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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
Ancient Cattle Dealers.

A Cattle Dealer of Ancient Times was
the subject of sermon delivered by q
Chicago clergyman recently. He said
in part:
Gins with the history of the race. The
fayorite son of Adam was named Abel.
That is, cattle keeper Every one
of the Bible patriarchs, the forefathers
of the race from which mankind re-
ceiyed its strength, aud some of the
greatest judges and kings of Israel were
cattle men.
"Jacob was famous cattle king OF
the seventeenth or eighteenth century,
&C. The cattle men and the mining
men led all the world in wealth then.
"For thousands of years. at least, cat,
tie men had been the acknowledged
basis of the worlds wealth. The man
that supplied the beef market ruled
the commercial world. Jacob was a
young man of enterprise. Not having
refrigerator cars handy, they usually
allowed each 'critter' to walk and carry
with il about its own weight OF beef.
"Tbe methods of this ancient cattle
dealer can be commended in every de-
tail Jacob was very clever-too clever
His very name meant crafty or
tricky
ale had a brother, a good-natured
easy-going, happy-go-lucky sort OF al
Individual. IL wasn't long before N
soueezed him out of his birshright.
.sBut Jacob got even with his father
i'm law. Laban could beat him on
matrimonial speculation, but he couldn'
cheat him on a CATTLE trade. When th'
"a wears were out he hired him to sta.
ON and continue to manage his cattl
business, and he stayed. But at thu
end of the next six years, though per
haps Laban had gained a little NOR
experience, Jacob owned almost all tn
stock"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04

Some animals have wonderful pow
ers OF imitation. Dogs brought up In
the company OF eats have been known
to acquire the trick OF licking the paws
and then washing the face. when
cat has been taught to sit up for her
food her kittens have been known 10
initiate her action. Darwin tells OF
cat that was in the habit of putting
her paw into the mouth OF narrow
milk pitcher every time she got the
chance and then licking the cream on
her paw. Her kitten soon learned the
same trick. 4 lady tells of rabbit
that she keeps in n cage with mon,
key ana says that Bunnle has caught
many Of the monkeys ways. II Is said
that starving pigeons that have been
brought up on grain will not eat peas
10 save their lives. but that II pea eat
Ing pigeons are put with them 'hey
follow their example and eat peas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
Selection of the Brood Sow.

The time is now at hand when an in
telligent selection of the SOW can be
made from early litters, to replace those
that should be discarded. The fastest
growers, best feeders and those having
the best points can now be seen. There
may, however, be good growers that are
of too lazy and sluggish habit to ever
make good mothers. Then, too, you
must be sure that the hearing is perfect,
rs lack of this quality is one of the
causes of OVERLAPPING and killing the
young, and, furthermore, this defect is
likely to be transmitted to the offspring.
Always select with view to uniformity
of size, as an even bunch of hogs ap-
peals the strongest to the buyer. In
selecting bear in mind the records of the
dams as prolific and good mothers, for
this quality is passed along from one
generation to another. Then, too, al
ways select those that come nearest to
conforming to your ideal of the type,
providing always that the animal is not
lacking in the qualities pointed out
above. The selection of the SOW has
much to do with the uniformity OF
punches of feeders from year to year.
After the young sows are selected
separate them from the ones designed
for market, and when keeping on pas
ture do not neglect to give them a suf-
ficient grain ration to bring about the
greatest development of bone and mus
Gle, but do not make them fat. The re-
suit of few years judicious selection
will prove surprising to any one who has
never had any system in this matter
Farm, Stock and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
Fertility of Skim Milk.

"The constant sending away OF skim
milk from the farm is its own indict-
ment," says the Dairyman.
"The results are patent to any close
observer. 1t is a matter of fact that in
cheese districts, in which all the fertil-
izing constituents of the milk are sent
away from the farm, the farm does not
improve in fertility. Districts where
the cheese factory runs five or six
months in the year and where no butter
making is carried on are not progressing,
but, on the contrary, are retrograding.
By constant pasturing, the farms are
becoming poorer, and as the cheese fac
| tory closes in the fall, no effort is made
to make milk during the winter. 1t is
no wonder that these farms become
poorer and poorer when it is considered
that some twenty dollars worth OF fer
tility is carried off the farm in every ton
of cheese.
"Many patrons will not take the whey
home at all, claiming that it is OF nc
value, and those who do, get little value
of it because they do not feed meal with
it. And if meal is fed with the whey
to their hogs, 80 little is fed that results
are not encouraging. Whey is splen'
did hog-food, but requires about twice
as much meal to feed with it in order to
get gratifying results. Making cheese
in the summer from about June l, and
the remainder of the year, is all right,
and probably the best way to get the
most out of the cows under present mar
ket conditions.
"In a ton of milk there is nitrogen
Q pounds; phosphoric acid, 3.4 pounds
potash 8 pounds. At usual values fol
these fertilizers a ton of milk is worth
"a. and 1900 pounds is worth "a or IL
cents per hundred weight to scatter ol
the land"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
(ro IN CONTINUED
sixteenth Century Manners.

In ali old book published IN the six
teenth century and entitled THE Ac-
complished Lady's Rich Closet; or, In
genious Gentcwoman's Delightful
Companion" IL is written:
"a gentlcwoman being at table must
observe to keep her body straight and
lean not by any me- ~ with hcr elbows
nor by rayenous gesture discover yo-
racious appetite. Talk not when you
have meat ln your mouth and do not
smack like pig nor venture To eat
spoon meat So hot that the tears stand
in your eyes. which Is ~ unsccmly as
the gentlewoman who pretended 10
have AS little Il stomach as she had a
mouth and therefore would not swnl-
low her peas by spoonful, but took
them one by one and cut them In two
before she would eat them. Ii Is very
unseemly To drink so large draft that
your breath il almost gone and you
are forced 10 blow strongly 10 recover
Yourself. In carving at your own table
distribute the best pieces first. ana IL
will appear very comely and decent to
use n fork. so touch no piece OF meat
without il"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
s.,.,.. nm. Human Sense Organs.

DR.. Carl Snyder says in the Ainerl-
can Inventor, while pointing out the
inferiority of human sense organs to
the instruments Of science, that, where
as the human eye can see only little
more than 5000 stars in the heavens
on the clearest Of nights, the photo
graphic plate and the telescope can dis
Germ countless millions. The eye II
good one can perceive a measure or
one two-hundredth of an inch. The
microscope makes an object one ten
thousundth OF an inch look compara-
lively large To hear the footsteps or q
fiy seems inconceivable; but. assisted
by the microphone. the tread Of that
insect sounds like the tramp OF cav
airy. The most sensitive skin cannot
detect a change in temperature OF less
than one-tifth OF Il degree. bat the DO
lometer will register on II scale an IN
crease or decrease Of temperature or
one one e-millionth Of degree ana can
DISCERN the difference In temperature
In a room when n match Is lighted.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
Ham Ianhnch the Painter.

Franz Won Lenbach. the great por-
trait painter, painted three portraits
Of the poet Adolph Wilbrandt. The sit
tings varied from three to five hours.
On one occasion the sitting lasted
through the whole day. with Intervals
for meals. The afternoon passed. ana
dusk came on, but still Lenbach work
ed away without appearing to. notice
the falling light At last II grew SO
dark that Wilbrandt could scarcely see
him. He called his attention TO this'
saying that it seemed impossible Tor
him to paint any more, but Lenbach
begged him, unless lie WAS tired 10
continue sitting. But what can You
zee OF me-" asked the puzzled poet.
"Quite the best Of all. Excellent. SIT
still, please" And the sitting only end
ed with the last glimmer of light.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
NUMBER 40.

The Z: H.: .,l,Ht retuIlc.i ,.eic WAS
ball at Cavendisli Court. ihc first
since the death of Madam E.aanJnd.
and my bYotEer and | went. and my
stepfather and my mother, though she
loved not Madam Cavendish.
And Mary Cavendish, Al that time ten
years old, was standing. when | first
entered, with piece Of blue-Sreen tap
estry work at her back, clad in little
straight white gown and little satin
shoes and wreath of roses on her
head, from whence the golden locks
flowed over her gentle cheeks, delicate
ly rounded between the baby and
maiden curves. with her little hands
elasped before her. and her blue eyes.
now downcast, now uplifted with ut
most confidence In the love Of all who
saw her. And close by her stood her
sister Catherine. cOldly sweet in
splendid spread Of glittering brocade.
holding her head. crowned with flow
ers and plumes. rs still and stately as
IL there were for her in all the world
no wind of passion, and my brother
John looked at her, and | knew he
loved her. and marveled what would
come of it. though they danced often
together.
The ball went on till the east was red
and the cocks crew and all the birds
woke in tlmui,. and thun tlIat hap
pened which changed my Whole life.
Three weeks from i.iat day | set sail
for the new world-a convict. l will
not now say how nor why: and on the
same ship sailed Captain GeotIry Cav.
endish, his mother. Madam Judith Cav
endish his daughter. Catherine. and
thc little maid Mary.
And on the long voyage Captain Cav
endish's old wound broke out anew,
and lie died and was buried at sea, and
|, when | arrived in this kingdom or
Virginia, with the dire uncertainty and
hardship of the convict before me, yet
with strength and readiness to bear II,
was taken as Il tutor by Madam Judith
Cavendish for her granddaughter Mary,
being by education well fitted for such
a post, and she herself knowing her
other reasons for so doing. And so 1t
happened that Mistress Mary Cayen-
dish and | rode TO meeting in James
town that Sabbath in April Of l6s2.
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and good WILL Indeed, used to fancy
that he had liking for me and would
go out Of his way to say a pleasant
word, but once it happened that took
his kindness in i'll part, and still con-
slider that was justified in so doing.
was already. although young, as
sensitive to all sights upon my dignity
as any full grown man. So when one
day, lying at full length upon the grass
under reddening oak with book un-
der my eyes and my pocket full Of nuts
If perchance my little sweetheart
should come that way with her black
nurse, heard suddenly Captain Cav
endish's voice ring out loud and clear,
as it always did from his practice on
the quarter deck, with something like
an oath as of righteous indignation to
the effect that it was a shame for the
heir and the eldest son, and lad with
a head of a scholar and the arm Of a
soldier, to be thrust aside so and made
so little Of.
Then another voice, smoothly sliding,
as If to make no friction with the 9th
er's opinions. asked of whom he spoke,
md that smoothly sliding voice rec
jgnized as Mr.. Abbot's, the attorneys,
and Captain Cavendish replied in a
fashion which astonished me, for had
no idea to whom he had referred
Harry Maria Wingfield, the eldest son
and heir of as fine and gallant gentle
man as ever trod English soil, who Is
treated like the son II scullion by
those who owe him most, and It's q
shame, and care not who hears me-"
Then, before l had as yet fairly my
wits about me. Mr. Abbot spoke again
In that voice Of his which so hated
In my boyish downrightness and scorn
Of all policy that it may have led me
10 an unjust estimate Of all men Of his
profession. "But Colonel John Chelms-
ford hath no meaning to deal otherwise
than fairly by the boy, and neither. un-
less I greatly mistake. hath his Wife"
And this he said as II both Colonel
Chelmsford and my mother were at his
elbow, and for that manner Of speak
ing l have ever had contempt. prefer
ring downright scurrllity, and Captain
Cavendish replied with his quick agili-
ty Of wrath, us precipitate toward judg-
ment as a sailor to the masthead in u
storm:
Harry Winsfield facing Captain
Cavendish and Mr.. Abbot
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
3 Cents

Eight cents a pound IS
what a young woman paid tor
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle Of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by TAX
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound is
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing fo'
their money. You get you'
moneys worth when you bu.
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a littl'
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
4o9 Pearl Street, New Yor'
soc. and $I.oo; all druggists.
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never knew rightly why. but my moth
er, having control until l was come Of
age and having indeed the whole prop,
erty ut her disposal. doubtless consider
ed il best that the wealth should accu-
mulate rather than be frittered away in
trihes which could be of but passing
moment to boy. But l was well
equipped enough as regarded comforts,
and, as said before, my education was
well looked after.
Though never having much regard
for such small matters, it used to gall
me not ut all that my half brother, who
was younger and such fair lad that
he became them like girl, should 60
clad in silks and velvets and laces, with
a ready jingle Of money in his purse
and plenty of sweets and trinkets to
command. But after l saw that little
maid it went somewhat hard with me
that / had no bravery Of apparel to
catch her sweet eyes and cause her to
laugh and point with delight, as have
often seen her do, at the glitter of a
loop of gold or jeweled button or a
fash of crimson sheen from & fold of
velvet, or the wherewithal to sometimes
purchase n cOmfit to thrust into her lit
tie hand, reaching Of her nature fol-
sweets like the hands Of all young
things.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
The Hearts
Highway 14S5 1;,i,i; !; Il; /;
MARY E..
WILKINS

coouieA, 1900. by DOUBLEDAY. PAGE q CO.

this rcw love Of her. and then came
my father. Colonel John Chelmsford.
and Captain Geoffry Cavendish, walk
ing through the park in deep converse,
and came upon us, and stopped and
stared, as we'll they might.
Captain Geoflry Cavendish was a
gaunt man with the hectic color Of a
fever. which he had caught in the new
country. still in the hollows OF his
checks. He was quite young, with
sudden alertness Of glances In bright
black eyes like the new color in jewels
when the light shifts. His daughter
has the same, though her eyes are
blue. Moreover, through having been
in the royal navy before he got a
The baby that caused
the accident
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
A Pert Maid.

The BIS had given an impertinent
maid notice and In consequence were
Obliged to assume the duties that she
pointedly neglected. On the last day
Of Katies stay as one Of the ladies OF
the family was fastening to answer a
ring Mt the front door she was arrested
BY an explosive whisper from the rear
of the hall, where the irrepressibls sI-
maid, Katie. in most unpictures9ue
dishabille, was established, Mrs. b.
II that's any one for me. say I'm ouf.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04
NOTICE.

IN the District Court OF the United States for
the District % Maine. In Bankruptcy.
Ia the matter Of
TuF RUsFORD FALLS PUB.
LIsHING Co. corporation In bankraptey'
duly organized.
of Rumford. Bankrupt
To the creditors OF The Rumford Falls Pub.
n.hing Co. In the County OF oxford and district
Aforesaid.
Notice ls hereby given that on the 9th day OF
sept, A. D. 1904. the said Rnmford Fails fuo
fishing Co vas duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
that the fret meeting Of us creditors Will ot
bsd st the Court House. In South Paris, on ths
llth day Of Oct A. ID. 1904, AZ 10 O'Clock In tne
forenoon, al which time the said creditors may
attend. prove their claims, appoint trustee, ex'
anime the bankrupt and transact such osnel
business as may properly come before saic
meeting.
South Paris. September a6. 1901.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
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Catherine Cavendish

Having no ribbons nor sweets nor
silver buttons to give her, I was fain
to search the woods and fields and the
seashore for those small treasures,
without money and without price, with
which nature is lavish toward the poor
who love her and attend her carefully.
such rs the first flowers Of the season,
nuts and seed vessels and sometimes an
empty birds nest and stray bright
feather and bits Of bright stones, which
might, for her baby fancy, be as good
as my brothers gold and silver and
shells and red and russell moss.
Her father. Captain Geoffry Caven-
dish, seemed to regard my devotion to
his daughter with certain amusement
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prsakins II to Him Gently.

Mrs. Ferguson-George. dear. you
know you handed me $50 this morn
ing for pocket money! Mr.. Ferguson
Yes. Mrs. Ferguson-well, l went
downtown this afternoon to buy few
things with IT, got caught In .
crush I'm a street car door. and-er-h
turned out to lie pickpocket money
Chicago Trfbune.
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Whereas, my wife, Cora Thorne. has without
Just cause or provocation. left my bed and board,
therefore give notice that shall pay no biils
Of her contracting after this date.
CLIFFORD r. TH0RNE.
Denmark. Sept. II, 1904.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"SPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications IN
tended for this department to HENRY D.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris, Me.
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Keep the axles clean and oilsd; dry or
clogged axles add double Or treble to
the work of . team.
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ther.
Mary Cavendish
when ten years old

took high honors at Cambridge
though no higher than | should have
done. and so no pride and no modesty
i'm the owning and telling; and then
came home, and my mother greeted me
something more warmly than she was
wont, and my stcpfather. Colonei Johh
Chelmsford. took ne by the hand. ana
my brother John played me nj cards
that night and won. as he mostly dld.
John was ut that time also in cam
bridge. but only in his second year be
ing. although Of quicker grasp upon
circumstances to his own gain than !.
yet not so alert mt booklore, but he
had grown handsome man, as fair rs
a woman. yet bold as any cavalier tha'
ever drew sword-the kind to win Il
woman by his own strength and her
own arts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-04

Do not 20 off to the field and leave
your wife to get dinner with only one
stick Of wood for six men.
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O''>' To JONATHAN BARTLETT. DIR.
l..4.
Msg q. 7 ,lay at Albany, on state road 700
IS miles travel on same..----------- 2W
Nav % I day at Waterford, on state
road, .--------------- "
- miles travel on same, e,.------------- 2W
MAY y lay nc Paris Court House, To
meet State AssessOrs,----.------- SW
a. miles travel on Same,------------- y %
Nav p - , days at Fryeburg, on state
road. .--- .--- ---- .--- ------------ u"
q miles travel on same, 4 s.
June > day at Paris. on state road,.- SW
SD miles travel ON same, ,.------------ W
June 81 ; days at sumner, on state ROAD, 6W
Is milrs travel on same, ,-----. -------- 9be
June G-7.> 9.lO, 5 days on Lake trip 70 W
l-u miles travel on same, .---.-------- Is 90
June n. day at AndOver, on state road, 5m
~ miles travel on same,.-.-.-.--.-.,- lCO
June l3 day at Mexico and Dixheld,
ON state road, SW
So mites travel on same,.---.--.------ 2p
June l4l5. days at Rumford Fails, on
state road and Hall Hill road 500
- miles travel ON same, - ITO
luly -, days at Paris Court House.
adj. session, --------------- DIV
- miles travel on same.-------------- $50
Aug $40. days at Paris Court House, .o
adj session, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oN
a. miles travel on same, $50
SEPT 5.7.S $ days AT Paris Court House,
rec. session, SVu
A. rniiss ,y,,yeI on same..-. 3S6
si2l Os
JONATHAN BARTLETr.
Paris, Maine, September 5, 1904,
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CHAPTER III.

was heir to a
Al large estate, / had not much
. gold and silver nor many
yaSI treasures In my possession. |
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STATE OF MAINE.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT
AND ROAD BILLS.
September Term, 1904.
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Au Stuffed Up

That's the condition OF many sunerers
from catarrh, especially in the morning.
Great difficulty is experienced in clear
ing the head and throat.
No wonder catarrh causes headache,
impairs the taste, smell and hearing,
pollutes the breath, deranges the stom-
ach and affects the appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment must be
constitutional-alterative and tonic.
Il was afflicted with catarrh. l toot
medicines OF different kinds, giving each
q fair trial: hut gradually grew worse until
I could hardly hear, taste or smell. l then
concluded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
after taking five bottles / was cured and
have not had any return OF the disease
since" EUoRNE FORBES, Lebanon, Kan.
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COUNTY OF OXFORD
TO RANDALL l.. TAYLOR, DIR.

y % =
RANDALL L. TAYLOR.
south Paris. September $, 1894.
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, IS.
Septembers $, 1904.
Personally appeared the above named Jona-
than Bartlett Randall l.. Taylor, and Edward r.
Faunce, and seyerally made oath that the fore
going accounts by them made and subscribed
are lust and true. Before me.
CHARLES y. WHITMAN.
Clerk Sup. jud. Court.
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Hoods 5drsapdriHd

Cures catarrh- IL soothes and strength
ems the mucous membrane and builds
up the whole system.
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JONATHAN BARTLETr.
Paris Maine, September ;, 1904.
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I%-RIGRT Y WHEELER,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
SOUTH PARIS. MAINE.
Iames 5 Wright. Alton Y. Wheeler
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VI. LONGLEl,
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating.
NORWAY, MAINE
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Sr,ith & naace;olSt,

SOUTH PARIS, MAIZE
,,.,,,fs,turer of general machinery, steam en-
Na"..'t'i .'ti work, spool machinery and tools,
sInes' l. s-eyys, taps, lies and drills made and
-..s5r, 1o.1, sewing, moving and shresnins ma
Sines pumps OF s kinds presses, -s,v s%nsi fs, ~,
.o.,, 1'''t steam and water piping done to order.
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EDWARD p. FAUNCE.
Paris. September $, 1904.