Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-11-04
IrryrR FROM PORTLAND.

lgrTra FROM PORTLAND.
Editor flemocrsf
Il can but bc gratifying 10 the friends
of Temperance In other sections 81 TIE
State To find that the grog shops are b..
| Ing legally looked after wherever found
In the goodly land of "OId Oxford"
Tf~ Bears when they start out on raid
after the saloons mean business. The
.bstti~sioor and shuttieccck" game so
well played between the saloons and GER
tain pref,sssd Temperance politicians In
Portland aud some other cities In the
state, by which the former are permitted
90 carry on their Infamous business NJ q
consideration for their votes, aud the
latter are elected by the direct vote. of
the grog shops, is too mean bushes. tn
be- engaged In by the honest men at Ox-
ford County.
Tho saloons In Portland are running
In full blast. aud the devil aud hIs conh.
DENTAL friends aud advisers are on
''bender.- Aud yet everybody knows
that rum-scliing In Portland could be
substantially stopped Ia ten days, u the
official authorities had q disposition To
10 Il. We have q Republican mayor. q
wbo.e only bushes. IL the suppression
10 the lIauor trafiic-sll with the oath Of
God upon them tc ssfsrs fAs lars, and
Why don't they do ~
Z will state ftct. sni then Jet your
reader. draw their own differences. Ward
-four l. the "hesd centre" ~ the rum
power In Portland, aud when party lines
are strictly drawn give. 80 Dvmocraiic
majority. AZ the last municipal election
our Republican mayor reviewed. over
thirty minority In thl. ward.
The follower. aud Disciples 10 Ensign
Stsbhlus, who Was "in favor ~ the law
aud agin n. enforcement, arr not all
dead vet. standing With Que foot upon
the prohibition plank Ia the Republican
platform ani the other upon q ~hl.key |
jIg. they will nnd q big Job on their |
hand. to conyinc. honest men aud |
women ~ the .lnccrity of their temper
ance professions.
.ee by the paper. that there has been /
q grand reunion IL pe'iagogue. aud cx-
p~,i,gogue. Who have presided over the
''lsopl.'. colleges" In the grand old town /
of Woodstock. That town, Ike many
other. In oil oxford, has been noted Tor
raising noble men and women. The
graduate. ~ these old schools beet show
their true character. The student. ~
to-day have hitter .chcol houses, nes
aud improved method. ~ teaching, have
their houses warmed for thsm, With
many incidental comforts aud sdsan-
a. ge., bat III. boy. ~ EYE olden times,
" ho cut their wool, built their fre. and
swept their school houses, faprvr,i iAsir
a,ledaisy,. much bitter than th. students
~ to-day. The boys sni girl. ~ thos"
time. rrcciy-i good, sound, common-
sense clucstlon, which lald the founis-
ton II their subsequent success. Ia life.
The ".rhoolmisirr" ~ that day VA.
much more imporian, psr.onagc than
any ~ your modern teachers. siici as
they 90. by III. "fuss aud feathers" %
normal graduation. lie had a. teach Tor
ten or twelve dollar. Per month, and
travel the clrrult by "boarilng round,
hut be lived On "a. Fat ~ the land, Was
. general ftyorits With the girls, aud
never was looked upon With Suspicion by
IN. cold folks" for any act ~ gallaniry
"a hi. part toward the fair sex.
Every native 10 old oxford Will con
grsiuisic her people upon the ''gooi
time coming" When l.umford Fall. viii
,..come city. With her manufactures
and mills. hotel. aud warehouses, banks
ani churches, paved street. and mlgnlh.
cent residences; when the steam whistle
~ the locomotive will mlngle IT. note.
ilh the .iram whistles ~ long llnc of
aud make the grand old
valley ~ the Andfo.Coggin echo snd
r,~ccho with the choral notes If Am1'-
can Industries.
Ani no le.. wiil every native Bear
violc- over the grand "boom" that u
llfllng byron and swift River ani Gum
Corner Into a second California among
the oxford hills. Hereafter old Oxford
1. a. rai.. u. own gold. aud hereafter
little Byfon u Co D. transformed into
fairy land, With .hlnlng dust and golden
gate.
And Who eau tell where upon the
.,cr~i soil ~ that grand old county a
''boom" wili strike neNtt VIII u b.
Try.barg, whose dsnlyen. boast 20
learned aud cultured ancestry, of their
elm. anil romantic streets. Who
tell YOU that Daniel Webster taught their
Sire. AMI grandmotbsr., and recorded
deed. for q quarter splece; Who point io
Jockey Gap, nsturr's proud monument
that tell. ~ the spot where Psugus aud
,h.mtcrlaln "flrrd their last gun."f
VIII u b. side-asake Norway, With
her branch railroad, splendid shoe fac
TORIES, national aud saving. hanks, Fen
Lake and Pixies I'LL, her
electric light. and court ~ justice,
or VENERABLE. rsh. iIlll With her
''amendc,l' court house, her model jail
AMI splendid common, .li. Ike a
Ion. widow, retaining much ~ her for.
mer beauty. ani speaking word. Of
prai.. In memory of some half-dof.n
hu.bsnd.t
VIII II b. Bethel iIlll, the summer
tourist. northern paradise, or DiNheld,
whose people we're once outag-Ou.l,
.l,nderri by q "ncwspaprr man, who
aid for want IL churche. and resident
clergy tb. lawyer. had Ia oiiiciat. at the
funeral c-rrmonle. of th. villagers
VIII II H. one IL thee, or some other
'lo,slic.t village ~ the plsln"t On"
thing .. certain, th. boom IL Sou. The
Hear. are out IL their den., aud Ia the
same condition of an old fellow ] used
To know, Who, when commencing a Jour.
ney northsari, woild say, "When !
start for Magalloway-i am there.