politics. and devoted mostly u
local and county news. In the collection o.
which IL. edltor displays much energy
AMI perseverance,. IL IL 40 years thl'
spring slnce the old Nor'o1y Airerilse'
was dr.t started. and it, varied experisn'
ees. its suspensions and mutations serve
well 10 illustrate the uncertainty Of news
paper publication as . profitable or. even
asa paying business. The brief aud va
ricd history Of thl, paper, II summarized
by Itself would be something like the fol
loving Coming into the world A. =
neutral. thrice have changed my politics,
twice my religion. eight times my name,
twice have died. four times have | been
swallowed np. thirteen times have !
changed owners. and though forty years
old, can claim only twenty ulne volames,
only Aboat twenty Of which are 'N0reay
Airsrfissrs
] NNflhl ttiNhh
The nrst number Of the BsfAsl Courier
was issued December ~. 1855. and bears
the lmprin, of Cady Smith, Editors and
Proprisiors II was no, printed upon
nrst-clsss paper and the type had evident
I ~ seen service before. The editors an.
nouucc 10 she frst issue. that u l. their
I purpose 10 make q nrst-olass family paper.
and toihai end they win labor lnoessau,ly.
II was slx column pspcr, sife ~ by ~.
snd the nfs, namher has ,weuiy-one col
umns of well selected or written reading
matter. Sahssqaeu, uumbers have more
advertisements. AMI les reading matter
I IN Number Two II i announced That ar
rargcmcuts hsv. bcsn made with Dr. n.
\ r. True to write a series of articles
for the paper on the Rsfly History of
Bethel beginning with the nfs, of Jfnua'
nv. isia Number Three contains notice
/ N he retirement of Mr ID. Cady. who was
.accoe,iri by Mr jane. Nui'lng. the I'm
/ priut nov helue Smith A Mating NJ.
/ Nuttlug was . practical priuter the son ~
I Amstlah Noting of Bethel. and hsi pre-
siousls been employed =, Lewiston H.
now resides In Perham. Aroostook Couu
~. ard lsagcoi farmer ~ True had
written twcnty seven chapters ~ his HIS
tory ~ Bethsl. AMI hsi been = contributor
20 other departments of the paper, ,lll
thirty numbers had been issuci Then
aaother change was annouucei Mr. ffsnk
smith retired snd Mr. Su,ilBg bccsme sole
proprietor. with Dr. y. T. True a. editor.
rhis change was made In ,he issue Tor
July IS. 1852 This arrangement lasted
fnr about nfecn months. when Mr.. Nat.
ting sold out 10 Nc J Alden Smith whose
name nrsi sppears a. proprietor IN No. ,s
90 Vol 2. dated November 2, lsco. Mr.
NuitlnE retired on account Of poor health.
with this number the paper appears In q
rew dress Dr. True l. retired a. editor.
Mt smith continued TO publish The paper
uuin Jgly 3. isGi. when u was dlscontln'
ued and lts list, which was les than thrcc
hundred. transferred IN the ONroHp DEN'
ocsAr 40 one connected with the CoHr.
irr hai made any money GOT of 10, and
those Who were connected with IL longest
made toe least have bound volume OF
the paper fore me containing its one
hundred and ihlriy.thrcc numbers IL
contains mach local intelligence which a.
q former resident Of Bethel. like % look
over. and Dr. True's chapters on the His
tory OF Bethel contain much maierial that
will bc valuable ~ the future historian of
that town. MI J. Alicn Smith went o.
tae far Northwest, where be has become
quite famous a. a gcolozisi and mineral.
ogls,. sciences 10 which he was always
much interested and for which h. had =
peculiar aptitude. ~ Frank Smith and
ID Caiy. know not whence they came
nor whittier they went A. % Dr. True.
hs j. TOO well known % need any notice
In ihis connection. lie i yet alive, aud
though g.,ilng somewha, advanced in
years and l. somewhat broken ln health,
may % be- q long time before his Obituary
will bc called for.
oXFORp nrGi,TER
Toe arsi number OF The OrfDri Esg.sisr
wa Issued In December. isc9 It. outside
aud also II. political matter was a reprint
% The Miias Deaocrai. then published a,
B.ddeford BY watson Brothers. samuel
r Cart'r. ESQ, of Paris, furnished two
columns per week of local matter, which
was all there was about the paper 10 give
TIA local character II need not be said
that the Regifisr was a Democratic paper.
since u was made up from the NIias Dtna-
osr1f. of which George X Shaw was edit.
or. In April of 1874. Watson Brothers re-
moved a portion OF their type aud material
from Bliiefori - Paris, aud lhe Inside OF
the Register was snersaris set up AZ Paris
aud printed a, the ONroEp DENOcRAf Of
De-. the outside SIN being the same - the
Nlias Dcm0cr1'. A. this time, Mr. Clar-
euce Watson succeeded Garter A. local ed
itor This went on fOr six months, when
In October Mr.. Carter boaght the concern
and became editor and proprietor, though
stll using the Maias D,aOcrdi outside.
Mr.. Carter was very Industrious 10 CLEAN.
lug local news, and the Register under his
management became a live local paper,
though exceedingly Democratic 10 politics.
The Rsgigsr was sold by Carter TO Drake
4 whitman OF Norway, Nov. 10. 1875,
AMI consolidated With the N0reiy Air,r-
iissr. February following, the consolidated
paper was leased TO Paris & Mason. OF
Paris, and published as the 0rN0rd Register
uaier the nrm name Of Paris, Mason &
Co until November II, 1870. I, was In.
tended as campaign paper, but the elec-
tions that year having gone adverse to the
Democrats. aud the lease having expired,
the Company was dissolved and c. y.
whitman sold the list and goodwill 10 the
| LsrisiOa Gazette. This was the ead OF the
Ol'0ri Register.
MAINE EVANGELIST.
This paper was started ia Andoyer, jan
uary 1, 1879. by Rev. Ira @. sprague. Its
name sufficiently indicates what was It's
character. IL was . religious paper, ami