Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-01-28
OLD OXFORD COUNTY FoRtvtRi


~ "a Ehf.rs = a. Offsri D,aecrlf,
Grani old county Who that VA.
ever born upon her SACRED soil doc.
not TEL ptUai II hi. native lanit Tier
lofty hills and mouniAla.. majestic
streams, CLASSY lake. ani sammy vale. g.
lloS lie q moving panorama they pas.
bsforr nav fAnta.tic ,i.ion llos mcm.
ory roll. back the tile of YEAR,
-Iisry -hits a. L-sua "a -tu,sf -.-s..
IL shfv9f - nsssfs an.t fuuutains,
thiut - thes. AL sunusrf stss
Aueas - osfvri'. usaniAin."
"Iari. ilill." that stAid oil placc-l
mran raris Ilili % to-day, uot % ''yc
oldeu times"
Mofr than half a crniury ago Ne Ncrr
oursslSr. r-.iient ~ thu "llill" foe
.hori time, pursuing our academic cours@
20 study Siih the late Judge Cole for an
instru tor.
Dor a chum. we had our life long
Thoma. II. BrOSu.
Well DO Nc r,msml-r the oil church
ani IL. riekriy tower which, when the
hell was ruug. ssayei like forest trc-
In the Wind. We also rvmembcr the oil
common" ~ which the illll people
were 80 proud. shich. II sc f,msmb.r
right. Sas thsn a firsi rate Cos pasture.
We also rc,olle,t that crutsf ~ attrsc-
tion to the village people, the old Court
llou.s. which .iill stands. the Cunne,t-
ing link hetwecn the past aud prr-en,
generations.
The men Who then walked the village
.tr-vts. have nearly all gone over to IA.
grvat maiOtiiy->tephen Emery, A.aph
kiur~igr, Mo-es Hammond, Joseph u.
cole. Alfr~i Andrews, Francis llsinls,
Thomas Cruoker. josiah Dudley. Rufus
n. Goodenos, STEPHEN Cumming. and
many Others couh mention have gone
to their long home. Ia tho.e days Paris
llill Was a. noted for her asH q. she |.
nov for her roasss. Then, wealth.
learning aud art had a strong bold In
thl. romaniic village.
Court time" wiich then came round
some half dorm times var. Vas III.
gr-at attraction ~ the place. General
frs.enden, John Holmes, Nichols.
Emery, Charles =. Davies, Daniel GoO,ie-
nov. aud few otters-oat county law
yers-"run the courts" With the ex-
c.p,ion II Judah Dana, and prfhap.
one or two others, llwyer. frvm abroad
tried the contested eases. Hut let us
leave this part and come "a the present.
What a grand financial rccori old OK
ford presents. BILLS all paid and -ix or
seven thousand dollar. In her treasury.
How this lcOms up beside other counties
la the state-in debi. borrowing money,
paying Interest aud taxing the people Ia
death a. krsp them from Indirect repu-
dlatiou. The truth u, there are bat a
very Few good thing- In which ola Ox-
ford does not lead. She has raised aud
sent forth 10 the country more eminent,
distinguished statesmen than any other
county Ia the United States. This fact
few years since VII. asserted upon the
foor 81 Que II the houses Of Congrc-.
aud no one dsr,d deny 10.
Oxford County started the movement
that led Ia the formation IL the Republi-
can party Ina the United states.
Oxford County h',ld the tirsi railfics-
ton mass meeting la New England In
the Lincoln and Ilimlin campaign AZ
Paris Hill In front Of the old ilamlin
mansion, which among others Was adj
dressed by Hannibal Hamlin, Elijah l..
Hamlin aud that distinguished orator,
Arson Barlingame.
No other county In the State has bet
ter Temperance record or lees criminal
offences. She has very respectable
number Of fourishins villages and enter
prising merchants, and business men.
And last though not least are her
farmers, an intelligent, industrious,
har'i-working class, whose farms aud
lands show great improvements within
the last few years.
The products from this great Industry
show q wonderful advance from former
years; and II any one wants evidence Of
this they can hnd IL BY visiting our State
and county fairs.
-Leed behind ne Frvw he nunun
OF Ne q. o o. csUe:
ClAns Of smishs ana srvsd Of fArDep
Bearing harvest home.
Here h<r virgin hp vith treasures
shall The gfcsn eafth I'll
wsviaS vssss cad esAie. HAiss-sArs
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