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

. ~ NAth ~ AtNNAAf a'ff - 49, -
learned thc priutsrs trade and was work.
Ing n the business iu Portland from ist.
., istC shfu he went O. Norway. from
Norway be- vent q Pcrtlsnd. and Jaly d,
ists. In company With n Elweil. be- -.
snei ths lrst uambcr of ~ NorfAps n,
oarer Amer a short time the PioAssr WAS
sold q thc pr.prictors of the brfldHd
Tfuascrpi and Mr. Piummcr went 20 Bos.
ton. hlt tn 1859 r,'arncd q Portland and
with NJ E.dfidgc started the Kclsciic.
Eiifiige soou lsn ths concern and amer
Publishing the Eriscfic for a litle more
than two years. bis health becoming I'm
pAlref. Mr. P.ummer so,d out The paper
which soou Anrr was united with The
I Tl1as,r6f Mr. Piummsr went % Chica.
go sut wss f,r a short time edliorlally
connected with q UalVcisalls, paper Re-
turning D. Portland. his fsvorlte city. he
served an engag,mCni ou The Portland
I Alrutlssr. which was bis last work. lie
| iied a. The residence ~ bis brother, Daniel
/ Piummrr. In Portland. ln May. isss. lie
married a daughter of Thomas Norton -
/ Portland. vh1 di,l several years b,f're he
dld. ant IN oue daughter Who lived with
7 her grandparents art H. now teacher 10
thr pabrc Schools in Poriaui Mr Plum
mer Va man % rnncd literary tastes. =
. graceful aul Interesting writer and p1s-
s,ssei ofa poetic g.n of high order.
90 Mr. Davis. Who was a part owner ~
the Narrlg Alrrrfsrr. know nothing
. Cyrus " Bro~u- va, the son ~ Levi
and Caroline r ,Frfarl Browne ~ Wa
ierf,ri. ani a brother ~ ihe famous hu-
/ moustCh,r'es , RroWue Artcmss wari
While be- Vs. connected with The Airrr-
tfsr. hl, brother Charles I. Nas employ Cd
ln thc ofre nj a comPositor. CYRUS W.
BfoNue Vas connected with The paper only
ashort umr o. thea vcuito y " Bedilfi
AMI was connected with the N1ndfrd. ,nd
.u.i later. 40 Pal River wiih the Nrrs. li..
hra'th falling ho returned to the rli home
stead in wat.r'lri where he speut thrcc
or f,ur year. aui did 10 May. is6t.
Thomss witt Wa the neat owner of ths
tIrerfs-r. lc vas practical prIuter. =
ersiusir nom the T,F.rsosila oficc, aui
49, ga ~ Ber. ,mln VIA an Early settler
la Norway wiz soi the psper ersi %
Rrs T J Tsnnsy. whose lmPrIui Is on
ons issue only wiz took 10 hack sni soli
% % Mark n Dauuen. Pdrcipa ~ Nor.
~ay Academy. wh, changed th- form o. q
qlarto. and thc name 90 Haf N'1ff Noes.
lle soon found ihai hc hsi purchased an
cisphaut ani 81 en- expsnse 10 several
hundred dollars. learned that good school
teacher may not know how % ruu news.
paper successfully. and iu January 1851.
thc pspcr wts discontinued Darlng 10.
seven year. of existence. ihe paper changed
haois siH times
IN JalY. 1851 Moses n Bartlett. esq
Sho hsd become possessed of thc material
~ ihs Pre- S'l'. Nf,,s. started a new pa
per with ths 90 name. ant snsr issuing
frw rumtcr.. he so'i oct % Col George
" MEcii. one ~ the founders ~ The
Oxrorp DrvocG,r Mr Bartlett Wa
she son of Bar,oar Baftlsii. e.l of Beta.
ei. auf an attorney AZ law. few years
arer thi. De- removed - The Wet and
Sill resides thrrc az. wlfe was daugh.
t-rof Gen Thompson ~ Brunswick The
oit AfrerfsIr lsi le.u strictly ncutral In
politics. AMI tat new oac 90 isj) hai
s,artri .o. hai soon amer Nillstt bought
10. the ONFoHn DEuoCE,r. hssiug a. that
9 Inc strong ffre sol tendencies. aud s1on
aNer va bought up by the boilers. the
Aic.rfsrr win Rev George X Shaw, f'r
the arai few years a least. A. political "a.
itor. bcctme ihs organ ~ the ONiori CO.
Dsmscracy iaiecd 70 vas Intensely
% .morrafic Mr Shaw was an ale writer
ani upln most topics his articles were en-
terialnlng sni destructive. bat h's political
pen sccnrd t1 ho stepped ln the gall of
bitterness. ani hs whs not only radical ln
hI. Views but uf,rn of-nsivrly pcrsoual
The paper was o1atluaei A. party organ.
uaill Ansr Che c'cci.Dn of Abraham Liucoln
when It became defunct. snd rev regretted
lts demise. n htd become - Intensely
bitter ani p-rsoail a. 70 inlarc the Pariy
"a whose rcsi it was paoiishci. This
was the second death % "a Ai-frf.ssr 10
NORWAY
lo January. l,s2, Mr. simeon Drake, =
practical printer. formerly OF Augusta
started a thlri Ngn-Iy Airrrfs-r, A. lo-
cal paper. AMI .is pabhcaiiou was coutIu-
u.i hy bin ior nearly three years. Ia
nov. 1875. Hr C. p whiiman. a young
Norway attorney. Dccsme a partner, and
the Orori E,gisfrr was purchased and
uuitcd with thr Airsriissr and the consol.
dated paper was pabIished BY Drake 4
whtman until the February following,
when ths Aireriissr went out of sight aud
TIE Orfari Register vas published A. q
party organ by Paris, Mason 8 Co, Mr.
Drake retiring for The aoaes, and Mr..
whitman permanently. The paper bad
been leased by Paris q Mason Tor the po-
ut.csl campaign of that year, and AZ IL
close, the lease having expired and the
STATE and National elections having gone
adverse O. the Democrats, the Publication
of the Orfgri R'gisier ceased and lts list
vas sold b the Le'sis'oa Gd-sffe Mr.
Drake. who hai the old material on hand
aud also the Register type, commenced ths
publication OF a fourth Moray Aireriissr.
subsequently redaced In Size AMI qaarto
IN form. which he issued until the latter
part of ISIS when he sold Out 10 the Ns,e
Rsligioa Polishing Company and the Nev
Rei.q.oH. the hrst issue dated Nov. %,
ISIS. took IT, place. with Rev. J. A. SelE
Assdltor. II was started as a religious paper
advocating views claimed 10 be somewhat
10 advance Of Unlversalism. aud was so
coutinued until the sumner Of 1879, when
Il became the organ Of the Greenbaek par
", and very offensive 10 large portion of
lts former patrons. Mr.. Sei,z claimed that
hs had only loaned the use OF bis columns
darlug the campsiga, bat siter the election
was over. the paper was conducted In the
same way. a. long A. Il was published In
Norway. Precisely when the Nee Religion