Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-11

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The nan Mo wrote ~ haGlory of
New York city some yeaxs ago, eaid ~
Fourth Of July. - : geeefal thing was
oimplya nuissnco, On occoant o. the
hoat the day Was aluOet saro 20 bring.
And there 70 . good deal Of truth 10 The
remark.
while others went 70 The celebration
at Lccks's Mills Tuesday, thefe was one
man who saw, or thought be saw, what
was coming and remained Is home. At
O'Clock p. H., To temperature was 100
In the shade. And, hmyl what . cloud
Of dust every tims team vent BY.
However, The great annual festival has
como and gone, and We hope nobody
drank anything stronger than lemonade,
nor got hurt.
And now hurrah for hayins! nor Will
it take long 70 Co through with it, pro-
viding the weather holds favorable. A
few started In . little last week, ono man
cutting . horse load on On acre, seeded
down Last year 70 clover, aud looking
finely until the drouth spoiled Il.
Walter Bisbee has left e. 3. Won't
vorth's, where be has lived he most OF
the time since bis infantile years, and
found Q new home In Norway. His
family consists Of . wife and elk chill
dreu.
Several years ago We had occasion 70
report fourteen persons living 10 town
who were more than 75 years old. WILL
lard Ames ID the only one Of that num-
Der still living, being we'll along In The
eighties and In very feeble health. The
prospect now ID that he, too, will drop
or before the year closes.
w. Cummings called ct the Bennett
place Monday, hoping 70 get one more
name on his list OF subscribers 70 the
Lewiston Journal, and 1t tho Same time
showing webster's International diction-
airy, which coca ~ premium; bat when
informed that We already take four
papers, have both Webster's and Wor-
cester's dictionaries, and also two ency.
clopedias, he did not press the matter.
Laura J. Ia the third daughter OF j.
w. and Abbic Cummings Of Albany,
and has lived with her aunt, nrs. Chas.
Downing, OF Auburn, ever since she VA
q little girl. She 10 fine scholar and
has taught school several years In the
city. The following card, received few
days since, win explain itself:
Harry Erwin Bumpus.
Laura Josephine Cummings.
Married
Friday, juno thirsissh.
e,ghsesn hundred ninety mine.
Auburn. Maine,
A. Home afser August iss, IN Winter Street
Auburn. Maine.
Here IL something that ID claimed r.
be the richest Joke Of the 10th century
aud the public are almost sp0lhng TO hnt
out upon whom Il has fallen the hardest
The details, a. we get them from som'
of the parties who we're 10 II, are these
Tuesday morning Floyd Morgan Dor
rowed bis fathers team TO 60 70 the cele
bration Ut Locke's Mills, taking HI
cousin, Chester Herrick, young mai
about his own age, with him. Going b!
the way OF the Bennett place he callet
and took In his sister, Mrs. L. L. Dun
ham. On reaching the hotel stable b.
found Il full, but hltched his horse neal
By, after removing the harness. Every
thing seemed 10 move along pleasant!
during the day, except its being uncom
fortably warm; but when II Was abou
past, and he went down to harness, b
was much chagrined TO dnd that som'
one hsd gone or with his horse. b!
making inquiry he soon learned that tn
person who made the mistake WAS N
other than the orator OF the day, Law
yer Stearns Of Rumford Falls. Her
vas a dilemma-Floyd and his compsn
lon nine miles from home, the womai
half as far, the horse gone, and no team
that he could hire for love or money
Finally = neighbor WAS found Wit
brought the woman the most OF tn
way, while they were obliged to trsve
on foot TO their homes. The next morn
Ing Mr.. Morgan hired team and wen
In pursuit Of his horse, and found msI
returning with him up 10 Rumford. Nj
Morgan's horse and the one Mr.. Stearn
came with do not resemble each othe
In the least, the former being muc|
larger, with white strip 10 BIZ face, ant
his name closely clipped; snd how tn
gentleman made such . mistake 10
mystery. 1t has probably cost him aev
eral good cigars, or their equivalent y
something else.