Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-02
JOHNS LITTER.
nc TOMATOES, cEoAKi>G riIRoArs AMI
swILLlp HEADS.


some one reports :, on. tomato.
report "a OF. one. IL grew on the
Ellis whitman farm. Buekheld 10 the
banner town for big tomatoes and things,
pretty women and fast horses.
Does the prevailing epidemic" prevail
extensively up youder on the Hill, or IL
the air too pure, for those distempers to
which We OF the lowlands are subject
There are voices here that have an un-
familiar sound voices that crack. and
cresk and croak. ours has Loot its mus
ical tones, and sweet intonations. We
have croaked for week. IL takes the
conc.it out Of fellow % have the silent
but persistent forces Of nature monkey
ing With his breathing arrangements.
lie has grave doubts Of his Immortality.
lie has realizing sense OF how frail he
Ia. lie can't take "leg-bsil and break
for the woodlot and under brush, but
must face his fate, aud grin and bear
IL" a. Scripture has L..
saturday, the I'D, East Hebron
TRANCE held its fair In the be~ hall.
Report speaks Of a very enjoyable time.
Weexpected II would be and were dis
appointed that We we're unable Ia attend.
itisa very pleasant neighborhood,
aud the Inhabitants thereof are compAn-
ionable. every day sort Of people. We
get more enjoyment out of such than We
ever sought 10 get out VI the swell Kind.
I never could comprehend the philoso-
phy of swelling. Good looks 10 not .
good reason for . lofty head. SKELETONS
% the plain aud the pretty do not vary
much In their genersl appearance.
Their, Il an air ~ sameness anda seem
ing equality about them. ] suspect, al
though my acquaintance with them has
not been extensive nor prolonged. We
are all tending towards that condition
right NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. citizens OF the
Dark Continent. equal In the eye of
Deaths memorable Law. A fat pocket
book l. not "A good reason for = high
head and a lofty look, aud especially
when the pocket-book has reached that
condition al the expense Of the pocket
books that are lAnk and lean and hun
CRY.
"Oh. why should the spirit mortal be
proudr''
I give IL up. Ask an eAsy one!
n. ID. Irish and slstsr-in-law kate have
Just returned from q weeks visit In
Massachusetts,, but they needn't put on
airs n they have. We have been quite
an extsnsiv. traveller In our day. We
have been ss far south ne Yarmouth
Junction, hut Ne are approschahle, hv
tho.. xho haven't ,nI"vcd our advan-
tages and haven't travelled.
Albert SHAW and family have been on
a visit To West reru, the homs OF the
wife's father, Rev. 4. +. keene. fe.,
aud Ne have travelled, a. near the Mort IN
Pole as that. For more than 10 years
We went In and out among the good
people Of that little hamlet and they are
still dear TO us. And 10 IL pleasant TO
indulge In the thought that some OF
them may still think Of ne kindly. Az
rule they did not float In an upper
stratum Of rarehed air but their feet
touched the solid earth aud there Was
hayseed In their hair. wonder II the
grange stlll thrives a. Of old and II they
keep up their pleasant meeting. And ]
wonder n my name still sdorns the book.
I expect TO live and die In the faith u
not In the harness, for the principles OF
the grange are In the line Of good Tel.
lowshlp and do not clAsh With any OF
the Christian grsces anywhere. JOHN.