Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-19
CHAPTER II.

n. n romemierel that Cakhury :, M,
Rlarkt1un May n IT, inhabitants arr
groatlv ANNOYED vhon they hoar u called a
siburb n Hlackiown Oakhury u mar The
lar-o ri,y. bat nj ~ H. Although the fat
canrot - i.snored that tho csifeuoe o. the
many charming country houa.s vhich alorn
Oaliury l. a. much due b. its cauugiiiy 81
the dirty thriving town a. q ~ natural
hcauts--ani althougha ccriain profsortion
u tllsc dsrlfahle r,silcnccs has ben rur-
chaad diy Inrktowns ucocss'ul traters, the
mo-, ari.io-niic inhabitants OF oakbury lcok
With hdlfercnoc On the good AMI evil for
unfs a ths city. Thy, the aristocratc IN
haIi,ants. are useful 10 Blaokto~n, not
Blackioun & them. They are out q ~ dis
seusions All struggles; brttcr still, beyond
the ruusc n o. taxation. They are q the
euuptv. ma tho town. 80 they hoad thclr
I.ttsr. "Oaklury, Westshirc; ami, as n rule
decline intimacy with any Blackiovn trailer
updcr therauk n banker or merCh hant prince
B.sides Ionl Kelston's well known onuntry
unf. there must H. In ths parish a Oakhury
some ~ or 25 gcuilcmcns resiicnocS They
canno, L. cailci estates, a. tho ground at
tachol tO each variss rospectivcly from thrce
ID flfty acrcs, hut not a few of thcm might
Law claim o. D. dccrltci by tlat wrll-ruund-
ei phraae, dsar % auctionoors and house
acrn,s, "a country manson. fit for the occu-
nation ami roQuircments of a family q posi-
ton They are not new, speculative, 1efry-
built h0us.s. but gooi, old-fashionci, solid
affair. Nopain,ed and gilt railings surround
them; Thick boundary walls and fine old trces
hide thcm from the gals q inquisitiye holi-
day folks A. tho country around - very
beautiful and richly timhercd A. the prevail
inx Wind which blows acru-s oakbury CONES
straight from the "a, pure and uncoutaIn-
mattel A. two q the bcst packs q hounds
In England met within an easy distance;
ami, prejudice Notwithstanding, a. the con
vcniences offered tya large city are 70 Close
al hand-itis no wonder that tho rector o.
Oalbury numbers many families % position
among bis Tarishioncr. II mine were fam
ily of position, u should most Certainly o.
oupy a pew In that hns. old squaretowercd
church.
After this DISRUPTION Il viii bs easily BE-
heved that the Oakbury people are rnmew hat
exclusive--by the Oakbury people arc meant
the inhabitants a the Aforesaid twenty
bouss, the manner of the VII gers and other
snail Try who constitute the residue of th.
population ned not ts take, into Account.
The Oakbury people propr are very particu-
lar a. 10 with whcsn they associaie, and the
most particular and exclusive of all are two
gcnflsmen named Talbert, tho Join owners
and occupiers u HarleV-,od Hol-e
1neir ruliracxcludvvnsa vas but the nat
irsl outcome of the position In which they
we're place.l The fact thai their income wAs
ierived fron money made By their father In
.lmber, tobacco, soap, sugar, 90 soms other
anxs industry of Blacktown-peopls have
already r#arly forgotten which IL wss-must
he responsible for the caro- the Talbrrts were
bcuni to exercise before they made nav
scquaintanoe
Becau-r, you see, In their opinion at least,
ths taint Of trade still chung 10 them They
were but a generation removed from the
actual buying, selling and chafering. Meta
phorically spcaking, thsir own fathers hands
had bocn hardened by the timber, stained BY
tho tobacco, lAthercd by the soap made
sicky by the sugar, according 20 the partlcu-
lar branch a trade al which be had worked
IN zich advantage 30 u was that uuon At
tanning the earliest years of discretion, n
sons deciied that n was moro incumbcnt
upon them than upon tho generality OF per-
sons 10 b. particularly particular IN Their
choicc of fricnd< Az they were smiahle'
right-fcslins young men, they hooked upon
this duty as a <ad necessity.