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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-24

OXFORD. sat- q Court Of Probate held a.
Peri. sithin AMI Cor Inc Colnty Of oxford % ne
thrd TUESDAY ~ Oct iSa.
CHARIEsu IiBBkTs Etecuto' % ~ esisis OF
samuel Titbets late 81 tfeburs, n ssid C1unty.
fsc-ssed, hsfins presented bic acagnt of aimIn.
irsion OF the kstate OF ssd dsceasci Tor al
oHDsEkp. nat The sad Executor slvs nouoe
81 al persons interestsd by caasins q copy ofthis
order 10 Do psbiishsd .eelssaees.sisslI In the
oxford DemOcrst printed a. Paris. that they nay
sgpesf a. q Probate COarttO b. held Al tryenufs
~ ssif coanty on the hfst Iuesfay OF Dec nexL
81 . o'clOcs 10 the forsaO0n . shes caass u sny
'AsJ have .AI'As '.ns how nsa .ra-si'
tue COPY attest '-n.c DAVIS Register.
OxroRD, ss-A . Cosr Of Probate bed Al
Pari., within ard for the County q OsiOri
90 the third Isssdsy Of OF w.
o. the ysuios Of WILLIAM sORDOS
q saii Cossty, psayins tf loes.s q .sii
al convey oerain real estste siiuttci Ia sati
TDeDsrs, sei inils De erbed In his petton on
dc 10 the Probate 0r's. ct an sdsAntaseoss
0fer Of |. ven hundre I .ni seveotS hse dollars 10
Jsnsr.On Lsri. u fysburx afOu-sd.
ordered. That me ssid psuhionU give notes
10 all persons Interested By casing 40 abslf.u
q his ~pe'itioa, 18th mt order thsreoa' 70
b. Published three weeks suceessivay 10 the
Oxford DsmOerat printed 81 Paris, that they MAJ
sppear 81 . rrobsts Court ~ b held Al fNsba -
N said county on the hifst TUESDAY Of DE uest
At alBs O'cioca In me f,fsnOon Ani .ho- cause q
any my have Why the sane 'hosld not Dc
granted.
roe ~cOpy-stsst n. Z. DAVIS. Register.
OXFORD, sst-N q Court Of PROBATE nei At
PAS. within Asd for Inc County % Onford
sn me third raesiav Of OrL, A. ID. lS5.
OLIyER ALLAN kxecsyor on the estate Of
Anarsu . Ales, late % Hiram. IN saif
COunty, deceased. having prsentei hs ascoast
q sirsfi0n u NE kstsie Of sad deceased
Ordered. maj N. sale EsscsiOr give notice
10 all persons Interested b. causing q co2y ofthis
order 10 b psbiishes three weeks successive
~ 10 the Oxford democrat, . ne~spaper,
printed At Par, ,,ha,, hsy ma, .Ppsat =. srs9e.,s
he nrss rsesdsy Of De neKL 40 o'clocs IN me
FORENOON and shos cause u any they have, ~hJ
NE same should sot b. sl0w-d
GEO A WILSON Judge.
OxfUkp. ss-At . UOsrt 81 Probate, bed e
rans. within ard iof The 'oa9y OF ofiofd
kI,uARD sAkSk>f, Susrdlsn o. Mar n.
nraohs, sinor chill sn1 heir Of Jaiis Bfoot.,
late Of Porter. % SAID Countg. dec s-ed, has
iss prs~slsd his Accent OF sssrdis.ship OF sad
Ordered, That the said GaafdIaa give no
tee 90 all persoas Interested b. causing . copy
Of this orier 20 BE- pablished three weeks sue
esssiyely 10 the Oriod pemoera, pnnisa .,
Paris, that thsy nsy APPEAR sia PROBATE cosr
70 BE- he'd Al fysbau. IN SAID cosnty. 90 the noss
fsesdss Of dee sssi. 81 . o'eioek 10 the forsn0on
ssd show essse n ssy thsy have, WIZ the sane
sEo. A. WILSON, Jsdss
Atrss eopJ.-sttssi: n. Z. pAyis. REGISTER.
AGENTS. WANTED .yksYwnhRE. Mss
a..s pain .ssnt. Tsrktsh Neg ratssrss.
STAMPED on Burlap 10 colvr-. Are made Of r.gs
90 ysfn. for Circulars. address, Win stamp, h.
.. fross q CO., sssssfofd, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-24
PURE BLOOD
Browns ~Sarsaparilla

.sd 4 hsip>d him mors han snything b. ever had
WIEN he sent 20 SIS fe~ days 40 b. hoagh, =
arse suHiy and aid he shouh cone home q vel
msn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-24
PROPOSALS. FOR WOOD.

Proposal. 90 fasunhias shiriy.nss serds
elem hard weed. for he ue % M C,anir,
.lu b pcslvsd - n uni 'rsisisd. u1ul saiu
dsy. i've 81 WA rhe spott b. stsef, ~ ~,
sni ut iao TIE dlfsr nt iheis coanecici sfh
the Couay nsiiiinss Tue ran IL fs.fyei 70
tsrsst ~ the 4 uay
p.r orisf q Csaaiy Conmlssi0ae0s
rafts. NCV. %, l~3.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-24
SEO A WILSON Judge.
Atns copy-Aus.ii u. q DAVIS Resistsr.

ACCNTc wASTkO kvkaYwnkRE. hss
as.. ~ m .ssnt. Turktsh Nag ratssrss.
STAMPED On Burlap 10 colyr-. Are nade Of rags
90 am. fof Circulars. address,, Win ,. h.
q. frosg 4 Co, nsddsford. Me.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
She Enjoyed Cold Weather.

The recent spell of weather calls
attention to a recent article in Lihelps
Living Age called "a Lady's Life in
Manitoba" The writer says she bought
frozen milk by the pound all winter;
mustard froze in the mustard pot,
which stood a foot from the Kitchen
stovepipe and two feet above the stove,
where there was a blazing fire all day.
The Kittens ears froZe, and broke off;
so did the ears of neighbours pony.
A pail of water left in the kitchen all
night would freeze solid before morn
ing. When she had been ironing the
top of pocket handkerchief the lower
part would freeze on the table. The
thermometer went to So degrees below
zero. This is commented on at con.
siderable length, and then comes this
remark: ''But say deliberately that
| would rather pass three winters on
the prairie in Manitoba than one sum
mer." Worse than all the freezing, the
cod, the confinement, and the whole
ca tegory of winter, is the mosquito
she says.-HarJord CoxrGnt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
HOW WHISKY rs MADE.
Here is Recipe for Making Trouble by
Wholesale.

New York Sun.
A Nebraska correspondent wishes to
know the process of making whiskey.
The grain, corn, or rye, for instanc, is
ground between pair of ordinary mill
stones. The meal thus obtained is
mixed in an iron tub with barley malt
in the proportion of 4 bushels of meal
to 2 of malt, anu Is gallons of water at
a temperature of $50 deg Fahrenheit.
After washing, as it is called, for an
hour and a half so gallons more
of water are added, at tenn
perature of 100 deg. Two hours later,
the mixture having settled. two-thirds
of the liquor, which is known as beer, is
drawn off into shallow watts and 30 gall
Ions of water are poured into the tub at
a temperature of 100 deg. In an hour
and half this is drawn off and so gal
Ions of boiling water are pored in. In
20 minutes all the beer in the tub is
drawn off, and as the last lot is very
weak ii must either be boiled down to
the strength of the beer obtained be-
fore, or it may be used with fresh lot
of meal instead of water The beer
from the shallow watts is cooled down to
a temperature of 20 deg. and then one
gallon of yeast is added for each 100 gal
Ions Of beer.
When the mixture has fermented it
is ready for distillation, which is done
by boiling it in boiler. and condens-
ing the steam by running it into a cool
er, which in former days were long
coils of copper pipe running through
tanks of cold water, from which arose
the name of the worm of the still. The
condensed steam is simply raw whisky.
1t possesses the most disagreeable
taste, and will kill at forty rods range,
but it is nevertheless diluted and sold
in the cheap saloons.
The acrid taste of raw whiskey is due
TO the presence of certain greasy products
Of dlstillation and light alcohols mixed,
which are known by the name of fusil
oil. These products boil at 173 degrees,
while the alcohol, or the real stuff, re-
luires temperature of go degrees. BY
,edistillation the fusul oil is separated.
1t may also be eliminated by running
he raw whiskey through granulated
charcoal that has been previously heat
ed. Whiskey is therefore simple alcohol
of peculiar flavor due to the substances
from which it was derived, and diluted,
when honestly made, with about twenty
i've per cent, of water and some of the
products of distillation other than the
pure amylic alcohol.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
Reform is Necessary.

when newly married pair receive
among their wedding presents six
varieties of salad spoons, ten card stands
and card baskets, seven COTE sets, four
clocks, and duplicates of nearly every
other article given, as a Providence
couple did recently, it is evident, as
Samuel J. Tilden would say, that
reform is necessary" Indiscriminate
present making to people just entering
matrimony has become colossal nui-
sance, not only to the giver but to the
receiver, also. tits impossible to imagine
any burden more intolerable than being
saddled with great mass of gifts selected
by persons of all sorts of taste, and
often of no taste at all, making it
necessary to turn the newly established
home into a bric-a-brac shop. The
custom has become so common as to be
devoid of all meaning, and it may be
we'll to consider if it is not best to restrict
it to the relatives and few personal
friends of the interested pair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
Mental Phenomena Reduced to Figures.

Any physician, we apprehend, will
consider it quite within the bounds of
probability that l per cent. of the pop
ulation of the country is subject to re-
markedly vivid dreams, illusions, Wis.
ions, etc This will make half mill
ion people in the United States. Each
of these persons may be supposed to
have fifty friends orrelations, of whom
per annum dies. If they are subject
to dream or vision once a week, there
is one chance out of seven that they
have one on the same day that the
friend dies. Let us suppose that it
takes combination of eight separate
and independent points of resemblance,
between the vision and the circum-
stance attending the death of the
friend to constitute remarkable coin
cidence, and that each of these has a
probability of one-half. We shall have,
in one case out of 256, a remarkable
combination of condolences. Putting
these results together, we may infer
that, as a matter of fact, some extra
ordinary coincidence between the
circumstances of death and the dream
or vision by friend of the dying per.
son does occur somewhere in the
country nearly every day in the year.
Scie7,op
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
Titles to Land IN the Northwest.

Washington Spe;ill to thu B)3tol Helrld;
Last October Secretary Teller decided that a
great number of cash entries of public lands
in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and other
Western states and territories were void.
These entries were made upon lands with
drawn from the public domain as railroad
land, and subsequently restored. Secretary
Teller held that as the lands thus restored,
were never offered for sale at public auction,
they cannot be entered by settlers under the
law until they have been so offered. The
decision created great deal of consterna-
ton among cash entry men, and it Is said
that thousands of acres of their lands have
been squatted upon by homesteaders For
several days delegation representing the
cash entries in the northern peninsula of Mich
igan have been here to consult with members
and senators as to the best method of legalizing
the sales. As result Senator Palmer
introduced bill in the senate to confirm the
titles of all who purchased in good faith. The
Michigan delegation IN the house will hold a
meeting to devise ways and means for passing
favorable legislation through that end of the
capitol 1t isexpected that other states will be
represented here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

Temptations to natural cupidity are
never wanting, but the street-car fur
nishes most practical illustration in
the matter Of half-fares to children.
The teaching which children receive
from many parents, who would be
shocked if not considered highly moral,
if it does not develop into tirst-class
rascality, must be neutralized by God,
stretching out His hand to save the
helpless, or fail of any effect because
they are too inattentive or stupid to
heed the parental teaching and exam
pie. To those compelled to observe it
there can be no surprise at the respect
able family and church character of
many of our heightened scandals. The
bent given to plastic childhood will
not be Strengthened out in manhood
by any fear of the penitentiary.
We have, with pain, witnessed an
humble scene, both for mother and
child, in their combined efforts to cheat
the conductor Nor has this surprise
been lessened in knowing that many
reputable-looking mothers actually set
cupidity to the work of helping the
natural bent of childhood to falsehood
for the reward of half-fa1e. When
the conductor comes round and re-
ceives from the mother a fare and a
half he says, Where is your child?'
Here he is" is replied. He looks
amazed, as does everybody else, to
learn that the half-grown youngster is
under five years. He asks the infant,
"How old are your" to which it re-
plies -Four years" looking out for the
future thatstill they may keep margin
to travel on. The mother is not dis
concerted at the skepticism of the con-
ductor, nor is her voungster we'll
trained in the ethics that there can be
no harm in cheating corporation.
We have seen in one of our exchanges,
a like experience, which runs as fol-
lows, and shows that our judgement
is not exceptional:
81 know young boy who is being
simply ruined in his education by his
mother. He is eight years old. with
all the noble instincts of probity and
obedience which generally character
ize boys nature. This tender parent
has instructed him that whenever he
gets on car the appearance of the
conductor to collect money for his fare
reduces his age under five. He has
been educated to give that figure when
asked by anybody who wants to col
lect money for his transportation.
Last week friend of the family was
displaying his interest in the child by
inquiring his age. The little fellow
hesitated for moment and then look
ed up at his mother: Mamma is he
CONDUCTOR" No, child. Then | am
eight years old. I"
But stranger fact, if possible, is
how soon metamorphosis into man
hood or womanhood takes place when
a seat is to be occupied. That baby,
which for half-fare ought to stand by
his mothers knee, or sit on her lap,
spreads itself over a whole seat.
Weary men and aged women may
stand. A woman who viii teach her
child to do this meanness for half
fare will be blst selfish enough to let
them stand. Fraud is always cruel
PyesbytevI1s.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
H0. WINTER.


l.
Hal winter, hot Winter,
King of the northern blasti
You meet us all, you greet us all,
With grip that freezes fast.
n regal pomp you've gatheredup
Your royal robes of snow,
and by their trailing men shall trace
Whatever ways YOU go.
Your grim retainers all, alackl
Make but a cruel train
Of biting sleet and singing winds
And ice and frozen rain.
be rich with furs and blazing hearths
Your carnival may scorn,
While Ninth and Cheer may reign supreme
From wassail eve till morn.
II.
But hal Winter, no! Winter,
hat about the Poors
Who've na stronghold against the cold,
No bride or siRecure
10 set at bay the singing day,
Or soften down the night
Who note the thiekeniDg Hindow-panes
With sinking hearts alright
Who draw their babies close and sing
Their shivering mllabys,
Tten sleep and dream of steaming feaSts
That hunger-sleep supplies
To wake at morn with shuddering sense
OF heightened last and cold,
Ard find that gaunt-eyed Want hath wrought
Its trace within the fold.
Ha Winter, no! Winter,
Hard your reign on these;
God pity such and send warm hearts
To all who starye and freeze.
-Adrid Barrett Butler, IN The Current
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
PainfmI SusnenSe.

MY dear" he said as he entered
the house, who is that gentleman
across the streets"
II am not sure. but think he is an
old beau of mine.
How long has he been waving his
handkerchief"
..Oh, more than half an hour"
is he trying to flirt with yOu?"
That's just what annoys me. He
may mean it for me, or for the lady
in the bay window above. If it's for
me | ought - know it, and if its for
her I'll never speak to the shame-faced
thing as long as they live! Oh, George!
Won don't know how vexatious and I'M
certain it is have roomers above youi
wish we had little cottage of our
own.-DesrOtt Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
A Similarity.

A writer descibing Paganini's violi n
playing, says: when the q string
walled, then tears came through the
eyes from the listening hearts of men,
tears of sadness and delight" You
may perhaps have noticed that pretty
much the same thing occurs nowadays
when the young man next door tort
ures violin. When his G and other
strings wall, then the tears come
through the eyes from the hearts OF
listening men-tears of sadness and
agony. prompted by q wild, unconquer-
able yearning for gore and revenge.
The more the G string walls, the
more his hearers wall, and there ID
about as much music in one wall as
in the otheE,-NoTrsstotcrs Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
MARYLAND. NV Maryland"

GreLlN WIVES
Lovely daughters and noble men,"
"My farm lies in rather low and
missmatic situation, and
'My wife,
"Who?"
"Was a very pretty blondew
Twenty years ago, became
"Sallow!"
"Hollow-eyedi
"Withered and agedl"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made
40 particular complaint, not being of
the grumpy kind, yet causing me great
uneasiness.
"a short time ago | purchased your
remedy for one Of the children, who had
very severe attack of biliousness, and
il occurred 10 me that the remedy might
help my wife, as | found that our little
girl, upon recovery had
"Lost~
"Her sallowness, and looked as fresh
as a new blown daisy. Well the story
is soon told. NV wife, to-day, has
gained her old timed beauty with com
pound interest. and is now as handsome
a matron (if do say it myself as cdH
be found in this county, which is noted
for pretty women. And | have only
Hop Bitters to thank for it.
1.-The dear creature just looked over
my shoulder, and says l can tlatter equal
to the days of our courtship.' and that
reminds me there might be more pretty
wives if my brother farmers would do
l have done"
Hoping you may long be spared to do
good, thankfully remain.
C.. l.. JAMES.
BELTsyLPE, Prince George Co, Md,
May 26tn, 1888
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

that the multitude of diseases of a scrofulous
nature generally proceed from a torpid condi-
tion Of the liver. The blood becomes impure
because the liver does not act properly and
work off the poison from the system, and the
certain results are blotches, pimpies, eruptlo ms
swellings, tumors, ulcers, and kindred affect
IONS or settling upon the lungs and poisoning
their delicate tissues, until liberation, breaking
down, and consumption is established DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will, by
acting upon the liver and purifying the blood,
cure all these diseases
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
A Texas Doctor.

DIR. Blister is one of those physicians
who do not take any nonsense from
their patients. One day he presented
his bill to Nose Schaumburg.
.'One hundred and fifty tOllars!" ex-
claimed Nose. IVY, mine Colt, two
funerals in dot family would not hat
cost me so much as dot.
Its not too late to have a funeral in
the house vet" replied DR.. Blister.
drawing an army-size revolver. DR..
Blister heels himself whenever a pa
tent feels indisposed to settle.-TeIas
SJtingS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

To restore sense of taste, smell or hearing use
Ely's Cream Balm It cures all cases of Ca
tarrh, Hay Fever, Colds in the Head, Headache
and Deafness. 1t is doing wonderful work.
Do not fail to procure bot tle as in 1t lies the
relief you seek. 1t is easily applied with the
finger Price 50 cents at druggists go cents
by mail Ely Bros, Oswego, N. Y.
/ had severe attack of catarrh over year
ago, and became so deaf / could not hear COM
mon conversation. | suffered terribly from
roaring in my head l procured bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm, and in three weeks could
hear as well as i ever could, and now / can
cheerfully say to all who are afflicted with the
worst of diseases, catarrh and deafness, take
one bottle of Ely's Cream Balm and be cured.
1t is worth 81 GOO per bottle to any man, wom-
an or child suffering from Catarrhal. Z.
Newman, Grayling, Campbell Co., Mich
j. F. Fuller was nominated postmaster Of
Cumberland Wis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

There is no dissent from the decision of can.
did and capable dairyren, that the Improved
Butter Color of Wells, Richardson & Co, Bur
lington, Vt, is the best in the world Such mer
as A. w Cheever of Massachusetts E. ID. Ma
son. Vermont, Francis A. Hoffman, Wisconsin
Use it. and recommend it as superior to al
others
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

have used DR.. Groves Heart regulator and
can truly say it has done me much good gives
me entire relief from distressing palpitation OF
the heat says a lady i'll Haverhill Mass. Free
pamphlet of r. T. Ingalls,, Cambridge, Mass.
Sl.00 per bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

when neglected or improperly treated often de-
generate into cancer, By our new and i'm
proved treatment without knife, caustc or
salye, we cure the worst cases in ten to thirty
days. Pamphlet, reference and terms. three
letter stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association 663 Main Street, Buffalo, n Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
New Zealand songstress.

Madame Marie Carandini, Musical Artist,
Wellington, N. T., writes to the Christchurch,
New Zealand Telegraph: 81 have used St
Jacobs Oil, and find much relief in case of
rheumatism, and for allneuralgic pains"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

The London Lancet says that Mr.. Gladstones
complaint is chiefly a slight attack of catarrh-
Besides this he is suffering from lumbago and
insomnia. There is fair prospect that he will
soon be completely restored TO health.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

THE THROAT Brown Rrc rchial Troches"
act directly Cd the organs of the voice. They
have an extraordinary effect in all disorders Of
the throat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

not be acted upon to men who do not
mean to act upon it, and know that,
if they did, the person most confound-
ed would be the preacher himself. -
Pail Mall Gazette
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

DEAR DoCToR.-I have tried your medicine,
and believe that any one who is troubled with
Cough, Hoarseness or Lameness about the chest
or lungs cannot well afford to be without the
White Wine of Tar Syrup.
Your thankful friend,
REV. G. W. PAT1IsoN,
Pastor St Charles NJ E. Church.
St Charles, Iowa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

eYNone genuine without bunch of
green Hops on the white label. Shun
all the vile, poisonous stuff with Hop
or Hops" in their name.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

solid silver model Of the famous bells
Of Shandon goes to New Orleans for exhibition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22

Speaker Carlisle has appointed Andrew De-
viz. Official reporter os the house of represen-
On i5s. 70 iii the vacancy Occasoned by the
d-.-l ~ sir L9el Nc Dsvms was ones a
1a.o -t,r Of the committees displaced by Speak
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-22
RUSSIAN FLAX SEED

We have FOR SALE GENUINE RUSSIAN SEED
FIAX Experience has proven that Russian seed
yields fully FIFTY PER CENT better than any other
variety sown in this country. Sow only the genu
inc Russian We guarantee ours. Write for prices.
MANKATo LINSEED OIL Co, MANKATo, MINI.