Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-09-27

IGTTua FROM pRof. kNowtToN.
The following u oue Of the echoes Of
the fryebarR Academy centennial, and
explains itself:
No. s7B shctweii stw~t,
Nan prxBcIsco, California,
Sunday, August y, 1901.
A. y. Lewis, Esq.,
fryeburg. Maine.
Nv Dear Lewis:
Papers came eli right, ss I told you
Ina hurried rcsponse, promising this.
With thIs also inclose q blt of rhyming
acknow lcigment Ia Mlss Gllnes, u that
IL her name. These typos are such con-
sumate blupder. heads -sometimes-that
"you can't most always, hardly ever Be
quite sartin," 90 Mrs.. Darlington might
have put It. A. any rate, whether ]
have her name right, che II the lady who
graciously lent the music Of her voice 10
the thought Of my wee bic verse. should
The lady consent, and anyone wish TO
type 10, please zee that the printers do
not botch it. Considering the vast num-
Der Of words they type, Il may become
matter of wonder that they make no
more mistakes than they do, but some
Of them can blunder even on typewrit-
ten matter. which IL Q long way palmer
than their own printing.
The poems Of Colby and Miss Butler
we're much above the average of the
rhymes commonly furnlshed for such
occasions. Mrs.. llowe's charming III
tie ode had o iilt Ia u, which must have
lent itself beautifully to the music. On
the whole do not repent that left the
putting Of local coloring and personal
illusions 10 those whose residence aud
associations qualified them To do u 30
much better than could have hoped "a
do. Ny chief regret IL that you should
have had the trouble of sending me 60
many names and points which did not
use. u any of them failed 10 reach you
In return, aud you still ~ish them, will
make q still more thorough search for
any which may have escaped me. Ny
rhyme, at least, escaped any danger oi
belng charged with repetition. How
ever, u takes onece to learn how. NEXT
time We will do better. n you and are
both living In sco2 I'll suit all or perish
In the attempt. You just Try me,-that's
all. Sincerely, though, u may be that
some spiritual Edison will have discov-
cred and utilized some method of f,res-
frio-c.i,sfisi communication, that word
IL copyrighted, by which u will have
become the most natural thing In the
world Ia send communications either
way,-or even 10 exchange personal WIS.,
it,. Well keep posted, anyway, so az
Ia b. all ready for the demands OF the
occasion, that We may b. both sisibiy
aud Audibly present 1t all subsequent
ceutennlAls Of the dear old academy.
Perhaps, indeed, We can get an act of
the legislature empowering impatient
Alumsi aud me to hold centennials every
ten years. This would he about .. reason
able as some of the legislation they DO
attempt. And that reminds me of the
Unsolicited member Of the New York
board % aldermen. IL had been proposed
Ia add ten Venetian gondolas to the at
fractions % the Central Park. Speaking
to that question, he said, with great Inn
pres.iveness, "Mlsther Cholrman,-l
Sorr,-W move you, sorr, that lnshtid
of getting tia % thin, sorr, We begin wid
tNos sptTs-Jist wan uhai' sut Wsu -
male, so-r,-an' thin III nacber take her
coor--, sorr.-Nis,-Oi do,-sou."
Well, am heartily glad for your sake,
that u IL all over. Quite likely YOU may |
be- OF on q much needed vacation when
this reaches fryeburg. know you will
write me as soon and NJ fully a. you
can. Meantime give my regards to all
~ho care for them from me, and Ia none
more than yourself.
a. ever,
fratsrnally yours,
y. kNowLrON.
P.s. Tie allu.Ion Ia the ''homlng' pig. |
con, I hope, will not "stlck" any smart
typo. 10 so Kill him aud send undertaken.
bill Ia the.
~ Miss lLict n GIISrs,
Who Andy ,olosi my utis ,sr-. al fyebarF
Aos.lsmy Ceatsnalai, August iiih. lS,i. VIII
lhankfai r.saris % EieRsfsr kho~lton. san
franci-co, Cal
Voice Of wy theashii Ny hssr do,h sr,s, AMI
thaak tho. nov.
ros al thai hns and srseiou. courtesy 'Ao1
To ons unknown, rs.oi,. TIE ,ibnh, ma.ic %
thy throbblas tones
flsw forth snsoox ths stsrnsr 'olcss u tls hour
a. hsste-t carrier dove with message frstn afAr
And wsrmsi with vocal NE ths hOmins. pil
whlsh. irSa ,ss-s .ap.s, Slopes. .ero-. slsrran
SHOWS.
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~. solitary tribute mite 10 that rish, soLisn .tor,
az r,mlnl-.as wealth with With Animal
Knr'shsi ,se prosi Centennial hour Wherein
Pilci IA Nos, grateful hoaor. rVasi Pair Frys