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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

UKnsoS AT present the people are
much Interested 10 making srrsngmeut-
ar a merry Christmas The CsntAts
~h,ch will bs given Dec. 25th, IL progress
ing very satisfactorily.
The yiIlsge school IL succeeding sdml-
,.nly. upt-r direction OF Miss Lirrie r
Hammond. Mr. Plke. ayonng man OF ex-
40, talent. Of the class Of sc. IL teaching
/. si.,rict school In towa. ~ are also Miss
,pphis Parsons, OF sc, aud Mss Minnie
Dsvy. ofS
Mr.. Hove. proprie,ress ofthe Trustee
Hoo-- ant her daughter. len Tor boston,
last Sstnrisy =,
Mr.. B.rtlett IL spesfins the winter 81
~ aoe residence Prof whitney mas
,.s.n az BEAUTIFUL horses from Boston 70
eo.rd on the place this winter.
Dr. Jas-ph Startevsnt died ~ Ses,Do-
,onsh Last Frld.y morning., Dec iztn,
go as wears. Dr. 8. vac . native o.
u-h,on. the eldsst son Of the late yosepn
s,.,,,v.nt His genial face vas ai~sys
.sle.m. sight on our streets vh.s ne
IT'D NJ. old home. He brother, ysme'
N 3 artessp,, wsu. 70 SCARBOROUGH ss,ar'
A !, 20 attend The funeral. which took p'ses
Sunday y. ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

BEV.Nrs Pu~p Mr.. l. 4 BRYAN, Of
this plsc. who rvceuily took qlsnty OF
corrosive suhunsts throaxh mistake 81
Nof~sy. died from the sf'Cts % The dras
"a the i2th inst Tie ~as sbout forty
,~sr- % az. sod leaves wife aud thr~'s
chlltr~u. Ga me dsy % bis death, he h-gged
O. 80 brought hone FEELING that n" hsd bot .
20 hoars o. live. 10 sss HI. wi.h n M .,
home once more Ills funeral sss attend
Il 90 SATURDAY ~ Rev. l. u Tshor.
TIE .ppol mill commenced running again
% ths sfh iu.t Toe mill hand. hsvlng
sccspiei The thirty cents on q dollar OF
'er.-f
Dr Raas 7 sawyer has gone 10 Port
lard for IN Snter
NJ Jp-sph R,se IL falling rapidly IRON
cauc~f In ths mpoth.
n G. Bacon hNs jlst closet term OF
.chool a. ~ WOODSTOCK, and has CON
m~nc-i another this week In the Curtis
district
Mr. ArtemAs Felt who l. upwards OF
eighty f1ur years u Az Il gate feeble.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

IIyurNi,L Mr. ca. A Block ~ Paris
a graduate 90 Bowioln. clss-.of 20. was
unltsi In msrrisg~ o. Mi. Z IT, 4 Pun
mer, of Damafi.cott,. on thr lith irsi
Mr.. Black l. principal of W sshington Aca.
dem,, East Machlsr. lie ws- one ~ the
aae-t > n ,Iar. H. the class ~ rs The
cnlumn. 81 the irgHs have oftsn cOntsinc'i
q ticle. from tn ante psn ~ Mr. Blsck.
We wish him sni VII. long yesr- of pros.
p,fit aud hspplnss-. Portland irgHs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23


FH1EAuRG DIR. Gen Y. Bradley, L. ;
\. whil- here fortnight ago. received
fdsrs a. Joln 81. ship. The Alliance of ms
North Atlantic sqasdron.
Tuesiay eve. DC. ,. the X OFF Lodge
gave supper % some members OF the IRA
tsruity from away.
Thufsfay ~ the same week. there was
B.u Bsn party At th- Sks,iue Rink.
The 4 l. \ G. had a Milton evening
Dc i3 By previous arrangement. Nj
~. L~si. gave 40 Oatiiae % Milton
ne. Ni-. Stone spoke % bis ps~ms. MIS-
B.rrows % his prose work, DR.. q. III
S,.dt OF his m-rsl and political essays,
~tc variou. qaotstioos we're given an
..I.ctlons resd. The neat nesting will b
devoted % whitti-r's life and works.
There wa- . temperance meeting al Tbs
Congregational v--try. Dec 10. The nsr'
MEETING. . fortnight from that date, VII
~ II The N-w Church.
R.v Il. y. Stone vas called IN bis form
- home, Phillipston. Mass, last week, BY
The illne-. ~ bis father.
&c Gerry has op~u~d q lsage line o.
holiday goods. TIE other stores also have
good supply.
Chri.,mss, - usual. will he celebrated
~ the dd-rent societies. by trees snC
other exercises
Fremon, whlieOmb's shtesm was con
.id.rably damsged by his horse runnins
way. A similar accident hsppened q
Everett Cole. the neat man not long since
&C. Farrington has removed The fvne'
rom the front - his house, which Is nov
occupied Nv c Cry.
The Por,lsnd Press lays Lieut. kooer'
4. P~ary, CIT ; ", nov 10 this city
n. hem ordered 20 Nicsrsgus by steamer
of the Goth. n make surveys 10 eounecto'
9Th The Nicaragua treaty nov 10 The Sen
ate
C.iviu Austin Of Boston Was 10 tow
this week =,
Miss Belle Goodrich now OF Danbury, y
N. l. visiting fri-td. here.
A large company - DR. Msson's friend'
visited them on Thurs evening, and lei
.ua-tan,lal proofs Of their regard.
The winter term % Aesd-my openes
nc 3 With large sttendsnee-oet"eet
% aud 100. and more yet N come.
The third Lecture 10 the Aesf~my coars'
"a. given by Prof y. G Robinson o
Bowdoln College. Tue subject, "foru
.od strueture in nature" Was ILLUSTRATED
~ith . st~reopticou.
S.xt Tuesisy evening the Lyceam meet
FOR The nrst time thi- term
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

BRowNTiELp Az association ~ al In
town that ar Interested In the tsmper.nes
cause wss orgauiIci last sabbath Msjo'
n B.An. Pcs Go & Blske. T. 4
walker. G. ID f~s.sndsn. Vice Presidents
E.A warm. seer. Thy are n hold
u-stinss every S,pbsih snera0on Ia some
sns ~ the school districts.
81 STAPLE. 4 Co. Manufacturers OF
clo,hlng ar employing some t-eny-nss
hsni- In their shop
Warren a Brosu have Just opeuei shor
fpr th- m,uuf.ctarv 10 ciothiog Tor Bp-tou
parties with The prospect Of doing agnod
puslurss. v
Dc The & l. = c. hold their bet'
n~stlng with NJ. jordan ~ the Center.
rhsrs az nine msmhers and thsir meet.
lns arr very Interesting.
Th@ Amsrican Etpr.ss CO has removed
Itssfi % a. The Center. Frank LIBBY OF
~ 4, qnskrt Hoa.. l. sg-ni
Dr H~rb-rt Jordan has settled Al 50
W.tham. Mass, for The practice of msdl
cine
We arr reminded that the holiisys ar
aesr. Miss MsrDonsi. 4 Blake J. u
Rsan aud OF hsr % our traders have nar
e-.oftmvut ~ gpoi. ..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

BrcKrirtp. Dec. % I'll below aero
his morning. With high wind
Holiday -poi- 10 all ta- stores.
Atwooi. Spsuiding & Co have lat " pu'
In Zoe usw safe. bait BY the Mo-i~f S.f'
Co ~ Cnciunatu Il l. Ore AMI burglar
proof ani weighs 5000 pouods.
Thrr- barrels of 'ar. pgrchAsei BY
.ah.rripliou. have lately fuuni thslr va,
a. N. lander. Of three worthy widows Of
oar village
Go. " At~ooi o. Columbia Law
SchgOl 1. spending the holidays ~ home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

Pans The next .lnglng school will be
held Sstafdsy cV~ulog. Dc. 81 Ga &C
couui OF Chrstmss exercises. there vii
be % session "Wednesday evening
S~nsior sod Mrs.. ilsmiin were In town
Ia, week. visiting The senator. si.t-r
Mrs Ann Brown. Mr ilsmlin q. Ell ~
log most excellent health aud Is ActiV,
and vigorous - ever.
Oslng - the storm, there was not a
very large attendance ~ the Dtocing
school. Wednesday evening. The bsxt ses.
sloa will bc held Monday evcnlog, and
there will be one session week fos twelve
wesks.
Governor Perham seems 20 be gsinlug
strength qalte r.plily. al. frienis nov
bop thst be will sooa be aHoat agsln.
P.rham Lodge OF q oi T-mpltrs meet.
FRIDAY evening Hope 10 nld the TIN
persnce people Of the village all members,
a. an early date.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23
OxInnn


OkENNp -
.s,Hau al ~orss ~ tongue or fssh.
Ibs safest are thcss. as too if-su.
THIS subnnv Cougl.t Us c,,mp s-ssi ~ the
"Orfori oorrc-ppadsn, Of the ArgH,. ian
m-,ilatsly sfs-r b. bal made that awfal
nall. about the puirii diphth-rls, a. soaih
Paris. P0nr. simple minded OF nsn --
Orrin Ssift l. Ia tosn Go. H'fen
80 .x.D-mocfst. ~s- In tosu last wrsk
The Rev. Nj Emm0us. Of uallossli,
breaches st The Cougi church Zoe short
ZINE --Fr~smm Brown has moved "a
Poland join Bracket, Of Harrison,
hss come ~ live with bis spn. Mvffill --
Iniians wsre Ia tOsn sslliag mviiciuv.
People Who take indisn r~m-dl-.. alsass
die Young a lot ~ OkiOfd brys have
gone - Granon --frsnk Wti-on hs-
male q 90. show-cs.s Tor I Bskvr --
Morn. CLARK !. .slling lsrg- qnsntitlc- oi
4 ar Mrs.. Cha. Darrvi did last
~vsk Moses ~hs-l-y has shipped hi-
apple. Mrs y ilsy.. IA. hsi a bsi
cold snd .Ofc throat -- AiDert Plks shni
f,x. brrssing every lyg on The animals
Doiy Il q Hall sni biz scholar hsN~
decided that the former .. boss ---2a
couples att ni-d the dance saturday uight
ID u Wood has given up politics aui j.
l~sruing ~ dance. Bsfpof Bfoen Will
Into. bat Elmer wslksr l. too fsi -ffvd
smith has rv.igned hi- posltlOn 10 The fac.
tory Miss Maria B'xter was severely
iularci by nsing shuttle Ia N. SeaVit =
ruOn III - Blake II sick a yuuug
lAiy In this place sncifcl-s her sharply
ssis, with q belt covered With the tame
skla OF The beautiful bat deadly adler -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

MsSico CLARK lou.tln has jus, CON.
pletsd the stocks for $50 ''csst Dig.
These he will iron ready for the river
drivers use when the streams open IL
has received an order for six dor n, from
Mr.. Barker Of X. & Pingree & c. = m~n.
X X. wcrthlsy's pofker dressed So los
klslghs are In use now
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

Mr.. z,seoo L Packard has, 1t consider
able srp-nss, Supplied bis house With never
falling spring water. Mr. Packard Il q
great orchsrdl-t. ant dads . r,aiy market
fOr his spples In Bs-tsn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

RNTuHi- Dec i5-Ahout fur Inches OF
d.mp -aow fsll II Bethel, Sunday night
THIS moruiue n l. fs,niug
lion. David Hsmmous On from the step.
nf M Methodist ChuFch. Sunday evening.
sui broks the thigh bone.
The only child Of Cilflrd Jonas Sled las,
Tuesdsy ~ posomonis lie was promls
iug boy lG Years ~ age. Ills mother died
-svvTsi years ago Mr.. Jones has the svm.
PATTY % the whole community IN his afiiie
ton.
Joseph W French % Bethel. was thrown
frnm his carfisgc 10 Gllesd last Friday
AMI usrrowly escaped instant death. A.
~ss badly hruissd about the bead. aud ~.
csivsd q SEVERE strata ofth ankles. ".
Dc 20 -Fritsy sv~uiug 4 N. wm y
SkilnuEs. s-sistsd NJ c Billings install.
"A The fullo~ Ing fic.rs of Bethel Lodge ol
Frse snd Accepted Mssons q, the ss.ting
Riuk DNif Bridge. N Hnl.n 2. WHEEL
- : VIC N. Aud.r.on. J w; u
Chspmsn. SC : ID Phllhrook. Tr-as
"a X wiley. : u J y. Ballard. J ID
Chsndi.r's Band % Portland we're In II
tsudspcs. and snlivcbci the occasion with
appropriate mu-lc. Supp-r Vas r-rvrd
In M upper ball ~ N. ladies % the fra
tsrulty - Anout seveu,y.nse couple snei
shich dancing h-came the order ~ ex-r.
ci.es until moruing. Misunderstanding tbs
,h.fmomstsr dedicated Is deRr~es below
r-ro the order OF the dances wAs no, Al al
chilled
Go O.good Will. engaged In rolling
iogs fsil snd broke three rins.
Rev Webster Woodhary Of foxhoro,
Ms. Gsrmsriy 20 Skoshegsn. Maine. has
~ili commence bis laoors there TIE second
SabSsih tn Jsnaary. W
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23
OXFORD COUNTY LOCALS.

ALBANY, Dec 10 The msssies are pre-
sailies 10 ssrious parts of the town. Mr.
'h,s himhsll has ben dangerously sick
slth m~.sie-, L. nov much bsttsr.
ffahkhn Cross has BEEN quite m. threat
eu~d With luug FEVER. IL now considered
conxslsscent
Many sr. troubled with BAD colds. John
fostsr. % Mefrlmsc. Mass, recently msis
bis mother a short visit previous 20 his
stariins for Florida. 10 spend the winter
fOr his health.
woodbury, principal OF the Eastern
Normal School, has gone "a Aikin. South
CsrOiins, f'r bis health. his wife goes With
bin hi- chihrea 20 10 Sweden IN spend
NE winter with their grandfather. Aaron
wondnary.
We have pretty good foundation for
-lsighing. hut ned more snow 20 MAKE
good doing In The woods. L.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

- - NlI"ANl I..'tf ~ ~ aHI IT a -
N.ls Hnr i'uIts.l sIrlff IL i1llAn lnI1NFs
ns..s q ~ oua1fIf Clesf 81 o. - al q a. o.
Ma iall ~ 0lauirf sIrIfr IL AT itan
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

- A.sysu d,ussi.l. ior N, R',sichiss'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23

first DanEsr.i.aaai Caarrh. Rfs. D. q. turan..
It-,el o. -a..lsYs rfrst.aE serrl1e. a. q a
fra.t rfelII e alrffI1E al prsrsf n.fetIns. I r
NeAassitf rr.fsf u,fetnE, "a.
h.th1.'.st tharlA. Re-. q a. Foss. Pasfur On
rla.i.I, rfttfhIaz sfFfIrs. Has - SsIhalh
$685.. ~ - uofuiuE prsfer uretIn9. 80 a ~
fffe.aF Efuef mrsf.ar rn IassisY prayer
afsi.ls "a - &c. afrtas frilay. a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
his GSeRt

Stfel3So "a g e.
ing Remedy
u n Il n er sc
SSSAlt; is the
legitimate result
of over twenty
years psactice,alit
CURES " | L II
u N FA l l. IN G.
C + Il T AIN 7 Y
Nccvo;ls and lhIs-
ic:ll Debility, sent
lie " ca ness,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC

HARRIS BROS, HARRIS BROS CO
N. Carson st, Carson 4v4 From. st. S. ?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17

year, such as Loss OF Memory, LaSsitudS,
Socturnpl Emissions, Aversi0Cs to S"c!etF,
Dilnnc.s If Vision, Noises in the Head; the VIA
f-id passing unohscryed il the urine, ai,C in'ziy
e,the- diseases that lead TO Insanity ana DcaVH.
DIR. MINT ., vino is regular physician
tgraliuate OF the University Of Pennsyivaila'
F;Il agree 20 forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOh-
LARS FOR a case Of this Kind the VITA L HE'o-
TYRATIvi1 itin6er his specia! advice and tress-
ne,,tl viii not cure. or fer anythins impure or
INJURIOUS found in it. DR.. NINiiE treats al
private diseases successfully without mercury
Consultation free, Thorough examination ana
advice, including analysis Of urine, 50. Price OF
VITAL Restorative, $ bottle, or mr.
sii.lcs tie quantity. SIC; sent to aay address
gsgon Re oa;pt Of price, u 9. @. u, secure ift III
rbsezva.j IN and IN private ra5r;e If desired, ~
i. A. MINNIE, IL D,
II Koarncy st., San trancisao Cal
SAMPLE rOTTLE FREE will be sent 10 any
enc applying Ly letter, ati'g symptoms, sex
and a-,e. S5rjct secrecy in regard to ali oi''i-
neig TRANSACTIONS. -
PR. MiNI&6 KIDNEY EEMtDI-AhP.
H2ETICU,, cures all kinds OF kidney ana
bladder complaints, gonorhoea gleeJ, ie'le1r-
rl,oca. Fer sale by all druggists; 81 bottle;
six bottle frr 81.
DR. NINGGE5 DAEDEL!ON fiLtS are ire
best and cheapest Dyspepsia and Bil.iors cure
n the market. For sale b. all druggists
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Great English Remedy

Is a never faiIin :
cure for Nery0u
Debility, E1baus-
ted Vital y, Scra-
al Weakness,
L o st Manhood,
Impotency, Pros
tatorrhea, Paraiy-
sis aid al! the ter
ritle effects CT
Self Abuse, .yousa
full foiiics anu eZ-
casSes i'll nlat.lrtf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-01-17

Hostctter's Stomach Bitters
gives steadiness to the nerve
induces a healthy, natural flow
Of bile, prevents constipation
without unduIy purging the
bowels, gently stimulates the
circulation, and by promoting a
vigorous condition Of the physi-
cal system, promotes also, tcat
cheerfulness which is the truest
indication of all the animal pow
ers. For sale by all druggists
dealers gencraily.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
Giving property to former Slaves.
Louisville Courier Journal

LOUISVILLE COufler-JOurnaL
Many of the owners of slaves that
were liberated by the war have kept
their former slaves as hired help. This
is especially the case in Fayette and
Bourbon counties, Ky. Now that the
slave-owners are growing old, and that
many of them are dying off, the cases
are numerous in which tue former
slaves or their offspring are willed a
part or all of the masters property. In
some of these cases the colored heirs are
children of the white testator, but in
most of them, however, they are not.
This making negroes the heirs Of white
mans property has given rise to litiga-
ton in which the validity of such an in
heritance has been tested. A case in
point has just been decided in tho Bour-
bon county courts. The slaves of John
Morris has continued to live with their
former owners after they had become
freedmen. Mrs. Morris died three years
ago, and left by will to a former slave a
house and lot which she held in her own
right. Some of Mrs. Morris relatives
declared their intention to contest this
will Mr.. Morris, the surviving hus-
band, when he learned this, became SO
much incensed that he changed his will
cut off from his surviving relatives al
most entirely, and willed the bulk OF
his property to his former slaves. Very
soon after this he died. James Morris,
a brother, contested the will, and Judge
French and jury, after full hearing.
bave decided it valid.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
Queer Ideas About the Dead.
From the Boston Courier.

Here are two instances, both strictly
true, which occurred in town only a
few miles from Boston, and serve to
give us peculiar phrase of the life
to which we are not and hope never to
be accustomed. A man who was very
poor had the misfortune to loose his
wife, whom he was compelled to bury
without wake, that luxurious tribute
being entirely beyond his means. After
twelve years had passed. his prospects
having materially frightened, he had
his wife dug up, and gave her wake
commensurate with his means, his afec-
ton and her worth. In the same town
the mother of twins, who had lived only
long enough to breathe the breath Of
mortal life, regre ted SO deeply the loss
of her children that, as soon as her
health permitted, she had the little
bodies taken up, and herself carried
them to q photographer, stood the
:caskets up and had them photographer.
What to the mother was a dalightfu1
memento was to others but . hideous
;spectscla 80
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

Florence Nightingale contributes to
the New York Herald letter about
cholera. She believes that the disease
is not communicable from person to
person; that the sick do not manufac-
ture a special poison which causes the
disease; that it is local disease, an ep-
idemic affecting localities, and there de-
pending on pollution of earth, air, and
water and buildings; that the isolation
Of the sick cannot stop the disease. nor
quarantine, nor cordons, nor the like
these, indeed, may tend fatally to ag-
gravate the disease, directly and indi-
directly, by turning away our attention
from the only measures which can stop
it; and that the only preventive is to
put the earth, air and water and build
ings into healthy state of scavenging,
lime-washing and every kind Of SAM
tary work, and, if cholera does come, to
move the people from the places where
the disease has broken out and then to
cleanse
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

The people of the Manitoba country
are demanding of the Canadian Govern
ment the construction of a railroad to
Hudson Bay. They demand this rail-
road as competing route for their
commerce, which is now monopolized
by the Canadian Pacific, with its ter
minus on Lake Superior, and the St.
Paul and Manitoba line, which brings
their products to st. Paul, where they
are shipped by the various Eastern
lines through Chicago to the seaboard.
The clamor from Manitoba has been so
vigorous that the Canadian Govern
ment has appropriated money for a
preliminary inspection of the route,
and an official expedition for the pur-
pose will visit Hudson Bay the pres ent
season. It is said the route from
Winnipeg to Liverpool by Hudson Bay
is 1900 miles nearer than by New
York or by the st. Lawrence river, but
is nevertheless inpracticable because
Hudson Bay, eight hundred miles dis
tant from Winnipeg, is navigable but
a few months in the year on account of
ice.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

President Hill of the Manitoba rail-
road, has expended $4,000 in placing
one or two thoroughbred bulls in each
county through which his road passes,
and advocates stock-raising by farmers
in connection with wheat and other
crops, as vastly more beneficial and
profitable than exclusive wheat raising.
He thinks the big farms, or big wheat
fields, would be more profitable, if cut
up into farms of 100 or 800 acres each
that it would be better for the rail-
roads-and in this view he is sustained
by the concurrent testimony of nearly
all who have investigated the subject.
It is probable that the change will be
made ere long, as some of the holders
of the big wheat fields are of the same
opinion.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
The Battle of Austerlitz.

In the memoirs of Marshal Bugeaud,
just published, appears letter from
him, when still a private, to his sister,
describing the brief Austerlitz campaign,
in which he says: "Three days before
the battle we had orders to leave the
town. and encamped league from the
enemy. The Emperor came there him.
self and slept in his carriage in the mid
die of our camp. For the three days
that passed before the battle he was al
ways walking through all the camps
and talking to the soldiers or their
leaders, We gathered round him. I
heard much of his talk; it was very
simple and always turned upon military
duty. At last on the eve of the battle,
the anniversary of his coronation, he is
sued proclamation, exhorting US to
behave with our usual intrepidity
and promised to keep his
distance as long as victory
followed US. But" said he, eff by mis-
chance you hesitate a moment, you
will see mefy into your ranks to restore
order" Then he promised to give us
peace after this battle, assuring us that
we should go into environments. We
replied by shouts Of joy, the harbingers
of glad success. Torches were lighted
and the bands played while the whole
army sang songs with eagerness. 1t
seemed that every man was celebrating
his return home, and felt the Joy one
experiences at seeing father, mother
and brother. Yet how many of these
happy men were not to see their country
again. At daybreak the drums and
trumpets announced the fight; start
was made with shouts of 'Vive
PEmpereur.' The charge is sound
ing. These words are re-
peated again louder, and carry terror
into the enemy's ranks. We charged
like lightning, and the carnage was hor-
rible. The balls whistled. The air
groaned with the noise Of cannon and
our threatening voices, closely followed
by death. Very soon the enemys
phalanx was shaken and threw into
disorder; at last we overthrow them en-
tirely. One point withstands us, the
batteries in moment are taken, the
gunners cut to pieces at the guns, and
any that escape our steel either seek
safety in fight or slower death in the
lakes. Nothing has ever been seen, my
love, like this memorable battle. In
the opinion of the oldest soldiers it is the
most bloody that ever has taken place.
I will not describe to you the horrors
of the field of battle; the wounded and
dying imploring their comrades pity.
I prefer to spare your feelings, and con-
fine myself to telling you that I was very
much affected, and wished that emper-
ors and kings who make war without
reasonable grounds could be condemned
for their whole lives to listen to the
cries of the unfortunate wounded who
remained three days upon the field of
battle without having any relief or as
sistance. The Russian loss is innumer-
able; what is certain is that there are to
be seen at least sixty Russian corpses on
the field of battle for one French; and
it is only in one spot that I have seen
as many French as Russians"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

The latest estimates of the grain crops
OF Minnesota are very encouraging. It
is estimated that the wheat yield in that
State for this year will exceed that of
last year by 4,11o,O00 bushels, an in
crease of 10 per cent. the corn crop will
yield from &c, oo0, 900 to Is, ooo, 600 bush
els; the barley crop will produce 7,0OO,-
600 bushels, the largest ever known in
the State, and the oats crop will be
about $4,000 bushels, 10 per cent.
more than the crop of 1883. There is
probably some exaggeration especially
in regard to barley, and no allowance is
made for the perils preceding and in
cldent to the harvesting season, but on
tn whole the prospect is good.