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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

A high per.onsge on visiting a small
country place, asked; SLOW 10 u that
all the children go barefooted In this
nelghborhoody' "Ileg your pardon,
cir" exclaimed = womtn present, "they
were born go"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

whsa n.by vss ssek. - gave hss cas'0rA
WIN sl.s sss Q cAlld. shs crssd fos csssosA
WIZ shs s-csms Nh. shs eisss " csssorsA
wAsa - - cAnarss. - gave thss casasr'A.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

elbow many sister. dii your new
playmate tell YOU he h,ir' ''lle'. got
one. lie tried "a catch me by s,ylng he
had Two half sisters, hut he'll hni out
I've studied fractions"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

Don't take any stock In the mi.rrpre-
.cn,siIons of competitors. bat examine
anil ju,ige for yourselves. Compare the
work IL TIL. paint With any other, care
fully noting all ~ the conditions under
which Il wa. applied, snd the relative
co.t ~ the Job, aud you wlll be ,on''nc-
r,l that the claim. made for TIL. paint
are not os.rrats,i.
Tie advertiser. desire no ,e'ter recon-
incubation Tor their paint than the un-
perverted fact. q. shoSB by the m'ny
building. on which " has ircn used, VIII
Iu.tIfy. 4 few sample. 81 the work are
here noted, VIZ:
a. u Cunmins's r..tisaoe, q. feshsrs
.tn,, W a I<.sltts' stsrv. a. W itshlss' stoFv
as.i r..i lssss. Nssssy -bsgsisi shsfth, y =
IIln. a. rvshisnrs. seth fsris ~ u Ishtsss
f,sIlsss. sVs-sl faftafy. tctsis hii. - '"n
Erysstisasl shafyh. stl~si. 60,
Nsar attsutlaa 4. alss sals-i o. ths hslhsf
Fl.of raint. Thsy mss' -ith The unqnsnne.i
sppr,Issl - al sho u.s thsfa. Thy dfr hsri
over uisht have q A. shss., sal sssf nae lf"o
Irraisf. aI.t s.slssf ssris fro.
Apply b. year l-si 'iealsfs, "ft"
S. p. MAXIM & SON. Gen'l Agents,
SOUTH PARIS. MAtNE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

Little Johnnle-s,y. m,, does a min
lister really nccd all the slipper. that are
given himy'' Mrs.. IDsn-'Nes, Ia.
tevd. lli. son I. generally very bad"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

~ avn happy tn say" remarked the
preacher. '.thst the sherin died resign.
cd II dispute that statement" said
the editor. ale died, but I'll be hanged
m ne rp.lsDed."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

Comparing your Gins With those ~
other I-ople won't make your .innins
any safer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

\ noble gltt 20 the world, Dr. john
.on left In johnson. Anoiyne iiniment.
Many ble.. him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

There Isn't anything We know that
someboiy didn't have TO burn his nm
ger 90 find out.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
80. ION. ru.,.,.. AirM....

No. ios- IN. runis''s AiphshsI
which letter 4. part q . hoa-'
MhiCA an Industrious insec,'
Which q t-tsrSs-'
Mhich an saciAmaiiou'
which al .utsrrugation'
Nhish . rts,r In scotlsbd'
which blri'
which ,egstable'
whlch . transfers di-ction To hi
sor-~'
which q tlus'
Wkich 10 ds.p. NH. AMI ~alt'
Which . -ofro~fal sholAmAitua'
which 4. ,Vstlssting'
which pam - ss human bsiy'
Wiki q priutsr'. MEASURE
Which th. sol,sr - this puIils'
whish two % yOai
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

One 10 generally compelled 10 enjoy
the song of the tenor without catchirG
IL tenor Of The song.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

Kidney trouble. II taken In season are
easily cured with Johnsons Anodyne
I.inlmsnt. Fact.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

Man. life b. q constant trial and all
his neighbors ale on the jury.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

wha, folly 10 be ~lthoa, l'cccham''
Fills.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
Room Papers,

Ju., rs,si,ci. We eel our ls-t Bronie rspsr.
Zoe IS 90. rsr roll. b., tso hail. brooie III.
isr.. a.. rsr ysrl!pRd 90 can saii yog call
AMI az. u..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
NOTICE Or SALE.

NOTICE Ot SALE.
Par.asnt o. . tccss@ fr.m The Probate ,euf'
sIthia aRi fsr ths Count, % Osfsri ! shar
ali a pabllr sastion 90 the twenty ninth dsy II
April, \. n. t.,!. ~ ten o'rick N The fsfen spn
on The ps,ulse. all The right. title all inifrr-l
shish stephen ghsRier. late ~ -tYs In sail
,aanty, sie,.s.s-i. hat In ant O. ths fpilo~ins
ds.rFil--i rial sstats. via. The honr.ieat farm
Nth baiitius. therraa. owns-i sni s-rupisst hy
.aii st.phen ,hsRier at the tstse - M. 'ie-.ass
.lta.isi In ALI s,o~. AMI lyinE lust ssstsfiy
p.i..i az. g,th day 20 Msrrh, 4. o.. isg
EDWARD a wAIktt >dnini't -siss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
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NJ sscotsd !. In 40. bat nj In -tss.
NJ thiFd /. a. forest. bot ~ In -ou.i-
NJ foafth l. In Hsushtr. bat Mt Ia sd.
NJ r'th l. Ia kittsu. hot ut In cat.
NJ sltth = in tunnsl. and si-o IN hal
NJ vsoLT - . .ioas. q pr.siO a. tkihs.
AID on Il sssn In . l.iJs rms
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03

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- snv = a. ~ rhaut. nsuiszt hsts. pfsstI
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
Or. Hunters Catarrh Remedy
Rl.OOO

Ne wiI Five stus rt-sassnf naIsr. OIL 30. o.
.nr rstsut takins uns ~ ufths st-sse rvs-s,it
thst l. uat fuI'f rarsi ~ sFvatr tsufftr-t there
~ N Cd sune cav uas Furesi thlaasan.i. -
os-ss ~srf q usuts In stauts- 30 Tssstsl rufrvnrF
90 uns ~ O. la ~ Was "a fuafth aFsaus.
IItsbarg IA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-03
Castoria.

-Casos,, 10 an sIcslsui B'eihr'n- fc' ehh
s,,a. Nath~r. have rvp>Ats,iiy tid ne a i'
god sfs-ct upoa lbe.r cA.lir-a"
D. q. G. o-ocoo.
i,y-rll, nAs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
THE BABy's DAINTY BASKET.

They should be covered with muslin,
or lace, over some col bred material,
writes Mrs. Scovil in her department
in the May Ladies' Home Journal.
Silesia, glazed cambria, or sateen may
be used, and any color chosen that is
preferred. The French think blue the
most appropriate for boys, and pink
for girls. If any special color predomi
mates in the nursery, or in the baby's
other belongings it is we'll to have the
basket to match. Pale yellow is efec
tive, crimson looks warm in winter,
and a delicate green cool in summer.
Line the sides of the basket inside and
out, cutting the strips to fit, allowing
for seams, joining them neatly round
the top, and combining any extra full
ness in tiny plaits at the lower part.
Cut a piece Of cardboard to exactly fit
the bottom of the basket, cover it with
the cambria, and afterward with the
muslin, and lay it in place when the
trimming is done. It will conceal the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

finishing where the sides and bottom
join. Use for the covering plain white
Swiss muslin, dotted or figured muslin,
point d'eeprit net, which is net covered
with fine dots, or one of the different
kinds of piece lace. When a very in
expensive basket is desired, try fine
cheese cloth, scrim, silkolene, or art
muslin. China, India, or surah silk,
IN soft shades, makes a very pretty
covering, and does not crease quickly
as muslin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

cupful of rice and boil one hour longer.
Strain and season.
CREAM SOUP.-One pint of boiling
water, half a teacupful of cream, let
heat, break in toasted bread; season.
EGG GRUEL.-Beat the yolk of an
egg with a tablespoonful of sugar; beat
the white separately; add a teacupful
of boiling water, then the white of the
egg. Flavor with a little nutmeg.
CHICKEN JELLY.-Take a tender
chicken, cut the flesh from the bones,
break the bones; soak one hour in salt
and water, put in a saucepan with
three pints of water, simmer low.
Sprinkle with salt and strain in a
bowl. Set on ice.
CHICKEN BROTH.-Take the joint of
a chicken, boil in one quart of water;
season with salt and pepper. Squirrel
broth made in the same way will be
found very delicate and appetizing.
ESSENCE OF CHICKEN. Cut up a ten
der chicken and put in a glass jar, stop
tightly and set in a pot of cold water;
let boil until all the juice is extracted.
Strain and season.
Raw EGG.-Break a fresh egg in a
glass and beat very light, add two
tablespoonfuls of wine, and oweeten to
taste. This is nourishing for patients
too i'll to take solid food. -
RICE MLK.-Boil a cupful of rice in
water; pour off when tender and add
new milk sWeeten and flavor.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

The anCients used to say that Vulcan
struck Jupiter on the head and the
goddess of wisdom jumped out, illus
trating the truth that wisdom comes
by hard knocks, writes Rev. DR.. Tai
mage in the May Ladies' Home Journal.
There was a river of difficulty between
Shakespeare, the boy holding the horses
at the door Of the London theatre, and
the Shakespeare, the great dramatist,
winning the applause of all audiences
by his tragedies, There was a river
between Benjamin Franklin, with a
loaf of bread under his arm, walking
the streets Of Philadelphia, and that
same Benjamin Franklin, the philoso-
pher, just outside of Boston, flying a
kite in the thunder storm. An idIer
was cured of his bad habit by looking
through his window, night after night,
at a man who seemed sitting at his
desk, turning off one sheet after an
other, until almost the dawn of morn
ing. The man sitting there writing
until morning was industrious Walter
Scott; the man who looked at him
through the window was Lockhart, his
illustrious ~biographer afterward. Lord
Mansfield, pursued by the press and by
the populace because of a certain line
of duty, went on to discharge the duty;
and while the mob were around him,
demanding the taking of his life, he
shook his fist in the faceof the moband
said, "Sirs, when ones last end comes,
it cannot come too soon if he fails in
defence of law and the liberty of his
country" And so there is, my friends,
a tug, a tussel, a trial, a push, an anx-
iety, through which every man must
go before he comes to worldly success
and worldly achievement. You admit
it. Now be wise enough to apply it in
religion. Eminent Christian character
is only gained by the Jordanic passage;
no man just happened to get good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
HIS GREAT MISTAKE.

Featherstone-Look here, uncl9, I
lent you 50 the other day to buy you
a pair of trousers with, but l haven't
seen you wear them yet.
Uncle Ebony-No, sab. De fac is I
made a big mistake about dem pants,
sab. I found dat I could get a pair for
81. so, sab. So den I went out and
spent 81. so.
Feathersone-WelI, didn't you get
the trousers with the other 81 so?
Uncle Ebony-No, sab; dat's de
funny part of it. You see, l made er
mistake and spent the 81. so I was 60
ing to buy the pants with first
CIOtbier and Furnisher.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
STOPPED THE sQUEAK1NG

During a sea voyage, a passenger
made friends with the engineer of a
ship, and was allowed to enter the en-
gine-room. He took a seat in the cor
ner, and pulling his hat down over his
eyes, appeared to be lost in reverie.
Presently a certain part of the ma
chinery began to squeak.
The engineer oiled it and went about
his duties. In the course of a few
minutes the squeaking was heard
again, and the engineer rushed, oil can
in hand, to lubricate the same spindle.
Again he returned to his post, but it
was only a few minutes until the same
old spindle was squeaking louder than
ever.
"Confound the thing" he yelled.
cit is b~ewitched."
More oil was administered, but the
engineer began to be suspicious as to
the cause. Soon the spindle began to
squeak again; and, slipping up behind
the friendly passenger, the engineer
squirted half a pint Of oil down the
joker's back.
There" said he, q don't think
that spindle will squeak any more"
That spindle" squeak was caused
by the passenger, who was a ventrilo-
quist.
WASN'T AFRAID IN THE DAY TIME.
Roberts Sunday-school teacher
asked the members of her class if they
said their prayers both night and
morning. Robert, who is eignt years
old, admitted that he prayed only at
night.
HAnd why2" asked the teacher.
Because I want the Lord to watch
over me in the dark"
but don't you want the Lord to
watch over you during the day, too?'
"Humph" said Robert, 4 wouldn't
give much for a boy who couldn't take
care of himself in the day time"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
sEQUAL OF JoHNsToWN.
Husband and Wife Reunited After Many
Years of Sorrow.

Husband and Wife Reunited After Many
Years of Sorrow.
At the time of the Johnsto Rn horro
James Agnew was in the employ of
the Cambria Iron Works, which we're
destroyed by the flood. Just below
the Inflated town lived Agnew and his
wife Elizabeth and three children.
Mrs. Agnew and her children were
among the human waits cast up by
the flood and homeless. She was sink
in despair, when there came a letter
from this city. It wasfrom her brother,
John Pritchard, a machinist at the
Louisville and Nashville shops. He
babe his sister come to him.
Now as to the father. When the
destroying water 5swept over the works
Agnew was spept away in the wreck.
Down the river he foated and thought
he was lost. At last he was picked up
and carried to Red Cross tent. There
he lay many days unconscious, shat
tered in mind and body. When hegot
On his feet again they told him that
his wife and children we're dead and
buried. Until recently, Agnew, who
removed to Allentown, Penn, never
doubted this statement; then through
the inquiries a good priest, 1T was
learned that the Pritchards lived In
Louisville, and with them the lost wife
and children. James Agnew and Eliza
beth Agpew are reunited, but they
will meyer forget the Jonstown horror.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

girl whose father was a mechanic. and
1t took but a short trial of a strictly
regular system to convice me that it
was advantageous to the farmer as to
the mechanic to observe regular hours.
At first it came hard to quit exactly
at II or 6, especially if there was but
a turrow or two to pillow, or a small bit
OF any work uncompleted; but after a
while came to regard all work as a
part oil a seasons job to be completed
as fast as possible, but at all time to be
subject to the regular interruption of
meal time. Looked at in this way, it
Is no trial to unhitch when the time
comes, whether there be much OF little
to complete the job.
Meals are not only much better when
eaten promptly, but it is of great ad-
vantage to the housewife to know that
the men will be on hand ae a certain
minute to eat them.-L. B. Pierce. in
Country Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
HARD LUCK.
Everything He Did Went Against Him
Up to the End.

Everything He Did Went Against Him
Up to the End.
Talk about luck" said the weary
eyed man with the long face, I'm the
~unluckiest man that ever was born.
No other man in the world ever had
such hard luck. I was born on Fri
day. on the thirteenth day of the
month, and I was the thirteenth child
in our family. On my thirteenth birth
day I fell out of a three story window
and knocked out all my teeth. After
ward I had all the maladies known to
man. I went out west and had to
walk back. Ny father left me some
houses and they burned down. I
bought a share in a schooner and she
sank on the very next trip. I went to
work on a railroad, and in three days
was knocked 400 feet in a collision and
was in a hospital for six months"
you do seem to have had your
share of hard luck" said a SYM
pathizer.
Luck" said the man. "Why, look
at me when I wanted to get married.
l fell in love with a girl and I thought
she loved me I went to her and said,
Elizabeth, were you ever married?'
why, no. she said blushing. You
know that
"'Well, Elizabeth I said, "You are
asgood girl, and since no NAM
Then she burst out crying and ran
out of the room so that 1 could not
finish what I wanted to say"
"Well, that was a funny way to ask
a woman to marry you" said the man
of sympathy.
"What way9"
"Telling her that you we're sorry
that no man would have her"
No man would have here" said the
unlucky man. 81 never said a word
about that I was going to say
since no man could be good enough
for her I hoped she would forgive my
failings. Wasn't it hard luck that
she wouldn't let me finish my sen
tence?"
why didn't you go back and ex-
plain it,"
"well," said the unlucky man sor-
rowfully, q was bound to get mar
ried, so 1 went and proposed to Sarah
Smith and she took me-"
"At any rate you got marriedY"
married. Not a bit of it. Sarah
Smith heard that I loved Elizabeth
and had made that mistake, and she
got mad and broke the engagement. "
"Then you had your chance to go
back to your first love?"
Il did"
Didn't you get herr"
"Get her3 No! I tell you, man,
I'm the unluckiest man alive. [ went
back and asked her plunk out to marry.
me, and found that after she heard
about my engagement to Sarah Smith
she'd gone and promised to marry a
fellow who'd been begging her to marry
him for five years."N
"Why didn't you wait, then, to see
if she didn't break her engagement"
Hang it, man, 1 did"
did you go back again9"
"No, 1 didn't"
why uot2"
Because I'd changed my mind about
getting married. Didn't l tell you I
was the unluekiest man in the world9"
-NeW York Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
BE PROMPT AT MEALSl

This forenoon my wife and 1 put our
heads together to cut. up the pOrd, re-
calling as best we could knowledge
that had lain dormant for a dozen
years, and got so interested in it that
we didn't know when it was dinner
time, and found it to be some time
after twelve when we thought about
it. This made our dinner late, Of
course, but it is such a rarity here
that I believe it may not be out of
place to base a few remarks upon it.
I have been marred nearly nineteen
years, and in all this time, when my
wife was well, have not had to wait
half a dozen times after the regular
hour for a meal. On the other hand
my wife has very seldom had to wait
meals for me-when away with a load
of produce, 1 cannot of course always
be back on time.
I speak of this because l know many
farmers r quite irregular at meals,
often staying in the field to finish a
piece of work from ten minutes to two
hours after the regular dinner hour.
I know one man who sometimes works
until $50 to finish, when the regular
dinner hours is between IL and one.
>eh irregularity is unbu sinesslike and
nproftable. In my younger days
!" ;Squite common with farmers to
Mar, but I marred a village
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
MORE CALAMITY HoWLING.

Aristotle said money exists not
by nature, but by law"
Henry Clay said in Congress in 1887:
Whatever the government agrees to
receive in payment of the public dues,
is money, no matter what it's form may
be. Treasury notes, drafts, &c, such
under the authority of the United
States, are money.
Metallic money, while acting as
coin is Identical with paper money, in
respect to being destitute of intrinsic
value. NORTH British RevieaU.
"No methods have been hitherto
formed to establish a medium of trade
equal in all it's advantages to bills of
credit made a legal tender ."-BenjG-
MIN Franklin.
The theory Of the intrinsic value of
money has been abandoned by the best
writers and speakers. - Encyclopedia
Britannica.
GA just reading of the provisions is
this: Congress shall have power to
coin money, emit bills of credit not
debit and make anything besides gold
and silver a legal tender in the pay
ment of debts.-Danjel Webster.
Thomas Jefferson, John @. Calhoun,
Chief Justice Miller, Chief Justice
Chase, and a long list of other eminent
men who have held high official posi-
tions, as well as over a half dozen de-
cisions of the Supreme Court, tell us
that a legal tender paper money issued
by the government is good lawful
money. --~-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

An Ohio woman who has recently
taken up a Dakota claim, and Incl
dentally interested a large number of
Dakota bachelors, rashly tells a friend
of her first western proposal. 1t was
an elderly, wealthy and influential citi-
zen who stalked into the lady's little
kitchen n morning without the for
mality of an Introduction, and blurted 4:
"Say, miss, you don't want to git mar
ried, do you3" mo, sir, 1 don't
emphatically. "No Tense, 1 hope
num-" "None at all, sir. Good
morning" That is the way they do
things in South Dakota.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10

GROWING OLD.

o,e dav. looking in my mirror,
TII discover, here and there,
oILaL+Iv on my head intruding,
oiG" l++erinpt threads of silver / air,
DTt I do not think III mUrmur,
And do not think I'll scOld,
I'd nv hear will not be saddened
When l see I'm growing old.
ILL make no lamentatiOn
l Nd no teal will dim my eye,
rLare will be no touch of sadness,
Nor a vain, ~regretful sigh;
Youth will be a mere remembrance,
inst a story that is told,
p5t IN not wish to recall 1T
When l see / In growing old.
T shall think that, of Lies battle,
0f the hard, relentless grind,
tn. re is less ahead to conquer,
There is more that's left beh nd.
Nearer. then, my rest from labor
on Life S path so bleak and cold.
So the gray ha rs will be welcome
When | see I'm growing old.
-JOssph Bert Smil
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
SOME DISHES FOR THE SICK.

Even more than with her city sister
is a knowledge of how to prepare food
for the sick necessary to the country
housewife, who must frequently de-
pend entirely upon her own meager
resources for such diet as will be suit
able. But, fortunately, she has on the
farm the most necessary ingredients for
preparing delicate and appetizing food,
pure milk, fresh butter and eggs being
acceptable and strengthening to in
valids, and forming as they do the
foundation of SO many excellent dishes.
The following are the receipts for pre-
pairing food for the sick that all will be
found excellent:
BEEF TEA.-Take half a pound of
lean, fresh beef, cut in pieces and let
soak four hours in a pint of water
take out, put in a pint of fresh water
and set on the stove, let simmer three
hours; pour the boiling liquid in the
water in which the beef was soaked
pound the meat to a paste and mix in.
Serve hot.
Raw BEEF TEA.-Cut up lean, fresh
beef; soak five hours in cold water,
strain and season.
BEEF OR MUTTON BRoTH.-Cut one
pound of either meat in small pieces;
put in two quarts of cold water and
boil two hours; then add half a tea