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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24

carefully" And he tied u small stone u
ono end OF tho string and slid IL down to-
ward her til she graspcd 1t, he holding
the other end.
IL was very easy then for her, having
something Ia steady her, 10 make her way
upward to whore he stood. at the edge of
the slope. holding the string firmly. All
went we'll till she camc within reach OF his
outstrctched hand when, as hc stopped to
lift her ~ her feet, hts own footing gave
way. and hc fell hcadlong beside her on
tho slippery grass
He strovc in vain To stop himself, grasp
Ing frantically at the grass, which broke IA
he clutched H. Carried swiftly by the mo-
mcntum of his fall, he slipped smoothly
down Ia the very edge and over 1t, falling
with loud cry, sheer over the cliiI.
The girl called ont twice, but there was
no answer, and with terrible fear lest
she should find only n lifcless body sho
FASTENED around by the nearest practicable
way to the foot Of the elf
He was not dead, rs h. found immcdi-
atcly. But when he tried Ia rise he could
not
"My log l. broken" he said, "and am
bad hurted oa nay inside. You must now
to me bring help, for am as you were. y
Yes, yes, answered the girl Il will
go But how can you stay alones IL will
BE- more than an hour before l can get
anybody here who can carry you to the
house
"Achl That is had, said the professor.
"But will do as | can best. II you will
look my knapsack in and give me the little
flask there, can wait, but b. not longer
as you can help
II will bc as quick a. / can, said the
girl after she had brought the knapsack 10
him and given him drink.
II was "a long hour for the poor professor,
and before 1t was over he had tainted, de-
spite his flask. 50 that when John Bascom
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24
rns FUTURE PRICE OF BUTTER

DAirvmen in all directions are sighiug
over the low run Of the price of butter.
Now, II i a. good ss certain that the
high rate Of forty cents pound for but
ter portion OF the time each year has
come around in the progress OF time that
those extreme prices are no longer prob
able. Winter dsirying is now widely
practiced. which evens up the quantity
OF fresh supply the year around, ieav-
ing 10 season OF shortage. Cold storage
hiss been so perfected that the surplus of
summer make i uow held in almost per-
feet condition tO meet any special de-
mand that NAV arise later In the season.
Then again, the creamery business In the
country at large has increased 20 such
an extent that the demands Of con-
sumption are now not only fully met,
but We are actually making more butter
than our people call for. IL Is fact We
cannot overlook. that as Is the case with
wheat, corn, beef, pork and mutton, but
ter production has reached point where
IL Is crOwding prices 10 lower figures
than have ruled in the past. The sur
passing abundance Of soil productions
In our country has certainly reached and
now includes butter "a well as cereals
and meats. OF course this WAS ineyita-
ble As result butter must, along
with other productions, rule lower In
selling price than in the years away
back in the past.
The conclusion Of dealers who handle
the great bulk of the butter product IL,
that in order now 10 keep the butter
markets OF the country in healthy condi-
tiou, there must be foreign outlet
kept open 70 take any surplus that may
accumulate in excess Of the home de-
maud. This being the case, then, so
long as we have surplus, the value OF
that surplus for shipping abroad must
largely control the price OF our whole
product. as has been the case of late
wears with our wheat. Heretofore the
English market has from time 10 time
taken drafts of our butter, but Ii has
always been NJ a comparatively low
price. In order, then, for dealers to
keep the export trade open, as they
claim IL will be necessary 10 do. the
price must be kept at the comparatively
low figures the foreign demand will
make. or else We must improve the
standard OF quality of the product offered
10 higher level. This latter rs not
easily, nor can it be promptly done.
Hence, having reached condition OF
over production, il seems that dairymen
will have TO accept lower range of
prices for their butter product than In
past wears, before production had over
reached home consumption.
But dairymen need not be discouraged
over the outlook. Dairying is still the
best stock business a farmer can engage
in. Even at moderate prices there Is
some money in il, and besides there Is
always room up higher. Because prices
are low farmers cannot stop producing.
Maine Farmer.
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AUTUMN IN WESTERN NEW WORK

AUTUMN ~ WESTERN NEW WORK.
October was a grand month, its genial
weather proving a perfect boon 10 farm
ers and fruit growers. The mean tenn
perature was ~ as against i3 the
average Of the last ten years. the highest
mean being - : in l>9i, the lowest 80
10 lS>y aud lSgj. There were three frosts,
two triiing. while that OF Oct. lOth com
pleielv crippled sll tender vegetation.
one brisk breeze spared good deal Of
apple picking; but high winds were
noJiCeably scarce in October. The rain
fall WAS Of no account, a lack OF moist
urc being the only serious drawback OF
the mouth.
Had il not been for o3pOrtune weather,
/ farmers in western New York would
have had difficulty in harvesting their
corn. apple aud potato crops safely; a.
! il was, much corn was standing when
\ the frost OF the l0th came, and thousands
/ Of bushels Of potatoes have yet 10 be-
dug. Few Oldest Inhabitants can recall
many such apple harvests ss he present
one: those who have had occasion to
drive through the country here during
I the past two or three weeks will not be
apt 10 forget what they saw; which was,
apple orchards I'm all directions, wherein
were men. women and children busy,
some on ladders. others on the ground;
hundreds. in some cases thousands, of
spick and span new barrels packed
ready for transportation.
co the road were To be met az every
turn wagons with their luscious loads
making for their different destinations,
generally neighhoring depots, where lay
tiers upon tiers Of barrels awaiting their
turn 10 be transferred 10 railroad ears,
the supplv Of which latter seemed un-
equal 20 the demand. The farmers re
ceiye checks for their fruit upon COM
pletiou Of delivery, but how or when the
BUYERS will be reimbursed or what the
disposal Of this vast quantity OF barreied
apples will be is puzzle 70 me; at any
rate the producers are safe even If they
did receive only s. cents barrel, the
present price for average fruit.
The crop. when il came 20 be picked,
turned out 20 be much larger even than
expected; nearly every one underesti-
mated his Weld OF fruit. Baldwins, for
some years past thought TO have lost
their former reputation for excellent
hearing. made great show this year
the heaps OF this when ripe) richly
colored variety were very conspicuous
and beautiful, though all kinds were me
and handsome. Next year we may ex-
pect nearly barren trees, for they VIII
surely take rest after this season
heavy cropping.
Wheat looks well, though hardly as
forward as il should be at this time OF
wear. the cause being an insutiicleEcy Oh
moisture: should rain not come very
shortly. many fields will be shorn of their
wheat plants during the winter. Clover
grew rapidly the latter half OF the sea-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24
CLIPPINGS.

4 Michigan dairyman writes: l have
been feeding apples 10 some extent ioi
the last week or two and can plainly se'
that the flow Of milk has increased. but
while this is true the increase in the
bu,,er was not enough TO warrant giving
the fruit credit for any great butter max
ing qualities. A subscriber in Andros'
coygin County in this state, states thai
he is feeding apples TO cows, but cannon
determine marked results from them.
The unprecedented low price OF ap
Piles l. inviting free consumption IL
every direction. This will use up vas'
amount of the crop in channels where 10
ordinary years very little OF the crol
finds its way. Maine growers with choice
anples on hand that will carry sount
through the winter, will find an outie'
for them before the season Is over
though the price must remain low.
We cannot remember more oppor
tune time for improving the flocks ant
herds than this year, when both feed anc
good breeding stock stand at compare
lively low figure.
The strawberry succeeds on wide
range of soil, but does best on moist
sandy loan. IL may be planted at any
time of wear If protected from the SUI
and frost, but Is commercially planted
in early spring or late summer.
Professor Robertson has been expert
meuting for number Of years to find
we'll balanced daily ration that can o'
cheaply produced. He thinks corn
English horse beans and sunfiowers fl
tbe bill. either put in silo, or cured a.
hay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24

It's all right 20 say that the old time
Thanksgiving dinners were the best ever
eaten and that the features Of the day :
celebration when We We're boys incompar-
ably better than the football and other
games that are chief features now. But II
you were country boy 30 or 40 years ago
you might remember some pcculiarities OF
the day as then observed that might have
been plcasantcr. For instance the ser
mons which | used u have 10 attend were
tremendously long drawn out and exceed
ingly drcary efforts, and | used 10 sit In
agony through the hour and sometimes
hour and half consumed In their deliv-
cry. Then the dinner 1t was big one
at my fathers house, and IL took days and
days to get ready for It. But during all
this time OF preparation my life was bur
den. All the women folks were rushed
with work and therefore cross and
"touchy," and when l was not kept
busy helping them l was being shooed
out OF the way, So that l should not inter
fere with the progress Of affairs. So many
persons were asked 10 the dinner that we
children had 10 wait invariably, and there
were always six or seven OF us.
Now, my father was the chief deacon OF
his church, and the ministers boy was al
ways one OF the children who waited. +"
He was such mean little chap that we
never got on well together while our elders
ate, and generally had To box his ears.
Once clicked him good, ;" and then my
father, the deacon, licked me better-so
well that / couldn't sit down 10 eat the
cold dinner when IL came time. Moreover,
was always SO hungry when at last IL
came time TO eat that gorged myself ter
ribly with the cold food, and my dreams
those nights would be awful l remem-
Der that one year, having great faith in
the efficacy Of prayer, l prayed that next
year everybody might forget all about
Thanksgiving When the day was remem-
bered and observed as usual next year, my
faith received great shock, which lasted
till remembered that faith % be effectual
must be held by the righteous, and this
knew was not.
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opened it.

MY DEAR LITTLE FRAULEIS-I have not for
gotten that you asked me to 90 10 see you
again on Thanksgiving day, and will go.
will 10 see what is the great holiday Of the
American people In the American peoples
home.
Your brother John, he Is good boy. and he
will be a good man. He will give thanks,
maybe, that did get him place in New York
where he can study and be- An engineer and
will earn money-not very much. but enough.
Tell your papa have, maybe, some good news
for him, and tel your mamma since come 70
dinner have the great liberty taken TO send
my dinner. And kiss your hand. HUGO.
Such news was too wonderful and yet
1t was tant:ilizing. There was no end to
the speculative, and IL was later that night
than il ever had been before when the Bas-
CONS went 10 bed.
The next day, however brought still
greater surprise. Word came from the rail
way station, two miles away, that there
were several large cases there for Mr.. Bas-
com, expressaec paid. The old gray horse
was astonishcd enough at the speed at
which he was ratified along, but his feel
ings were nothing 10 those Of the family
when the cases were brought home and
opened
II there was anything known TO the gro
Gerry or deilcatessen trade that wasn't rep
resented I'm these eases, 1t was because the
professor couldn't find 1t. And there was
the biggest turkey Bascom over saw, with
box Of fresh vegetables, and everything
else needed 10 cook with it, And of every
thing else there was enough to last all win
ter
Mrs. Bascom was stunned. She could
say nothing, but the children made up for
her silence, ard Mr.. Bascom, after he had
recovered little from his bcwilderment,
said, "well. Maria, II that's the professors
dinner, he must have leetle the best ap-
petite Of any body ever knowcd of"
Next day the eprofessor came himself, fat
ter than ever ard jollier than they had
ever sen him. sit Is nothing" he said
when Mr.. and Mrs. Bascom undertook to
renionstratc With him for sending them
such wealth Of stores. 1T Is nothing.
have never your Thanksgiving kept before,
and l thank you SO much for your to me
kindness when was suffering
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s READY ANSWER

An impressionsble young gentleman
in a country town recently met charm
ing girl. whose grace and beauty took his
heart by storm. While conyersing with
her he made discovery which he fondly
hoped would enable him TO make at one
brilliant stroke an elegant proof Of his
ready wit and his boundless affection.
Glancing at modest band Of gold that
encircled her finger he began:
Sweet damsel, pray YOU present me
with the ring you wear, for assure you
it exactly represents my love for you-it
has no end.
Indeed, sir, promptly replied the
maiden, you mus; excuse me IL | keep
the ring, for it exactly resembles my
love for you also-it has no beginning
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SOUTH PARIS. MAINE, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER a. 1885,

son and large quantity was cut for
seed, giving promise Of plentiful and
perhaps, cheaper supply OF seed next
spring, the cost of clover seed, as well
as Of fertilizers, has always been sense
less bugbear to many farmer. Glover
and pasture fields are now In splendid
condition to winter safely. Corn, SO far
as busked, is fairly good, yet want OF
size abd evenness OF ears Is apparent In
fields here aud there.
The yield of late potatoes, though
much above the average, will be dis
counted by rotten and small tubers
when all have been harvested and the
actual state Of affairs Is known, the pres
ent price, - cents bushel, will doubt
less make an upward move Cabbage
lots present a strikingly different APP
earsnce from those OF last year and the
year before that; the cabbage heads
then were large and uniform, but now
they are uneven In size and show signs
OF ole--ripeness. AS the outside leaves are
beginning to decay. while many heads
are split open. Still there will be- big
crop, owing TO large acreage, which ac-
counts for the present low price. 81 80
per ton. However, with wheat at Soc,
corn AT i0c., oats at 26c, potatoes at
2jc., apples at 65c.. hay At SIS, consider
ing that none of these crops except,
perhaps, hsy) were less than fair ones,
through the season.
Seven years ago planted potatoes on
a two rods wide patch OF land, between
a row each OF plum and cherry trees !;
when digging time came we found the
potatoes OF the first and second rows
nearest the cherry trees so eaten into by
the white grub of the May beetle that
they were worthless for market; since
that have planted on that patch beets,
bush beans, onions, sweet cora, (twice),
psrsnips and turnips, without damage
oy the white grub. Last June potatoes
were planted again, aud this time every
row In the piece was attacked, but the
tubers were not so badly disfigured.
The hens, always on hand when any
stirring of the soil Is going on, had hunt
ed over the patch for seven years, so |
thought was safe. have had sweet
corn and onions injured by these grubs
repeatedly on other patches, but on this
particular one had seen but few signs
of their work from the planting OF the
potatoes in lSS9 until now again in 1896.
Medium. hand picked beans are selling
at - 10 9Oc. per bushel, onions 25c.
caulflower, sl.25 per doz ; celery, 20c.
10 3Oc.; pears, 60c. per bushel; ounces,
30c butter. state dairy, l1c. per 10.
eggs, fresh laid, 20c. per dozen.-Cor-
respondent Country Gentleman.
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IOWA CORN.

Iowa corn has been making politica
and horticultural record this season thai
iustities some tall stories. But it hardly
warrants the following, which recent
arrival from the west brought with him
II saw" says the recent arrival, "a
man standing at the foot OF corn stalk. ;
"'How big is your corn:' asked the
farmer.
~ don't know was the reply. 81
just sent one of my boys up 10 see, ano
I'm worried to death about him.
Cant he get back?
".No; that's the trouble. The corn
stalk is growing up faster'n he kin
climb down."
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PROF. .HUGO'S THANKS
BY DAVID A. cUETIs
tCopyright is3.l

II was cry for help
Professor Hugo laid down his geological
hammer and put the specimen he had just
chippcd Off carefully away In his knapsack,
and then Strengthened up, listening. He
never did anything In hurry
Again tho cry sounded 10 was girllsh
voice, and IL sounded from down the
mountain. He was half way up the side.
Help Help, Quickr'
Il better 60, maybe, muttcrcd the pro
fessor In his queer German speech, and
then he raised his voice and shouted:
Fear not comet
One could not say he hurried even then,
but there was no hesitation, and there was
not misstcp.
Presently he stopped and listened. Hear
ing nothing, he called out: Where you
are nowt Call out to me againN'
Right here oh. come quickl' an
swered the voice. only few yards To the
right Stepping around bowlder that
was lodged on the mountain side, he saw
a young girl lying fat on the grass. Be
fore she could speak he understood her
peril
She was almost ut the edge Of a cliff not
less than 40 feet In height, and below her
WAS mass of Jagged rocks The slope on
which she lay was steep, and the short
grass that covered IL was So dried and
burned by the sun that IL WAS as slippery,
almost, az ice Moreover, the soil In which
1t grew WAS hardly more than sheet Of
forest mold over smooth rock, and there
was no chance for her To get even a slight
hold by digging her fingers into IL.
You arc hurt' No'' he asked quickly.
NO, sir" answered the girl as coolly
rs II she had been lying on sofa But
every tine Try 10 move slip "A little nearer
the edge and there is nothing to keep me
from falling over II l slip any farther "
THAT Is right, said the professor, "and
1t is good for you that hear. Lie still
now, and will soon up get you.
twas not so easy, however, rs IL looked
and as he Mt first thought 10 was. On
either side OF her he could get within some
70 feet Of where she was without ventur-
ing ON the treacherous grass himself and
50 losing his own foothold. But, though
he could have held out stick or impro-
yised a rope that she could reach across
that distance, IL would not do 20 pull her
along the edge without some stay from tho
upper part OF the slope, and that was fully
50 feet above her.
al could go for q rope, he said present
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24

Gradually the observance of the holiday
has spread, until now the day is kept from
Maine To California. 1t has not detracted
from the due keeping of Christmas day In
the south nor has IL interfered with the
observance of New Years day in New
York. II has become to the American
what Christmas day is To the Englishman
and something more. Widely scattered
members of families endeavor 10 be pres
ent In order to eat their Thanksgiving
dinner under the old rooftree The tur-
key, which Franklin wished to make the
national emblem in place Of the eagle, Is
always in evidence on Thanksgiving day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24
The happiest Thanksgiving is that which

The happiest Thanksgiving Is that which
retains the spirit OF primitive good cheer,
simplicity and good fellowship. Dinners
OF style are not consistent with the occa-
sion There used always TO be snow at
Thanksgiving and roaring fires in the old
big fireplace and hosts Of gay relations
coming from the country or town.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED rHs rLow"

Correspondence on practical agricnltursi topics
Is solicited. Address all Communications In.
tended for this department 20 HESgr II. HAN
sOSD, Agricultural Eiitor oxford Democrat,
Paris, Me.
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MY NeIeHsoR's DOG.

A little. yellow dog is owned across the street
from me-
tie barks and bdrts at everything that he can
hear OF see;
And when, alas there's not n thing for him to
see or hear,
lie then resumes his happy task of barking by
the year.
At night he's barking at the moon. at Jupiter
and Mars,
And singly and collectively he barks at all the
stars
And IL there comes moment when ] cease 10
hear his roar.
lie awake and wonder why he doesn't bark
some more.
lie thinks he guards the neighborhood from
harm by day and night,
And 80 love that little dog. he hfHEs he's
doing right!
And 90 his simple life | trus; no sorrow may
bcfall.
For with his bark forever hushed I couldn't
sleep at all.
Nixon Waterman in l.. A. W. Bulletin.
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Al. sIrRTEvANT. PHI. e..

uEALER N
t.a- Drugs and Chcmicals, Toilet All
rr- CO..
F-.-. AHs' prescriptions accurately compound
e
T-r >t--tevAnt's Headache Powders
No Odd Fellows Block.
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE.
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Mrs )opah--Wha' 10 yoh take dat
gun, Mr.. Coopah, Yoh doan' want no gun
to get "A Thanksgiving turkey?
Mr.. Coopah-Yes, indeed does, honey.
IL doan' lalk 50 suspishuslike wen |
bring um home as / 20 by Rev. Enos
Jones house
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24

Mrs. Eugene Searles,
ITO Simonton St., Elk
hart. Ind, says: "Ner-
vous troubles had made
me nearly insane and
physicians were unable
to help me. My memory
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-24

Come. then. tobacco. new found friend.
Come. and thy suppllani attend
In each duh. lonely hour.
And. though mistortunes lie around
Thicker than haiistones on the ground,
IN rc-t upon thy power.
Then. while the coNComb, pert and proud.
The politician. learn'd and loud.
Keep one eternal clack.
I'll tread where silent nature smiles,
Whcro solitude our woes beguilcs,
And chew thee dear tohAc"
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.---L.- ~ month a
Merchant Tailor.

L WILL.
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It's Origin and Ancient Manner Of Obssrv-
ance Its Modern significance - The
The Perfect Form Of Giving Thanks.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-04

Mrs. E. +. Davis of an Mguel, Cal,
says: L am trying in "a measure to
repay the manufacturers of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for the great
good their remedy has done me. For
years l was a constant sufferer from
weak lungs and bronchial asthma. My
rest at night was disturbed by a hack
ing cough, so that l felt miserable the
greater part of the time. Many rene
dies recommended by friends were
tried, none of which proved suitable to
my case. l did not experience any
beneficial results until | began taxing
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. After
two bottle of the large size have been
used am pleased to state, my health
is better than it has been for vars.
Tn soreness has left my lungs and
chest and / can breathe easily. 1t has
done me so much good that l want all
who are suffering from lung troubles,
as was, to give it a trial.. For sale
by all druggists and dealers. Benson,
Smith q Co., agents for Hawaiian
Islands.