Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-05
STATUE or BRIGHAM YouNo.

STATUE or BRIGHAM YoUN0.
Utah when lived there caused he 10 I'M
dsrrate him, but now zee thAeh man With
that head and his immense physioAl po-
tsncy would be leader In Sny community.
Like Abraham Lincoln he wss . phychos
logical "freak." Ills parents werS quite
ordinary, his children are but fair aver.
age and none of his ten brothers and do
ters showed any talent whatever.
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OF an the fine schemes suggested b.
this fair but two are as yet certain; ean
Francisco will undoubtedly have MD.
winter fair. to open Jan. next, and Chi.
caRo win have q psrmkifent museum oom.
possd OF all the best things she can securS
from the exposition. San franciScp hAs
already organized. NJ. II. DeYoung D
chosen director general, the Legislature v
appealed TO 10 appropriate . little mattssQf
700 100 or 20 and committees are at yosk
to raise the rest. The city only EXPECTS
10000 visitors from the dst and forSgp
countries fiyl surely 20 n,sderats scilcor
iatisn should DO realked. Indeed, I hsd
an impression that that many Usually
went To California In the winter, ,AnShow.
Many exhibitors here have already agreed
TO 20 to San Francisco.
Chicago Il actively pushing her arrange
ments for securing the pick of the exhibits
and everything = to be completed BY Oct:
Q, which l. to he Chicago day and tho
greatest OF all the special days. WHO
Illinois promised to have 10000 here on
her day Chicago raised her and promiSed
7O0, 600, and taking an average on shrink
aRes to date think Il safe To bet ON $50.
600. OF course all the display VIII be In
jackson park, as otherwise II would
not boom tie fain First will be the
parade OF states and Il is expected
chat each state will send here represent
alive beauty from each OF It's counties. II
they do, we shall see over 1000 OF the love-
Hest ladies IN the world, which, In the
language Of parnum, will aloae be worth
the price OF aG.lissioh. Each OF the large
cities are to be represented In like manner
BY one or more young men.
When all these, In uniform. hsye ridden
through the main avenues and gathered
In the court of honor there will be patri-
otic music, including a national anthem
By Of, immense choir. At dark the historic
march viii begin. The floats will reprss-
snt old Fort Dearborn, the massacre Of
Isle, the organization OF H6city. the great
Ore and all the important scenes In the de-
yelopment OF this region. besides Chicago's
relations with other states and foreign
people. All this, and ten times as much
more. will close with o grandsr display OF
fireworks (so they assure us) than was
ever before presented. For the great piecs
showing Chicago AZ she was on the WORE
night OF the great fire the talent OF ths
pyrotechnic world will be exhausted. n
q even alleged that railroad manager
have got eScite,l aud interested and viii
DO something handsome In the way OF
special rates.
Il has hitherto been matter OF great
pride that the crowds came and went
without qua-rcls and almost without 40
cidents, and even the sensational reporters
concluded that there was no long& any
unsophistieated "hayseeds to fuIu:
ish material for something spicy" But
recently the record has been broken. Two
farmers blew out the gas and went 20
bed, one to sleep his last sleep In this
world and the other to come 20 near h
that Il took two surgeons to Srt his tongue
out OF lis throat. One visitor has besn
elubbed almoS to death by policeman
for merely giving him saucy reply, and
several have ieen badly bruised BY getting
Oh the cable cars backwards. II was pub.
lished last spring that 1000 English and
other foreign thieves had come over 70
harvest the fair. to which some envfoas
New Yorker rvtorted that II was tobe
hoped they had return tickets. for Chicago
would rob them Of every cent they had.
Well, II fhey cams they Missed II, for
there has not been stealing enough duppy
the whole fair TO support one family u
any generous style. The hn-ds-siecls
American has evidently learned how 20
travel and take care OF himself. especially
hsrself. J. II. BIADEx