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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-30
OBITUARY..
Allen b. Wilson, Perfecsor and Part Inventor
of the Sewing m achina

of the Sewing achine
WATERBURY, Conn, April 29.-Allen B. Will
son. perfector and part inventor Of the sewing
machine, and who. with Nathaniel Wheeler.
established the great Wheeler & Wilson
Sewine-machine Company. of Bridgeport, Conn.
died this afternoon in Woodmont He was
born in New York in 1927. learned the cabinet
making trade, and in ls48, never having seen
sewing machine. invented one He has been
many years resident of this city. OF late
years his mind has been seriously affected. His
body will be brought here Tomorrow for inter
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-30

THE reputation of Ayers Sarsapariila. as q
blood medicine, 10 maintained BY daily cures.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Rye and Peas.

Many an old farmer will wipe his glasses
ana look sgsln when be reads this heading,
10 see N be read IL right IL will call To
mind the time when this mixture was
common article In market and Was one OF
the usual and staple crops OF farmers. And
N Is well 20 20 back once In . while and
iry some OF the old methods aud see II In
our rush FOR new things We have not
thrown away some that were valuable.
Rye and peas both iced 10 be sown early.
When sown together the peas do much
bitter by elinging 10 the rye straw han
when grown alone and len 10 fall on The
ground and mildes. and heavy crop can
h. grown on good soil. Ground together,
,he.s grains make excellent meal for grow.
ing or fsitsning animslsi and N green food
A. needed Tor cows, there IL nothing thai
can be got so early In Ie season that IL
.uy better than the green rye and peas cut
AL or before the time OF ofblossomlng. Now
ths, farmers are learning tie benefits OF
feeding out the crops on the farm, there Is
l.s. excuse for following custom and grow
Ipg what IL fashionable than there was
when much OF the grain Vas sold. There
are masy acres Of dry soil sown TO wheat
or plsntsd 20 corn, that would Yield more
proct in . crop OF rye and peas. IrJ ~
hi. spring. Sow bashel Of rye and one
,nd one-half 10 two bushels OF small nsid
ne.s 20 The acre.-Mirror and fArmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Broke the Camera.

81 vi. 10 be taken Ia this attitude !!
The voice vi. ,hs, Of the leading
,raseiian Of fsr.f.med "Unele Toms
Cabin" combina,ioa. lie sat upon .
cushioned divsn 10 from, of . camera
in /. photograph gallery, With one 'oiled
bu, richly jeveled hand supporting his
brow, from beneath which his eyes gafed
with an intensely tragic CLEAN at the
framed motto. Terms Cash." hanging
on the wall. and hi. face settled into an
expression Of lurid gloom ,ha, would have
made the hair Of . CAS-, iron statue stand
on end. The momen, approached Tor the
exposure OF the plate, and the ticking OF
the photographer. watch which he held
In hi. hand, wi. the only sound that
broke the .epulehr.l silence as the gloom
on the face Of the eminent historic srti',
deepened into tragic intensity absolute
ly thrilling in It's awful msjssIy.
"Rssdy. Now" Ia slow measured
tone. the operator spoke. With one
hand be swiftly removed the black velve,
cloth ths, had covered the instrument,
aud the sensitive plate. prepared ia the
my.,sr,ois rec ,.es Of the dark room,
VA. exposed. For one brief, insPPrei.
able interval only WAS !, thus exposed.
and then q terrible crash shook the balld.
log. while amid . storm Of flying fras.
men,s Of wood. gla. and metal could be
seen the outlines OF man sitting on .
eu.hioned divsn, gazing at the wall with
/. t.r.swsy. majestic look Of unruiti'd
dramatic grandeur.
The eam.rs had broken Chicago
| Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
The Way TO Follow Sensible Ad-


vice.
eff. person swallow. Poi'oa by seei.
den, or purpo.ely. instead Of breaking
oa, into incohsren, and mul,i,udinou' er-
elama,ion., dispatch some one for the
doctor"
"Ths, sound. sensible" said BiSby.
a. he read the above advice aloud 10 hi.
wife one evening. Then he read
Meantime run TO the kitchen. get half
q glass Of water. put into II . teaspoon
fal OF salt aud q. much ground mustard
catch . firm hold Of the person. nose,
then down with the mixture aud up will
come the poison.'
"Th,rr. my DEAR" said Birby to bis
wife. "You'd better keep ,ha, In mind In
case one Of the children should aeeiden.
tally get hold Of poison and shouldn't
b. a, home. Bu, you women NY right
otf the handle =, the very time you oush,
to be .slf possessed and have al your
wit. sbou, you"
The very nsr, day the servant came
rushing up stairs and gsped out,
"Oh, ma'sm Oh. Mr.. Bxby! Tne
baby! He. swallowed half . bottle OF
lOddynum. and"
"Gr., Scot, l' shouted Biiby. jump.
ing .iI feet .u.ish, into th. sir and yell.
ins like q comanehe. "rhs ehild'll be
dead In ten minutes. What We going TO
do, Run for the doctor Get some OF
the neishbor in ! Call somebody IN from
the street. My good Lord Are We
all going to 81, Asre aud see the child
diel We must have help! Cant you
think OF something to do' What was 10
| read the other day. told you to re.
member II said half glass OF salt to a
teaspoon Of water aud cup Of mustard.
didn, IL, Ny soul has tbs child Got
10 die while We .ll sii here doing nothing :
Give him warm water and soda Run
yoar finger down bis thrca, F! DO some
thing Put your head out OF the win-
dow and yell for help"
And while he vas doing 50 him.elt and
q crowd W. collecting in front OF the
house, Mrs. BlIby. who had no, said q
word, discovered that the child had '-al-
loved nothing but teaspoon OF vanilla
e1,rset.-Chleago Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Cut-worrns

Last spring the worms damaged our gar
deus and crops 10 9 considerable eftsnt.
oar onions, cabbage and tobacco were In
some places ruined. Now ss planting time
IL si hand, I think little oi my srpcrienee
will show WAY 10 prevsui The deprcia.
tion. OF the cnt.worm. In the spring OF
1870. I hsi . ieli OF nine scfcs, plo~ei
and planted seven acre, OF II % corn, aud
two acre. to beans. l,ow,i three bushels
OF Tark's Island salt on the corn ground
and narrowed 10; sorcd bali OF The SAT-
one way and the res, across The nf.i SOW
log 80 As 10 make IL even ani good. The
two acres OF bean gfound did not SOW
anything on. The corn was planted hfsi
and the bears next day. Thsrc W. no
sign of worm. WORK Ia The corni not hill
Lost, bat the beans wers cut so badly that
We planted In three simss, and the cot.
worn. destroyed one f)urih OF The crop.
The Geld "a. old pasture and the cut
worms were very bad that year In our vi
cinity ihAye sown oats and wheat on vet
place. where white msggoi would ea, TIE
grain aflsr Il WAS up; tried salt and found
By leaving . part uns,lted that salt bar
rov.i In with the grain would save II from
The m,ggOt, and I have used salt on my
garden 10 stop the rsvsg,s OF The sm.l
black bug, that eats All OF our early .iuH,
particularly the cabbage sni eueumosrsi !
IL looks some like . fes, only smaller.
Salt 4. the ehe.pe.t and best remedy fOf
Insects AMI worms that know of besides,
4 think II makes some plants grow snd
produce enough IN pay FOR The salt. IL !.
something OF Q fertilizer sni II safe and
ehssp. Two bushels 10 the acre will be
su- :len, for corn crop sni Il will pay on
spring wheat any time, worms OF not -
WV. sAAD,s. Canaan Valley, Conn., In
Mirror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
RAIN uPoS TnE ROOF.

when ths humid shadows hover
over all tha starry spheres.
And ths melancholy darkness
ssntly wesps in Tains tears.
Wbats bills. Ia prvs. the pillow
of q cottAg. g bsmber bed.
AMI listen to the paiisr
Of N. soft rain oVsrhesd'
Etsry tinsis on the .hingiss
IiAs an echo IN tny heart.
And thousand dreamy iAnciss
lnto basv being start.
And . thousand recollcctioos
Weave their sir threads into voor
A. listen to the psiisf
ofthe rain uPon the roof
So- IN memory come. my mother.
A. .he usesi In years ssoae,
To r.ssf,i her dsflinf drsamsfs
Eru abe len them tll ths ds-n,
! Csa -. bsr beading o'er me,
A. I li.t to the refrain
winch is played upon the shingles
NJ the paiiss OF the rain.
rhsa my little ssr.ph sister.
win her sings and vavins hsif,
And nef stsfsyeh chsrub bfother-
a s.f.ne. angelic pair
Gliis aTOani my vasefll pillow,
With their prsise of mlld feprOol
A iistsn IA the muftnur
Oithe soft rain on tbs root.
lnd snogher come. to shfili mo
with har eyes. dslicicus blue.
Ani mind not musinf on be-,
That hef heart -as all unirnei
I rvta-mbrr bat 81 love hef
WIN = passion kin "a psin.
AMI my hearts qaick palsss vibfate
To The pattsf of the rsin.
Art haiA noaxhi of tone or cadence
mat eau vofk 9Th such q spell
10 the souls mysterious fOuntAlhs,
whence ths tears ~ rspsnrs veil.
AZ the maioiy of Mature,
Th.i sutsin~i, sabiains strain
whish 10 plsyet upoa ths sningies
~ -ssLsCtsD.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Rood for Young Pigs.

IL sour milk . sufficient food for young
Dig. from four 10 twelve weeks old' Many
object 10 feeding meal a. this age 80 u h
so faitening. But would II not oe well, 10
give the young pigs . good start, TO feed
either middlings or barley mealf regard
barley meal with milk one feed TO grow
plgs with, although have never fed u To
ssry young ones. On dairy farm there is
no more profitable crop 10 raise thAs sweet
corn, II one 10 located within convenient
distance from Q canning factory, planted
on broke-up ground, and the nextyear the
same ground sowed 10 barley aud seeded
% grass. A good amount OF sweet corn
fodder insures . good supply OF milk, and
the sour milk fed on the premises with bar
ley meal makes cheap pork and the best
manure. I believe In having the cows
cslve In the fall. theu the corn fodder IL
most probably fed, and IL usually lasts well
into the winter, and the cows are fresh and
make the largest smoant OF butter when II
brings the best price. l, is well TO have
litter OF pigs come along In August, aud
these will be ready 10 feed In the early fall.
and will be OF sun :ient size and weight TO
sell In the spring. don't believe In keep
ing hogs for . year or more, eIeep, for
oreedsrs.-M Readfsld, Ne, In New Egg
land Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Rnaiinra for Fowla.

every one Il well aware that there 10
nothing Ike green food for poultry, aud
that lt IL hari 20 make them lay without
H." says q eorresponieni OF The New Eng'
lspd Farmer. fused 10 chop up cabbage.
squash, ,urnlp., onions and pumpkins Tor
.bou, twice . week, bat would rni quite
little lefI The third day aner feeling. l1
vas not because gave too much, bat there
wasn't any real green food bot cabbage 10
the mess Now use ensllsge, composed
OF the following All the onion tops and
anal onions I can Cod after the sLsole
ones have been taken, soft or hard green
cabbage, turnip tops, ant anything else
that "a green. cut them up nne with an
eusilsge cutter. mix them together As much
a. possible, and stamp them into o,rrels
until full. Then take q ieksereN aud
pres. =. mach As dare and save the bar.
r,l.; take OF the screw. rll up again, pat
on the head and press into plsce aud fAs'sn'
Le, II be where II IL warm fortwo or three
weeks, after which IL can be allowed 10
freeze up II it isn't convenient 10 keep II
without. It's really % feed by The middle
OF December. and II the hens don't eat II
like corn alter two or three dsys tri.
will buy the ensilage. They won't eat u
we'll Al nrst. for they don't know what u
Is"-Ms slne Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

dam was the Brock mare, by Balrush
Morgan. and her sire WAS ths Smith
horse. owned by John Smith. Of Barnet.
VI. The latter horse Was sired by Black
hawk, by Balrush Morgan. A Morgan
brood mare is treasure 10 the horse
breeder and IL will be ,een ths, Mr.. Cole
has one Of the best.
The foals Of this mare. Of which Mr..
Cole has five. are As foe 10, Of colts s'
can be found In the county.
BY the mares side is bright. hand
some colt. sired by Inca. and foslsd about
May ist.
Barney Kendall. fosl,d Ia 1888. i' q
bay selding. lot hands high. and weighs
1925 pounds tie Vas ,ired by Pick
pocket. by Peqga-ke,. by Gideon, BY
Ry.dyk'. H.mbletoni.n. lie has never
been fitted for the track. bu, can show
2:35 clip. Nv. Cole offers him for sale.
Areho, fosled In 1885. !, dark bay
s.ldins. l5i hand. high, and weighs 92S
pounds. Sire. Redwood, by Belmont.
Thi. colt il also for sale.
Fanny Morgan. lish, bay flly lsi
hand. high. vas sired by La Mont, by
Redwood. This hlly Is . handsome and
doeile animal with very heavy m.ae.
and will be trained and used for saddle
horse only.
Dat. d.. q handsome blood bay. by
Inca. foslsd in 1887. is one Of the hand.
some,, Of this stable Of dae colts.
One Of the valuable qusli,is. OF Mr..
Cole. colt. !. their sIeellsn, training. be-
ins perfectly dOeils to all sorts Of hand
ling.
Mr.. Theodore Thsyer Of South Paris.
recently cold to parties from New
Hampshire. the two.yesr-old stallion,
Albro. by Albrino. and the yearling ally
by PhnesT Price OF the two !, 'aid to be
rising i've hundred dollars. He also
,old a ,wo.yen.old BY the Cole horse OF
Bryant. Pond. son Of Maine Daroe, to
the same men. for = good price.
w Wheeler .l.o ,old TO the same
p.r,is. t-oye.r.old lilly by a son OF
D.nisl Boone. Reported price. $40.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

Psrh,p. no local disease has panied
and bafii q the medical profession more
than nasal estArrh. While not Immediate
" fatal Il 4. among the most distressing,
n.u,eOas and disgusting ills the Nssh 10
heir IN, and the records show very Few or
no case. OF radical cures of chronic ca.
,.rrh by any OF the multitude Of modes OF
treatment until the introduction Of ElJ's
Cream Balm . few year. ago. The sue
cess OF this preparation has been most
gratifying AMI surprising.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
euro OF Canoer and UIccr..

Judge 7. q. Mci.0ndon writes 10 the
Swift specific Co About three years
sso, Jerry bradley, had = csncerOus
sors on hls face, near the right eye. n
causei him great deal % pain. aud he
lOst tho slght % the eye, bat Was finally
cured by the use ~ swifts rpeclnc
This ca.els well known In Wilkes Co,
Oa, where he lived"
Mr. l. Cor, OF Arkabutla, Tate Co,
Miss., writes Il suffered great deal
from old ulcers for years Your medi'
cine was recon mmendsd, and after using
slI bottles l was completely cured.
Your medicine does even more than you
claim fori ~ ! have known ~ % euro
sss~s which were thought hopsless"
Mrs. A NJ Goldsmith. No GA Warren
St, brooklyn, ". y, writes II com.
msncsd using n n n about three years
ago. Ihai suffered with q sore throat
for over q year. Iussi = great many
other rsmedies with no gooi results.
Ny little girl, also, had s0re fingers. 10
commenced frOm the quick, and then
ths nails would come on. We d0ctorcd
her for over two years, and when com.
mencei using n X n 4 thOughtl would
scs what 4 would DO for her am
thankful 20 say that II entirely cured
her IL is the bsst remedy ] know
of for the blood. really believe
~ vac the means % saving my life.
The doctor told mo I bad throat dis
ease similar 10 General 0rant'a I
cheerfuliy recommend ID 70 al sufferine
from 4 -oriorci blood
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SwITr sFrcfTio Ca,
Drawer 8, AtlAata, Ca
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

A fashion item says that "yotei waist.
will be seen this summer" They certainly
will N one can get peep a. q pair OF low
ers sitting alone after the old folks have
retired. YOked waist. might have been
seen last summer, too. IL IL an old fash.
Ion, introduced. no ioaot, by Adam an
E,e--ho by the way, never consulted
fashion book
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Ny idea o, Horse Breeding.

My Idea OF Horse Breeding.
Having had more experience than most
OF horsemen having been horse breaker
for 30 ye.r. and handling more dihsr.
en-, horses stock than many men in Oxford
County, | think . man wants TO know
wh., be /. breeding for. II for speed.
breed to the horse that sires ,ro,,ers; II
for work. the horse ,ha, se,s workers;
IL for gentlemen's drivers, the horse that
gets the most colts ,hs, stand up well
and have plenty Of style, with free, open
gait IL for pedigree. the horse whose
pedigree covers the mos, paper. Now
We have more than fifty stations IN Ok.
ford County, representing the bes, blood.
in the world 10 their owners ideas, all
ro,iing bred. Ia years past, when there
were, say fourth - many. aud they
dunshills. =. our book hosemen call them,
We could have . stallion race q, our fair.
Nov, since We are breeding for blood. We
had no, stations enough IN the county
10 start . stallion race 10 1887. aud 10
1883 we are not to have one. Now VIA,
are We breeding for' Are We breeding
for speed or cheap alkl Give me .
good gen,lsmen's driving horse to sell, as
there is no, 90 much expense TO hi them
for market. and think they pay the
farmer more for their feed than the tro,,er,
for ae can handle them himself, and =
trotter has 20; to be trained and fitted At
. great expense. My experience haa
been that our bes, colts have the beat
mothers. A. II. TuEIL.
wIsr PARIS, Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
whi,ewash that Wears.

skim milk and lime will make . white
vs.h that will lsst twice ~ long ss that
made OF lime and water. Skim MIX Is
cheap In some sections and lew bucket.
fals OF Il will not cost much. IL does not
vssh off very easily when exposed TO rains,
compared with ordinary whitewssh, and II
applied 20 the inside Of the poultry house
MI ofsen last . yesr.-Mirror.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
PARIS. MAINE, TUESDAY. MAY Is. 1883.
Cheap Corn.

In response 20 the rsqaest OF our CORE
spondent In the Farmer OF April ~, Tor an
i,emlEed sccoant OF growing corn, MI. Z.
N. Cobb. OF Poland. has kindly sent ne his
figures, together with description OF his
method OF doing the work. Pref>cing his
letter, he state. that ne has had many let
iers OF inquiry from ffsrenI part. OF The
State, In regard % growing corn. since the
delivery OF that lecture before the Rich.
moud destitute, and the publication OF =
report of The same In the Farmer. and
takes occasion to commend the work being
accomplished by the Board OF Agriculture
In high terms.
10 giving the items OF cost OF growing
an acre 81 corn, Mr.. Cobb says he has done
this In I've acre fields, aud for many years
In an eleven acre feld; and last year with
eighteen acres in all At less cost than the
n lures given, and no weeds IN be seen al
time OF harvest lie moiesily adds that
be has ground prepared for twenty acres
the presen, year.
Cost Of raising an acre Of corn
fio-ins. tlo
IIarro.lng the sane. "a
Coz, ei f.rilliisf for ihs drills. 80 pounds 4 -
Pisn,inr -i,h hors. planter. ilo
nFoaics., harro-ins With smoothing hsr' :,
100 thrvs times. 80
Hoslns -iih hor.s and cal,lyAior. 80
Picking aBd earring 10 canning faotory' seg
Tot, sna
This corn has grown on q s,ndy loan
soll free from all distractions aud easy 10
work With all kinis OF implements rsqalr'
"a. Ofcourse on harder soil II 10 easily
seen that the work would be more srpen'
si,e
There IL . vas, difference 10 the cost OF
The work with the implements here EN-.
ploy.d, and the old fN.hioned wy. (now
gone out OF practice mosily,) OF nrri fur'
rowing, then msnuriug In The hlll, drop
ping corn, beans aud pumpkin seeds, and
then covering ~ hand. All The WORK OF
planting. tncluiing the applying OF the Yer.
iillIsr. 10 nov doas with ths outlay OF no
more labor than formerly was required Ia
The single matter of fufroving.
The hsrro~ing with The smoothing h,r'
row IL no, practicable only where the corn
l. planted by machine. Ia this way ihe
hills of corn are slightly depressed below
the sarfsce. sni the narrow WITH its many
teeth simply scsrlfying the surface. does
no, reach deep enough Toto the soil sroani
the spears of corn % disturb them 10 the
least Hence the early hoslng OF the hsli
IL ulflug msttsr. Amer The corn hs
made 100 much growth for this Kind of
work. the horse oul,l,s,or is used In TIE
ordinary vsy. bu, IL run very close IN the
rows q. Is well can be when planted With .
mschlns. The cost of cariiug % the fac
tory would vary with the distance
NJ Cobb refer. The reader for other er'
ample. % cheap corr rai.lny - Agrieal'
iurs OF Maine for 81 snd sc. where yel'
low corn wss raised for less coz, than The
4 cures be has given also to Orfofi cour-
~ premiums on yellow corn where II VI.
raised for thirty ons sni thlriy.two cents
q bushel Milne Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
IrIsAc cuRIOus PACT

That TIN body IL nov more sasespuDle 70
bentfii from medicine than a. any other
season. Hence the Importance OF taxing
IIOod's Sarssptrllla nov, when II vii DO
yoa the most good. II IL really wonderial
Tor parlylng sni enrichiug the blood,
creating an appetite, ani giving healthy
t0ne % the whole system. BE sure 10 sst
Hoods Sarsapafilla, which Is peealiaf TO
itsell
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
The pen is Q mighty engine and some
times it runs away with the engineer.
srnrrs yuIrLsIOy or PURE

Con LIvKR on. WIN HYrOrHosruITEs,
.For Lung Troulis, aHi Tdsilag Dis,d'ss
DR. J ssoNluD, New Orleans, La, says
SCOTS Emulsion IL The naesi prepars-
ton OF the kind. In sfec,lons OF the
lungs and other wastlag diseases, We mar
consider IL oar most reliable sgent In
perfectly elegant and agreeable form.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

A Nashville carpenter arose In bis sleep
and worked for two hours repairing
nel ghbors fence. lie naally bit bis ihumo
with hammer AMI woke himself up. A.
thls I. the firs, spring lie from Tennessee,
A. ls published Ia full.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

os ths Grand Army OF the Republic. Major
George \. Merrill Pew remedies are bet
ter known In this vicinity than Salphnr
Blttsr- their sale hu been very general
throughout thl. section. sni the number
of reliable and well sttes,ei csses Of bene'
nel,l result. and recovery by hslr use, Is
large and beyond disputs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

Nearly every one can have few nowers
N they wish, even II it IL nothing but few
sweet peas At the back door. We would
not advise any one To SOW seeds or set out
plants for the hens 10 scratch up. Qilte q
nJwer bed can be made OF barrel nled
with good soil and kept well ws,ered. IL
the hens are inclined 10 use 10 ~ roosting
place, Q row OF small stakes placed about
the edge will prevent their getting fool
hold. When seeds are sown In the open
ground, or plants set out, good way 10 10
cover tns earth quite thickly with brusa:
Hens Ike best 10 scratch where the ground
has been newly wofked.-Mirror.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15

Maine has els. 900 900 iIvss, In cotton
manu acturie., producing lSo.0Ao, 900
yards OF goods yesrly. In iu woolen
mills A. u.e. 10. 600 600 pouais of WOOL, all
bl, 800, 900 pounds OF which is domestic
f.ece.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
Tor The oI'ori pe~ccnl
CARMEN VITAE.

"IIe.,sa rom all creature. hide. tn. book Of
fsis,-
.Aot veil your part. there ell the honor lee. "
"rime tests all ihings- Then be couient 10
Till future day. uafold their ds.,tni.s
-ia,o each iif.. -ri. true, '.oms rain mus, t.il..
Esch heart mast boz beneath is weight OF
Eternal 10Y s.al,s beyond death. pail.
Choose seFce to-day, sai truss Goi for the
morrow,
i.if, M ny soul along esr,h's dfeary vy
Reject ,ho.. besisou. realm. where ssseis
Kinasosm. s u r..ss where oil our loved are
'''' JsIs L'EcousH.