Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-13
GREENWOOD.

Qua Father Time 4. passing s-iniy ons
stern winter, 9Th bis frosted breath. 10 gone,
And spring Il here. .ith sun'hine' e'r'' All
n.t On tbs as. al -ors ih,t Death ha. m,ds.
A. svvry momeat and from ye1 Ft.ie,
IL s.nas %. victim % tht lsni 81 shade.
mus counil e. miilioas. ON the land and wave,
ne tiny infsnt. and tie %-srrior brave
Have reached their go.l-tbs dsfk AMI silent
grave.
DeA =. n Cunning. has procured q
Bible, containing the old and new version
In parallel columns, of II. llslleii & Co.
Portand. IL IL q nice v0lume, spfing
bound. Gilt edged and printed on unied
papsr. lie has also Aboott's Lives OF The
Presidents from Tie same house, and IN
tends 20 csnsass FOR them ~ soon a. TIE
travelling 10 suitable. The price Il $50
FOR each volume.
Vas quite surprised. 90 reading hat
lyceum question from Hebron. 10 lesfn
that Il va. decided In the negative. What
ough, Washington 10 have done, under
he circumstances, I would like ~ kno~f
The nan who was not Justified vi.
CO... jameson FOR permitting Ms Andre
20 write 10 Arnoli. Informing him OF his
.rrss,; had 10 rot been for that. be could
have been esptufcd without the least DIM
Guilty.
Tha, aerosile from Middle in,ervals was
very good Tor the nrs, one. although
"sith,- Instead Of ''o'er." In The nrst lne,
would have been more sppropriAiei time
never passes DER anybody; bat as soon AZ
ne are ushercd into the world. be puts bis
iron hand upon Ne, and takes us righi
.loug with him. whether We Will OF no.
Dr. Watts got 10 about right, when he
wrote
-rhe momsn, -hea our i~ve.besin.
We al begin 20 die
And here l. something iha, found IL
way into another autograph album The
other evening
~Whue In your alum | record my name.
IN uisrature'. zoe at I lay 20 lain
Isir.r isttsrs other hsnsis may p-n.
Impioyed are nncr words BY other men
We have hal some good sap weather.
ana he consequence Is that maple syrup
has gone down In The market 10 - cents
. gallon.
A rather hard practical Joke was played
on = nslghbor OF mine some years ago.
while boiling "a? In the WOODS. lie len
M. work Al night with about hall 4 barrel
OF sap on hand AMI commenced IL again
he nett morning. AMER boiling what he
supposed 10 be the sap Tor some time, he
found that II dli not change its color, nor
lmpar, the usual sscchArine otor; aud on
tasting II. found that be had been boiling
down water al the while. Some one vent
there snsr be len, poured out The sap snd
replaced II with he sane amount OF wafer
from the brook.
The almansc makers SIN call The n'si
d,y OF this month All FOOLS Day, but very
/ niile notice IL taken OF II now 10 THAT
respect, compared with former tines.
| Some twenty-five years ago. the cook In .
certain boarding house prepared her dinner
A. usual, on that day, and then o her
sugar bowl 20 the shop OF . gra,e-stone
cutter pear by. and riled II with clean
marble dust and cuttings. exactly resem'
hing crushed sugar. Amer pouring ou'
The tea, the sugar bowl was passed around
and al helped themselves 10 what they
supposed 10 be the genuine article. bn'
they soon observed that there WAS ONT
thing the msiier with the sugar II oosu'
natsly refused % dissolve and sweeien The
tea as good honest sugar always doss.
The cook, being called upon TO explain
matters, gave II = slight examination and
then eoolly remarked that the sugar hAd
AL pe,rifed into stone In consequence o'
is being the nrsi dsy OF April. Probably
they AL saw the point then, n not before
A.. 10.