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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
DAVID HAMMONS

The recent death of the widow of the
late Hon. David Hammons suggests a
few words of inquiry regarding Mr..
Hammons. Where was he born? On
pages 257-25S of the History of Bethel is
a brief sketch of him, and in that sketch
it is stated that he was born in Cornish,
but on page $50 of the same work it is
stated that he was born in ParsOnstield.
Which of these two statements is cor
rect? Il find no mention of Mr.. Ham,
mons in the History of Parsonsfield.) In
the above mentioned sketch of him it is
stated that he was married on September
go, 1889, but on page $50 September 20,
1889, is given as the date. Which Of
these two dates is correct? In the
aforementioned sketch it is stated that
for many years Mr.. HammOns practiced
his profession in York and Oxford
counties, and that during his practice
he resided successfully in Cornish and
Bethel, but no mention is made of the
fact that for several years of his pro-
fessional life he resided in Lowell. When
did Mr. Hammons settle in Lowell? Was
it not in that town that he began the
practice of his profession? think that
he resided in Lowell when he was elected
to Congress Tin 1S46.) In the sketch of
the late Major David R. Hastings of
Fryeburg in the History of Bethel it is
stated (page SD that Mr.. Hastings "was
admitted to the PenobscOt bar in 1S47.
He settled at Lowell as the partner of
Hon. David Hammons." The above
mentioned sketch of Mr.. HammOns on
pages 257-25S of the History of Bethel
enormously gives 1S4S as the year in
which he was elected to Congress.
QUERIsT.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
ROYAL sS;;;:s ss*"rs
y ApscIUrEIx Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
NOT BURIED AT SEA.
The Humane French BOntman and
the Dend EnElfshr,an.

The Humane Frencn bOntmau anu
the Dead Englishnian.
A long expected French lugger was
seen making for the roadstead, and the
Lowest0ft free traders were Oh the
alert, anxiously seeking an opportu.
nifty for communicating with her crew.
While they waited for lapse Of vigil
lance on the part Of the excisemen, a
boat was lowered from the lugker and
rowed toward the shore. A curious
crowd of beach men and excisemen
assembled to meet her, and as she
came In on the crest Of roller 1t was
observed that she contained a coffin.
The French boatmen had mournful
tale to tell. On board the lugger had
been an Englishman suffering from an
illness which soon proved fatal. In his
last moments Of consciousness he had
begged the captain not to bury him at
sea, but to keep his body until q rest
Ing place could be found for 1t under
the green turf Of churchyard in his
native land. Sympathy with his sad
fate and the knowledge that the lugger
was not far from the English coast
had induced the captain to consent,
and now he had sent the body ashore
for burial. In spite Of his broken Eng
lish, the Frenchmen's spokesman told
his tale well.
Both excisemen and beach men
especially the latter-loudly expressed
their admiration Of the captains con-
duct. A parson was summoned, and
in a little while a mournful procession
made its way from the beach to the
churchyard. Even the chief officer of
the excisemen was present and Is said
to have shed tears.
That night the local resurrection
lists" were busy, and at dawn the
churchyard contained desecrated
grave. A little way inland, however,
in the midst Of the marshes, a snug
glers' store received the addition Of q
coffin filed with silks and lace!-
Highways and Byways in East An
glia," w. A. Dutt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
Fields of Salt.

At SaIton, in southern California, e1.
lists n basin of land between 200 and
200 feet below sea level. About 1000
acres of the depressed area are cov'
cred with deposit Of salt. which @. r.
Holden describes in The Scientific
American as one Of the sights OF Call
fornIa. The salt is first thrown into
ridges by a peculiarly shaped plow'
drawn by a dummy engine with ca.
bles, and then Is piled into conicai
heaps before being carried to the dry
Ing house and crushing mill. The ex-
panse looks like field Of snow. About
1000 tons of salt are removed each
year, but the supply is perennially re-
newed by the deposits Of salt springs
which flow into the basin. In June the
temperature of the air reaches l5o de-
grees, and only Indian workmen can
withstand the heat and glare.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
PROBATE NOTICES.

IOal persons interested In either of the estates
LereuAi,er named:
haPrOb1tc Court held at Paris, In AMI Tor the
l5l1ty Of oxford. on the Srd Tuesday of June
% the year Of our Lord one thousand niue hun
i'el amt one, the following matter having been
lrseuted for the action thereupon hereinafter
hilcated, Il Is hereby ORDERED:
Inat notice thereof be given to all persons In
eesie'i, by causing copy of this order To be
l4llshej three weeSs successfully in the Ok
1o Democrat. a newspaper published az South
taFs, In said County, that they may appear az a
trObate Court 10 be held at said Paris, on the
1r, Iues'Iy of July, A. ID. 1901, AT OF the
eock in the forenoon, and be heard thereon
Ney see cause.
SARAH ID. HAWKINS, late of Norway, de.
easel Petition for determination OF collateral
Inheritance tax on certsin trust funGs left 10 the
ms lniyersal>t Parish OF Norway presented
!! Eugene r. smith AMI Fred III. Cummings,
Trustees.
ANDREW MILLS, Lat, Of Norway, deceased.
Eugene + smith, trustee.
HENRY FARwELL, late of Bethel, deceased.
ftfst ant lndl account presented for allowance
@ Alge j. Farwell, administratrix.
JAMES G DAVIS, late of Woodstock, de.
glsei Petition for an allowance out OF per.
wa property presented by Lucretia Davis,
N,Og.
WILLIAM a. BURGESS. late of Peru, de-
easel Petition fOr allowance out of personal
s'aie presented by Sarah Z. Burgess, widow.
JAMES A. BARROwS of Sumner, ward.
account presented for allowance by Hollis
Turner, guardian.
.. SYLVIA l.. PRATT, late OF Paris, deceased.
fsntlOn for order OF Distribute of balance re.
lilning IN his hands, under the will, presented
y james ;. Wright, executor.
rAErlUR d. AVER EFT AL, OF Paris, wards
aE't account presented for allowance by
herbert Aver, guardian.
ADDISON E. HERRICK, Judge of said Court
AIue c0py--Attest:
ALBERT d. PARK, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
FARM NOTES.

Read an agricultural paper if you want
to know how agriculture is progressing.
If hereafter you'd have a farm clear
of weeds, let no vile plant now mature
its seeds.
Every weed has a good appetite which
will be satisfied at the expense of the
growing crops.
Use plenty of horsepower. Horses
and feed are too cheap to overwork or
overstrain these days.
Do you think the country roads would
have been any better this season if they
had been thoroughly drained?
To make your boy into a progressive
up-to- date farmer send him to take a
course at the agricultural college.
Pick out all the stock which is not to
be carried through the winter and sell
when favorable opportunity occurs.
Plan the farm as though you expected
to live long and enjoy the result OF your
| bors. Do not live for the day only.
Dairy COWS at pasture should have
salt twice week. Longer intervals in
terfere with the regularity Of the milk
yield.
A nickel's worth of emery powder OF
dust mixed with little kerosene will
tdouble discount a brick for polishing
tools or removing dust.
As the season of drouth approaches
remember that frequent, thorough, shal
low cultivation will do much towards
supplying the lacking moisture.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
"that, after all, I am a wild young

"that, after all, I am a wild young
thing"
The leader smiled. "T thought So"
said he, 'and a man we are glad to
know, man with a mind Of his own.
Well, 1t is good to meet them once in
awhile and to know that, after all, they
do generally get the danger and the
glory and the profit" He dropped of
the heights to sober matter Of fact.
"Such men," he remarked, don't do
things for nothing. What shall we
make the figureY
"Oh, guess" replied Phillips, "that
If Burton and I can put this through
we can trust you for the rest Of It,"
The big man glanced at the other
men, and little laugh all around
showed their appreciation of how Phil!
lips had risen to his chance. always
did like the way you Americans could
grasp n point" the leader said and
shook hands. A moment later Ather-
ton brought in another telegram and
remarked, "People up home display in
creasing agitation"
"Bahw said the big man, with an
other laugh and crumpled up the tele-
gram.
The day after Burton and Phillips
rode out of Klerksburg and turned
their horses eastward. They left the
railroad line upon their left, and as
they struck into the open veldt and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
Written for the Oxford Democrat.
THE LOST MAIDEN.

win you help me to find the girl that was lost?
She was fair as a summer day;
Her heart was as light as the breeze that blows
In the meadows where lambkins play;
She knew not sorrow, nor care, nor guile,
As the hours with sun-shod feet
Wont chasing each other ad0wn the way
Where childhood and womanbood meet.
VIII you help me to ind the girl that was lost
The girl with the nut.brown hair,
Who vanished from sight while the sun yet shone
And the day was bright and fair?
You would know, think, by her laughing eyes
BY her happy AMI care-free ways;
By the merry songs that she used to sing
Through the long bright summer days.
Come. help me to find the girl tnat was lost;
We will question day by day:
"Have you seen mai'ien with hut .brown-hiir
Go singing along the way!"
Were her pale checks wet with bitter tears?
Were there silver threads In her hair?
III 40, have met her upon my way,
Walking hand In hand with Care"
"N"; that was never the girl that was lost"
let US question yet again:
"Have you seen maiden with laughing lips,
A stranger to sorrow and pain?"
"Did she carry burden upon her back
burden Of grief and Woe?
IL so, have met her upon the way
Where every mortal must go"
"No; that waa never the girl that was lost"
Let IL question yet once more.
"Have YOU seen maiden with dsncing feet,
60 tripping past your dOor!"
al saw a woman all pale and sad,
4 woman with grief bowed head,
Who sat the churchyard gate, and wished
She was sleeping with the dead"
mo; that was never the girl that was lost"
Let us question again, pray:
"Have you seen maiden young and fair
Upon Life's broad highway"
al met a woman with tagging step,
Whose brow was lined with care;
Whose form was bent meath burdens great
That had sllvered her once brown hair"
No; that was never tn girl that was lost;
l sail she was young md fair;
With heart as light as a blue. birds wing,
And she knew neither sorrow nor care
Let us turn aside from our fruitless search,
Go bac; to the desolate hearth;
For the girl that was lost on that summer day
We shall meet no more on earth.
We never can find the girl that was lost,
Our quest will be all In vain;
Through the daisied fields, and the woodland
paths,
She never will roam again.
But In Memory's halls her portrait hangs,
This girl with the thrown hair,
Ana ms heart grows sad, AMI my eyes o'erflow
AsI gaze on her semblauce there.
ISA GERTRUDE WHITMAN.
RuctGela Ma
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
PICTURESQUE PAN-AMERlCAN
ROUTE.

A handsome publication, dealing with
the great attractions of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo, May to Nov.
l, 1901, has been issued by the Grand
Trunk Railway System. The book is
beautifully printed and contains fund
of information to those planning trip
to this great event.
The publication tells how to reach
Buffalo, gives reference to whom to ap-
ply for accurate information as to hotel
accommodation. 1t suggests to the
traveller many attractive side trips and
gives complete list of hotels and board
ing houses in the several districts reach
ed by these side trips. A map OF the
Grand Trunk Railway system in three
colors is embodied, as well as map OF
the city of Buffalo, showing the several
railway stations and the street car lines
running to and from the exposition
grounds, valuable feature for the guild,
ance of strangers in Buffalo. There is
also an accurate plan of the exposition
grounds, which gives splendid idea OF
the layout of the undertaking with the
names of the buildings clearly inserted
for the information of the sightseer.
A copy of this publication will be sent
free, postpaid, to any address on re-
ceipt of two-cent stamp, by D. o.
Pease, District Passenger Agent, Grand
Trunk Railway system, Montreal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
STATE OF MAINE.

SSOCNrr OF OXFORD, IS:
atu II,u OF county Commissioners, May session,
Igi ITgli neti by adjournment. June 2l, 1901.
SttON the foregoing petition, satisfactory
ss ..enee having been received that the petition
ns.e 49, are responsible, and that inquiry into the
0eTe 0s Of their application is expedient, 1T Is
!, hkhD, that the County Commissioners meet
!, I'e Ie ciliee Of the Elliott 4 Bartlett Company
a. Lihchyille, so called, in said Albany, on
NJ 'oh gay OF Aug, next, at nine of the clock, A,
nsr,sl Suu thence proceed TO view the route
TTeSssIohed In said petition; Immediately after
isaS. is.u view, hearing of the parties and
NJ Witnesses will be had at some convenient
sSoee 80 10 tne vicinity, and such other measures
No.. u me premises as the Commissioners snail
sse na,se proper. And IL Is further ORDERED, that
ni.s1 Ot lle time, place and purpose ofthe Com,
nas.,ioners' meeting aforesaid be given 70 all
s,sohs s,, anu corporations interested, by causing
iss. copies of said petition and OF this order
To..ron 70 be served upon the Clerk OF the
~ OI Albany aforesaid. In said County, and
snJ posted up In three public places In said town
"a, published three weeks successfully IN the OK
ssiS democrat newspaper printed at Paris In
es., NO0nty Of Oxford, the first of said publ
ons, and each of the other notices, 70
I<le, served and posted, at least thirty
an OeiOre said time Of meeting, 10 the end thai
an,Ssns per'ons and corporations may then and there
t5pear anu shew cause, IL any they have, why
rsr,yer prayer Of said petitioners should not be
arrEsr;-CHARLEs Y. WHITMAN, Clerk.
CON-, rue ,s copy Of said Petition and Order Of
ArrEsr-CHARLEs r. WHITMAN. Clark.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
CARD PLAYERS CRAMP.
What Once Happened to IN Old Faro
Dealers Hand.

Dealers Hand.
"Were you ever paralyzedY said the
old timer.
"No, and may the began the other.
"Well, you see that right hand? It
looks pretty good and strong and 1t is,
but for about three days once 1t was
deader than q frostbitten tomato plant.
"You know Of course that used to
make my living playing cards, chiefly
dealing bank. There wasn't day I
didn't deal bank or In other games six
to eight hours day. Many a time
have dealt or played longer.
zone night was dealing bank. 1t
was q good, big game. All at once
when went to slip a card this old
right refused to work. l looked at IL
and the fingers were kind OF twisted
inward and the hand from the wrist
was bent downward.
"This stopped the deal for me. and
told the lookout to get busy for the
players were getting little 'queered.'
He took my place, and watched the
bets.
81 rubbed my right, but 1t wouldn't
straighten out and 1t kept this way
until the next day, and then I went to
a doctor. He didn't know me as well
as you do, but the first question he
asked was:
"'Deal cards great deal, don't your
AYES
"'Do you deal with an elbow move
ment or with finger and wrist move
ment"
".Why, don't work my elbow
"oThat explains it. You have card
players paralysis
This hit me center, and l showed 1t.
but the doctor was good and said:
"'Now, don't get furried. I'll
straighten you up. Just quit dealing
awhile, and I'll give your hand a few
doses of electricity, and you'll be oil
right
"He did it, and in about three days
my hand was straight as string. But
I haven't dealt so much since. There's
many an old timer whose dealing hand
has quit him. And you say you were
never paralyzed"
mo"
"well, you amt played cards much"
louisville Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
THE KUkLUX KHAN.
Where and How the Famous Body
Was Organized.

Where and How the Famous Body
Was Organised.
When the civil war ended. the little
town of Pulaski, Tenn. welcomed q
band of young men who. though they
were veterans of hard fought fields.
were for the most part no older than
the mass of college students. In the
general poverty. the exhaustion, the
lack of heart, naturally prevalent
throughout the beaten south. young
men had more leisure than was good
for them.
A southern country town, even IN the
halcyon days befora the war. was not
a particularly lively place. and Pulaski
In 1866 was doubtless rather tame to
fellows who had seen Pickett charge
at Gettysburg or galloped over the
country with Morgan and Wheeler. A
group of them assembled In law office
one evening In May. 1866, were discuss
ing ways and means Of having a live
lier time. Some one suggested club
or society. An organization with no
very definite aims was effected, and az
q second meeting. q week later. names
were proposed and discussed. Some
one pronounced the Greek word kuklos.
meaning circle.
From kuklos to kuklux was an easy
transition whoever consults glossary
of college boys slang will not find IL
strange-and klan followed kuklux as
naturally as "dumpty" follows hump
ty." That the name meant nothing
whatever was a recommendation, ana
one can fancy what sort Of badinage
would have followed suggestion that
in six years a committee Of congress
would devote 13 volumes to the history
OF the movement that began In Pu-
laskI law office and migrated later to q
deserted and half ruined house on the
outskirts Of the village. - Atlantic
Monthly
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
A Kindly Joke.

Judge Braxfield, famous in England
for his love for hanging criminals,
when on circuit always put up near
Perth with crony who was devoted
to chess. The laird had rather the bet
ter Of his lordshlp ut the game. In
the revolution Of the circuits Braxfield
found himself trying his hospitable
friend, who had got awkwardly mixed
up in some abduction Of cattle. The
evidence was clear, the panel was con-
yicted and the Judge passed the solemn
sentence Of death. Then, bending
down, he chuckled to the unfortunate
prisoner the accommodation IN the
provincial courts was cramped-"And
now, Donald, my friend, think I've
checkmated you for once" But Brax-
field delighted in kindly joke.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
II ANSWERED The PURPOSE.

81 can't see," said the visitor, "why
you have your genealogical chart hung
so high. Such things are extremely in
teresting, but no one can examine 1t
where it is"
Here Mr.. Porcine took him gently by
the arm and led him into the library,
where they could be alone"
"Mrs. Porcine," he explained, twas
bound to have one of them things, and
as we didn't have one right handy ] just
framed my prize greyhound's pedigree
and hung it high"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
Metaphor.

The Minneapolis (Kan) Messenger
says: 1--WE once heard Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait eulogize Mrs. Stanton
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Susan B.
Anthony as follows: These are the wo
men who laid themselves down In the
dust, as 1t were, to form bridge over
which you and I might 60 dry shod.'
"Once we heard the president OF
Brown university describe the old char
ter oak, first as safety vault. then as
a hearthstone. and at last he made q
lightning change and brought out the
old tree as the rudder to the ship OF
state. That beat anything we eyel
heard and the greater surprise, too
coming as 1t did from such a profound
scholar"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
JARVIS C. COOPER,

The funeral services for the lat'
Jarvis C. Cooper were held from thu
family residence on Prospect Street be
ing one of the largest funerals in Ionii
in some time. The house was crowded
and the lawn filled with people. The G
A. r. turned out 10 strong and the w
X. c. was largely represented. Rev. d
f. Martin officiated and the Baptis
choir sang. The interment was in High
land Park cemetery where the remain:
were carried by Geo. Behler, John Scott
l. Albright, Geo. Corey, Robt. Carpenter
and Alonzo Willard, guard from VIM
II. Borden Post of which deceased was 9
member.
Jarvis C. Cooper was born Jan. 3
1888, at Paris, Oxford County, Maine
where he resided until August 1861, wher
he enlisted in Co. F, Ninth Maine Regi
ment, in which he served three years
and one month. He fought in "a battles
and was in the three months siege OF
Morris Island, after which he received
an honorable discharge. In 1865 he
came to Michigan with his father and
mother. In 1869 he was married to Miss
Mary F. Pierce of Boston, Mass. He
leaves loving and devoted wife and two
children, Mrs. Hattie NJ. VanHyning ant
Milo E. Cooper, also two brothers and
five sisters. They are G.. S. Cooper, Mis-
soula, Mont; VIM. King Cooper, Ionia
Mrs. Olive Ripley, Paris, Maine; Mrs.
Eliza Thayer and Mrs. Sarah b. Pierce
Ionia; Mrs. Roxanna Daniels, Boston
Mass; and Mrs. d. w. Belding, Cincin
natl, Ohio.
He's answered the roll call, twas 80 on the field
Grim death gave the order to which all mus
yield;
He surrendered, why not? unequal the strife.
He has met his last foe and laid down his life.
Our dead friend was true to the land of his birth
For the flag. when called, he with others wen
forth;
On the march, in camp, or on sentiners posts,
His comrades gave out he was true to his trust
Those laying him down should plant o'er hi;
grave,
That flag he as a soldier went out to save;
His faults, what they were, be they hid meath
the sod;
And so we will leave him in the hands Of his God
-lonia (Mich.) Sentinel, April 2, 1901.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
GONE TO THE VERGE.
He Thought He Had Reached Friend
ships Limit.


This young man is not so confding
as he was, and his ideas Of friendship
are not so exalted. Yet he takes II
philosophically and is willing to place
a heavy credit in favor of experience.
81 started in small way" he tells,
"and had an idea that my business
would expand rapidly. But find a
good many leaks and drains. OF course
you know Jones. He Is my friend and
knows about horses. So when my one
horse went lame consulted him as be-
ing the one friend had who, thought,
could help me out.
"Pretty bad shape he said as he
looked the nag over. Need him on
your delivery wagon, don't youT
81 need him or some other horse and
asked Jones what I conld get for the
lame one. He looked him over, felt
his legs, examined his eyes and teeth
and finally said that, being friend of
mine, he'd give me $40 for the horse. l
took 1t. That same afternoon he sold
the horse for $50, fact learned about
q week later.
"'Now,' said Jones, I'm not the man
to leave friend in scrape. I'll just
rustic around and find you another
horse
"'Thank you. but keep within hun
dred. I can't afford to pay more
"Next morning my friend showed up
with horse he told me could have
for S9S, though he was really worth
more. He was sound, gentle, Z years
old, according to Jones.
"He had bought that horse for S6O.
He had SPAWN and ringbone, was knee
sprung and 13 years old. So Jones had
made S7S off me and left me with one
Of the worst old crowbaits you ever
saw. I'm not saying much about 1t,
for Jones is my friend, you know. But
IN old codger that buys groceries from
me says friendship ceases In a horse
dicker."-Detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-09
Thrift In children.

A savings bank account is great IN
centiye to thrift In children. II one is
begun for the baby. even with very
small sum, and added through child
hood and youth with certain proper.
ton of the money that otherwise wouid
be spent carelessly and thoughtlessly by
the child, there will be very respecta-
BILE amount on the credit side OF tne
ledger when the depositor is 1S years
old. The habit of self denial is not the
least of the substantial benefits tna'
follow q wise economy Of money.-Ex'
chanpp