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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
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and Tie most dellcat1 stomach feeolvo b Wl1Aou
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

A young lady clerk in Chicago store
Is in an insane asylum, from the effects
OF being kissed by man. Chicago Is a
queer place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
OXFORD,

On January 9th the folio wing officers
were Installed In Crsigie Lodge, X. Of p,
No. III, by X. L. Melcher, ID. d. G. c., Of
Andover:
C.C-P. G. French.
y.C.-S. II. Eaton.
P.-D. NJ. Peterson.
NJ. Of W.-FrAnk Wilson.
NJ. Al. ID. BrownS
NJ. &C. y. Starbird.
NJ I'D. $. Richmond.
X. orr 4 s.-Frank N. farris.
%. S.-Chas. y. smith.
I.s-Fred jordan.
P.C.-Eugene Burns.
IA. Roberts Post, G. A. R., installed,
with George Knight installing officer,
the following officers:
CD. n. Peterson.
s-v. C.-ChArses Smith.
w. C.-Charles Sanborn.
Adiutsnt-J. r. Fuller.
q. M.-A. II. Holden.
Sprgeon-J. y. Dennea.
Chaplain-Dayid Morse
o. D.-George knight.
%. G.-f. B. Andrews
q. S.-John Fzunce.
5. M-william Faunce.
l. s.-Stephen Robinson.
The officers Of the w. r. C. were In
stalled the same afternoon by Miss Hsr-
riet Andrews:
President-Mrs. George Cash.
8. y.-Mrs Rose Croker.
J.y-Mrs. Hattie Bracket.
Treas Miss Martha Peterson.
Secretary-Miss Nina Wardwell.
Chaplain-Mrs. Augusta Jones.
Con-Mrs. Angie Chaplin.
A. C.-Mrs. Martha Holden.
G.-Mrs. Ella Edwards.
A. G.-Miss Agnes Fuller.
c. B.-Mrs. Hattie Farnhsm, Mrs.: Elvira Eos
ter. Mrs. Georgia wsrdwell. Mrs. Mary Frost.
After the installation q supper was
served to the members Of the Post and
Relief Corps and invited guests.
Sheriff Bsssett arrested Daniel White
house for fishing. He was tried before
Justice Fsunce and fined ten dollars and
costs.
Mrs. Elvira Foster has gone to the
hospital at Lewiston for treatment.
Married, Jan. Sd, by Rev. Caroline
Angel OF Norway, Mr.. John Howe and
Miss Jennie Rich, both of Oxford.
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COMING EVENTS.

Jan. Il, ls-Aneaal Meeting Maine Board OF
Agriculture, Augusta
Jan Il. l9.-Special Exhibition and Winter
Meeting Of Maine State Pathological Society,
New Gloucester.
Feb. s.-Ox ord Pomona Grange. Bryant's
Pond.
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Otherwise e2oo year. single copies cent?.
ApvExrtsEsxxrS%k All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for t1 %
per Inch IN length Of column Special oonsxacts
made with local. ranssens and yearly adversts-
err.
Jon PRUrUo New type, fAss presses. steam
power. experienced workmen and lou prices
combine 70 make this department Of our bust
ness complese and popular.
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SINGLE COPIES.

single Copies Of the Dcmocras are four cents
each. They win be mailed on receipt Of price by
the publishers or for the convenience OF patrons
sinxle copies Of each issue have been placed on
sale ~ the following places In the County:
south Paris, ssurtevAnt's Drug Store.
shurtlef's Drug store
Norway. Noyes' Drug Store.
stones Drug Store.
Buckfeid. Alfred Cole. Postmaster.
Fryeb1rg. A. n. Lewis, Insurance Once.
Paris HI. Ms. Harlow. Post Once
BryAnt's Pond. II. j. Libby.
West Paris. samuel T. White
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
WEST PERIL.

WEST PERU.
Glendale Lodge, No. $50, /. o. G.. T.,
held It, seventh anniversary In the
church last Wednesday evening, and
carried out the following entertainment !:
Greeting Song. Young latiies.
Prayer, Rev. 2. b. Nelson.
Lodse History, VS.. Arnold.
Rseitssion. Grace Robinson
Music.
song-where 10 Ny Wandering Boy To-Nightr
with scene In saloon).
Defamation. A. Cbids.
Solo. Ell. Tucker.
Defamation. II. II: Stewart.
Solo. Mr.. Mart.
Music.
Address. Rev. Mr.. Townsend.
| Solo, Rev. Mr.. Nelson.
pspas,.ed Reading Bridal Wine Cup.
Il Was . fine entertainment, and the
house was packed.
Mrs. Kate Woodsum was In town
Wednesday.
There Was dance ut Knox Hall last
Saturday evening.
Everybody seems to be hauling their
wood, and the village ID full Of teams
loaded with wood and lumber.
The farmers are laying 10 good sup
ply Of Ice, and next summer We Will visit
them and lay 10 . good supply Of Ice
cream.
Your correspondent was "loaAng" at
the store the other evening, and TO Judge
by the truthful" stories told, the young
men of to-day are very much weaker In
their physical makeup. When q man
tells OF putting up 30 Ia cords Of good
nice cleft wood In eight days, without
hurrying, We commence TO think that
the older people arc smart In more ways
| than one.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

A. G. Richaris-
Notice OF intention 70 apply.
Please Remember.
J. \. Plummers.
S,urtevant's Pharmacy.
One-Half Price.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

On January 9th the folio wing officers
were installed In Crsigie Lodge, X. Of p,
No. III, by X. l.. Melcher, ID. d. G. c., Of
A ndoyer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

Al 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, 10 nominate Can.
didate for. Governor. TO be supported at the next
ensuing September election; and 70 transact all
other business which the exisencies Of the times
shall require,
This call IL made agrceabiy 70 . vote passed ~
q meeting Of the Democratic Republicans, Ne.
hoIslen at Portland. on the eighth day OF July.
inst.-st which meeting Democratic State Com.
mittee was chosen for this purpose.
BY order Of said Democratic State Committee.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-04

Soy un hombre verdaderamente singular
diio al entrar ell doctor Fricherwald--aho
vengo de donde me dejaba olvidado
mi solhbrero; afortunadamente me 10 advirtie-
ron tempo; no hay extravaganza de que no
me haga culpabe.
Ell doctor Fricherwald, ell hombre mas pare
cdo 4 todo Ell mundo que jamas ha podido en-.
contrarse, tenfa la pretension de ser extraya-
gante original
Puso su sombrero sobre la mesa, de costado,
para que tuviera con ella Ell menor contacto
possible, coloc6 suayemente su bast6n en- un
xsc6n, desyiandolo de la pared por abajo 10
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-10-04
ALFONSO KAHE

salir al are despues dc un ejercicio que causa
la Transportation.
Hasta entonces Mauricio no habia tepafadd
que ell sudOr que lie intlndaba Sc halia entriadu:
volvio abrocharse bien la levita, pero no pu.
do entrar en- calor. Por la noche tuvo Gallo.
frfo, y despues una fuerte calentura, que le
oblig6 lamar su amigo Fricherwald.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
4 SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR.
INTERESTING FEATURES AT THE DIFF
FERENT STATE BOOTHS PRESIDED
OVER BY PROMINENT SUF-
FRAGISTS.

Whatever may be the financial outcome of the
Woman Suffrage Bazaar which is being held
throughout this week in the Madison Square Gar
den CONCERT Hall its delights the suffragists who
assemble there daily assured. Women from
North. South. East and West. who have formerly
known each other only by name. visit from booth
10 booth exchanging sentiments and experiences.
The carload Of porkers shipped from Iowa has
been sold, and its superintendent Mrs. T. c.
Stockman. in a letter received yesterday stated
that while the amount realized is not yet definitely
known, ii is certain to be between 800 and 500
Fifteen dollars was received during the day from
Miss Laura Clay daughter Of Cassius Clay. OF Lex
ington. KY. from the sale Of hog raised by her
self. as her contribution 70 the fair.
The Kansas winter wheat growing in large
boxes in the Kansas booth has attained height
or four inches. having gained full half inch since
Yesterday Miss Helen Kimber OF Parsons Kan.
who IS in charge Of the booth. will demonstrate the
possibilities Of the Kansas hard wheat in dough
to-day
Attached two dolls dressed 10 represent Will
lam and Hannah Penn. in The Pennsylvania booth,
Is card stating that Hannah Penn administered
The affairs Of the Pennsylvania colony from l7l2
10 us. during her husbands illness and that after
MS death her administration continued until her
sor became Of age. A large Piece OF Turkish en-
broidery. given By Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg Of
Philadelphia and valued $3.50. is also feature Of
From Utah are Navajo blanket and doll made
by a siou9 sqIa", with other Indian articles.
going like hot cakes at the Louisiana table. and
flnefee potatoes. which upon inspection prove 70
De plncushi0ns. al the Michigan booth
Alice Stone Blackwell i in charge ar the Massa-
chusetts booln, aad among photographs OF celeb
rues one OF herself when a baby. taken with her
mother Lucy Stone. is among the most popular
Al this booth there are books. fancy articles hand
made sneets ana pillow cases, pebbles from
Martha's vineyard polished by the Rev. Antoinette
Brown blackwell for paper weights, knitted
shaWls. etc
The afternoon programme included the mono
logues An OLD Romance and The Coming out Of
MISS C9nnlngs' by Miss Charlotte 5htley. both
Of which were well received Violin solos were
rendered by Nine. Alice Cereseto.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

with no moral feeling against polygamy? Is this
awful taint 10 be perpetuated? We 70 blame
that hundred thousand people used 10 It.
The wrong is 10 the Nation and alike
DR.. BurreL said that the treason Of the Mormons
was announced boldly in ls47 when 'the free and
independent State Of Deseret' was proclaimed. and
that treason existed still. The reason why hate
this horror" he said lis because Il plants dag
ger in the heart Of every American home. II de-
grades and bestialZes man, and the Amer
lean people afford foster IT. II Is IN the
nothing Of al individual liberty that imperils So
cisl safety. The freedom OF the individual lasts
only so long II does not interfere with the
rights OF others" He then spoke OF the political
people are Overwhelmingly against poygamy and
II the amendment desired Is not ravorably
acted upon their representatives must pay the
penalty. If you are in earnest, you are bound to
that public sentiment should be aroused in this
matter. The evil OF MoFmonism must be made
plain. and when the American people become
aware OF its 6nOrmity II viii 60
Or. Strong emphasized the curious anomaly OF
such a relic OF barbarism and Orientalism flourish
ing in this highly civilized community. that in
a system that degrades and insults her should ind
a home He read the pledge given by the heads Of
the Mormon Church when Statehood granted
and stated that four OF the signers had broken
that solemn pledge by taking plural wives since
The Ant-Polygamy League will hold meetings
al over the country 70 arouse the people al large
10 the true state of affairs Tonight mass meet
with several OF the same speakers. II IS claimed
that In i've States and two Territories-Utah
Idaho, wyoming, Colorado, New-Mexico, Arizona
and Nevada-Mormons hold the balance Of power
uonal States 10 prevent the adoption OF the anti
polygamy amendment
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
WHERE TO 60 TO-DAY.

'Tlonhe Drunken and Euis-Vrouws Bazasr.' given hy
the Continental Chapter u the Daughters of the
Revolution. the benefit % Valley Forge Ne
moral FInd. Genealogical Hail No 226 Vest
E'fty-eighth-st. froE ? until 10 , m. continuing
RsFuisr meeting @ New-York City legislative
League. a. No. 10 West SevenJieth-st.. ,. n
Dramatic recital BY Miss Gertruds Bennett a. Wal
oorf-Astorla- 80 ?.
Lnsn exhibition samplers. miniatures the
Society OF Decorative AT No - East Thirtyfourth
81. continuing tomorrow Tea served from until
,.
PRAYER meeting Esrien. Chapel
q the Collegiate Reformed Church. Lenox-Gve- and
Ore-hundreo-and-tNenry-th 10 80 a
Regular meeting az the West End Woman's Republican
Association. No 2S0T Broadway. s-15 p. m.
Address by Mrs- Carrie Judd Montgomery. Door
Hope. No. lO2 East sixty-hrst-st-. II a. N.
Opening given Riverside Day Nursery.
The Hotel Majestic, for the benefit OF the building
FUND. afternoon and evening continuing to-norroW-
Animal receptioi exhibition Brooklyn Branch
Sterling Place. below seveIth-sve-. Brooklyn,
Lecture On The Cooking Vegetables" with demon
srraticn by Miss Helen Louise Johnson under the
Brooklyn Institute n the large lecture room OF
- Young Christian Association Building No
ad2 Fulton-sf-. Brooklyn. : p N
Annual brooklyn Industrial School Association
and Destitute Children az the Academy OF
Music Brooklyn. from p until 10 .. con
tiuuinE through thu week.
Free distribution apples the poor children by the
Moderation Society, the Mulberry Bend Arcade, .
p
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
HANDSOME PRIZES AT 4 EUCHRE

Arrangements for the progressive euchre party
by the Army and Navy Aid Association al Sherry =
Friday. December :. at O'Clock, are I'm state
Of satisfactory progress as shown at the meet
ing yesterday morning. number OF the officers
met an the headquarters, No. l56 Fifth-ave.. 20
talk over details and report progress, and
eral new gifts for prizes were reported. hand
some FavTte vase box at the Metropolitan
Opera House in the grand opera season, boxes for
performances al various theatres grand piano
a sterling silver bowl GOLD lined a Columbia
gramophone several good pictures. rich cut glass
and other valua bic prizes Will be given all having
been contributed for that purpose BY friends OF the
cause.
The association Is anxious 70 make a success OF
the affair, the funds limited and the de-
mHnds extremely large. The officers feel that no
charity appeal more strongly 10 the American
people than this Ia aid Of the men who volunteered
at the courtry's call. and have come back with
wrecked health and ruined prospects" said the
secretary. Captain ". =. Thomas formerly OF Inc
10Th Infantry. the Philippines and also captain
0f engineers IN Cuba during the Spanish war
one Of the interesting features Of the euchre
Will ne that the announcements OF change are 10 be
made by bugleT from Governors Island. instead
- The usual bell
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
FAD THREATENED SUICIDE BEFORE.
MAN WHO SHOT HIMSELF AT GRAND UNION LEI
SPORTING LIFE AFTER RECEIVING LEGACY.

MAN WHO SHOT HIMSELF AT GRAND UNION LED
SPORTING LIFE AFTER RECEIVING LEGACY.
George z. Maltby jr. OF No II Morton-st-, who
shot himself in the right side OF the head shortly
before midnight Tuesday night IN the toilet room
Of the Grand Union Hotel announced in The
Tribune yesterday, and died three hours later in
Bellevue Hospital thirty years old, and was
employed as a clerk IN the office Of the Consoh-
dated Gas Company at Hester and Elizabeth sts
He lived with bis wife and two months old baby.
Mrs Meltby told OF her husbands death
and went to the hospital Last Monday Mrs
Maitby received a letter from Maltby saying that
he intended TO kill himself. She did not pay much
attention the letter. he had made similar
threats before He left home Sunday morning. and
promised to return the following day.
George z. Maltby when asked about the suicide
OF his son said: 'T have been expecting this
George was always erratic. I don't think his head
was right He incorrigible at times and
which he made two cruises he attended thS
High School Stamford. Conn. and was well
educated but he never did much work although
he excellent penman- Three years ago my
wife died and left each OF our children SlOVO
There Madge. Mrs. William BernhardI
Of No. 166 West Twenty-second-st-, and my sons
Lucius and George When he received his legacy
late dinners and sporting life in general his
fortune consisted Of stocks and real estate. which
he converted into cash he wanted ready
money"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
II. E. CHURCH EDUCATIONAL WORK.
LAST YEARS ACTIVITY AND FINAN-
CIAL GAIN

The annual report Of the work Of the Board Of
Education Of the Methodist Episcopal Church was
made yesterday a meeting Of the Board at No.
80 Fifth-ave. Bishop Andrews, OF New-York. pre-
sided the meeting. and among other members
Of the Board present were Bishop Hurst. Of Wash
ngton D. c.; the Rev. DR.. L. r. Ffske. Of Albion
Mich; the Rev. Dr. J. ". Lindsay. Of Boston: the
Rev. Dr. W F. King, Of Cornell College. Iowa;
John D. Slayback. Of New-YOrk; Judge H c. NJ
Ingraham, of Brooklyn; the Rev w. F. Anderson,
OF Sing Sing, and George p. Hukill. OF OIL City.
Penn.
Joseph s Stout the treasurer, presented re-
port showing that the amount OF money loaned di-
reCtly students in the last year SS1 .794 80
The students aided $50 in number, distributed
Middle States 422 in the Western States S5l IN the
Southern States. 35. and foreign students. g. They
represented altogether tweutyOne different nation
alftes. The legacies to the Board during the year
amounted SIS SIS g. including the legacy by Will
lam CSodthOrp. the amount Of S21.2o 81 The in
come Of the Board during the year was from the
following sources: Children'S Day collections, s60.
SIS 81 49,
The report OF the corresponding secretary. Will
lam F. Mcdowell. showed that at the beginning OF
the century the schools OF the Methodist Episcopa
Church were accurately represented by Bishop
Fowler's dramatic phrase. the ashes OF one col
Iege" but that at present the Methodist Church
has an investment OF more than s0OoO00 in schools
and colleges and that the Church has added TO the
permanent funds devoted to education an average
Of nearly 100000 year during the last seventy
years.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
RECTOR MUST GO TO COURT
BRIDE SAYS HE ASKED NO QUESTIONS
WHEN SHE WAS DRAGGED
TO THE ALTAR
TO THE ALTAR.

The Rev. Victor c. Smith rector OF the Prot
estant Episcopal Church OF the Holy Faith One
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and the Boston Road.
will have to attend before Justice Abraham r.
Lawrence in the Supreme Court. next Wednesday
and testify in the hearing OF an action for an an
nulment Of Mrs Annie Castka's marriage TO Frank
Castka
Mrs Castka who Is eighteen years DID, testified
that Castka called at her home on November q
and had long talk with her father at which she
and her mother were also present. She had de-
elined to marry Castka, preferring James Cham
berlain- another admirer Her father had pointed
shotgun at her. threatening to kill her, where
upon. in terror. she had consented to marry
Castka- The next morning her father had given
her money to buy a wedding dress. with orders 70
have IT ready that night Castka called with wit
nesses. and she had been compelled BY her father
to go with them They had gone TO Roman
Catholic church. but the priest seeing her weep
ing. had declined to celebrate the ceremony. They
had returned TO her home. where Castka had an
nounced that he knew a church where they could
be married. and she had been driven from the
house by her father to the rectory Of the Church
OF the Holy Faith. with Castka and his wit
nesses.
The Rev. Mr. Smith had married them. Mrs.
Castka produced the certificate OF her marriage
Did you object 10 the wedding cele lemony being
PerIormedF Justice Lawrence asked.
Il was asked questions by him." said Mrs.
Il viii adJourn this case until next Wednesday. "
subpoena the minister and have him here. I shall
see n the statement IS true. made by this
plaintiff. that clergymen unite weeping brides in
marriage who are unwillingly dragged to the sac
rihce The trouble in this city is that people are
without being asked any questions and then they
come to the courts to have the mischief undone-"
her husband only a short time and went 10 a
friend at No l.27o Unon-aye.
The mother Of the plaintiff corroborated her
daughters evidence.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
WOUNDED BIZ STRAY BULLET.

CONTRACTOR WHILE CROSSING STREET FELT
TWINGE IN LEG-FoUR AMBULANcEs CALLED.
Charles Thompson. a contractor OF No. $50 East
Seventeenth-st-, crossing the street opposite
No 623 East Eghteenth-st- yesterday afternoon
when pistol shot rang out Thompson felt a
twinge in his right leg and pulling up his trousers
saw blood flowing from a bullet wound in the calf
Of the leg. He yelled and policeman ran to his
aid
Thompson pointed to a board fence No. s23
East Eighteenth-st and said he thought the bullet
came from that direction No man found. and
there no bullet hole in the fence. Thompson
thinks some one practising with a revolver
on the other side of the fence. and that a stray
bullet struck him An ambulance from Bellevue
Hospital responded TO the first call Another call
was made to Bellevue. and the second ambu-
lance appeared third from Bellevue. returning
from the TOmbs. happened along. Two minutes
afterward a Presbyterian Hospital ambulance
reached the spot. After explanation all the am
balances started back in procession. The bullet
was extracted from Thompsor's leg
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
MEETINGS or MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.

Two women's missionary societies were IN ses-
sion at Newark yesterday The Womens Ihlo'
Foreign Missionary Society held its THIRTEEN an
nual meeting in the Ncrth Reformed Church. Miss
Margaret Davis. a missionary In India, maue an
address Letters from missionary stations IN IhdIA
and Japan were read. These officers were electeu
President Mrs c. c. Hine; vice-president' MISS .
n. Abeel, secretary Miss F. l. Smith. and treas
urer Mrs. z. D. q. smith
The Newark Conference District OF the Metnodis'
Women's Missionary Society held it's annual meet
ing in St PauTs Methodist Episcopal Church MIS-
C. l. Reeves presiding. Reports from auxiiaiy 50
.ietias we're read The officers elected were; Fres-
ident Mrs c l. Reeves; vce-presidents; ME; -,
"A Dickinson Mrs. Henry Elcou, Mrs. RichsIus35i ~
Cra1 Mrs 5 Jacobus Mrs. r. ]. Corey, Ars, -.
Cafin. recording secretary. Mrs r. NJ sst sanSgr
,r.asfIrer Mrs F. l. DObbins. and corresponding
secretaTy Miss BuTnettiO p. Colt
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
CailGtf'egS.
HURRAH FOR ST. NICHOLAS!

The feast Of ST. Nicholas the Bishop Of Myra. Is
celebrated to-day in France. and the little peasant
children are on the lookout for d venerable man,
who. il is said goes about TO discover who has
been good who bad. He is always accompanied
by a black Moor. who leads his horse. II they
should happen to meet him the good children will
get hint OF the pleasant things in store for them
on Christmas; the naughty ones will find sawdust
and switches iD their sabots indication OF
what they may expect If they do not reform.
II the chronicles OF the saints to be believed.
other Of them beloved as St.
Nicholas. Moreover he is said to be the busiest
saint IN heaven Besides being the chosen saint OF
cities and nations he is the patron OF all children.
schoolboys writing and arithmetic masters. young
girls about TO be married hreInen sailors pilgrims.
boatmen. fishermen. packers, coopers. carpenters.
perfumers butchers clothiers. weavers. lawyers.
recorders, grOcers, candlemakers. druggists. wine
merchants and brewers. etc He is invoked for
danger by fire and food for people suffering with
rheumatism. etc.
In Lorraine there IS a wonderful golden hand,
and within IL is relic. asserted by the faithful TO
be the real fingers Of ST. Nicholas The
first shrine built in 1915. and until 1872 was the
the gold melted and made into money, while
the finger kept in a gilded wooden box until
placed tE It's present position.
A legend runs that the good right hand from
which the finger taken cut down tree conse-
Grated 70 the worship Of Diana, which circum-
the world on fire by persuadng somebody TO ac-
cept a curious oil a useful article. The good St
Nicholas had the infammable stuff cast into the
sea where il burned long while.