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tl3 s. &l4 80
The above figures show an increase i,

The above figures show an increase in
prices Of about IA per cent. The price of
common laborers In 1852 was about 81 90
per day. Mechanics got about $l.25 per
day and foremen $3.50 per day. Com
mon laborers now get $3.50 per day and
mechanics $500 or more, which shows
an increase of more than 20 per cent in
price of labor. Now have this to say, If
1aboring men fail to save as much now
as SO years ago 1t is from some other
cause than the one usually named that
labor Is not as well paid now as in the
good old times Of ''long ago."
South Paris, March 81, 1902.
z. WILLIS.
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Terms ALSO year II paid strictly in advance.
Otherwise e2.oo year. Single copies cents.
ADVERTISEMENTS: - All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for 81
per Inch In length Of column Special contracts
made with local. transiens and yearly advertis-
ers.
Jon PAINTING New type. fast presses, steam
power, experienced workmn and loW prices
combine 20 make this department. of our bust
mesa complete and popular.
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Deputy SheriE.
COMING EVENTS.

April l.-OItOrd Pomona Grange. South Paris.
April l, 2.-Quarterly meeting OF Oxford Baptist
Association. Mechanic Falls.
April 9, l0.-Grsnd Lodge, l. D. G. T., Water
VILE.
April l6-2l-Maine Methodist Conference. Ber.
wick.
May 3.-Adjourned town meeting, Paris.
May S.-AdjOurned town NEE ting, Norway.
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HI. Moment.rx sarprise.

"Your vote in favor of this measure"
said the lobbyist, "would be worth mil
ions to YOU
Hardly 30 much as that" gasped
Senator Graphter, his fingers working
convulsively.
-"in the consciousness Of having
done your duty to your countrymen.'
The eager light died out Of the sena-
tors eyes. and he relapsed into his
former apathy.-ChicagO Tribune.
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ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

ANU HEX HeVOlU tiONaHf SOlOieH.
Mrs. A. X. Jackson of South Paris in
forms the Democrat that her maternal
grandfather, John Becker, was a soldier
in the Revolution. She is not able to
tell when and where he enlisted, but his
name is on the roll book in Portland.
this country when six years of age. He
married German woman named Miller
in Waldoboro, and lived in Paris and
Woodstock. He died in Greenwood, and
was buried there, near Patch Mountain,
but she can not tell whether his grave is
marked.
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OICKvAtE.

1t seems more like April than March
at this writing.
The bluebird, the sparrow, the robin
and the butterfly are fitting about in the
warm sunshine, but don't believe they
sleep warm nights.
Mrs. Andrews remains about as last
reported.
Bernard Putnam has gone to New
Hampshire.
Maurice Tracy has got the grippe.
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GRAFTON.

E. l. Browns teams and men came out
last week from Diamond, where he has
been numbering.
Mrs. Gilbert Tyler is quite poorly l
hear-the effect of an attack of the
grippe.
A. L. Farrar finished hauling his hay
the first of the week to the Blanchard &
Twitchell Co. in Cambridge.
Fred Tyler, who has been at work In
the woods the past winter with team, is
at home.
One would think it was May instead Of
March to hear the birds singing.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

There's Difference.
American Law. 1857.
What go will buy for Harness.
Blue Stores.
A Full Line OF Ready .to-wear Hats.
The German Concert and Medicine Co.
Pasturage.
Notice OF appointment.
Perry Davis Painkiller.
Notice Of Bankruptcy.
To Let.
Examination OF Teachers
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MAINE CONFERENCE

The Maine Methodist Conference will
hold its next session at Berwick, COM
mencing Wednesday, April 10, and con-
tinue till the following Monday, Bishop
Goodsell presiding.
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BAPTIST QUARTERLY MEETING

The quarterly meeting of the Oxford
Baptist Association wi be held at Me-
chanic Falls April and 3. The follow
ing program will be presented:
WEDNESDAY.
10 80. Ministers Meeting and General Greeting
IL 30. Organization.
! 80. Devotional and Social Service.
Rev H. H. Bishop
200. Topic-Christian Stewardship;
las 0beying. Acts 8.
Dea- c. A. Mixer
2-Giving Tenth Of our Income TO God
Rev c. p. kittridge
S-what can do for the Cause Of Christ
Hon. q. II. Prince
8 80. Sermon, Rev ii. A. Brown.
7:30. Devotional and Social Service.
Mr.. Carroll Raymond
500. Sermon, Rev. 4. NJ. Preble, ID. ID
THURSDAY.
800. Devotional and Social Service,
Rev. J. ID. Graham.
$50. Reports from churches.
1000. Sunday School Session,
Led by Rev. Z. A. Mason.
General Secretary Maine 3. 8. Association.
i Normal Work, Rev. Il. A. Mason.
2 Cradle Roll. Mrs. j. ID. Graham.
8 Decision Day, Mrs. Z. L. DeCosta.
The Home Department.
Mrs. Lottie Knapp.
5 Questions and DISCUSSIONS.
s Address, Rev. +. A. Mason.
80. Sermon, Rev. L. $. Cotton.
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NORWAY LAKE.
THE COST OF LIVING.

Editor Democrat:
For the information of those who
claim that the cost of living has in
creased during the last so years far more
than the price of labor, I submit the
following memorandum of prices paid
for groceries In April 1852 and also in
second column present prices as put in
by N. D. Bolster of South Paris:
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THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE polNcs OF THE WEEK m ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
PARIS HILL.

First Baptist Church. Rev. H. Il. Bishop,
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at II A. II.
Sunday School a. u Il. Sabbath Evening Ser
vice at 7:so 2. n. Prayer Meeting Thursday
evening at so Pm.
Universalist Church Sunday School every
Sunday at II An.
Miss Gertrude Brinckle is at home
from Howard Seminary, Bridgewater,
Mass, for the vacation.
Miss Gertrude Harlow of Dixfield
visited at George NJ. Atwood's a few
days last week, while on her way home
from trip to New York.
William E. Perkins of Rockville,
Conn.,, is here on visit to his old home
for few days.
There is an unclaimed letter at the
post office for T. A. Cummings.
A large congregation assembled at the
Baptist church Sunday morning for the
regular service. The meeting was con-
Quoted by Messrs. Hatch and Taylor, a
sermon appropriate to Easter being
given by Mr.. Hatch. After the close of
the regular service, the rite of baptism
was administered to ten candidates by
the pastor, Rev. III. IL. Bishop, assisted
by Mr.. Taylor. 1t is understood that
number of othere will come forward
later.
Austin Stearns was considerably in
iured in an accident while driving near
the guideboard north of the village,
Sunday night, the Esd. The day before
Harrison Farrar had broken an axle,
and had left his wagon beside the road.
Mr.. Stearns' horse was scared and start,
ed to turn around, and in jumping out
to catch the horse by the head Mr..
Stearns was thrown tc the ground and
struck a rock. One rib was broken and
two or three others started, and there
NAV have been other injuries. He is
doing as well as could be expected
though he suffers considerable pain.
The regular meeting of the directors
of the library will be holden at Hamlin
Memorial Hall on Tuesday afternoon al
half past two.
There will be a meeting at the Hub
bard House Wednesday evening, April 2
at half past seven O'Clock for the pur
pose Of forming a Village Improvement
Society. All persons interested in sucf
a movement are cordially invited to bt
present. -,
Leslie Z. Newell has built blacksmith
shop east of his buildings, on thu
Perkins place where he now lives.
wHITTEMORE DISTRICT.
Mrs. Harriet Glidden of Watervill,
returned home last Thursday, the 9th
after a short visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Royal of this place.
Mrs. j. b. Drake is on a visit to rela
tives in New York, and expects to visl
in Boston before her return to Paris.
Most of the neighbors attended tn
auction at Herbert fuckers the 9th.
A. A. Swift and Arthur BatsOn hav
been carrying on Mr.. Bowker's mapl
orchard this spring.
Francis Wilson visited at w. Z
Cooper's last week.
A. W. Royal has a nice litter OF littl
pigs-White Chester.
Archie Tucker is working up WOO
for Grant ROYAL.
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PENSION MATTERS

Among the latest pension changes
reported are the following in Oxford
County:
William Kerr. dead, Fryeburg, $l2.
Harris n. Kneeland, South Waterford, el0.
Jane Kerr Fryeburg, %.
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Five little minutes are all the time
Perry Davis Painkiller needs to stop .
stomach ache, even when 1t Is sharp
enough to make . strong man groan.
Don't be fooled by limitations. ESQ. and
Soc.
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Leon V. Walker of Oxford, of the class
of '03, is the leader of the Bowdoin Glee
Club.
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Charles r. Whitman. South Paris, CI'k of Courts.
Elery c. Park. Bethel. County Attorney.
J. Hastings Bean. South Paris, Register of Deeds.
Eckley Ballard, Fryeburg,
Register Of Deeds, western District)
Addison r. Herrick. Rethel, Judge of Probate.
Albert ID. Park. South Paris, Register OF Probate.
George NJ. Atwood, South Paris. County Treas.
james K. Tucker. South Paris. SHERIFF ard Jailer.
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SINGLE COPIES.

SINGLE COPIES.
single Copies Of the Democrat are four cent?
each. They win be mailed on receipt fprice by
the publishers or for the convenience of patrons
Jingle copies Of each issue have been placed on
sale AZ the following places In the County:
South Paris, Parlin's Drug Store.
Shurtlen's Drug Store.
Norway, Noyes' Drug Store.
Stones Drug Store.
Buckheld, Alfred Cole. Postmaster.
Fryeburg, A. +. Lewis, Insurance Once
Paris Hin, Mrs. Harlow, Post ONCE.
West Paris, samuel L. White.
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Court Of County Commissioners.
Al South PGll
County Commissioners.

Regular sessions second Tuesday Of May.
First Tuesday of September. Last Tuesday OF
December.
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Oxford County Court Directory
and County Officers for
1902.
Supreme judicial Court.
Second Tuesday Of March.
Second Tuesday Of October.
Probate Court.
Al Sosth PEis.
Third Tuesday Of each month except August
Al FYsbsrs.
Fhs Tuesdays of June and December.
Al Rumford Falls.
Second Tuesday OF February, second Tuesday
of May. third Tuesday OF August. second Tues
day Of November.
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County Officers.

John N. Philbrook. Chairman, Bethel
Jonathan Bartlett, East Stoneham.
Randall L. Taylor, Mexico
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NORTH PARIS.


Mrs. Richardson is helpless and not
able to speak. Her son Edwin is little
better than for several weeks. They
have nurse and Oscar Kimball is help.
ing care for them.
Geo. Chase is at home. He has pair
of heavy horses for sale.
A. D. Littlehale and James Bradford
put in U. S. separators last week.
z. Thurlow, of South Woodstock, has
hired out to 20 to Berwick to work and
will move his family there.
j. II. Durham had an attack of his
old trouble one day last week.
Daniel Ross is visiting relatives in
Prince Edward Island.
Irving Whitaker Of Prospect Harbor
made his cousin, Mrs. E. E. Field, a call
one day last week.
One item which we accidentally over
looked and which deserves prominent
mention is that Mrs. John Ross gave
birth to a twelve pound boy March IA.
Next.
E. E. Field has yoke of steers and
two cows to sell.
Edna Hazelton has gone back to work
for Hiram Porter of South Paris.
NORWAY LAKE.
Mrs. C. A. Stephens and Miss Edna
Stephens went to Boston Saturday.
Mothers Club" will meet with Mrs.
w. S. Partridge April I'd, and the
Woman's Club at the same place April
9th.
Miss Ellen Partridge visited her sister,
Mrs. o. NJ. Cummings, at Norway, Thurs
day.
Miss Lizzie Cannon and little niece
Mary visited her sister, Mrs. David
Flood, Thursday.
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With these words Mr.. Howard ceased speak
Ing abruptly. and turned his white face to
J the wall.
Bobble and Ted tiptoed softly from the
room. and when they reached the privacy OF
the thmblsdown shed at the back of the
cabin, Bobby said:
There amt no use talking, Ted Howard,
I we've got TO have a Thanksgiving this year.
! won't have Bobby Luce making fun and
calling us heathens any more. Here we are,
almost grown up men, and guess If we try
we can aud something to make dinner Of"
go Course we can" assented Ted, cheerfully,
for he had the utmost faith in Bobbie and in
his ability to do anything to which he set
his mind.
I'VE can take the pennies In our bank-I
guess there's as many as ten-and buy the
!. berries and the pie,', meditated Bobbie,
sagely, ''but where'il we get our turkey, Ted ?
We've got to have turkey, you know, and
I'm pretty sure we won't have money enough
for that" This was poser, and Ted made
no attempt to answer. only looking soberly
at Bobbie and waiting for him to think 1t out.
as he always did when any difficulty both
cred these two small heads.
The next morning Bobby was ready with
plan, but he would not tell what 1t was until
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aid, went on their missions to all the ting
doms about, and read the proclamation In
all their courts. In very few days princess
after princess began to arrive at the king
palace, where they were received by the
cabinet, and each one was given an hour in
which to try to make the king laugh. BY
the rules of the contest, If they had made
the king smile by the end Of the first hour
they might have another hours trial. Now,
all of the princesses were lovely, and most
of them were very clever, and as the king
was young and rich and handsome, they
tried very hard to make him laugh. Some
of them told him funny stories, which the
court testers had invented for them; some
sang coon" songs and did cakewalks; some
put on funny clothes like you would wear at
a masquerade party, and one went into the
kings presence riding backward on little
donkey. But 1t was of no use. The king
may have noticed them, but no one would
ever have known 1t. Certain 1t was he
never smiled. And the princesses all went
home In tears.
Now, the prime minister was a very ner-
vous man and could not wait In the palace
to hear the decision Of the chancellor, who
was the judge of the princess trials. So he
went for walk In the market place, where
the chancellor found him when he came to
report the failure Of their last plan. lit
tie group of people gathered near the chan
cellor as he told his story to the prime min
lister, and SO they saw him lift up his hands
appealingly to the sky and cry out: why
should we care for princess? I'd wed him
to a gooseherd. and she could make him
laugh"
At this young man stepped out of the
crowd of bystsnders, took or his cap re-
spectfully, and, bowling to the prime min
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HOW THE SAD KING LEARNED TO LAUGH

Once upon a time there was a young king
who was SO very sad that no one in his
court quite knew what to make of It. He
always dressed In black and let his hair
grow down until it fell upon his shoulders,
although his barber-surgeon was perfectly
wild to cut 1t In the most fashionable man
ner of the time. Now this kings court was
usually a very gay one, and 1t not only
troubled his cabinet sadly to see him vast
ing away with his strange grief, but 1t also
wearied the gay courtiers to be always going
about pulling long faces and wearing dull
colored clothes.
Now, the kings cabinet and, most of all,
his prime minister were loyal and hard
working officials and Jealous in everything
that concerned their royal master. And so
when they saw his sadness growing day by
day more settled on his face they stroye to
invent diversions for him to drive away this
melancholy. They begged from all the
neighboring kings the loan of their favorite
testers, but when these testers came and
had the whole court roaring with laughter
until the tears ran down their cheeks, the
king sat in his chair of state and looked as
though he were at the funeral of his dearest
friend. The prime minister brought stroll
ling players who failed to eniiven his royal
master; he arranged great pageants of the
troops and the populace, with all sorts of
beautiful and picturesque speetacles, and
finally the cabinet induced one Of the neigh
boring kings to declare war on the sad king
and attack the capital city, but this was
equally fruitless The king sat with his
chin resting in the hollow OF his hand and
never stirred, even when the cannon roared
the loudest.
Then one day the prime minister burst
into the meeting of the cabinet in a most
excitable manner. Gentlemen" he said
as he dropped down into his seat at the head
of the council-room, Il have a new plan to
propose for the saving of his majesty. We
must find a wife for him; and at once"
1.-THE very thing" cried the members Of
the cabinet all together. why did we not
think of this beforeT' said the chancellor.
And then they set about drawing up
proclamation to be sent by courtiers into all
the neighboring kingdoms stating that the
king would marry any princess who could
make him laugh of course, you will see
the members of the cabinet took a great
liberty with the king. But they felt sure
that il he could be once made to laugh he
would be so charmed with the princess who
had made him forget his secret grief that
he would want to marry her forthwith.
So the courtlers, each attended by her
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lister, said do you really mean that, my
lord?.
What makes you ask?" replied the prime
minister. Know you such a person.
81 do, indeed, my lord answered the
young man. II have a sister who tends our
fiocks of geese and who laughs more beau
tifully and more merrily than any one in
the whole world" As he spoke the memory
of his sisters laughter aroused so merry
peal on his own part that all the bystanders
broke into laughter and the chancellor as
well, aud even the grave and troubled prime
minister smiled in spite Of himself.
Can she laugh as merrily as you do, my
lad?'' asked the.prime minister.
'.As we'll as l do, my lord. Why my
laughter Is as mirthless as a cracked bell
compared to hers. Why, my Lord, when she
laughs even her geese laugh with her, and
the rippfes on the pools run toward her, and
the very trees seem to shake their branches
with laughter, too. All, my Lord, If our sad
King should hear my sister laugh but
once his melancholy would fade away as the
dew does before the sunlight"
"Run boy, run" cried the prime minister,
pushing him as he spoke. run and bring
your sister hither at once. Come you with
her to the palace and ask for me-. Run,
rum" he cried. But he might have saved his
breath, for the boy was running away out
of the town as fast as his long legs could
carry him.
The prime minister went back to the
palace, and sat with the king in the state
chamber Presently there fell upon his ear
a strange and confused sound, and he went
to the window and looked out. Coming up
toward the palace gates was the young man
who had promised to bring his sister back
with him. He was laughing, and by his side
walked a beautiful young, girl, dressed like
gooseherd, whose laughter now rang out
clear and true high above that of the crowd
who were laughing with her. As the goose
herd came through the palace gates the very
guards were infected with her merrlment,
and stood holding their sides, they laughted
so much. Even the prime minister dis
covered that he was laughing, too. He
turned toward the door, and saw all the
cabinet ministers had gathered there and
they were all laughing as no one had ever
been seen to laugh in that room in the reign
of the Sad King, but, most wonderful of all,
when they turned to look at the king his
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A SUCCESSFUL TURKEY HUNT.
By cANDAcE ADEnLE BRAMBLn.

a Papa, what's Thanksgiving and why
uont we ever have It? Bobby Luce says
every one has them less they're heathens,
BUT we never did, I'm sure. Say, papa, why
don't we7'
Mr.. Howard looked out from his pillows at
the wistfui facesof histwo small sons, Bobble
and Ted, with a wan, sad SMILE. and said;
Well sons, | reckon some folks, II they
we're In my case, would tell you that the rea-
son they never kept Thanksgiving was be
cause they had nothing at all to be thankful
Tor, butt day has gone by when felt that
way. I'd be glad enough to keep the day In
The good old-fashioned way IL / could, but
IT'S out Of the question for us, my lads You
Zee, Thanksgiving is a time when everyone
makes great feast-pies, cranberry sauce
and turkey, and things like that, and just
gives up the day to eating and being thank
4ul for all the blessings they enjoy. Long,
long ago, before you can remember, before
Il was sick, we used to celebrate with the
best of them, but now, when your poor
mother has such hard work to feed us three
Hungry, helpless creatures, any extra ex-
spense is not to be thought of. We must
lust make the best of it and be thankful
that we are not worse off than we are"
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haven't anything for us to do we'll give up
and go home"
So that Is how 1t happened that few mo-
ments later Farmer Bassett was accosted by
two small, tow-headed applicants for work.
Mr.. Bassett was nothing if not good natured,
and, by a few well-directed questions, was
soon In possession of the children's story.
He had quick desire to help the small fry,
and decided that he would remember them
with a basket of nuts and apples upon the
eve of Thanksgiving He did not put this
resolve into words, however, but said In
his deep, gruff voice:
$50 you want turkey, do your Well,
why don't you do as l did when 1 was
young man? The woods were full of tur-
keys in those days, and when wanted one
l just went out hunting and got it,
"Ohf' gasped Bobble, breathlessly. do
you think there are any there now?" And
he looked wistfully at patch Of woodland
that stretched away back of the house.
WELL" returned Farmer Bassett, DELHI
erately, Il don't expect there's as many
flying around In the woods as there used to
be IS or 40 years ago, but l wouldn't won
der mite IL there was a few left YETI
But" objected Ted, feebIy, I'VE haven't
any guns, you know
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they were safe in their retreat behind the
shed, when, with glistening eyes, he I'M
folded 1t. TELL you what, Ted he said,
convineingly, I'VE must go to work and earn
turkey, and I'll tell you how we can do It,.
After breakfast we'll start out into the
country and hire out to some farmer and
work until we have money enough to buy a
jolly great bouncer. N.Y. won't papa be
surprised when we come Juggling 1t homer"
"Oh, won't he, thought Ted returned
with little bounce of delight at the
thought
After breakfast Ted and Bobbie hurried
away with all possible speed, and were soon
we'll out of the streets of the town and amid
the lanes of the fields of the country. At
first they. had no doubt of the success of
their undertaking; but after they had asked
at several places for work and had been
coldly refused or good naturally laughed
at by the farmers, they began to fell tired
and discouraged. MY, but I'm hungryl"
sighed Ted, when the forenoon was all but
spent, and an appetizing odor of frying bacon
and fragrant coffee was waited to them
from a near by farmhouse.
$50 am IT, asserted Bobbie YEARLY. "We'll
just stop at this one more place, and II they