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

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T ISN'T every one who has q
Hllage gr,vu a. write about.
have one. although | have
not sc.n much of IL for -oms
year pist ana hack again
kS now. IN ihr lingnago ~ the
duke who went aruund with a motto
about him. IA am hcrc! ani fancy ]
am about As happy peasant q the vale
a. ever gaTnishci mclo-dnmA, al.
though have MT a. yet danc~i "a
my yillag. grc-u. a. thr mclolnmsiic
f.asant usually do.s On hi. II wa th.
ca. when R,-ina Meadow. ..ft home.
The time rolls 10y ..r,nsly now-ro 49,
rvnsly that d0ut carr what time u l..
which 4. fortunate. l-cau-r my watch Il
n prv-.-ui In the han,i. q tho ''Inrn -
New YORK who ar caliol fiotur..- We
met lyy chanrs. th. usuAl way -cTtAinly
not hy apfsinimeut-an hruught ths
intsfvisw o. . clo-s with AL Is--ihls de-
patch. Assuring thru that ] want
Nc. Dr,lry. particularly. AMI that b.
hal ns,sf l.aris.i IN III private family
wbefv l enjoyed the Cumfarts q q home.
I ,snLlrr,.l THIN my watch. and trgysl
thy wuuh distnbuts 10 lu'iiciously
amoug the lal-ring cls--.. A. bal s.n
th. riot,rs ~ ~ in CERTAIN public prints
Why .h1ah I ioiisr frysrtshly In
nra.lway. .iabhing ihs kissing h0t air
with tln sllsn,lii gollhssl~l can. that
Va pr,-.nt.sl o. me by ths citiIsns of
Wankrgan. lllinuis. a. . slighI tesiimo-
nal q thsir s-tsrmi Why brul in my
ram.l You slid a. ms. Mr.. GlOv,r-Dn.
whrn took ps-s-S.iou q tho-a rOoms,
that M matter how warm u might bc.
brr.zr hal q way - blowing into them,
and that they wrrc. withal, quite ooun'
tryhel, bui | am bound to ssy. Mr.
Gloycr.ln. that ,hcre wa nothing about
them that ever reminded me. IN the ~
mo,s.t dcgrc-. % daisies or new mown
hay. Thus, with sarcasm. DO ! sInash
the deceptive Gloycr-on.
Why stay la New York WHEN ! hal q
village grc-nl ! gave u up, the same a.
would an intricate conundrum and.
In short. am hcru.
H. mis-. the glarv AMI crash % the
imperial thorUughfar' the milkman.
the hery. untnmci Omnibus h0rs-,. tho
.sla fountains. Central Park. Ani iho-,
thing.1 Ycs. DO. AMI can ~ on mis-.
ing 'cm for quite q SPILL. and enjoy H.
The village frum which ! wriia %
you Il small. II do. not contain over
forty hou-,s. all told. bat they ar milk
white. with the grr"nr-t % blinds. AMI
for the most TAR, are shaded with bsauti.
iul clms aud willows To the night of
%. T. mOuntain-to the left Lake
Tho yiliago nostlss t-twc.n. OF c0urss
II doe. never real novel in my iifs
In which the yillag. didn't nc-tle. Va.
hg,, invariably nestle !, l. kind u
way they have
We arr away from the cars The iruu
hor... A. my little sister aptly remarks
In hrr composition On Naturr. i never
heari D. shrek In our midst. anil on the
whole avn glal u H.
The villagers ar, kindly people They
arr rath.r incohrrrnt on the sublect ~
the war. but not n1rr ~, perhaI-. than
arr pc0ple ELSEWHERE. Ono citizen. who
u-sl to sustain gOoi character. sub
.crit.,i Tor The Weekly New York Her
ALI few mouth, since. AMI went a.
studying the military map In that wei
known journal Tor the hrrsile. | nc~i
not inform YOU that his intellect now
iottcrs. anil b. has mortgagssi his farm.
In literary p1iui Of view W. are blood.
thirsty. A pamphlet edition Of the life
u q cheerful bring. who slaughtered hi.
wife AMI child. and then finished him.
s.lf, Il having an extensive s.le Just
now.
The store-l must not forget the store.
II l. an object Of great interest 10 me
I usually encounter thrr, on sunny after
noons, an old Revolutionary soldier. You
may possibly have rad about Another
Revolutionary Soldier gone" but this Il
one who hasn't gone. and. moreover. one
who doesn't manifest the slightest intsn'
ton of gOing. lie distinctly remembers
Washington. 81 course. they all do; but
what I wish ,o call special attention to
1. the fact that this Revolutionary sol-
der Il one hundred yuars old. that his
eyes arr ~ gooi that be- can rad fine
print without spcct.lcles-ho never used
them. by the way-and his mind Il per-
fcctly clear. lie l. little shaky In one
of his Leg, but otherwise be Is A. active
a. most men Of forty.h,e, and his gen-r-
aShealth Is excellent. lie uss- no To-
baoco, but for the last twenty years be
has drunk one glass u liquor every day
no more, no lea lie says he must
have his tod. had begun IA have lurk-
ing suspicious about this Revolutionary
soldier business. bat here l. AN original
Jacobs. but b-can-e q man can drink
gls- of liquor day and live to b-a
hundr-! ycars old. my young rcsisrs
must not infer that by drinking two
gla&>as u liqnor Day . man can live n
be two hunir~i- (Which. mcAser
ay. Il doasn't follsr.' ~ Jos~ph oATgry
might ot..rve.
Thi. s,orr. In which may coaEsanuy
b. fOuni calico and nails anil tsh sns
tolscso In k-sc AMI snuf In blshisn. h
q venerable e-tAhlshnrnt A long Aso
a. 1874 u ws IN Institution. Tho
oouniry ,r,.f- On thsr way b ths Do
fen-s a PprtiAnA. then msnsoi by
british .hig-ofwr. vrr, drawn 40 IN
froas - this v,ry store and tr-s,ed a.
thu towns srysn~s. Gtssns ~in ~
yOa b0~ th~ cisrgymsn rsfas-i b r<sy
for IN trcoy- t--csa- b. ouo<i.isr-si ths
var en- unholy coz. sni ho~ . sD~~hsi
-cc-ntric yrr-.a q di~-ola,s hsi<is -
uni<--rsa he ~,rvior~. stating that h
asos h.i en- unci~ vho vss q d~s"n
and H. thoaxht ~ coali msks tsi>s.
ahls trsy-s. slfhoash n 90 rather 90 Il
M. ilps. sni hov h. prsy~i - ionx and
aisurily thai In co,so<i or'isr~i him
up.isr srr~~s. bus thai ~v.n ~hlis s'$dA<rs
-sspi over kim with xi~asslnx h>ycs>s>
ths rv-ki~. hrsnx ssnx . pr~pst~rvss
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