Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-06-17
A TRIBUTE rRov "Joss" TO "rnG
SQUARE,"

! am thinking to-day OF crrtaln
.crib-, who.e dwelling place I. hard by
the mouth ~ the river csllci swim, Ia
a quIc, little hamlet, Mexico Corner by
nsne, to whom many reader. ~ many
Publication. for manv year. ar- Indebted
Tor many interesting iism., and for spicy
.a,lng. not's few. 1.-The va. not q modest
man Ne would turn on an electric light
sni reveal him life .lsr. lie might not
take " kindly from us should Ne fash q
bulI.-evr lantern In hi. face. Hut then,
Ne shall ns.h IL just th. same.
The scrih- ~ whom Ne .peak !. what
might H. called quite numerou. a. io
names. To our certain know ledge he
IA. q. many name. sni title. q. q cat
ruund.shouldcr~l In consequence. Hut
that !. q fabrication. 'nsnt 80. lie u.
straight as ramroi. lIc bears up under
hi. buuien like little m1n. III. outer
man NAV h. J,cri.hlng. almo.t inP.rccp-
tlhlv however, hut the Inner man \. ~
n~w,,i dsV bv iay. Aud the Inner man
!. the principal one In the case. lie,
M. Inner Individual Aforesaid, seems Ia
T.. untourlc'i by sh,t I. termed all COO.
qurring fine. Well. II would No, b" q
heavy bob for anv IL ~ ioplsy winning
game With Time " w- had ,oung sni
pr,.ttv Wife Who held few trump. ani
10. ioksr. ju.t scro.s the hoard. We try
htr,l ~, to coVet our nrlghbor'. Wife. hat
Till, the thought that Ne are growing
oil all over. inside ani out, !. q moth Ia
u.
We r,mrmbcr distinctly the first time
wr met our scribe. II was about the
time " hen ihrrc IA. hlool la the aver
sgr eve. f'u.h on the average check aDi
iirr In ih. aNeragr American heart.
The angel ~ war had Iu.t blown q bugl~
blast that woke the stern echoe. ~ th-s-
.lumh-ring hill. and ihc.e sleeping val
l-,.. NJ more SUMMARIZING. no mor- sleep
lns. no morr folding ~ the h,nd. 20
sleep for four grand, eventual YEAR. We
noilvd thst our scribe wns no, bothered
"a frame hl. idea. Into sentences. We
sskri. "who i.thst fellow "Why, that
I. Hen Park" That !. what they called
him th-n, ani that !. what they call him
nov, when they give him q r-.t on the
other names.
". b.lIe,. that square Park. Henry
". park, Ia polite. !. = llepuhllcsn. M
least, Ne have never hcari u questioned.
And We have never heard him call~i q
FREE trader either directly or by lmpllca-
tlon. By the Way. II your south Buck
field correspondent !. spelling Tor tariff
w. sctimmage Ne would Introduce io him
the square. Haven't the least doubt bu,
~. ". 4. would double him up so rsdl-
cslly that II would take a bottle 10 ~an-
foni'. Ginger to straight.n out the kink.
In hl. Internal contri,snc.s aud thing..
when the Hon. Frank Gr-cnback fogg-
was flashing the ray. % hi. little candle
on the gro.. dirkn-.. that h0,erci over
the minds IL the common people In
Northern OSforl, our scribe pushed him
harder than h. was ever pushed, accord
Ing Ia hl. own honest confession. Cues.
Henry gave him a regular rum sweat,
.o % speak. Hut u didn't sweat out hi.
theories. II hardly ever does. When
the arguments are all ended, We remain
Just the same as Ne were before.
There Wa. time. befor. "Mayor" Park
had acquired the wisdom that comes with
age, when he, by way of experiment,
would hold something hot In his mouth,
even when he didn't have the tooihache.
And they 10 .ay that he didn't Away.
take the precaution Ia spit II out. But
that day has passed forever, toothache
or no toothache.
We could not guess approximately.
how deep the "Elder" u In plety. Hut u
"Elder" he an appropriate title A. we'll
az pet, he ought 10 be far below the
surface. a superficial Christianity
never come. and lays iis trophie. At our
sa,iour's feet for IL has mo- trophies to
lay. At what point be has arrived on
the kings highway, or whether he has
entered II at all, We cannot say, because
We do not know: but Ne are satisfied
that he believe. down deep In hi. heart
that II would h. we'll for him TO be walk
lng la that way With his face set hope
fully toward the wicket gate. What
excuse can he have, with chapel on the
left, a meeting house on the right, ble.s-
ings Ia front aud blessings Ia the rear.
blessings above him as high ne heaven
aud blessing. below him as far the other
way, blessings within and blessings
without, with tile certain kno~ledge
that the God who made him has done him
good aud not evil all the days Of his llfef
We know that "Elder" Henry w. Park,
Esquare, present "Mayor" of the city of
Mexico, has no fellowship with that self-
complacent class that regard themselves
as Bible crusbcrs. lie doesn't consider
Il In good taste. lie considers u hope
less aud proftless task to kick against
the eternal truths and the substantlated
facts Of the Word that has brought light
to the world and hope To man. Keep on,
Henry. JOHN.