Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-13
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THE rRTSS OF ONFORn COUNTY
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k>p MAINE EvsNgrtisr
After ths OrNni Orf,is va sold Q.
M'isit a Kag in Aag iss1. Norway Wa
withoat paper f,r nearly eleven ycsrs
TIE Or1r'r establishment wss taken tr
Paris nm ant ~ OxroHn DEuoca,r Na'
started in o. place So the people of Paris
h,f their r,vengc fnf ths ios. % N 0'
srrr-r whica R,rton novel from rar'
Hn - Sor~sy 10 TIE nishi-iinv. IN th'
au,amu % 1895 March % isit. Mr lrl
Berry isslci the frat uumner 81 the
NoEu AZ advertiser
n was the var ofthe great Ciay campsiga
ant polit.c. r.n hish. but ~ Air'rfi.-'
vss neairal ln politics ani notsiihstsai.
ing ;hs storm of paiiticAl sxcitsmeut which
rssei vlihost tte psp.r pur.ned ths sveu
tcnor of Its Wsy. a1i devoted lis columr
toths luiercst. % Norsay iu psrt'ca'if and
or Otf1ri County I'm general Associate
win Nf Brrry ws. NJ Fraaci- B'ak-, ir.
- Portland 40 rema.lri NIfh BIN y
yrar. thcu sold out o. hl. partner, anrr.
wari vcui o. Cafrua ani sas very
sacccss,al iu b1slocss iic nos reside.
in San Fraoc.sc, Nr Berry coutinuri
q puhnsh ths pspsr nearly tso years.
thsa .oii oai to Eiv'n P.ammcr
taa urgRf
Wa the son ~ S,rpaen ant AIce .Chan
osrisin, Berry. of Rrrhcstcr. y. n. sui
grandson of stephen auf Mar A1en
Berry % Rye. \. a.. the former boru si
Ryc. Apr 90 i-st sni d',i a. Nou.ng-
hsn. Apr q issli M latter bora 10 Oar
han. y n Fcn Z. 1924 sni t.ei a. Ncw
Durham. y N. ja'y 81. Isle
Ira Berry was horn a. Ncw Durham. y.
a sept si. 1901. art December O.. i.1i.
~ wss married hv KeF. Charics Bfnoks
q Iyiia N uo'srt 90 u.nsham. Mass.
"a isis. b. 49, ,pPr-utlcei q, John Mann
~ pover. a where NJ learned the
printers srt On the a1tumn ~ i.ll. he
vent % Concord y n sui WORKED as
iourusymsu In ne PffT,f once tIn thc
sprlng % isst a. 'Aea wsai q Boston
anf sorkei f,w mln;h. in the of,e of
ne S'rfsfat1a. tten to Portland All sorkc.i
year on the Ei,irrs ArTas plniishei ~
Tb0mas TDid Ia he sutamr of ls.s, be-
returned - Bo.,on. sni rcnainsi there
al ss-. whsa b. went - Nsw Hork an
worked ou tis loara1l .f t.muurf. theu
recently started then be- returned % Boz
tou ana workci for lssac n Butt. taxing
charge ~ the composition of nr Bow
dltch's trans'stirn 90 "Lr Pi1crs Mecaa-
t.us Cslssis. Immediately ansr his mar
riage iu Dccsmrcr. is3i. hc novel ~ "A.
gasts A. partner of Frauc.s %. J smith
la Publishing the 40 in isit. he ien the
AZ. roturnei o. Portland All became
psrtosf In ,hs pual.cstiou of the Efasra
Argus On JtnuarY. they commenced the
pu1ucatI1n of t.- bu'r Arrss August
So. isJ5. hls connection VITA The Eis'rra
Argus ccsset. sui iu is1-. h. became COZ
ceruei in ths pu1lcstiou of the snsrsi
Blaasr Ia ths faii " lss9. win .. % j
SmIih. hs connsncei ihc pl1iieiiion -
the Eisfsra Argas Esrier The project
was not q daancial success 10 gave Snfh
q seat To- Congress. ba; len 81 Berry N
camhsrcd wiih a large deht hut shich h
eventually paid dollar f1r dollar
IN March " isgt. with Fraucis Blake,
IT,. yoaug Portland boy aui former A.
prentice. Mr. Berry moved b Norway and
c e,mmencet tie pl1licttlou 20 thc Nor-1i
.tirrrfissr. 10 Febrasry. lss6 he lsfl The
Alrsrfissr All weut q Boston. aud 10
company with saith went Toto The telc-
grspa ba.iuess. paiting up The frst lice
between Ncw York aud Bostou. when
completed. Nc. Berry took charge % ihe
Boston Cfi-e. Ia 1858. h. returned %
Portland ani opeasd = 10 once. and 10
1857. took 10 bis 500 stephen who wss
born IN Augusta. a, partner, The frm name
beiug Ira Derry a son. lie vas elcetct
secretary % The Grand Lodge 10 isSt. and
OF the Grand Lo.izc and other Grand NJ.
sonic bodies IN is55 be Is uow among The
oldest M.soulc recording ofncers 10 The
couutry. TIE work 10 these onices stead
uv Increased. until 70 occupled his who'e
tine. aui he gradually Withdrew nom the
printing ofics. ant ln issa. sold out b..
entire Interest % his sou. Mr. Berry Is
now over cighty-thrcs years Of age and
has been coussctei with many and varied
enterprises ne has doue a vast amouai
u work aui has done Il well He has
been an able writer aud nrst-clAss printer
aud newspaper man. rccsatly carefully
looked over The two trst volumes % ths
Nsrras Afrunser. aud 10 ny Judgment nc
Two saocoediug volumes of I hat paper have
ever presented better variety with mat
tsr more tAstsfallY arranged or better writ
tea. Hs and bis excellent wife have lived
together nearly any.three years, ant are
indeed. q wcll-prcserved pair. They have
Aad eight ehildrcu. sin Of whom are hv'
M.
Ihave before NE q copy Of Namber -Four
o. Volume Four % the Nor,say Adrsriiser
and have In ny possession = number Of
copies Of the sane year. THIS numoei
bears date May z. ist7. IL i six-columu
paper. sils i6 BY 81. The paper l. of good
quality. all cotton. 10 has sixteen columns
OF reading msttsr ani Is made up ~i'l
mach taste. Il bears the imprln, Of T.
Piummsr The literary matter oa the nfs'
page. Vas evidently selected with much
care; and on the second page are well
written editorials. q communication from
Geo. X. shaw on "How % Make Mel
Better. description of sOath Paris VII
lage asd good variety Of local news and
notes. Ga the fourth page Is = Farmers
colamn, aad nearly three eolamas Of mis-
osllany. Taken as whole. Il u very
neatly got sp paper. and oas Of which an,
vul.x. might wsll b. proud Mr.. Plum
mer rrmslned with the Airsrffssr f'oa
1915 70 Is4s asd then sold oa' 70 Albert b
Davis and Cyrus W. Browne