Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-16

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Mr. ]. A. Backuam 90 Mechanic falls,
with his large. varied AMI successful en-.
tsr3rises, giving smploymeu,to more than
s.OOO PERSONS. ranks smOng the leAdlns
business men % Malae.
GLOW ala o Get your sisrii The writer
askci him The other day.
''From = pop" be said, With = smile.
"A cur dog was nv nrst capital" Then
As vent 90 10 tell the singular ani Inter
estiug story Of bis NE.
grandfather. be ssii. was The nrrt
mar that moved intO The town OF hebf0n
lie chopped down . clearing. built himself
a eabln, and eventually became The pos
SCISSOR % q nice large farm. lie use 10
have 70 walk 1necn niles 10 New Clo1ccs-
Ter 10 get bis eorn ground. On one OF
these rio when the snow Was very deep.
he failed 10 arrive home on time, and ny
grandmother. becoming alarmed, started
10 search OF him. She foand That be had
ulppei over Q log aud fallen down. and a.
be Ten The bsg OF grain had lodged across
bis neck. lie WAS SO exhausted that be
could no, dlslodge The grain add hal 10
lie there. Bat for my grandmo,hers tine
IL arrival be probably would have starved.
my father run = small san mill aud .
gflst MIL on a stream In Hebron. Many
a night I WORKED iul twelve O'Clock. and
went ~sackerlng Afterwards
s'But about that pap. Ny cousin gave
ne nv name, std thought that be must
make me a present In rciarn fOr the honor.
So he gave me . young dog, when l was
; or 10 years old. AMER IL bad grown NJ,
4 traded 1, with = farmer fOr = sheep. The
custom was In those days 10 Jet oct q
sheep for stock parposes and ge; two sheep
Tor one AZ The end OF the year. DID this
with my sheep and thus doubled my pro-
perry. Amer . while ! got enough sheep
10 swap for q helfer. kept on this way
until I was n, when I had got together
sSO-all The proceeds o. one pop.
II taught school Tor awhile aud worked
In = b~riekyard Tor awhile. That was The
hardest place I ever had. laborod from
daylight 10 starlight and eane cot sixty
three dollars ahead. bought q Few goods
ami went on the road In spsdile cart 10
isls, I went Into . little store ~ West
Miuot. In ls+9 cam down here 10 Me-
ehanle Falls and opened = general store.
Soon amer I started ln the clothing oGsi'
nsss 10 . small way, and have been here
ever since
Mr. buchanan has a good many irons 10
The Dire, but they apparently don't burn his
fingers In the least Now slxiy.four years
old, he Is As sprightly aud full OF enter.
prise as ever and has the satisfaction OF
knowing that ever since he swapped bis
pup Tor a sheep, during bis long business
career. be has always paid one hundred
cents on q dollar. Mr. Bueknam handles
groceries and al the merchsn.
disc OF = geneal store, runs . custom
tailor shop aud . gristmill, carries on .
banking Institution for the accommoda.
ton OF Mechanic Fails business men, who
10 other banks, sells organs snd
sewing machines on . large scale. and
chief OF al, employs between 1000 and
5000 women and girls. scattered over
facture OF resdy.made clothing for the
Boston market lie keeps three two-horse
teams on the road distributing and col
leeting this clothing. over 10000 gar
msnts are made yearly. The annual val
ne OF this production Is over half Q zilion
dollars. Finy 10 seveniy.nye thousand
dollars are disbursed among the farmers
wives and daughters every year, by this
business.
And IL all has sprung from a little ,sl.
low dog.
Sir. Bueknsm's IL Que Of the many ca
resrs OF sell. Maine men, which are
standing examples 10 The rising generation
OF what hard luck snd thrin msy do for .
yoapg man who hiss no more capital than
Mr. Backusm had.
bot N you own . dog. young map, 70 al
once and DO a. Mr.. Baekusm dit-swsp
II for q shesp-L1sisfOa JoHrAdi.