Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-04-18
HERE AND THERE.

An exchange claims Madison as the
banner town In Maine In number OF post
Offices. IL gives list Of seven post
Offices to support Its claim, but states
that one Of them was recently establish
Ell TO accommodate the people who live
I'm the edge Of the adjoining town OF
Cornyilie. How about this list In the
town 81 Rumfords Rumford, East
Rumford, South Rumford, North Rum
ford, Rumford Point, Rumford Centre,
Humford Falls. These all accommodate
residents Of Rumford, too.
The Bangor Industrial Journal issued
A building edition for Its latest Issue,
making a review Of the prosperous sea-
son Of ls92 aud the promising outlook
for lS93. II contains number Of fine
illustrations Of handsome new buildings
In Maine, including the Oxford County
buildings at south Paris. IL l. needless
Ia say that Rumford Falls Illustrations
occupy quite respectable portion oil
the space.
Hut the Pittsiield Advertiser "lsys
over" everything else With it, special
wayerly edition. got cut upon the Oc-
cssion Of the dedication IF the new
wayerly wooden mill Ia that town. u IL
n yeritsble picture gallery If the busi-
ness men aud industries Of the place.
Most Of the Illustrations are In half-tone,
and IL l. without exception the finest
work We ever saw done on such cuts
with newspaper press. The Advertls-
or Il getting good many nice compll-
ments on the edition, and IL has earned
them.
4 Chicago correspondent figures out
that the least sum for which a man of
AN economical turn Of mind can make
ten DAYS visit To the worlds fair Il $3.50
plus the railroad fare. This covers the
bare necessities of existence, but does
not include lemonade, peanuts, cigars,
side-shows, or any of the other semi
essentials. To take IL in "A fairly COM
Portable way, avoiding luxuries, he
figures out will cost So so plus the rail-
road fare. OF course II you want luxu-
ries YOU can 20 II dd 10. Don't know
how MANY Maine editors will get To
Chicago this summer, on that basis.
EOllOWluk ~ Ntll-t>ttDh-hcu piNNN-
dent, the wOrkmen on the worlds fair
buildings took advantage Of the neces-
sites of their employers by striking just
at the time when the buildings were
well along toward completion, and a
continued strike might have seriously
delayed the fair. Reason prevailed,
however, and the strike soon ended.
The camera has been brought into
play In st. Louis, as an adjunct TO cleo
ton day machinery. IL Il To he used to
"spot" reporters, and will be pretty
effective evidence.
BY law passed by the last South
Carolina legislature, the state Is going
into the rumselling business. The only
legal liquor shops are to be those run
BY the state, and those are limited In
number. Strange what experiments
people will try, In the vain endeavor to
get rid of the evils of the liquor traffic
without destroying the evil traffic itself.
IL appears that the nomination OF the
unsophisticsted young Eckels, who
knew nothing Of currency or banking.
To the position of Comptroller Of the
Currency, for which he Was not a candi-
date, Was not joke after all. Cleve-
land nominated him because he Ii In
favor Of state banks. So the admins
tration IL really squirting toward that
obsolete and dangerous system.