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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
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Mr.. Thomas Carr died suddenly ct th<
residence Of his sons widow, Mr.. Ltna
Carr on Sunday, Dec. 10, aged nearly 81
years. He WAS carried TO New York foI
burial. His son and Mrs. Lima Carr aud
her daughter Lina went to New York on
Wednesday with the body. Mr.. Carr
Was held In high esteem by the commu'
nifty.
Rev. Mr.. Buchanan came here on
Thursday for his goods to move to Con
necticut, where be has been engaged te
preach.
Nina Wsrdwell 10 still very sick.
The 8. OF r. celebrated their thir
teenth anniversary with q supper and
entertainment.
There will be . public installation Of
officers OF T. A. Roberts Post, G. A. X
on the afternoon of the first Saturday II
January, aud the w. r. c. In the even
Ing of the same dsv.
Mrs. Josie w. Fuller is visiting hel
cousin, Mrs. r. B. Andrews.
Alton Verrill has returned from New
Hampshire.
Born, Dec. 10, to the wife Of james
Kay, q daughter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
The Oldess Waiting Card.

The state archives Of Venice are said
to possess the oldest visiting card Of
which there is any record. OF course
leaving aside the probable use Of such
articles for some thousands Of years in
China. Giacomo Contarini. professor
at the University OF Padua, sent the
card In question as curiosity to We
netian friend. saying that the German
students who came to Italy had the eie-
CANT and laudable custom OF leaving
such little cards. with their name and
place Of origin. ut the houses Of friends
when they called and found them alb
sent The card referred to bears coat
Of arms with the motto. "Espoir me
comfort" and beneath. "Joannes Wes.
terhof Westphalus scribebat Patavii 4
Martii 1860. London Tablet.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
A C.,o,,,e Isl..as Lcgena.

The Caroline islands group includes
besides coral islands five mountainous
islands Of basaltic formation, beautiful
and fertile with rivers and springs
Among the many queer legends OF
these children OF the Pacific there Ii
none more highly improbable than
their theory as to the origin OF these Is
lands and their Inhabitants. They
think they themselves were very strong
in the watcr-ln fact, they lived In II.
The story goes that woman and her
children were floating around on the
reef when q man appeared from the
west with basket Of soil on his shout
ders. He had started out to make an
island with mountain on Il. One of
the children cried out to him, give Us
little soil 20 make q place for our
mother to rest. for she h very weak
and cannot swim" He took out a
handful OF the earth and threw II
down. making m island. As the man
was going on his way over the water
the son slyly made hole In the bas-
ket. so ms he proceeded on his way he
left a trail OF land behind. Suddenly
he became conscious that the basket
seemed light. and, looking around. he
saw the land. In his anger he turned
about and trod upon II. and thus the Is.
lands were formed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
Golf Before q Mirror.

One Of the chief teachings In the reli
gion Of style Is that to attain to ortho
doxy II Is necessary or ut least desira
bic to practice daily In front OF look
ing glass 30 as 10 make sure that all tn,
motions Of the true style arc being cor
rectly carried out.
This always appeared to me a very
hard saying" until had consulted W
G. Grace, John Roberts. c. Il. Fry. X
8. RanJitslnJhi. Fl. X. Foster. Kraens
lein. Z. c. Bredin and other champions
Of sport
All the above were unanimous In at
tributing the high degree Of skill tt
which they have attained In various
games and sports to the fact Of theii
having devoted many hours day from
q very early stage Of their careers b
attitudinizing In front Of looking glass
es In their bedrooms. Illustrated.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
BYRON.

James A. Taylor, who has been sick
with typhoid fever for six weeks past, Ia
beginning to sit up little.
Very many deer have been shot
around here during the last week OF
open season.
Mr.. and Mrs.. A. 8. Young attended
the A. C. conference at Berry Mills FRI
day, and over Sunday, the 18th.
Buckskin Sam has returned from
South Paris with his trotter. He IL
stopping ct A. s. Young's.
Miss Alice Davenport closed her
school at the Centre the 14th inst.
Geo. H. Ladd, station agent, has
moved into the Green Hodsdon house At
Gum Corner.
Miss Gertie Hodsdon has gone to her
fathers at Peru to spend the winter.
Lee Brown 10 moving hay from his
place through the woods to Carthage.
Elias Frost and Amasa Whitney have
taken the job TO break the road through
No. 6 from Weld TO Byron this winter.
They have broken It twice already.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
oErHel


The cold wave has broken at last and
people are attending TO business NOR
comfortably.
TAe Berlin Mills Co. bought the tim
Der on the Virgin place, and Ned Carter
| 10 getting Ia one million feet.
Mr.. J. u. Purington loaded car Of
potatoes, and sent 70 Hastings this week
=. l.. Edwards 10 getting into Aldei
Brook 500 cords Of ar pulp wood.
Rev. r. e. Barton was called tc
Brownfleld this week by the death ol
bis stepfafher. He returned Friday &C
companied by bis mother, Who will NJ
main In his home this winter.
People are busy with Christmas shop
ping, and finer line OF Christmas goods
was never displayed here.
Sunday morning special Christma'
services were held In all OF our churches
The Christian Endeavor had special
services 10 the evening. The Universal
let Sabbath School gave . Christmai
concert. The Methodist Society held
especial services and Monday evening Z
supper and Christmas tree will be given
by all societies.
Many OF the pupils Of Gould Academy
have gone home to spend the Christma'
recess.
Mrs. Frank Young spent several days
10 Portland this last week with friends
MIDDLE rNTERvALE.
A. N. Carter went to Portland last
Monday.
Lila Buck spent Christmas week with
friends In Portland.
Nina Mason is working for Mrs. b. w
Kimball.
B. w. Kimbsll hauled some hay from
the Alfonzo Bean place for Clark Gas
well last week.
Miss Frances Carter started last Mon
day for Framingham, Mass, where she
will visit while.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
WEST eeThEl.

Mrs. Leon Tyler goes TO the Maine
General Hospital for treatment. Mrs.
Tyler has been quite unwell for long
time, and quite seriously so for the last
few months.
George A. Grover has been sick for
quite while with disease which, ne
yet. seems to ba file the skill OF his ply
sician.
Mrs. A. X. Morrill, and daughter visit
ed at f G. Wheeler's this week.
Your correspondent had q pleasant
call from Eide Briggs few days age
Apples are selling quite high, or would
II they had not all been sold so very low
A free dance at Bells (formerly
Bean's) Hall, given by newly married
couple.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
BRYANT POND.


Landlord Allen Is having q good run
Of business this winter. The most OF
the men who are working on the bridge
between here and West Paris are board
ing with him. Ed Andrews has bough,
the stable which was connected with the
hotel and owned by John Tobin.
Mrs. Tobin has got through cooking
at the hotel, and the family have moved
into the rent over G. l.. Stephens store.
Lewis Mann and son Edwin are get
ting their factory ready TO manufacture
elothespins In the near future. They
have put In number Of new machines
recently.
Business has been dull At the spool
mill for the past month.
Engineer Bowker WAS delayed on &C
count of the wreck at Gorhsm, Y. e.,
Monday forenoon, aud took breakfas,
and dinner with his people.
Miss Nell Preble and Miss Essie Bow.
ker spent the day at South Paris Satur-
day, the 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. =. Perhsm, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Leon Cushmsn, Mr.. and Mrs. Dell
Cole, Mr.. Albert Felt, Miss Georges
Bisbee, Miss Insz Casey, Mrs. Emily
Felt and Dona Dudley were some Of the
members of Franklin Grange who At
tended State Grange at Lewiston this
week. They reported very enjoyable
time.
A large number of the friends and
neighbors OF Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Pew
erley gathered at their home Monday
afternoon and evening to celebrate the
a5th anniversary Of their wedding dav,
A fine time WAS enjoyed by all. The
presents were numerous and beautiful,
One very appropriate gift sent by q
friend away was twenty-five carnatiou
pinks.
A. N. whitman Post, G.. A. R., held
the annual election OF officers Wednes-
day, Dec. 10. The officers are as follows
C.-J. l.. Bowker.
S.y.C.-r. l.. wyman-
J.v.C-J. 8. Littleheld.
q. M.-John Arkets.
81. w. Powers.
Chap.-Chas. Lapham.
o. D.-Horace c. Berry.
o. Cd. II. Davis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
SUNDAY RIVER.
THE COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT
SOME PERTINENT AND TRUTHFUL
COMMENT.
ffud,iefori Recor,i.l

(Biddcfort hecofu.l
Items sent In 10 Maine papers by the
country correspondents are great
source Of fun for some Of the big papers.
They rake up those items which are
only supposed to be Of interest In the
country neighhorhood whose people
they concern, strain their wits TO make
humorous comments and never fall To
crehit them TO the paper found 10. This,
by the way, II about the only time the
smaller papers do get credited by the
big ones. That John Smith thinks OF
Smuggling his hen coop strikes the met
ropolitan editors ss so funny that Il Is
sure to 90 the rosnds from Boston to
Chicago. Maybe Il isn't an item Of
startling interest 70 Boston or New York
readers, but Il Ia to John Smiths neigh
bors. aud maybe john himself likes to
have his modest contemplation noted In
the public print. But this item about
John Smiths Insignificant hen coop Is
more wholesome, and quite As interest
ing, as many to be found In the big
papers. not once week, but daily, not
occupying = fraction Of a column, but a
good share Of page. MRS. Jack Gar
diner was out yesterday, and her poodle
had new pink ribbon on" This item
actually appeared 10 the society" news
OF a Boston paper, the heading leading
one to infer that the only society rated
OF note by the Boston papers Is OF the
poodle dog variety, which may or my
not be correct Inference. A, between
the homely aud maybe Insignificant
items sent In BY country correspondents
and the sickenIng gush OF the metropoli-
tan society, give us the former. The
fact that John Smiths hen coop needs TO
be shingled Is probably OF ss vital inter
eat to "a many readers as the number OF
tucks there are TO be 10 Miss vsnderbilts
wedding petticOat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
WILSON'S MILLS.

Guy Brooks has been to Rangeley.
His wife's sister, Lubell Lamb, returned
with him.
:. W. and T.. s. Bennett are at Enrol
this winter, working for Allan lllsley.
Gretts Olson Is at the Lakeside assist
Ing Mrs.. Chandler.
Arthur Flint has new horse aud
sleigh.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Clifford have gone to
Enrol. They board at Lunsn Growers,
IL being = more central place for bis
work.
The following officers were elected
Dec. IL by Mt. Dustin Grange:
Mr.. A. ssorcy.
o.-E- II. Brooks.
In. ID. ssurtrvant.
81. =. Wilson.
C.-S- W. Bennett.
A. s.-Neal MeGiney.
G.-R J. Hart
T-B. ~. Storey.
Sec.-A. ". Taylor.
P.-flossie Hart
F-Luelis Carter.
C.-M, 5. Flint.
| l. A. s.-A. l. Films.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25


I'VE we're travelling from III Paso %
the coast" said the advance man OF .
theatrical combination. land the porter
had tucked US snugly In our berths.
when we were awakened to the con-
seriousness that our train was held up
The robbers marched us out OF the car
and made us deliver. Fortunately not
one of us had more than few dollars
In cash. But the man who held up the
car porter gave a yeip Of delight: See
what I've found! Put EN- back! start
the train!
"In the careless porter's vest pocket
he had discovered roll Of bills as big
as the pocket would hold. II looked a.
II there must have been several hun
dred dollars. We all knew OF the prof
table righteousness OF the Pullman
car porter, but never dreamed that his
accumnlations were 80 large. Yet the
friendly human spark OF forgiveness
and sympathy was In our hearts for
the poor fellow losing 40 much at one
fell swoop. We were gathered In the
smoking compartment and had n con-
ISOLATION purse under Amusement for
the darky. when he came along him
self:
"'Mah Lawd. dat was the luckiest
sperience done ever had he said,
chuckling all over.
Lucky
1--WE were astonished. A poor serv-
ant robbed Of hundreds chuckling with
glee!
""Deed. yes. gem'men! Dey never
look but SIS In only one Of my peck.
| etsr New York Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
EAST HEBRON.
Colds are prevalent.

Colds are prevalent.
Everyone has 70 keep busy this cold
weather TO keep comfortable.
Apple merchants are still shipping
apples, aud the price IL still increasing
Baker and Harry Phillips are yardins
out their wood 10 readiness for market
Mr.. Sawyer, who works on this sec
ton OF railroad, has moved his family ts
Deacon K. Z. Fuller's from Brighton
lili District.
II. A Record is cutting ice for thu
citizens cresmeries.
Moses Smell contracted with q party
10 sell 800 cords of fir this season, and
report SAYS he will soon have IL cut.
X. z. Fuller gains but very slowly.
The hens refuse to furnish eggs this
cold weather, paying no regard to hlgf
prices.
s. II. Bonney has gone to MAssAchu
sets for short time.
John Bailey's steam MILL 10 well pat
ronized. Large quantities OF lumber sr'
hauled In daily.
Shapiro comes through the place every
month with fine load OF dry goods. HI
has risen from boy with q basket Of
trinkets to team with q large amour,
OF dry goods. He not only sells on thu
road to the citizens, but sells to the mer
chants, who pstronize him to the amour,
Of many dollars.
Christmas festival on Tuesday 10 tn,
church, with exercises by the children
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
NEWSPAPER NOTES

The Rumford Falls Times issued =
large spscitl Christmas number Dec.
18th, Of twenty-four pages with tinted
cover. 10 addition 20 the usual matter,
il cont.ihs synopsis 81 the industrial
history % the Psper City, review OF
the year with the large growth which
the town has had, Illustrations sud de-
seriptiOns % some Of the principal in
dustrial establishments, and portraits
and sketches Of large number Of the
men Identified with the development Of
the place snd 90 those nov in business
there. IL is well gotten up and credits-
Die both TO the publishers and TO thu
town.
Publisher J. W. Bracket Of the former
Phillips PhOnogrSph has changed the
Dsme OF thSt paper 20 the Maine Woods.
On general principles chsnge OF name
Is 20 be deprecated unless there IL some
special significance IN 10. In this case,
however, the new name expresses more
nearly than the old the character OF the
paper. While Il Is still 4 local paper, Il:
situation In the sporting region OF north
ern Franklin has given IL tendency
toward special care % the sportsmen':
interests, until II has come % be 4
recognized and accepted authority OF tbs
spOrtsmeu.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
GREENWOOD.

II winter doesn't begin till about this
time, there are those who would like to
know what we have been having for the
last two or three weeks.
Last Monday morning your scribe
took his better half over to l. w. Swans,
and so kept on around Twitchell Pond,
Just to hear and zee what those two
senses would take In. The principal
business consisted Ia hauling cord wood.
pulp wood and spool wood. They had
tried the Ice on the ponds, pronounced Il
safe and were to cross them for the 6rst
time that afternoon.
Dea. 8. B. Cummings Il still ciinging
to his old home, but says 1t will be i'm
possible to stop there much longer II the
cold weather continues.
The Ice harvest IL now In order. John
Titus employed two men last wednes-
day, who sawed and took out $50 blocks
10 considerable less than . day, that be
ING the full complement. The Ice Wa
foot In thickness and OF superior quail
ity.
Last fall A. s., Brooks built . dan
across 3 depression In his field whers
there Was spring running . small
qusntititylof water, except In the dryesl
seasons, thus forming miniature pond
10 odd by 40 feet In capacity and Nv,
feet deep. He put good deal OF hard
work and money Into the enterprise, but
Is now reaping the benefit Of It. Hither
TO he has been obliged 20 haul his Ice q
long distance, either from Twitchell OF
South Pond and the most Of the way uT
hill, while now II Ia only short dis
lance from his buildings and but littl'
hin TO climb. Mr.. Brooks II at wori
getting 10 his Ice, which he finds 70 b.
Is inches thick, not quite perfect but
perhaps will answer equally as well FOL
creamery purposes.
The school In this district commenced
last Monday taught by Herbert Bacon o
Woodstock. Mr.. Bacon has taught sew
ersl terms here and his reputation
stands high As teacher.
Rev. G. A. Brooks OF Yarmouth came
up to see his sick mother last Tuesday
and returned the next day. Her daugh
ter, Mrs. John Howe, IL there with bel
for few days. Mrs. Brooks has beer
very sick Of bilious fever, but Ia nov
convslescing and the doctor thinks ths
~ith good care she will recover.
New moon to-day, Friday, and let u
all look at IL with special interest sine
we shall not see another during the pres
ent century.
The last weeks Democrat brought SAT
news to many In the obituary OF Dea
W. II. Atwood OF Buckfeld. We knew
him from our boyhood, did much OF on
TRADING with him while In Hartford, An,
II WAS he who conducted divine service
at the funeral of our little boy who die
LOT diphtheris during the winter OF 1862
''Such Is life" says one. Yea, verify
and such IL death also. "Truly q goo'
man has fallen on sleep"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
PeRPLsKIUes PAST AND PRESENT
POOR PoMoLoGIsr PERPETUALLY PER
SECUTED BY PESTS.


E,iis0r DsnsOrdt:
As we hear but little about the apple
crop. except Of the great quantity, moth
Ing In relation 20 the pests which APP
pesred previously, your correspondent
would like TO hear how others have
Jared.
The writer having few trees with a
half dozen varieties, took on good cour-
sge early in the season, bat later on the
msggot got in his work, but az there
WAS large crop, thst may be the reason
that | saved some. OF tree Of Porters
about half we're DESTROYED. Garden
Royal about sll bad. Golden Russell
nearly all spoiled.
A few BsldWins which grew more than
twice their normal size are becoming
worthless from being specked with q
sort Of dr. rot. Peek's Pleasant about
the same way.
have taken pains that but few rot on
the ground. Why am thus afflicted
G. Il.
Buckhel6 Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
RuMEoRp

S. l.. Moody Is hauling hay from tn,
Walker barn TO the Falls.
The V. |. s. circle met with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Stevens Wednesday after
noon and evening.
Mark Elliott. Ezra Morton and Johr
Thompson are harvesting their Ice frou
the Androscoggin River.
Vim. Virgin from the Falls was .,
home Sunday.
Ten and twenty degrees below zero al
last week.
DR.. W. T. Elliott has opened an offic,
at kingmsn.
Wanted, In this neighborhood: A
threshing machine. There are six barns
Of grain waiting to be threshed.
Randall Sessions has moved on Il
Vim. Martins place.
Mr.. Nilly, at the Point, has been quit.
sick; also Mrs. Geo. Hodgdon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
Annoxea

But little new has transplred In town
Bince our last communication worthy Of
note.
The continued cold has made good
SKATING for the young fellows. Scarcely
ever do We experience auch . cold snap
90 early 10 the year. None too cold fos
business, hover.
The singing school did not materialise
40 was expected. Tho young people
take more interest In dancing school.
The Swim Notch road matter has
come up again, and petition TO discon-
tinue has been circulated extensively,
which, Of course, calls for . remon-
STRANGE, which got quite good number
Of names. What the outcome OF the
matter will be 10 only speculative.
A hearing on the matter will be held
Saturday at Rumford Falls.
The Andover Mig Co. will ask for 9
road from their mill on the Byron road
to strike the Roxbury road near Mr..
Elliott's, lesseniug the distance some
miles to Frye station, their shipping
point.
A Christmas tree In the hall viii be
the delight Of the children, 90 let a. not
overlook any, but make them all happy,
for we never come this way but once.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

Whereas, Our Divine Master has sgaiu
permitted death to enter our grange and
taken from u our beloved brother,
Elias A. Tucker, charter member Of
this grange, Therefore,
Resolved, Thst 10 the death of
Brother Tucker Union Grange has lost q
worthy member, one who, while Ia
active life, was ever ready TO do his part
for the good of the order. May we who
remain cherish his memory, and strive
to initiate his example.
I. Resolved, That we extend TO the son
and his family our heartfelt sympathy
10 their bereavement
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of this grange,
and copy sent 10 the Oxford Democrat
for publication. Also that a copy be
sent TO the family Of our deceased
brother.
j. III. ROBINSON, Committee
LYDIA c. VARNEY, on
Lucy C. RUSSELL. Resolutions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-12-25

Bears" says L. j. Murch, the Ban
gor tsxiGermist, ''sre much more plenti
full 10 Maine than they were year OF
two sgo. or hunters are paying more at
tentiOn 70 them, or maybe il Is both.
The fact remains that We have seen more
bears brought out Of the woods through
Bangor this fall than for years. and
there must be some reason for it. have
heard from all quarters, guides and
hunters both that bears were certainly
increasing In the state, and | shouldn't
wonder IL IL was so. II il hard TO come
at anything like record Of the bears
that are killed now, since the bounty
law was repealed. and doubt II any
man IL capable Of giving anything like =
correct or approximately correct esti-
mate Of the number. All we know Is
what We see aud what we hear that other
people have seen. From this slight
evidence it IL reasonable TO suppose tn &
there are more bears In Maine now than
there have been for several years at
least"