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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
Bankrupts Petition for Discharge.


In the matter Of
CHARLES w. VERRILL, In bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. J
To the HON. NATHAN WEBB, Judge Of the DIS.
trict Court Of the United States for the District
of Maine:
CHARLES W. yERRILL, of Greenwood, In the
County of Oxford, and State Of Maine, In
said District respectfully represents that on the
22nd day Of June, last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts OF Con.
ssnrrendered all his property and rights OF
property, and has fully comp led with all the
REQUIREMENTS Of said Acts and Of the orders OF
Court to ching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may be decreed
nv the Court to have full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate. under said
Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge. .,
Dated this Goth day of September. a: ID: 1901.
CHARLES W. VERRlLL,
Bankrupt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
To the SeIec men of The town of Paris:

To the SeIec men Of The town Of Paris:
Respectfully represents the Sumner Paris
Telephone and Telegraph Company that II de:
sires to construct telephone lines In said Town OF
Paris, set poles and stretch wires for same anu
Il asks this honorable board for permit 70 SO
construct lines, the ines 10 be constructor anu
poles set under the supervision Of any officer you
nav select The highways snd public ways over
which IL Is desired TO so construct lines are as
follows From 4. S. Andrews dwelling over
Stearns' Hill to Shows Falls and from west
Paris TO Paris Hill by way Of SHOWS Falls, also
ON all branch roads leading into said ROADS
above mentioned.
Oct. sth. 1901. .,, >.n
TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
BY ALBION l.. ABBOTT, treas.
Pursuant to the foregoing Petition, II Is oruer.
ed that public notice thereof shall be given by
publishing II In the oxford Democrat, the last
notice TO be published at least fourteen days he.
fore Wednesday, the 3oth day OF OCTOBER i1i,
on which day public hearing Will he mad al tne
Selectmen's Office at South Paris village al one
O'clock in the afternoon. At which time ana
Mace. any person to be affected by the locations
asked for may be heard. 49, .,,
And the seectmen hereby indorse that sucn
public notice as above ordered shall be suincient
upon this petition to the residents and owners
affected thereby. , ,S,....,
FR RASk MAxiM,) Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
HELP WANTED.

II Patrick. Ipdustrisl A gent Seaboard Air
Line Railway. at Pinebufr, n. c., the well known
winter health resort, offers building and power
free to parties wishing to start manufacturing
in a small way with view OF charging. NO
doubt many viii accept this generous oner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
noueLAss va. GREGG.

Charles H. Douglassv VS.. William Gregg.
Douglass lives in Bethel, Gregg In An
dover. The action was brought to re.
cover 5000 for two months wages OF
Douglass minor SON, Henry l.. Douglass,
for labor performed for Gregg in the
summer Of 1893. No trade as to amount
of wages was made at any time during
the time. The work done was haying
for q while, and later taking care OF
horses at the fairs. After the PLAINTIFF
evidence was in, the defendants at
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
Oak Coal Stoves

For Wood or Coal, have come.
The Greatest Heaters for the size
and price to be'found.
Prices from Ten to Twenty Dollars
Can fit any size purse or place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
OcroHERTERn. 1901.

OCTOBER TERN, 1901.
Hon. A. r. Savage, Justice Presiding.
Charles T. Whitman, Clerk.
Charles w. Small, Stenographer.
Ellery c. Park, County Attorney.
James r. Tucker, Sheriff.
Fl. E. Hammond, Deputy as Crier.
III. C. Davis, Librarian.
w. A. Barrows, Messenger.
The October term of court has been
proceeding with about the speed usually
acquired during the first week of the
term. The situation of the attorneys
and other parties concerned has been
such that it was impracticable to do
much in the line of trials during the
first few days, and lawyers and jurors
have had lots Of time for business or
pleasure outside of the court room.
The opening of the court came prompt
ly after the arrival of the 10 o'clock train
Tuesday morning. Rev. A. w. POttle
of the South Paris Methodist church
offered prayer, and the usual proclama-
tons by the crier were made with all
due formality. The juries were organic
al 40 fOllnwa.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15


A. W. Pottle, their president. Mrs.
BENJAMIN SWEET conducted the special
exercise of the hour: 1.-THE relation OF
the local union to the state and national
work" Miss Mamie McArdle rendered
song. Mrs. Pottle gave report OF the
state convention at Biddeford.
Deputy Sheriff Gates of Di1field was
in town Saturday with two new board
ers for the county as the aftermath OF
the Dixfeld fair. They are Joseph
Ross, who will serve thirty days for
single sale, and Thomas Sutton, who
will also serve thirty days for single
sale, and is further bound over 10
the March court as common seller. This
is Sutton's steenth offence, and he has
been out of Jail only short time.
A South Paris business man, who con-
ducts farming operations on a small
scale merely as side line, recently sent
two men to an outlying field to dig his
potatoes. They returned about two
hours later and reported that they had
searched the field over and could not
lind any potatoes. ''Well, come to think
Of it," said their employer, "there
weren't any potatoes plant ! in that
field The medal is his up to date.
The court temperance meeting Wed
nesday evening was lively, and was gen
orally pronounced one of the best tina
has ever been held. Col. 4. +. Smith
presided, and the meeting was openee
with prayer by Rev. DIR. Brooks o.
South Paris. Stirring speeches wer.
made by Clerk of Courts Charles +
Whitman of Norway, Rev. T. j. Rams
deli of South Paris, Hon. George u
Bisbee Of Rumford Falls, Charles r
Barnes, Esq, of Norway, Register o
Deeds j. II. Bean, Hon. James 5. Virgin
OF South Paris, G. s. Akers of Norway
Rev. A. w. Pottle of South Paris, an.
Rev. B. s. Rideout of Norway. An audi
enee was present which filed the cour
room.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-15

Alphonzo Allen, cruelty to animals, . 1910
Freeman B Sonic, cruelty to animals, $500
Charles Croker and Edwin Cole. illegal
John Thatcher. search and seizure, 1000
James Bellin0, tipping shop, 30O
John Thatcher, nuisance, 1871
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

Red isa danger signal on the rail
road, on fellows nose aud on won
ans face. Men and women use Rocky
Mountain Tea and get genuine rosy
cheeks. 35c.-Dr. Connolly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
Maude Thayer CLARK Dead.

Cresco people were inexpressibly
shocked last Thursday evening by
hearing of the death of Mrs. Maude
Thayer Clark who had passed away at
Eldora, Iowa, that afternoon at three
o'clock.
Maude Thayer was born at Howard
Center, Iowa, May s, 1870, and died
January "a, 1901. Most of her life
since her eighteenth year has been
spent in CreSco, until about two years
ago when she, with her parents, re-
moved to LeSeur, Mimi.
On Dec. 4, 1900, she was united in
marriage with ]. A. Clark, of this
place, at the home of her parents, and
spent the holidays with relatives in
CreSco.
While accompanying her husband
on his business trips, she was attacked
with lagrippe at Eldora, Iowa, and
had nearly recovered when relapse
occurred, pleuro-pneumonla set in and
her life ended after an illness of about
ten days.
The funeral occurred on Sunday af-
ternoon from the Congregational
church, of which the deceased was
member, Rev. Holmes officiating, the
loved form being laid at rest in Oak
Lawn cemetery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
TO CURE GRIP.
Advice Of a Famous Physiciar

First and foremost, REST.
Take care of yourself. Your already
weakened nerves want rest, and must
have it. If the attack is severe go to
bed and remain there. More fatalities
result from neglect Of this precaution
than from any other cause.
Eat sparingly. Your digestive or
gans are in no condition to take care
of large quantities of food.
Drink plenty of pure cold water. 1t
allays the fever stimulates the kid
neys to action and opens up the pores
of the skin. Keep the bowels open
with DR.. Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.
Take three doses of DR.. Miles Ner-
vine per day, and if you cannot sleep
take an extra dose at bedtime. To
further control the fever, and to over
come the peculiar aches and pains of
grip, use DR.. Miles Pain Pills. They
act quickly and effectually, and no
bad effects result from their use.
These remedies have been thoroughly
tested more than a million times, and
their efficiency is thoroughly estab-
lished. They never fail to give relief.
DR.. Miles Remedies can be found
at any drug store, and they are sold
on positive guarantee that first bot
tie or package benefits or money re-
funded.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
Recoveries from Grip.

Mrs. g. [. Masters at her home in
Monitor, Ind. used DR.. Miles Nervine.
and Pills to cure after effects of grip.
Mrs. A. E.. Lopeer, in the little
town of Modelia, Mimi. used DR..
Miles Pain Pills and Nerve and Liver
Pills and was we'll in few days.
President Mckinley is slowly recoY-
ering from grip and its after eHunSs.
Speaker Henderson is agaI AZ his
chair in the House of Representatives
after severe attack of5fhe grip.
]. G. Helfrey, foreman at the West
inghouse factory in East Pittsburg,
had severe attack of grip, but he
used DR.. Miles Nervine and Pain Pills
and was soon back in his place.
George j. Flannery was relieved of
the awful pains in his head in fifteen
minutes, by the use of DR.. Miles Pain
Pills. Now he is rapidly recovering
at his home inIBuffalo, N. Y.
Rev. @. Body was in a serious corr
dition at his home in ST. Paris, o. but
DR.. Miles Nervine and Nerve and
Liver Pills pulled him through all
right.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
Pupils Recital.

Saturday afternoon and again in the
evening Miss Lauraine Mead's pupils
assisted by Wm. j. Mead, violinist,
at her home, gave musical recital,
which was largely attended by the
parents and friends of the pupils. I'm
der the thorough drill and instruction
given them the pupils acquitted them
selves without exception in highly
satisfactory manner, and were Justly
praised for their proficiency in master
ing the difficult music they did at this
recital. Beside the large numbers
from this immediate vicinity who
were present both afternoon and even
ing, there were dozen or more from
Lime Springs, one of her pupils from
there taking prominent part in some
of the emoSt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Among
the spectators were a number
of persons who are good
musical critics, and who without
exception complimented the class and
their instructor for the skill displayed
in rendering the most difficult selec-
tions with the most perfect accuracy
OF time and expression. In some of
the selections were three and four
persons at a piano, each one of the six
or eight as the case might be, neces-
sarily being required to be in exact
time each with all the others. Mr..
Black, of the Faribault Divinity
School, said after hearing them play
that he had heard the 'Poet and
Peasant" played several times by
noted professionals, but that he had
never heard it rendered as we'll.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

The $4,000 registered package which
was lost while in transit on a Great
Western train from Dubuque tc
Clarksville has been found and the
thief discovered in the person of John
Hanson, Great Western brakeman
residing at Hampton. After a day 's
search the missing money was found
in a glass jar buried two feet under
ground in the cellar. The brakeman
was placed under arrest and after a
severe examination he broke down
and confessed the crime.
Mrs. VIM. Hardy died at Riceville
Monday, January 2Sth, aged about Is
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy were
among the early settlers in this
county locating in Albion in 1855 or 6
on farm which we think is now
occupied by his son w. ]. Hardy.
Several years ago owing to the intirmi-
ties of age they left the farm and
have lived with daughter at Rice
vile and with others of their children
at and about Cresco, three of whom
are Mrs. ]. c. Webster, T. J. Hardy,
north of Cresco, and w. j. Hardy, of
Albion, and Mrs. wager, of Riceville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy were among the
most respected people of our county
with willing ear and an open hand
for the relief of suffering and distress.
Her demise will be sincerely mourned
by all who knew her amiable character
and her many virtues.
Monday Feb. IL, is the date set for
the Cresco Minstrels, given for the
benefit of Grace Episcopal church, by
twenty of Cresco's young people, en-
bracing the best musical and speciality
talent. The first half of the enter
tainment will be aregulation minstrel
first part beginning with the finest
minstrel medley overture ever given
in Cresco by any minstrel company
amateur or professional, followed by
comic, sentimental and high class
solos, "coon songs and choruses, plenti-
fully interspersed with jokes and local
hits by eight end men and ladies.
Character sketches, songs and dances
by four young ladies, Illustrated songs
a slide-splitting stump speech, male
quartettes and musical specialties,
make up the second part, which con-
cludes with the operatic rburlesque,
"Ill-Treated Trovatore. Complete
program next week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
LAKE HELEN, FLA. Jan. 25, Dl90l.

EDITOR PLAIN DEALER,
Dear Sir:-Will you kindly send
your paper to us at the above address
until further notice. It was so cold
at the beach that we have moved in
land twenty miles. The P. D. was
the first home paper that reached us,
and we were glad to see the familiar
names again. Mr.'Adams eats, sleeps,
and sits in the sunshine; he has i'm.
proved. Florida is lovely, no frost,
plenty of blossoms, vegetables, and a
few oranges.
Cordially yours,
IRENE G. ADAMS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

II had grip three months; could not
sleep; pain all over and headache very
bad, DR.. Miles Neryine. Pain Pills and
Liver Pills made me we'll. Mrs. T..
G. Bowlby, Waterloo, Ind.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
Gard of Thanks.

We desire to express our thanks
to our many friends for their kind as
sistance and sympathy in our great
bereavement. j. A. CLARK,
Mr.. AND Mrs. THAYER AND FAMILY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

"Failing to find relief from the grip
with old methods, 1 took DR.. Miles
Pain Pills, Nervine and Nerve and
Liver Pills and was permanently cur
ed. Gust. Egan, jackson, Mich.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29
For Sale.

A six room IL story cottage on the
Berg addition. New building, never
occupied, with good we'll, cistren and
cellar. City property is rapidly ad.
vancing and this is snap and should
be Investigated. For price and terms
enquire of w. w. BIRTwIsTLE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

"Grip robbed me of my sleep and
was nearly crazy with neuralgia and
headache. DR.. Miles Pain Pills and
Nervine cured me. Mrs. Pearl Bush
Holland, Mich.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-29

Three full-blood bulls, ready for ser
vice and seyen-year old gelding for
sale by Q G. Kettleson, one mile east
of Schly. 37w4
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
THE HONEYMOON ATTACKED.

Is the iconoclasm of modern progress
to leave none of our dear old institu-
tons intact? How the marriage GUS
toms, for instance, have changed with
in the memory of those not yet old!
Formerly there were weddings" sur
rounded with pomp and circumstance,
and romance and pies; now there is
seldom more than marriage" with
quick lunch, and an immediate re-
sumption of business. In the old days
there was seldom less than a week of
the celebration ran Singer. First there
was the reception the day before the
ceremony joining the happy couple,
then the marriage itself with its feast
ing and dancing and happy congratu-
lations, then the wedding tour of
greater or less length, according to the
circumstances. of the families of the
contracting parties, and finally the "in-
fare" at the home of the bridegroom,
where the bride was received with cere-
mony, and pantrles and tables contain
ed good things for all of the neighbors
and invited guests. The honeymoon
began, of course, with the first day of
month, during which time the cooling
doves were expected to do nothing else
than COO and enjoy each others pres
ence.
In these days, however, practically
everything has been cut out of the mar
riage customs except the reading of
the ceremony, and occasionally the
honeymoon, including a flying trip to
some exposition or watering place or
city. And now comes along an Eng
lish devotee to materialism who wishes
to dispense with the last vestige of
idealism and romance that surrounds
the newly welded couple. Cut out the
honeymoon altogether, he says. "It
may be true" asserts this iconoclast,
Ga writer in the London Daily Express,)
that all the world loves a lover, but
there is such a thing as carrying the
honeymoon idea too far. 1t is better to
spread the honeymoon out thin and
make Ii last a lifetime. The Illusion
that the bride is a star-eyed angel, and
Apollo and the rest equal portions of
Sandow, Napoleon and Beau Brummel,
may be maintained much longer IL the
honeymoon is terminated at the end of
the forty-eight hours. We are an east
ly bored people. A sudden fatigue
comes to us even IL we contemplate
ourselves too long. Two days should
be enough for tete-a-tete with star
eyed goddess or a blonde god. So
three cheers for the short honeymoon!
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
GRACE BEFORE MEAT.

One of the most charming domestic
pictures that can be imagined is that
in which the family is gathered about
the board for the morning, midday or
evening meal, while the head of the
household stretches forth his hands
and with bowed head and humble voice
asks the blessing of heaven upon the
food about to be partaken of. The
custom of Saying grace" once we'll
nigh universal in American house
holds. is apparently falling largely in
to disuse, especially in the cities. In
the hurly-b urly of modern business,
men haven't time" to pause for a few
moments before the meal to thank God
for his benefactions; and no doubt
many of them are so egotistical as to
imagine that divine providence has
had very little to do with supplying
the meal. taking the credit to them
selves.
According to New York newspaper,
grace before meat is practically I'M
known in a majority of the private
houses of that city, and altogether
Modern hotel and restaurant life Is
not conducive to ceremonials, espe-
cially those of a religious nature. At
practically all such places the rule is
either to eat quickly and get out, or
to sit long over wines and rich viands
that are rather the benefactions of
Mammon. Should a clergyman chance
to be one of dinner party, he is ask
ed to SAY grace" as courtesy to his
cloth, not as an act of gratitude to the
Most High for his favors. And it is
quite likely that this observation ap,
plies to a very great many private
households. not only in New York, but
various other parts of the country.
1t is risking nothing to say that in
the South the custom of grace before
meat is observed more largely than
the South it is more general In the ru-
raj than in the urban districts. 1t is
the exception rather than the rule to
find farmers family in the South in
which there is not a strong religious
bent and a pretty strict adherence to
the religious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OBJ
servance, family prayers and grace be-
fore meat included. 1t is this survival
of the Christian spirit on the farms
that sends so many farmers boys into
the world strong men to fight the bat
ties of life.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08

Here is little story Of the thrift of
one of those stern dispensers of "Jer-
sey Justice" that adorn the bench of
that state, says an exchange. A couple
of months ago a gentleman living near
Paterson was sued by butcher in the
sum of $3.50, though he held receipts of
the butcher for the full amount of his
alleged indebtedness.
The resident of suburban Paterson
was waited upon by the sheriff and
hauled before justice. Before the case
was to be called the victim of New
Jersey legal methods went to the Judge,
who was a personal friend, showed him
his receipts, and asked what he should
do about it.
The judge looked the documents
over and realized that the case must
be thrown out of court. The gentleman
explained that it would mean a serious
loss to him if he must give his personal
attention to the case, and that he did
not feel inclined to retain a lawyer to
no purpose.
''I'll look after the matter" said the
Judge
Some days later the gentleman who
had been sued met the judge and ask
ed him about the case.
"Oh," said the judge, ct threw the
case out of court and made the butcher
pay the costs-and, by the way" pull
ing the bill bearing the butchers sig
nature for its payment from his pock-
ct, 81 see you are paying cents less
for loin chops than 1 do-and that ham
is but % cents a pound, while we pay
olny % for it down there. I'm going to
trade with that sun of a gun after
fhiSp
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
The Leftover Revenue stamps.

Robinson was stuck" with four two
cent revenue stamps when the stamp
act went out of force on July 1, says
the Chicago Tribune. He had just
mapped out the route by which, in con-
nection with another errand, he would
drop into the collectors Office to have
them redeemed, when he saw notice
that stamps only in amounts to exceed
s. would be redeemed.
Since that moment Robinson has
been getting red-headed in the effort to
play even with his government.
Robbery" he has been reiterating,
holly, to everybody that would listen.
''If a milkman should sell me 81 worth
of tickets and refuse to redeem four
of them when I wanted to move out of
town 1 could have him soaked before
a justice of the peace. You can't have
something for nothing is an axiom
from the common law, and yet here
ann soaked eight cents for a strip of
sticky pink paper that won't CO."
But Robinson has had his revenge
and his moneys worth at the same
time.
He had written a manifold letter,
directed to the dead letter Office of the
pcstofiice at Washington, as follows:
Red Tape Bureau, u. s. p. o.,
Washington, D. c.: There's nobody of
this name anywhere. This letter was
sent in order to get value received out
of some pink paper for pale people, is
sued by measly government at two
cents throw. You're it. Sincerely,
ROB Robinson"
Four copies of this letter were direct
ed to mythical personages in towns in
Maine, Florida, Texas and Oregon re-
spectively, and dropped into postof-
flee box.
II see their finish" grips Robinson,
rubbing his hands. when some dub in
the postoffice runs against them he'll
get busy throwing fits. Then he'll take
them up to the next muck-a-muck
above him, and somebody will be told
to mail those fool cards to each man I
addressed, explaining that If he will
send a two-cent stamp the letter will
be forwarded.
by the time four of these cards get
to the four corners of the country
and are not answered and the letters
are sent on to Washington, to be OPEN
ed by the dead letter office, it will look
as If something had been doing, won't
it"