Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-04-09
lOSNiS LETTER.

| Lutte Brown has been out cunning Tor
/ the Fathers of the town. Lutte usually
takes IL 10 heart when change OF over
seers comes to pass. The new mans
name i Andrews from Woodstock, an
ex-hotel man. We propose TO run
things on the European plan. MI. A
claims that he can and will make The
farm source of income 10 the town.
Perhaps he can with his mouth but
IL he does a. well a. he looks the town
need find no fault. He looks TO be all
wool aud a ward wide. so they say.
| OF course the town i willing to pay an
extra price for an extra article. Buck
field always goes for the best the mar
ket affords regardless of cost. faith
and taxation removes big boulders. We
saw TO this mountain, Get out OF that
and il gets. We are bound 10 keep up
with the procession and the times, II II
end in bankruptcy and premature death.
A few old fogy farmers groan and
sweat, and swear when they have to
hump themselves. IL isn't fashionaoie
to live within the means and wear
patch.
Not long since the eldest son Of Bates
Record came very near being taken from
this planet In hurry by pair OF
frightened horses. This Is the way II
happened: He was driving At a trot over
the railroad track at the Packard cross
ing and the hook of a dragging chain
caught the edge of q plank aud there
WAS break, and scare, aud run.
The Young mau was thrown In such
manner that he was helpless, with ms
head dragging in the snow. As good
luck or a good Providence would have
il. his grandfather, A. q. Packard, was
coming down the road near the old oak,
some fifty rods, perhaps, from the rail-
road, and, with peril 10 himself, manag-
ed 10 stop the horses. The young man
head was badly cut and his nina ana
memory gone temporarily. | hear that
he is doing well. Two lessons may be
learned from the accident: Never let the
hook end OF the chain drag, aud always
be right on hand sharp and prompt
when needed. Lay your plans the night
before. and get there in time 10 study
the lay of the land.
think an egg trust has been formed
at the village and all the traders are IN
IL. Some think il Is done 10 choke on
certain lone buyer, but guess not.
That thing is being done on a large
scale out in the wide, wide world. All
sorts of combinations and trusts whose
primary object is not TO benefit the
many, Isn't the time ripe Tor farmers
10 form a String Bean Trust or some
such: Farmers are simply aud only
driftwood on the tide OF time. They
don't count. They serve 10 I'LL gap
in the little game Of finance. They only
paw for all and feed the world. That Is
better than nothing but IL Is hardly
recognized even at meal time.
Do YOU know that Congress died
drunk? The fact hasn't been noted In
many papers. The y. Y. Herald let the
cat out. A very legitimate ending OF
long de- boteh). How Is this: women
there were. galore-lively women, white
and black: women who would have
looked better, perhaps, in pink tights
and impenetrable masks. Among them,
going and coming, were the wives ana
daughters of the American nobility
from various states OF the Union.
saw an aged Senator pass INTO the
private dining-room with two hilarious
peaches on his arms, where bottle OF
champagne finished the business posi-
bly begun in a committee-room. A boy
of not more than 10 lay sprawling on
the small Of his back, too drunk 10 rise.
Two women whose calling was plainly
indicated in their faces were slipping
beer in the corner and soliciting trade
on the sly. One member was borne
away struggling with his captor friends
fighting drunk. A private secretary
playfully pulled distinguished mem
ber's beard and poured beer down his
neek-on the outside.
sit is disgrseeful,' exclaimed Mr..
Murray TO me, and il makes me sick.
But YOU see l can't help myself. IL Is
their place-and, confound them, I'm
their barkeeper for twelve hours yet
Hearing songs and laughter issuing
from an adjacent committee-room,
peeped in as | went by. A woman with |
her dainty booted foot elevated on a
and glass OF cham |
payne elevated In her hand was singing |
a merry song, while a dozen members
and their friends sat around smoking
and ENJOYING the society Of this real
lady. The people made no mistake
when they retired this Congressional
And il went out bathed In
both political and personal iniquity."
Imay be eolor-blind but l do not
hesitate to pronounce that just q little
bit crimson. JOHN