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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
A visit From Dean Swift.

The Irish reformer, Father Mathew,
used to tell Of remarkable visit made
to his grandfather by Dean Swift. Mr..
Mathew lived near Dublin and invited
the eccentric dean to dine and spend
the night at his house. A large party
Of the neighboring gentry were hidden
to meet him.
The dean drove up to the house and,
summoning IT, butler, asked the names
of the guests.
"Tell your MASTER" he shouted, Il
will meet no such people," and drove
away in a fury. Before he reached the
lodge gates, however, he changed his
mind, returned. allghted and demand
ed TO be shown to his room.
When his host came to him Swift
said, Il am willing to accept your hos
pitality, but l will not meet your
guests"
He was told that his meals should
be served In his room, as If he were
ut home. He remained thus isolated
for two days, then came down In high
good humer, Joined the party and eX-
tended his visit for four months.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
NUMBER 81.
A Fal and a Lesson.

An English gentleman travelling
some years ago in Ireland took ham,
mer and tacks along with him because
he found dogs cared carpets ut all the
inns where lie rested. At one Of these
inns he tackled down the carpet, which.
as usual. was loose near the door, and
soon afterward rang the bell for his
dinner While the carpet was loose
the door could not be opened without
hard push, so when the waiter cane
up he just unlatched the door; then,
going back couple Of yards, he rush.
ed against it. as his habit was, with
sudden spring to force il open. But
the wrinkles of the carpet were no
longer there to stop It, and. not meet
Ing with the expected resistance, the
waiter fell full length into the room.
II had never entered his head that SO
much trouble might be saved by means
Of hammer and a dozen or even half
n dozen tacks until his fall taught him
that makeshift Is very Improbable
sort of shift.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Some Pertinent Suggestions.

Great harm has been done and is still
being done To the dairy cattle OF the
country by cross breeding of pure bred
races.
Food, comfort and contentment are
the prime factors in successful dairying,
and it is not too much to say that COM
fort is the primest factor. To feed well
but disregard the bodily comfort Of a
COW is to court and insure diSappoint-
ment. A COW will fail to elaborate a
full mess of milk il she is wet or shiver-
ing from cold, no matter how generous
ly she is fed.
1t is a matter of the greatest difficulty
to get a cow back to her flow of milk
when it has once been permitted to
shrink. From the time she becomes
fresh until she has been in milk nine or
ten months, the dairy cow should be
kept up to her full capacity. This is
especially important with young heifers.
The gift of continuance is a valuable
gift in COW, and to acquire it she must
be trained when young.
Has your dairy paid during the past
season? If so, prepare now to make 1t
do better next year. Make dicker
with the indifferent cow buyer or the
butcher to take the poor cows of your
hands. Take this money and hunt a
smaller number of cows that you know
are good. Do this every year and you
will be surprised at the results of your
sagacity. Also plan now to give your
herd more and better feed next year.
Don't buy it if you can avoid it but
think it out and see if your land will
not produce it in one crop or another.
No man, however, need ever expect to
build up paying dairy herd unless he
gives a great deal of attention to the
selection of the bull. From generation
to generation the fatal weakness of the
dairyman has been to buy for a sire any
thing that will bring the COW in fresh.
Strictly up-to-date dairymen have got
over this piece of foolishness and when
they buy sire they select one whose
dam was known to be great mixer.
If possible they get one whose grand
dam and great granddam were great
mixers. They knew very well that the
milking habit is hereditary and can be
transmitted from the sire to the female
offspring. -Holstein-Friesian Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Aesthetic Italian Laborers.

With the exception Of the silent 81
cilians. the Italian immigrants are gen
orally fluent takers and extremely In
telligent. have known a Neapolitan
who couh neither read nor write quote
from Dante, Petrarch and Tasso. 1t
surprises you to hear a group made up
Of an asphalt mixer, sailor turn ID
waiter and a barber and baker who
had stuck to their trades discuss the
sculpture on q new court building or
when upon another night the same
men wrangle over the merits Of Verdi
or Mascagnl and end by humm!ng and
singing In chorus "Parig, o Cara" -
Worlds Work.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Animal Weather PROPHETS.

Overhaul the furs and heavy clothing,
then pack them away in moth balls, for
this winter is going to be an extremely
mild season, says q contemporary. At
least this is the indication of statistics
and the old saw is "Figures won't
lie."
Nor are statistics the only indicators
of an open season for the next five
months. The coats of the forest ami
mails betoken that liking Frost and
Old Boreas" will be peaceable visitors
this year. Hunters who have rambled
through Canada and the upper lake
region report that fur on foxes, mink
and wildcats is of extremely light weight
this fall. Last year at this time these
animals were well supplied with ex-
ceptioually heavy fur.
They further state that tho squirrels
have laid in but small stores OF nuts and
acorns to feed upon during the ice-bound
period, whereas during tho autumnal
seasons of the past two years these ga
gacious creatures have crowded every
Granny in their forest homes with pro-
visions against long hard winter
seasou.-New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20

Then came clustering up Parson
Downs ana Ralph Drake. who after
ward welded Cicely Hyde and the two
Barrys. who had braved leaving hiding,
and tie two black wenchcs who dwelt
with .,em. one with great white
haniagc swathing her head, and Sir
Eumr hrey Hyde, who had just been
released and who, while | think of 1t,
welded Il most amiable daughter OF
one Of the burgesses within year.
And Madam Tabitha Story. with that
mourning patch upon her forehead, was
there, and Margery Key, whitman
velous to relate in that crOwd-the
white cat following at heel, and Mis-
tresses Allgood and Longman with
their husbands in tow. All these, with
others whom | will not mention, who
were friendly. gathered around me, the
while Mary CavendiSh sat there beside
me, and again that hali derisive shout
Of the multitude went up.
But in trice 1t all changed, for the
temper Of mob Is as subject to unex-
planned changes as the wind, and it was
a great shout of sympathy and triumph
instead Of derision. Then they tore off
the oak spr;gs with which they had be-
decked themselves in honor Of the day,
and by so doing showed disloyalty to
the king. and the militia making no
resistance, and. indeed, l have always
suspected, secretly rejoicing at it, they
had me released in Il twinkling. and
foremost among those who wrenched
open the stocks was Captain Calvin
Tabor. Then Mary Cavendish and |
stood together there before them all.
1t was all many years ago, but never
hath my love for her dimmed, and il
shall live after jamestown Is again In
ashes, when the sea birds are calling
over the sunset waste, when the reeds
are tall in the gardens, when even the
tombs are crumbling, and maybe hers
and mine among them, when the sea
gates are down and the water washing
over the sites of the homes Of the cava
liers. For | have learned that the
blaZOn of love is the only one which
holds good forever through all the will
derness of history. and the path OF
love Is the only one which those that
may come after us can safely follow
unto the end of the world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Harry and Mary in the stocks

triumph over not only the tragedy, but
that which is more cruel, the comedy,
of life. Surely no face Of woman was
ever like Mary Cavendish's as she sat
there beside me, with such an exalta-
tion of love which made it like the
face Of an angel. Not one word she
said, but looked at me, and knew that
after that she was mine forever, In
spite Of my love, which would fain
shield her from me lest / be for her
harm, and 1 realized that love, when
it Is at its best, is past the considera-
tion Of any harm, being sufficient unto
itself for its own bliss and glory.
But presently 1, looking at her, felt
my strength falling me again, and her
face grew dim and she drew my head
to her shoulder and sat so facing the
multitude, and such shout went up
as never was.
And first it was half derision, and
Catherine and Cicely Hyde stood near
ms like bridesmaids, and my brother
John kept his place. Then came Madam
Judith Cavendish in a chair, and she
was borne close to us through the
throng and was looking forth with the
tears running over her old cheeks and
extending her hands as IL in blessing,
and she never after made any opposi-
ton to our union.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Then again the horses, after the chal-

Then again the horses. after the chal-
lenge of the drums, sped around the
three mile course, and attention was
diverted somewhat from me. There
had been n:ischievOus boys enough for
my torment, had 1t not been for my
brother John, who stood eside the
stocks. his face white and his hand ut
his sword. Many grinning urchin
drew near with stone In hand and
looked ut him and looked again. then
skunk away AMI made as II he had no
intention Cf throwing Hug!.t ut me-
After The harSc racing came music Of
drums. trumpcts anJ hlutboys. and
then. III spite CT my brother. the crowd
pressed close about ne and many sour
rilous things We're said anI many grin
ming faces thrust In mine, and thinking
Of 1t now, would that had them all
in open battlefield. for how can Il man
fight r;licu!e: Verify il Is Ike duding
with man Of faat.'crs. Quite still |
sat. bat felt that dignity and severity
of bearing but made me more vulner-
able to rid;cule. Utterly weaponless
was against such odds.
was glad enough when the drums
challenged again for race Of boys.
who were to run one hunded and
twelve yards for hat. Everybody
turned from me to see that, and |
watched wearily the straIning backs
and elbows of the little fellows, and the
shouts of encouragement and Of tri-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
An Introduction to Napoleon.


In December. 1919. when Napoleon,
after his disastrous Russian expedition.
made his secret and hurried journey
from Smorgoni to Paris. the following
incident occurred: At Gragom the snow
lay too thick for the emperor's carriage
to proceed, and Count Wonsowicz was
Informed by the postmaster that Il
Pole, NJ. Wibeski, living near. had
lately ordered a most convenient trav-
cling carriage mounted Oh runners for
his newly married daughter.
At first the Pole refused the most
pressing offers for its purchase, but
when he learned that the carriage WAS
required for the emperors use he not
only yielded, but asked us its price
that he might be presented to the em-
peror. Napoleon complied: but, unwill-
ing to accept the carriage as II gift, he
gave orders that 1000 ducats $4,000
should be handed to the owner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Do Sheep Paw?

Last fall we bought at auction "a scrub
sheep, paying s4.1O each for them, win
tered them on good hay and about the
first of January began to give them a
little grain-three quarts corn and five
quarts of bran. Kept this up until just
before they began to lamb, then We
doubled the feed and gave them some
second crop.
We lost few lambs but turned to
pasture 81 little fellows, sheared from
the sheep the first OF April PIG pounds
of wool. for which We got 22 cents per
pound, or S47.52. Have sold 10 of the
wether lambs for S7S.05 and have 10 left,
mostly ewes, which are good average
of the flock or a little better. Now,
reckoning the ones we have kept the
same as the ones sold it makes a tosal of
sl6l 20 worth of lambs or $500 each.
Taking that together with wool makes
total of s20S.72 or $3.50 from each
sheep.
We have not had any trouble from
dogs for few years, since we have turn
ed colts or steers with the sheep. One
or two colts in the pasture with sheep
will keep away dogs. To be sure they
will chase the sheep some in play but we
have never had any hurt in that way
Cor. in New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE. So
ON this 10Th day OF Dec, A. ID. 1904, on read
Ing the foregoing petition, 1t is
Oriered by the Court, that a hearing De han
upon the same on the SOth day of Dec, A. ID.
1874. before said Court At Portland, In said DIS
trict. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published In The Oxford Dem,
Ocrat, newspaper printed IN said District, anu
that all known creditors, and other persons 10
interest, may appear st the said time and place,
and show cause, II any they have. why the
prayer OF said petitioner should not be granted.
And II Is further Ordered by the Court, that the
Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors
copies OF said petition and this order, adtressed
~ them at their places of residence as stated
Witness the Hon. CLARENCE HALE, Judge
Of the said Court. and the seal thereof. at Fort
land. in said District, on the 10th day OF Dec,
A. ID. 1904.
isl JAMES E. HEwEY. Clerk.
true copy ot petition and order thereon.
Attest JAMES L. HEwEf, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
The ieefing throns

umph when the winner came in smote
my ears as through water. with curl
Gus shocks Of sound.
Then ten fiddlers played for prize,
and while they played the people gath
cred around me again. for races more
than music have the ability to divert
the minds of English folk. But they
left me again when there was a wres-
Ting for pair of silver knee buckles.
| remember to this day. with n curious
dizziness Of recollection, the straining
of those two stout wrestlers over the
field. each forcing the other with all his
might and each scarce yielding foot.
and finally ending the strife in the
same spot as where begun. can see
now those knotted arms and writhing
necks of strength and hear those quick
pants of breath, and again it seems as
then, Il picture passing before my aw-
full reality of shame. Then two young
men danced for a pair Of shoes. and the
crowd gathered around them, and !
was quite deserted and could scarcely
see for the throng the rhythmic filings
Of heels and tosses of heads. But when
that sport was over and the winner
dancing merrily away in his new shoes
the crowd gathered about me again,
and in spite Of my brother clods Of
mud began to fly, and urchins to tweak
ut my two extended feet.
Then that happened which verify
never happened before nor since in Vir-
ginia, and can never happen again, be-
cause maid like Mary Cavendish can
never live again.
Slow pacing into the New field in
that same blue and silver gown which
she had worn to the governors ball,
with a wonderful plumed hat on her
head, and no mask, and her golden hair
flowing free, behind her Catherine and
Cicely Hyde. ike two bridesmaids,
came my love. Mary Cavendish.
And while | shrank back, thinking
that here was the worst sting OF all,
like tie sting of death, that she should
see me thus, straight up to the stocks
she came and gathering her blue and
silver gown about her made her way
in to my side and sat there, thrusting
her two tiny feet, in their dainty shoes,
through the apertures next mine, for
the stocks were made to accommodate
two criminals.
And then looked at her and would
have besought her to 60, but the words
died on my lips, for in that minute l
knew what love was and how 1t could
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Blue Beard.

Blue Beard WAS a real man. and
the so called fairy story is true in all
its essential details. Blue Beard was
Baron GILES de Rails, an enormously
rich Breton nobleman, who fought with
distinction under the banner of Jeanne
dare and was marshal Of France nj
the age Of twenty-five. After the war
he plunged into the widest dissipation.
His great fortune was largely increas'
ed by the dover Of his first Wife Cath
crime de Thouars His favOrite diver
sion was numbering babies and dab
bling In their blood. The church caus
ed his arrest and trial. He was con-
demned and was hanged ut Nantes, but
was converted In prison, and his last
words were to implOre the forgiveness
Of those whose families he had deci-
mated by murder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
A Costly Jest.

1t was jest pure and simple that
brought about the war between Eng
land and France In 1887 and ultimately
cost the great William his life. Will
liam. Of course. was great" In more
senses than one. SO stout was he In
fact by reason Of his idle and luxurious
life that he could not walk from place
TO place. but had to be carried. One
day his contemporary. Philip OF
France. delicately remarked at dinner
that William WAS like iillet of beef
OH casters and ought to be exhibited at
Il prize monarch show" Naturally Will
liam heard OF this and in furious
rage ordered his troops to invade at
once. This was done. and war COM
menced which ended In tie English
king being thrown from his horse and
killed while experimenting the siege
of Nantes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
Harry .i.tins on his bench

colony! You have not oled MIN asain'
sir?"
But Martyr Jennings paid no more
heed to him than if he had been a part
of the prison wall, and, indeed, doubt
IL e ever needed any one who had not
nexd of either his nostrums or his
lancet and after a last look at my
bandagCs he went away.
Then Parson Downs and my brothers
man looked ut each other.
1T is Of no use, SIR" said the man.
whose name was Will Wicket. Poor
Master N'imgiicld cannot ride horse.
He is far To weak" And with that
verify the tears rolled down his cheeks,
80 womanish had he grown by reason
of the sore trials to which he had been
put.
Faith. and believe he would fall
off at the first motion Of the horse"
agreed Parson Downs, with great
scowl. I looked at and listened to them
both, with d curious feeling that they
were talking about some one else, such
was my weakness and giddiness from
that last blood letting.
Then Parson Downs, with an excla.
nation which might have sounded odd
ly enough If heard from the pulpit. but
which may, after oil, have done honor
to his heart. fetched out fask OF
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
PreparinS For Winter.

Fowls are more often badly wintered
than otherwise. This is because prep
aration has not been made for the
wintering before the cold weather ac-
tually comes. On many Of our farms
it would be very easy to lay in store
of such things as the fowl need in win
ter, frequently the things themselves
are abundant, but are lost by neglect to
care for them. I know of one poultry
woman that takes care to secure for her
fowl good supply of dried clover, and
that, too, in the best possible form.
Her large lawn is filed with clover, and
has to be mown frequently. The mow-
ings are fine and are just suited to the
use Of fowls, the young chicks az we'll
as the old ones. She carefully cures
this clover and stores it in bags that
will hold about bushel each. 1t is all
eaten by the fowls, as the stems are very
fine, and provide the fowls with high
ly nitrogenous food.
A plat of red clover can be cut down
to near the ground and mown with a
lawn mower from this time on, every
few weeks, or as often us it has made
growth worth cutting. The trick is to-
NOW it often and thus keep it fine.
The large stems are not desired, as they
are not so readily eaten as the fine,
small ones. In plat properly handled.
there will be more leaves than stems,
and that is what will give the best re-
suit in feeding.
One of the hardest things for the
farmer to do is to remember to get a
barrel or two of road dust before the
rains come in the fall. On a much
travelled road the dust is generally in
superabundance, and neglect to get it
is the only thing we have to consider.
Without this foresight the fowls will
be compelled to 60 all winter without
"a bath, and the consequence will be
that in March, month when lice multi
ply nightly, the poultry owner will
have his hands full getting rid of the
lice that have multiplied during the
winter. The aftermath of this neglect
will come when the young chicks hatch
and the lice emigrate from the old hens
to the soft bodies of the little ones.
Giving the fowls good lot of dust all
through the winter is attacking the
enemy at his base of supplies. If enough
dust is provided the hens will have few
if any lice on them by spring.
have seen patches of turnips, beots
and carrots freeze in the ground, and
the poultry be allowed to go through
the entire winter without green thing.
The roots mentioned were left to freeze
because the farmer thought he had no
use for them particularly. / have also
seen the cabbage patch of the farmer
bring forth little secondary heads after
the main crop was gathered, and have
seen these left in the fields to freeze
when they might easily have been har-
vested for the poultry. The reason
they were not is that the most of our
farmers have never appreciated the
benefits to poultry of green and succu-
lent feed in winter as a balance to the |
heavy grain ration most American fowls |
get.-Farmers' Voice.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
RECTOR OF ST. LUKE'S.
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being thankful to have found such a
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20
How whittier Raised Some Money.

An interesting story Is told of the
poet Whittier showing his ingenuity
in getting subscriptions for good
cause. There were a number Of car
riage makers In Amesbury. where he
resided. and, being once unable to COL
lect cash in consequence Of the pre-
yaiung commercial depression. he sug-
gested that each might contribute
some part Of carriage-one the
wheels, another the body. etc. Thus
all the parts Of complete carriage
were given. and 1t was sold for the
amount required.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-12-20

A gentleman who near the close N
the eighteenth century accompanied
Baron Won Swleten on visit 10 the
old Duke Of Sschsen-HildburghiuScn
relates the following In his memoirs:
'The duke regularly goes to bed ev-
cry night at s o'clock. When leaving
the sitting room to proceed to bis
rather distant sleeping apartment he
has Il number Of his valets posted all
along the line OF route. One Of them
takes possession Of his wig, the sec
ond divests him Of his coat, and so
on, until by the time he has reached
the goal he is ready to slip into bed
without more ado"