Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-06
NUMBER 40.

10 a little story. The author - several
successful comedies has h-en among NJ.
anil the store Wa anxious to know vho
the stranger waa And therefore The
store asked him.
What do you follow. sirr respect
fully inquired the traieinsn.
Il occasionally write for the stage.
SIR
"Ohr rciunci the trsde-mAn In .
confus-i manner
"IIe means. aid an hones, villagcr.
with desire 10 help the puzzled trades
man out. ''ha means that he writes the
handbills for tho stage driverr'
Ibelisye that story IL new. although
perhaps IL l. not % an uproarioasly
mir,hfnl character. bat one hears sto-
rie. AZ the store that are old enough.
goo.in,s. knows-stOriss which. nodoubt,
diverted MsthuselAh In the sunny days
u his giddy AMI thoughiless boybooi.
Sometime. ! go a-yisiting % = farm
house. un which occaViOn tho Isrlor 10
Oprncl. The windows have been closs
shut ever sinc, the last visitor wAs there.
and there i dingy smell that strug.
gle as calmly a. possible with. until !
am lei to the banquet % stoaming bo,
biscuit anil cusiari PIE. II they would
only lct mo lit in the dear old fAshione,i
Kitchen or On the door stone-if they
knew how dismally the new hsck fur.
niturr Looked: but never mind. am n0t
rcfouncr 40. should rather think
not.
Gloomy enough. this living on farm,
you perhaps say. NJ which cass you are
wrong can't Exactly sAy that pant
to h. an agriculiunsi. bat ! 30 know
tha, In the main u u an independent.
calmly happy sort ~ life. | can scc how
the prosperous farmer can ~ joyouly
ahcld with the No. - the sun. Ani how
hi. heart may swell with J<ide over
touni.Ous harvosts AMI sle,k Oren. And
4, must L. rathcr Jolly for him on winter
awnings o. ~ b-for. the hight kitchen
hre anil watch hi. rr-y hoy- and girls
a. they study oui the chara.lo. in tho
weekly paper. anil gradually find Out
Why my hrst u somcthing that grows In
a garden. ani my sscuni l. . hsh
Ou The gr.n hillside oy,r yun,isr there
u q quyvrng q snowy duT.ry. AMI
bright hair is fsshing In the morning
sunlight II d. r-c.-s. AMI ths s.miaAsy
girl arr running In IN. tail grssL
Looang a the. girls r,nin,is me- thai
I. tno. va ono. young and wb.re ar,
tb- friends q my YOUTH have found
one = 'sn. certainly. law ham rils in
ths cirrus the other lay ca a tarvhsok
horsr. AMI even now his name stAr,- st
me frum yon|isr board frno. In green
ani blue ani ri aud yellow letters.
D.shingion. the youth with whom !
a..,l to rva.l The able Oratious q Ciosro.
anil who. a. disclaimer on exhibition
dsys. ussI b. wipc the rrst % a. boy.
pretty handsomely oui-w~ll. Dashing.
ton Il iirniih-l with the hAlibui anil cd
inier,ut drives q hsh cart Ia fact from
a certain town on the coast back into
the interior. llub-Ttson. the utterly
stupid 10y the lunkboai who never had
his le-sOn-hs's al.out the Ablost lawyer
q sister state can hoas,. Mil u news
paI-r man. anil i jnst now eliiins .
Major Gcn.ral down south.
singlinsln. the swoet-yoiood boy,
who's fac was always wash.l and who
wAs rsll god. anil who wa never rude
-hs l. IN the I-ultentii.ry for putting
hisunclo's autograph to . financial docu.
meut. Hawkins. the clefgymAn's IN,
/. an actor. and Williamson. tho god
little boy who divided his br-si and
butter with the b-,s.r. man, l. falling
merchant aal make money by it Tom
Sink. who us.i 81 smoke short-siIns
anil grt acquainted with the little circus
boys. 1. TopulArly supp--sl to bs tho
prUprirtor of chcap gambling c~isb-
li.hmcnt ia B.~ton. where the uncertain
prop j. nightly to--~l H. sure, tho
Army 4. rcpr,r-.ntssl by many q the
friends - my youth. the most - whom
have given gooi account q thsm-
selves. Hut ChAlmor-on hasn't dOns
much
No. ChalmcrSon l. rather - fsIlur>
He plays On the guitar anil sings loy.
-Ings Not that be II bal nan A
Kinder hearted creature never liv~i. and
they say b. hAsnt Vt gUt over crying
tor bis little curly hsirSi sister who di~i
ever ~ long ago. Bui he knows nothing
about bushes. Ioliiics. the wurld, sni
tho-s things lIs u dull at trade
ds.,i, u Il aoomm0u rmark that every
huly chaAts Ch.lm~r-Dn. lie cam. 70
the Iariy the other evening. and brought
his guitar They woulini have him for
q tenor la the opera, certainly. fur h. "a
.hAly In his upper no,es; bat II his siIn-
ple melodies didn't gush straight from
the heart. why were my trained syc-
vet And although some q the girh
gigglsi. and sOine u the men s.-rnci 10
pity him, could not help fancyins that
pcor Chalmer-Jn Wa noaTrr heaven than
any of rs all