Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-26

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Among the curious displays in the parade
was the fairy carriage Of the Michigan
buggy company. drawn BY the smallest
horse on earth. An equine Tom Thumb "a
inches high. Another was . parade OF
about $50 bicycles, the wheelers represent
Ing eli sorts OF races and characte1 from
Columbus to Cetswayo, with Knights,
Ssmoans, Americans Indians, Cinnamon,
Dahomsyan and Fijians. In the water
parade was every kind OF small craft, pro
PEELED by steam, naptha, gasoline, cleo
tricity. wind and man-power. There wers
gigs from the battleship, cutters, hshins
boats Of all the nations from Alaska 10
Norway, Indian, Esquimaux and West
urs boats. After the style came the fun.
such ~ tub racing and other aquatic
comedies, and 20 the evolution OF progress
was exhibited from the followed log Of
the aborigine to the latest triumph Of
science.
In rambling about the grounds and
reading the notices posted In various Ian.
guages lam once more struck by . fact
often noticed In New Msxico-that state
msnt can nearly always be made In fewer
letters In English than In any other lam
guags. Here II familiar card;
Bite Nicht Iu beruhm.
On est prize de nebas TOUGHER.
81 prega di non toccare.
Ruego que no 10 tsquen.
Please do not touch.
Hands of
The Ave sound polite: the last means
business. Even the politer form In Eng
lish II shorter than any of the others. All
this make me think that II we would only
reform our barbarous spelling. English
would become sort of universal language
In fifty years. Az Il II every foreigner has
to learn two languages In this country, II
be would be thought an educated man
the spoken and the written. And the lat
ter Is 10 much more arbitrary than the
former that II requires more labor. Now
II should write the longer English for3
above In some Of the well establishs
sould-forms Of our speech II would run
thus:
Pliez dough notte tuch.
g.
It II not In che power OF any one man TO
get the hang Of all that is done and being
done In the various branches Of the relig.
ious congresses OF this month. Suffice II
to Aay that the Catholics began on Sunday
the Srd and In their eight days really did
Q wonderful work. What with Maryland
Day. Columbus Day. SPANS Day and
Irish Day yet to come their prominent
men really had . great deal to do with
running the fair, and since they have
called my attention to IL I confess Il does
seem little singular that all Of the two
Americas, save little strip OF the north
Atlantic coast should have been discovers ID
and explored by and should once have be-
longed TO the Catholic nations. I guess
they have earned right TO be prominent
here.
The Jews began on Aug. q, but their
activity In the fair II exclusively Of .
business nature. The Lutherans and the
Welsh religio-musical societies were active
last week. The Protestant denominations
are now making . so-called presentation
each morning and evening while the
main religious parliament Il running. the
Congregationalists having led Of on the
10th. In the correspondents Of DIR. Bar.
rows are letters from over thousand OF
the worlds prominent men and religious
teachers, warmly approving the great par
Lament, including Gladstone and nearly
all the great lights OF the English estab-
lishment. The moro I zee OF II the more
wonderful this congress seems, and recall
o statement I'm the history Of India that
the great mogul. Akbar. once attempted
10 organize such congress.
j. III. BEADLx.