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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

Garden noticed the blush and slight az
itation and became himself very ex-
cited, yet with every evident outward
complacency.
"Goodw said he. Il should say: And
now. if you will excuse me, 1 shall
speak with your father. He is here, |
understand Then. taking out lis
watch: ut is now fifteen minutes Of 10.
Where is your father?"
81 think he is''-and never until her
dying day shall she understand how
these words escaped her with sue. per.
feet inconsequence-"I think he is il
the library with Mr.. Oliver"
Garden arose and, putting the watch
back into his pocket. made as to 60.
Miss Coates caught his sleeve. She
was trembling. and the smiles had died
out Of her face. Said she: "Oh. Perc!
Il mean Mr.. Garden-don't be so fool
ish! He will think you are insane"
He drew the sleeve away gently. BE
careful. Alice" said he. I'VE are at
tracing notice. Don't make scene"
The next moment he was gone. and
in a daze of excitement and confusion
Alice hurried to the conservatory and
dashed in among the palms.
When Garden stalked into the libra
~, bold as you please, he found AL
ices father and Jack Oliver smoking
and chatting listlessly.
The first thing he did was to whip
out his watch and poisc it in the palm
of his hand. Then said he:
Major Coates. l have Just proposed
to your daughter, and sic has accepted
me. Are you willing we should be mar
ried tonight?'
The cigar fell from the lips of the
major, and he looked in blank amaze
ment first upon his interrogation, then
upon Oliver, with slight questioning
aspect in the last glance. Oliver burst
out laughing, and the major turned
again to Garden helplessly and said:
percy, my boy, have you lost your
senSes?"
"True," the other answered, drawing
a chair Up to the table; "this requires
some explanation and justifiable waste
of time, doesn't 1t 7"
Then he went into every detail Of the
conversation between himself and Al
ice, as well as exploiting incidentally
many of his views of life which bore
directly and some even which had no
bearing ut all upon the subject at pres
ent of vital interest. Then after he had
finished he took out his watch impa-
tiently to note the time that had been
thus recklessly expended in the recital.
"Gadw said Coates, looking across to
Oliver. There's considerable sound
sense in what he says
"Now, this is my plan" continued
Garden. "There is clergyman here,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
l;onSu|ll ption

The only kind of consump.
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that. con-
sumption is a curable disease.
1t is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion Of
consumption get a bottle OF
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of Scott's Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands Of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul'
sion is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul.
sion checks the disease while il
can be checked.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists,
<os4,s Pearl Street, New York
soc. and s. 90; all druggists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Starting Early Potatoes.

Our standard varieties of potatoes are
all the time changing. Varieties that
were leading market sorts twenty years
ago are hardly known to the younger
generation of farmers to-day. Thus IL
was with the Burbank, the White Star
and others. New sorts come TO the top
making it necessary for us to be on the
watch for the better, newer sorts all the
while, and to test many varieties. usual
ly seed of the promising new ones Is
high for number of years, yet we must
have them. 1t behooves us, however, TO
make the best use of the high priced
seed. The Freeman, years ago, was
sold the first year at 50 per pound, ana
the purchase, by one party, was restrict
ed to three pounds, believe. For Car
man No. 8 paid $40 for the first ousnel
/ bought. In such cases j invariaoiy
try to make seed reach as far as possioie'
and have usually resorted to the sprout-
ing method, planting halves OF the tu-
bers in hot bed, or on the greenhouse
BENCH much in the same fashion as
sweet potatoes are planted for "shPs.
The sprouts when 4 or inches long
(from the seed potato) are pulled ana
potted off, or planted in boxes or nats
like potato plants, and in due season
planted out.-Practical Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
What Class of Stock Should
Farmer Raise?

Ibid we say raise stock? Yes, emphat'
ically, yes. If we as a people wish to
provide for our families; if we care to
leave them country none the worse by
our having lived in it; if we love and
would retain the greatest temporal gift
God ever gave to man, then retain the
fertility in the corn belt by raising stock
instead of selling the crops off the farm.
Then since we must keep stock, what
class shall it be?" asks p. Clamson in
Stockman and Farmer. Not what
kind of stock, but shall it be registered
grade, common or scrub?
Why, any editor will tell you to raise
the best, it is none too good and does
not cost any more to raise after you get
a start than scrubs. But let us see.
Webster says farmer is one that tends
a farm. And we ask, should one that
tends farm endeavor to market his
crops through or in registered stock?
Will this pay? Does it as rule pay!
How many times do we return from our
county fair, or maybe some more favor
ed from the state fair, promising our
selves to reform. We look over our
stock and they look so shaggy and rough.
We have said this SO often before and
now We will quit lying to ourselves any
longer and start now.
That exhibitor at the fair seemed SO
fair, his stock was far ahead, and he
said he could sell us some he had at
home, same pedigree as these but not
dressed up, for just a little more than
common stock. We purchase. The
stock looks rather scrawny for register
ed stock but the pedigrees are fine. The
next generation will be better. 1t was
all could afford to pay to start with.
They are turned out with the rest, as it
takes too much time to keep them sepa-
rate and there is so much to do. Maybe
little roughing will develop better
bone. But alas! every day sees our
hopes grow less. The offspring are
feeble and few live. They are runty
and in disgust we neglect our register
ing, and in fact are glad when the last
of them is gone to the butchers.
This picture may not be true in all
cases. but it is true oftener than false.
Why? Because the farmer was not
thorough enough. He had worked too
hard to read up on these lines. He had
been too afraid to pay price to get a
good start. He was not aware that a
scrub pure-bred is the meanest scrub on
earth. The fact is, farmer works too
hard to be up to date on these lines.
His trotter goes just fast enough to lose
the money. Better he had never seen
him. No, farmer cannot raise register
ed stock. Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Useful Salt.

Such humble things are useful for
the toilet or in aiding health that the
greater part of the world does not
know Of the helpful little things that
are close ut hand.
Salt, plain table salt, is an article that
Is useful in many ways besides that
of helping to make food savory. 1t
is especially beneficial to bathe tired or
weak eyes, and pinch in warm water
will cure the disfguring Inflammation
that comes from overwork or from be-
ing in the wind. Salt in the water will
also overcome the redness Of the lids.
A little salt should occasionally be
placed in the water with which the
teeth are brushed, as 1t helps to harden
the gums. When 1t is used for gar
gle, it will overcome sore throat, Il
used soon enough, and it is excellent
to allay any slight irritation OF the
throat
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become Of the old FASH
Toned man who had been married only
once?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned woman who expected her chill
dren to mind"
What has become Of the old fash
ioned man who was always wanting to
bet can Of oysters?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned lover who gave his girl copy OF
Lucille" at Christmas?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned woman who said she "backed"
an envelope when she wrote an address
on 1t?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned woman who explained her pcv-
erty by saying an elephant stepped on
her pocketbook?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned woman who screamed at the
thought Of her husband taking out life
insurance, saying that it sounded as II
he didn't expect to live long?-Atchi-
son Globe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

whom l might say: Here, let US expe
dite matters; let US get this preliminary
business of lovemaking over with Inn
mediately and come to the point with
out further ado -
"How uniqueT' interrupted Miss
Coates, beaming.
"Of course it should be some one with
whom one is rather well acquainted
as, for instance, you and r.
"Mr. Garden"
"There, there; you see, heresy will
crop out even in an old adherent. Let
me continue. take out my watch this
way and say: 1T is just 10 o'clock now
Alice. love you very dearly. VIII
you marry me tonight, right away"
"How charmingly ridiculous"
"That's right. So it is, perhaps ridic'
ulous, and | shall have to turn in again
OH my poor old lonely soul. No one un'
| derstands.'
But. my dear friend, am to believe
your peculiar theories carry you seri'
ously so far as that!''
81 am profoundly in earnest My af'
fairs of business are so absorbing that
l candidly can give no time to lovemaE,
ing"
"Thcn you deserve never to get a
wife if you cannot sacrifice your busi-
ness for her. Why, lovemaking is the
best part Of woman's life!'
"Enorgh. | had expected to find In
YOU, if not firm believer in my theo-
ries, at least strong sympathizer.
That settles it. l shall never marry
Now, here a very singular thing oc-
Cured. Alice, of course, might have
turned the conversation into other chan.
nels-reminiscences of old times, eXpe,
riences in the interval which had
elapsed since last they met; hundred
and one other diverting subjects might
have been introduced, and that would
have been the end of it, but instead she
fell into a meditative mood, pondering
upon the subject at hand, fascinated
by it's very brilliant. though obviously
absurd, novelty. She could not dismiss
it from her mind, nor could she ever tell
what had held her so pOtently In its
spell. 1t came to her gradually that
such an erratic harangue from any one
save Percy Garden would have been
simply offensive. But he had been ever
such dear old friend and such char
acter! How sad and lonely he must
be with business alone to occupy him!
See his face now so drawn and wor-
ricd, No one understood him! To the
world he was an undesirable crank. an
iconoclast. a cynic, an offensive pessi-
mist. She understood him well, for
there was rebellion in her own heart
against many of the foibles and foolish
things of life. And yet could he be
really serious in this last eccentricity?
She would probe him further.
Garden observed that this cogitation
occupied exactly three minutes. Time,
he felt, would be an important factor
in the business at hand.
"Well, supposing, Mr.. Percy Il am
going to call you Mr.. Percy, as in the
old times)-supposing, then, should
say in the rustic fashion: 4 love you
also very dearly. am willing"
Though she tried to say this with
equipoise and admirable simplicity, her
face flushed in spite of her efforts, and
her heart throbbed with much violence.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Oxford County Agricultural Society

As usual, with the first signs of the
opening season, the old Oxford County
Agricultural Society is out with its
announcement of the 61st exhibition tC
be held September 15-l7 next. This
society, one of the oldest in the state, is
still one of the best handled and there
fore one of the most successful. Ii
never has to apologize to the public OF
to the state officials in making it's re-
turns, for the character of any of its
work W. j. Wheeler, South Paris
President; A. G. 7. King, South Paris
Secretary Treasurer.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

w. H. Jordan, Ph. D.. formerly direct
or of our Maine experiment station,
now holding the same position a. Tue
Geneva IN. " station, is being 1a'or.
ably mentioned for the position OIL
President of the New Hampshire College
of Agriculture, to become vacant on
April first. No better selection coulG oe
made. DIR. Jordan has been Thoroughly
schooled from the ground floor up IL IN
lust the line of educational work tne
New Hampshire people want ana a, pua,
noss to have as a controlling force ovel
their state college.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Building up a Dairy Herd.

The improvement of the dairy herd is
the first step toward success in dairying
First of all, the milk record should re-
ceive our attention. By this | mean we
should employ some system to record
the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly
yield to each cow in our herd.
To illustrate how important this is;
In herd of COWS which was privileged
to control last year, one COW gave 13, 42O
pounds of milk, and she was the best in
the herd. The poorest cow gave us re
turn of but 2260 pounds.
Without the milk record we would
have never known which COW was pay
ing us, and which one was not. As soon
as we Obtained this record, we sold the
improbable one and filled her place in
the herd by another.
A small pair of scales costs but little,
and the milk from each COW can be
weighed easily and quickly. If you
think it is positively too much trouble
to weigh each milking, do it once II
week; you can then estimate the relative
standing of your cows.
Then when you know the relative
standing of your cows, and buyer
comes along, don't sell the best one be-
cause he will pay $40 or $50 more for
her. You have two cows; one will give
you 5000 pounds of milk and is good
COW; the second gives but 2000 pounds.
For the first you are offered $50, for the
second $40. Twenty dollars looks like
a big difference between two cows. And
on the surface perhaps it is. But we
must look down deep for the facts.
The 6000-pound cow at prevailing
prices in many parts of the country
would realize in sale of milk $3.50 per
year; the 2O00-pound cow but $50.
Where is the $50 difference now? Swelled
to Sl20. No, you cannot afford to sell
your best stock, if you mean to build up
your herd. 1t is business suicide to do
so. Make it rule to sell only your
poor stock. Keep the best.
No farmer who produces milk and
butter can afford to sell the best.
Make use of the milk record, then, so as
To know positively what COWS are profit
able and what are not.
Sell off the poor ones and feed the
remaining cows better with that which
would have gone to the Improbable
ones. The first years experience will
demonstrate the truth of this suggestion.
believe if one-half the cows of any
state, the poor half, were sold for beef
or struck by lightning this coming
week, and the remaining half were to
receive the attention and food that
would have gone to the whole number,
the profit during the coming year would
be greater than that which will result
from the total number, with the unprof-
table cows included.
The dairyman who produces milk for
butter should go a step farther, and be-
sides keeping a milk record to determine
the total quantity of milk a COW annual
ly produces, should also test it with the
Babcock tester to determine its quality.
1t will require nearly four gallons of
milk which tests per cent butter fat to
produce one pound of butter; it will
require but little over 2 gallons of milk
to make pound of butter when the
milk tests,5 per cent butter fat. The
live dairyman will know these facts;
they hold the secret of succesS.-Prof.
c. ". Burkett, in Mirror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Hoods JarsapdriHa
and Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
II had salt rheum on my hands 20 that I
could not work. Itook Hoods sarsaparilla
and 1t drove out the hpmor. continued
its use till the sores disappeared" MRs.
IRA o. BRowa, Rumford Falls, Ne.
Hoods sarsaparIIla promises 70
cure and keeps the promISos
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
PROBATE NOTICES.

To all persons interested In either of the estates
hereinafter named:
Al Probate Court, at Paris, In vacation,
In and for the County of Oxford, In March,
In the year OF our Lord nineteen hundred anu
three. The following matter having been pre-
sented Tor the action thereupon hereinafter In
tlcated, II Is hereby ORDERED:
That notice thereof DC given 10 all persons IN
Lerested Oy causing . copy OF this oruer 10 De
published three weeks successiyely IN the OK
ford Democrat, newspaper published at South
Paris, In said County, that they may appear al =
Probate Court to be held at Rumtord, on
the second Tuesday Of May, \. ID. 1898, at Of the
clock In the forenoon, and be heart thereon II
they see cause.
WILSON TlSDALE, late OF Quincy, In the
state VI Massachusetts,, deceased; duly auihenti-
Gated copy vi will and petition for probate there
OF, presented by Mary Esther Tisdale, the ex-
ecutriI Of said will.
ADDISON L. HERRICK Judge of said Court.
true COpy-attest:
ALBERT ID. PARK. Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

Go slow in planting out varieties OF
fruit that have not been proved in your
vicinity. 1t is interesting to try new
varieties and watch their development.
But it is best to try them on a small
scale till it is learned whether adapted
to the locality.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
CLAYTON X. BROOKS,
Attorney at Law.
Notary Public.
MAINE


Collections receive my prompt personal atten-
tuu.
Rep.itiance- made day claim Is paid
Agmauers reported on promptly.
To the Honorable Board of County Commission
er, within and for the County of OS'or
Ee.ucgt'u'ly represents, the undersigned,
municipal officers OF the town of Sumner. duly
authorized and instructed by vote of said town,
thar common convenience and necessity do not
rtlu.r, the continuance OF the following de-
,c-iaet Wavs amt roads In said town, and there
fore regue,t that the same be discontinued, to
wlt one certain piece OF road In said town of
sumner, beginning AZ the pOiut In the old roait
lea,I!us a. what was formerly Franklin Planta-
ton. wherc saiJ road forms junction with the
rusd leading % Wesley Hammond's, aud running
frum thence 10 the house where Geo. Anlrews,
Dr.. formerly lived. but now owned by \. 5.
StowelI. also one other piece OF road In said
town. begiuuing at point on the road leading
from West sumner TO BUckfield, and running
thence ea-tery aud DOrtherly across the Twenty
Milo River 20 the Chase VI. Harris pace, so-called.
Dated 20 Slmner, this eis hteenth day OF March,
A. d. 1903.
;. +. STETSoS, ! Mrnicipti Officers
e. Il. BARR0WS.) Sumner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

The supply of help for the farm is
short. Many farmers are preparing to
change their plan of work for that reason.
If help is not available there must be
choice between cutting down the busi-
ness of the farm, or changing to plans
that require less manual labor.-Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
.ept In the way of household affairs.

cept In the way of household affairs.
"She wants me to take any job that
I can get" said Smith. "and settle
down to the life Of day laborer. 1t
looks as If would have to do 1t.
can't yet make a living by writing, or
at best l can't save penny. can't
leave her, ! can't take her away with
me, and to stay here is ruin. Who
knows how many years may plod on
before another inspiration comes to
ME? Besides. as I've told Mr.. West, I
have few debts, contracted while I've
been out of work. | won't run away
and leave them unpaid"
In the face Of such situation l was
powerless to advise. never could
guess a riddle or solve single one Of
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Hood
Farm
4bOrti0n
Cure

gave her Hood Farm Abortion Cure as
directed for three weeks. The swelling all
left her and two months later she dropped
the best calf on the farm. I had mare
that showed signs Of abortion. Gave her this
remedy and she foaled a.living colt" X. Z.
THOMPSON, Dows, Iowa.
Two sizes-$1 and $3.50 Large four times
dollar size, Call for treatise on Abortion
and Failure to Breed.
Hood Farm Remedies are for sale by
F. A. SHusrLEyY 4 Co., South Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

Sometimes sheep are hurried out on
old sod fields when the ground is bare
from snow, largely for exercise. But
they are likely to get more harm than
good if they eat of the frozen grass,
which, in itself, is not good for them,
and deranges the appetite for other food.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
A Quick Answer.

Johnny's Elder Brother (who wants
Johnny to so on an errand)-Didn't you
know l was looking for you every
where?
Johnny.-No, l didn't. II I had, you
wouldn't have found me.-Chums.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
I'LL HumOrS

Are impure matters which the skin,
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not take care Of without help, there 10
such an accumulation Of them.
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss Of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits Of indiges-
ton, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

Do not expect sheep to eat feed that
is stale and undesirable. Whet the
appetites by wholesome and tempting
feed. Pure water they must have.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
AbOrtiOn Prevented
Saved a Calf saved a FoaI.

II lost four calves and
had three more cows that
showed signs Of abortion.
One lost her calf the year
before at q little over 8
months. She was about
Z months along and her
udder was badly swollen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
Cheever's Dairy Advice.

TREATMENT OF THE FARM, THE COW
AND THE DAIRY UTENsILs-ADvAN-
TAGEs OF THE PRIVATE DAIRY OVER
THE CREAMERY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
A Freak Giant.

Manager Of Show-Have l got va.
cancy for a giant? Why, you don't
look five feet!
Candidate-Yes, that's just 1t. I'm
the smallest giant on record.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

Avoid buying large, coarse boned
rams to mate with small ewes. Size
should be attained gradually and in &C
cordance with the correct principles of
breeding.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"SPEED THE PLow."

Correspond nee on practical asSjcultural topics
Is solicited. Address all comnuni atious in.
tended Tor this department. to HENRY u.
HA"N',ND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem.
ocrat, Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-14

RAHAM VESTS John Smith"
has easily won first place
among the numerous romances
from the tenements that have