Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-30

An ANCIENT LANDMARK.
DEATH o. xosEs SArEs, An Aaxp AND
msamLy Rssrscrsp CITIZEN o.
GREENWOOD.

Dye.l In Greenwood, Nov. 4. 1900, No.
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y en-, lmt. ,is~ tisn ALL irvvli"rv kw"wn
n r. anistlon M. 4 ar ! bill ips ACADEMY
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settlers. william yst~s Issts>t "n wht
Il naw Know ss t'ai.h Mountain, in t'S'
.outi,-we.s lastkm ~ tls- tosu. wh~f~
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iscO, nj ii,~ sdvsn'~si sg~ at % war.
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In the .oaih-~utrsi Issrt ot the town w
| is1i, lie ring sni caltlvstlnx tile fafm
| u,-,n ~hI-h h~ ilvrsi sni dIsSi.
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farmer ln ,hss~ early DAYS VAS %" '.'s
ps.tim-. u ns-snt fril'nx tfr~., clear.
Ing .si pissilng burnt l,nd nv day SUI
ngiaing t-.srs and bssig~i~s' ny "'sM
| living IN log hsas~s l-aisi on logging
rus.ls f.r hlsh~sys; no s'''r-,' 'r",.e.
nor shur,i,e. esther than iis"se furn'''"-i
b, Tho ,ahlns III the pIons~rs; ''o"r'pan
chatting, i,onr~m .ic LASTS sni .lr-s.
| sni .u.h fol ss the ~ornn-hls sni rye
o.li. snL estate pstsl-s sn"ris-'. sai'
pi.,n~ni.-i ~iih vrp-rns .upi'lir. at pig
pork sui Wet l,rli, m"l,s.cs. Iiwrr
"a. one in.tiiuiLm of noisru ri,ilis,-
t,.,, bose,rr. ~hisi, kris shrv,st ~uh
/ ti,- SETTLER, namely, ti,- .s'unir, Erss~f,
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mu.h |, .,,mu,..u l,o.i .~l,.Id ps,~s.lt, thru
.. rrsnui,iri sugar !. to-lsy. Ewh
| f.mli, hal tao Jass of Equal rsi's'ii,
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n~,-l. no ,-,ihcsiIon to ibo.c of his
to~ men ~i,a sns~ him, that po m"fr
diIIrr,s. tir~l... iiil-r of Tho rugg'si
/ .olI th.u H. ,I~-lt in all that rcsI"., NJ
,b- ar- % q ,esrs h- m,ui>i M,rths
| wht,il~, sil.si daughter 81 Rr,. E'i~sri
| N. Wh,,tI~, 9 rv.lisut of thu town ~bo
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the, rsrri..i thu barl.ns 81 lie f"r -
,~.r.. il,~ ~if- a, ias lie ir-S, ss-i -
,~sr.. Too sons ser~ i-'fn io ubr'n.
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81 the BLI.i.fori Daily J"urnsi. snI Gil.
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II A.
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.nnl.I bis..Ins Z. al a.. linn its.. W.
had a t.n.l.r love f"r .hiLlr-n, sh" Ia
turn chung q. blm Nth ,-p-r sih"n sui
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,.ung ln tn p.ish'prir-.i snsi ,'m'
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I,l.,~ b., r~,..a 20 bls high 'h'r'r'sr f''r
pr,,,lr,. gc-i Ju.igm~ni sui pr"tl,si
rotun.,s .-u.~. IL t.-ok q ll,rlv 10.
t.r-.t In r-,ililr. snI k-is Thoroughly
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~ .Ir., hat u-,-r ."asm Nor s'rrPf~i
on IL a.. q stsunvh I~rihll''n,
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10 ~. llf-.
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.hurh q .r.nsosl 'ii', Tinr"lat
| N.,. q. s,,n 10 tel les i.r,. VIZ. saith "
w-.i i',ri.. Nlirs- ,ii-n i'ncr ~ 81
,l,r., .,mpihl,lng p-lsh'"rs sui f'll''
iosn.tn-u i-.tihssi tis- -,ns-f- love sn
r..i-~t w shi 4, ih-V h~li ti- ~ me
"f their 'i-,art-i h-n"f,sto' ALL I'f'
l"ng fri-uI.