Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-23
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Now, John, q man ~ your age who
la. ripen.d OF like standing corn Ia the
Held ought to b. careful about applying
name. aud eplthet.. w have an Aunt
llctsey lust below Ia Mlnot Who would
- uuuttsrably shocked AZ the reckless
usc ~ her name. We did know Ia a cas-
ual way that John hal advertised for
wife. had entered the matrimonial mar
ket, had become target for Cupid's
arrows. We did know that. II Il equal
" true that Ne supposed that John had
reached sure haven. That long TEN.
peat lo..~i he had found ,he.t anchor
Ia the person II Bhidy Muldoon. I.lttruc
that the course 10 true love never runs
.moothf We are always ready Ia d0
noble. honorable battle for the under
dog. Now what doe. this putstl,e
l!ct.ey say 81 our Johnt says there
must b. q screw loose somewhere for be
has been trying Ia ct married for thirty
year. and failed. \ has. Cslumny or
willful Ignorance. lIet.ey ought a. have
listened Ia the It'll small voice of Grover
Who once .ali. "rcll III. truth" Why,
John "a. once handsome, q hyorite
With the fair .ex, and didn't have to Use
cosmetics either. Say. John !. silly.
lie had already told YOU that he was
born an. I.ikrn. John. writing gait Ia
that ~ q standard psccr-but We have
an engagement this evening, an 90 rsr"'r.
While all that was mortal ~ your cor
respondent was In the arm. II morpheus
or In other wonl., while We were abcd
aud asleep the other day, W. were arous-
81 and told that some Que wished to 81"
u. Responding Ia the call Ne wcrc
confront~l by city chap, who, firing
20 urban life. had become enchanted
With south lIill aud desired Ia rusticats
amid It. leafy bowers, It, lnyigoratlng
breescs. u. Inspiring scenery. "Do YOU
want "a .cli the Allen farm he asked.
"wlll sell" "What DO YOU ask Aud
then followed a half hour. conycr-ation
aud be- goc. sadly away. ~ b. rcache.
the rad he turn. aud says, won't YOU
take nay lc..f' Not a cent" Aud h.
va. gone.
We went Ia the East the other day aud
we arr half inclined Ia take back water
about what We .ald about our south
IIuckhcld roads. Why. some ~ their
road. are execrable--arcn't NJ for q cart
rad. whcu road. become uncomfortable
We Away. volunteer "a repair them
gratis. And now without In any way
impugnlng the public spirit ~ the ~
.p~Cted either. 81 that locality We
should II We lived there az Que. rally
relief corp. aud mend our ways. Ther-
ought Ia b. prophet crying In the Wild
crnc.. about our rolds.
Zen iri.h hss about the biggest and
incest thr-,~year-old colt you ever saw.
lleniy Irish Ia. q thrc.-year-old colt
by the sile Mitchell stallion, q sou of
Daniel IIoone, that sam Record thinks
!. going Ia BE- az fast a. his Dr. smith.
The MARI, Lady Ida, We once owned Vas
got by the same horse aud she has since
been sold for big price.
Our neighbour, Ion, Il great strap
ping fellow aud II b. had mou.tache
would 2. mind Va ~ Gen. Hancock. Lon
planned To 20 To the city last saturday
on q pleasure trip. Got up nj > o'clock
and made hls preparations. hut, ala.
for the unceartlnty of temporal things.
his clock stopped aud he procra.tinated
aud this necc..ltated q lulckened pace.
Good Judge. .ay that he entered Rob
Dean. door yard NJ a three minute clip.
Hut fate. were against him. Rob and
the fast stallion were gone aud Ike
Napoleon at waterlooo the battle wa.
Lost.
Mr.. Editor, " John come. over to
Paris again, YOU tell him We admire a
| limpld blonde complexion.