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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
MRS. HALLS MIRACLE.
EXPERIENCES SIMILAR TO THIS HAVE
occAsIoNED CONSIDERABLE COMMENT

EXPERIENCES SIMILAR TO THIS HAVE
ocCAsIoNED CONSIDERABLE COMMENT
IN PARIS.
Few women are better known in Lock-
port. N. Y, than Mrs. Pattie D. Hall, as
abe belongs to one of the best families
and has a large circle of friends and &C.
auaintances. In a recent interview Mrs.
Hall said:
1.-THE experience l have been through
in the last two years seems like a miracle.
I was so badly off that life seemed almost
uncomfortable, and my deafness increased
so that l could scarcely hear anything.
The suffocation in my chest and the IN
digestion caused by my catarrh, produc-
ed very severe suffering. / had five dit
ferent physicians, bought every that
anybody recommended to me, but hnai'
ly gave up in despair.
One day my milliner asked me If had
ever tried Hyomei. l began the treat
ment, and can thankfully testify that
Hyomei does cure this terrible disease.
Since using it my hearing has greatly
improved, and the only time have any
catarrhal trouble is when l take cold.
then use Hyomei. and always get In
slant relief. My friends and acquaintt
ances marvel at the change in my health
and hearing"
Hyomei has made many cures OF ca
tarrh, and in connection with Hyome
balm, of catarrhal deafness, in Paris
Similar experiences to that of Mrs. Hairs
have created large sale of Hyomei will
F. A. Shurtleff & Co.
The complete outfit, including the in
haler, costs but 81, while extra bottles
are but so cents. Ask f. A. Shurtlef q
Co. to show you the strong guarantee
under which they sell HyOmei.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Cushman Letter.

HEBRON, March ~, l9U5.
had very pleasant call from my old
friend, Mr.. Jerome Irish of Portland,
the other day. ! hardly knew him at
first, not having seen him for nine years,
but after he nearly shook me off my
pins, it came to me who it was. He said
he had come some ways out of his way
on purpose to see me and to hear me tell
some Of my old lies. He complimented
me on my personal appearance and said
he thought ! retained my mental facul-
ties to remarkable extent. He thought
l could tell about as big lie as could
forty years ago. He wanted me to come
and see him next summer and we would
set apart day and swap lies.
A good joker never laughs at his own
jokes.
Any fool can tell second hand story,
but it takes quite genius to tell it 80
it will sound good.
You might as we'll shun the man who
laughs when he is mad.
Some folks say that charity begins at
home. I think such people calculate to
keep it there.
would rather get cheated by whole
souled rascal than try to get square
deal out of a small souled church men,
Der.
In we'll regulated quarrel never lose
your head. If anybody gets ratified let
it be the other fellow. In this way you
will make at least four points in the
game. VIC.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Hartford.

Ralph Wyman, station agent, who was
shot through the arm and robbed at
Hartford, has returned home to Belgrade.
Leon Irish is station agent at present.
Lewis w. Child went to Hebron Thurs
day.
Geo. Burgess was in town last week.
Those who are sick with the grippe
are improving.
Percy Bartlett, who has been threaten
ed with pneumonia, Is little better at
this>writing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
BrOwnfield.

Prof. Walter, who assisted Rev. Mr..
Hoyt in series of meetings some two
weeks ago, has returned to this village
after spending week in Fryeburg. He
is now giving lessons in vocal music in
Beams Hall.
The snow is leaving very fast. Sled
ding nearly gone.
There has been but little maple
syrup brought into the village yet.
Rev. Mr. Coughs sister, Mrs. Wal
dron lis spending few weeks with him.
DIR. Wentworth, who has been feeble
for quite a long time, is improving. He
is now boarding at Mr.. Z. b. Beans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bradeen have a
young daughter.
After long and painful sickness Mr..
Paris Rowe passed away this week,
Monday He leaves a wife, two sons,
three sisters, three brothers, to mourn
his loss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
East Hebron.

The snow is rapidly disappearing,
bare ground is seen in various direc-
tions, and we hear no call for water of
late.
There are many sick in this vicinity.
Mrs. Cyrus Ramsdell is reported very
sick with pneumonia. Dea. r. P. Fuller
is very feeble. H. A. Record is doing
his chores. The deacon's health has
been failing through the winter, and
was feeble long time since.
Mr.. Stillman P. Hersey Of North Au-
burn has gained some the past week,
and it is hoped he will be around again
if he does not fully regain his health.
Eddie l.. Record is passing the week
with MIR. Conant in North Auburn-the
home of his very early part of life.
On Saturday East Hebron Grange
entertained Hebron Grange by invita-
ton, and West Minot was invited but
the storm prevented them from coming.
The day was we'll enjoyed by all present,
and the sick were finely treated to the
nice food left them.
Mrs. Cassia Perkins is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Georgia Quincy, of Sumner.
The travelling is so poor we find very
little news to write.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04


Mrs. Daniel Murch and Mrs. Vern Al
len are i'll, Mrs. o. e. Waite Is poorly
and many others are ailing.
Mae Chaffin is visiting at Norway.
Mrs. Merritt Parsons is visiting friends
in Nashua.
Horace Murch is having his lumber
placed for new house. He prepared
the foundation last fall.
C. N. Taylor from Wellesley, Mass,
who has contracted to bring water from
North Pond, is in town, presumably to
sell stock.
Sheriff McIntire and Deputy Whiting
ton have been up the line. We hear
they made seizure at Rumford Falls.
/. w. Shaw and daughter Mildred have
returned from their visit to friends in
Boston.
We had an introduction to the brown
tail moth in the office of City Marshal
Goss of Auburn last week. Auburn
pays cents per nest, and Lewiston 2
cents.
w. A. Gerrish is quite ill.
Mrs. Thomas S. Brigham is favorably
reported. She has been very sick
woman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
,lohn's Letter.

Brother T. is dear lover of picked
tripe, and he has way of fitting it to
please his palate peculiarly his own. We
presume it is no secret process, and so
we give it to the public. He takes a
slab of tripe, wraps around it a strip of
muslin, and puts it through the clothes
wringer. We never manipulated tripe in
that manner, and cannot speak of the
efficacy of the process. IL he reports a
success we may put our wringer to an
other use, squeezing the pickle from
tripe.
Anything relating to Lincoln is of
interest. In reading the life of William
Cullen Bryant, find that while crossing
the prairies to his brothers plantation,
whom he was going to visit, he en-
countered company of volunteers who
were moving south TO take a part in
what is commonly known as the Black
Hawk war. They were led by tall,
awkward, uncouth lad, whose appearance
particularly attracted Mr.. Bryant's at
tentiOn, and whose conversation delight
ed him by its breezinesS and originality.
He learned many years afterward, by
one who belonged to the troop, that this
captain of theirs was named Abraham
Lincoln. Mr.. Bryant little dreamed as
he scanned the ungainly STRIPPING any
listened to his "unweeded jokes" that
some thirty years later il would become
his duty to present him to New York
audience, and his privilege to hear from
those lips .the decisive word of the con-
test" which was to result in making this
captain of volunteers for eight con-
secutive years president of the republic,
the central figure of one of the most
momentous wars that las ever yet been
waged among men, and the signer of the
proclamation that delivered over six mil
lions of people from slavery.
The voice of the crow is heard in the
land. We welcome the sound thereof
about this time of the year. We can
worry along without it about corn
sprouting time.
A few tramp robins appeared a week
ago, on their way to Paris.
Gentlemen's day ut Turner Grange
April lst Fred was up to get us to help
"beat the women" Beating the women
means taking your hands out of your
pockets and getting a move on. Ii isn't
always picnic.
Could you read aloud without a
tremor some of the incidents in the
Brockton horror? A vision comes up be-
fore me now of a young woman turning,
just before the leap for life and safety,
to look for the last time on the face of
him who had saved her-himself he
could not save. He smiled and waved
his hand. The smile and the waving
ell. I... 4, 60 hAn
diction and a blessing. Heroes were
born and died there. There was one
who stood in safety, but the voices call
cd him back to certain death. Ii his
soul was as spotted as the soul of
Jim Bludso, ''whose ghost went up on
the smoke of the Pairie Belle" We &C
cept as true the unpublished line of the
poet:
"Ard Christ amt goin' to be too hard
On man who died for men,"
JOHN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Greenwood.

Hardly any sap weather to date. The
snow has three-quarterS liquefied and
gone into the Atlantic Ocean. Flies,
bugs and millers are in evidence, and yet
as it will be March two days longer,
should the weather be favorable, we may
have short run of sap before the sea-
son ends.
Willard Herrick, now about so years
of age, and who was confined to the
house the most of the winter by several
diseases, has so far recovered as to be
out and does few light chores.
Fred Cole, also his brother Stillman,
and Robert Morgan's wife are all on the
sick list; but the sick ones are not all
confined to this town or county. A let
ter from Mrs. Jennie Howe, recently, of
West Minot, informed us that she was
the only one in the family fit for duty.
Mrs. Howe stated that her father, who
has been in Washington with one of his
daughters the past winter, intended to
start for home on the Goth, and would
probably arrive about the 4th of April
When her sister, Mrs. Andrews, wrote
her letter she said they were then plant
ing their garden.
Another letter from Sharon Robinson,
better known as Slocum in the literary
field, of East Sumner, writes us that he
is still on the sick list, but at present
is slowly convaleScing. He says
there is a large amount of sickness in
that vicinity and the doctors are working
hard.
Roscoe Bennett and wife, of Norway,
came into the neighborhood two weeks
ago to visit their relatives, and intended
to return last Saturday, when the rain
storm came and they were obliged to
extend their visit while longer. Mr..
Bennett cut his foot so severely nearly
two months ago as still to be obliged to
travel on crutcheS.
Floyd Morgan has hired out to John
Swan of Bethel with view to learning
the carpenters trade, and expects to
commence work about the middle OF
April; so that the chest of tools he
bought recently will soon come in play.
The drifts in the road were shoveled
out yesterday, and our mail carrier went
through with wagon for the first time
The different kinds of wood were near
ly all marketed before the shedding failed
up, but one man got left and will finish
hauling on wheels.
Ransom Cole did not have to wait long
for water, and is now probably saving
his long lumber. 1t requires only about
one-half the water to run the new mill
compared with the old one, and every
part of the machinery moves like clock.
work.
Edward Pike of Woodstock was at the
Bennett place yesterday on business, and
was much interested in our yearling kid
which is getting to be quite an animal
his hair reaching nearly to the ground
and about as fine as silk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
East Waterford.

Born March 20, to the wife of Charles
w. Cannon, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Pride and daugh-
ter spent Sunday in Portland.
Miss Bertha Miller is qnite i'll with
heart trouble and unable to return to
her school in Sabatis, for the present
at least.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney McAllister of
Lowell are to have charge of the town
farm the coming year.
Alton and Chauncey Ames are work
ing in the Rolfe mill for time.
Mrs. Otis Martin and her step-daugh-
ter, Mrs. Smith, moved to Norway Tues
day.
Mr.. Pennock has moved his goods
here.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
East Sumner.

A. d. Park was in town on Tuesday.
He officiated at Perley Ripley's auction
sale.
D. r. Palmer and wife came over from
South Paris last week and are stopping
a while at the old farm.
The country roads are awful just now
and the R. F. D. carriers are having a
hard time to make their trips.
Mrs. Lavina Osgood has gone on a
visit to sister in Boston.
Mrs. Jennie (Stetson) Spaulding is
visiting her parents. Her husband, Kirk
Spaulding, is teaching in Hollis, Maine.
Summers special town meeting held
on the 9th is declared by good authority
to have been illegal. 1t was voted to
build a new school house and raise
$500 for that purpose.
We have received letters from "John"
and 81. D."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
NeWrY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders, who were very
i'll, are much better now.
Will Warren is suffering with boils on
his neck. DR.. White is in attendance.
Fred Taylor's little son is very sick.
Stephen Goudet has moved his family
from the farm into the mill house" at
Newry Corner, and will work in the
mill.
Sam Frost has gone to Togus for the
summer.
Mrs. Nellie Thompson will start for
Montana next week where her husband
is working.
The ice has gone out of the river and
the drivers are busy starting the logs.
Mrs. w. +. Small is reported i'll with
rheumatism.
Dennis Kilgore is able to sit up part
of the time.
The heavy rain of week ago carried
off the snow wonderfully.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Hebron.

Mr.. A. NJ. Richardson spent Sunday in
Portland.
Prof. j. F. Moody, of Edward Little
High School, is spending his vacation
here.
Miss Hazel Donham, who is teaching
in the same school, is at home with her
mother.
j. F. Moody, Jr., who is attending
Bangor Law School, was here for few
days and will spend the remainder Of
his vacation in Boston.
Miss Agnes Bearce is teaching in
North Auburn.
Miss Columbia Bumpus is at home
from Auburn.
The Ladies' Circle gave supper and
fine entertainment Tuesday evening.
Snow in this vicinity is nearly gone.
Robins and other birds are plenty
with their welcome songs.
Mrs. II. X. Stearns picked bouquet
of pansies which she carried to the
Ladies' Circle Tuesday.
Spring is here and we are proud of our
own ten fine chickens seven weeks old.
We hear that specimens of the brown
tail moth have been found here.
Preston Merrill of Massachusetts was
called here this week by the illness Of
his aunt, Miss Chesley.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the District Court Of the United States for the
District Of Maine. In bankruptcy.
In the matter of
WILLIAM j. CONS0R', In Bankruptcy
OF Rumford. Bankrupt
To the creditors of William ConnOrs Ia the
County Of Oxford and district aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th iav of
Mar. A. d. 1905, the said William ! Connors
was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and that the first
Court House. In South Paris. on the l?th
LAY of April, A. ID. 1908. ut 10 O'Clock
In the forenoon, at which time the sail
creditors may attend prove their elaine,
appoint q trustee, examine the bankrupt,
and transact tuch other business as may
properly come before said meeting
South Paris, March g, 1905.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankru toy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
North Albany.

Mrs. Carrie Penley and little son are
at her fathers, Roscoe Emery's.
Milford Brown and Ed Good are at
work for /. S. Morrill, in his mills at
Bethel.
John Kimball is at work for John Hap
good of Bethel for few days.
Mr.. Otis Hayford of Hanover visited
friends in town recently.
Ed Arsenault is helping Leslie Kim
ball for few days.
Abner Kimball and few others about
here have tapped their trees and are
making supply of maple syrup.
There is some talk of telephone line
running through here. A meeting was
held at the town house recently In con-
nection with the enterprise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
North Stoneham.

Mrs. John Adams and three children
have been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burnham McKeen, of Albany, the
past week.
Willard c. Barker of Bridgton visited
his sister, Mrs. VIM. Cannon, Satur-
day.
Albion McKeen of Albany has been
staying while with his uncle, H. B.
McKeen.
John Adams met with quite . loss
Friday. His sister, Mrs. Dill, took his
team to 60 to East Stoneham. When
near Lowell line the horse dropped dead.
She appeared ~ well - ever when she
started.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Here and There.

The American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions will take two weeks
to decide whether it will accept Mr..
Rockefeller's 800, 900 gift. In all rroba-
bility it will be accepted at the end of
the two weeks, but meanwhile the con-
test will rage. Is Mr.. Rockefeller at
least presumptively innocent, or does he
stand convicted in the judgment of the
people of obtaining his great wealth by
illegal or morally unjustifable means? Is
his money tainted? Does the end
justify the means? Will "tainted" money
do just as much good as that which is
clean? Should tainted" money be &C
cepted for benevolent and Christian
work? These are a few of the questions
which enter into the discussion, and the
agitation of them is not likely to do any
serious harm unless it gets so heated
that the Christian people engaged in it
lose their temper.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
CHEATED DEATH.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally, but
by choosing the right medicine, E. q
Wolfe, of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated
death. He says: "Two years ago had
Kidney Trouble, which caused me great
pain, suffering and anxiety, but l took
Electric Bitters, which effected COM
plete cure. l have also found them of
great benefit in general debility and
nerve trouble, and keep them constantly
on hand, since, as 1 find they have no
equal" F. A. Shurtleff & Co., South
Paris. West Paris, guarantee them at
SOC. a bottle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Wilson's Mills.

School commenced March 20 taught
by Lester Bean of Bethel. The going is
such at present that but few of the
scholars can attend.
At the hotel Tuesday morning they
had "a men to breakfast and As horses to
feed. They had come over from the
Kennebago region during the night.
About 20 horses passed through here
coming out of the woods on Tuesday.
John Goodnow has hired for the sea-
son with E. S. Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Flint and Master
Harold started for Newry Wednesday,
where they will visit their son, F. P. Flint,
and then go to Pennington.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Lowell.

Alice NJ. Allen of Cornish is visiting at
Z. X. Chapman's.
The logs are being driven on Kezar
River.
Mrs. Lois McDaniels, widow of Dean
McDaniels, died the 9th inst. The
funeral was from her late home Wednes-
day, attended by Rev. c. ii. Shank.
A number of lots of apples have been
packed and shipped recently, but the
price is very low.
Mrs. ]. II. Walker and daughter Mel
lie have returned from visit to Port
land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
Denmark.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Gray have been
in Portland for few days.
MIR. Harold Perkins has been spending
few days in Portland.
Mr.. Irving Ingalls, is the champion
wood sawyer in this section, having
sawed nine cords of large cleft wood two
cuts in 27 1-2 hours, the last two cords
were cut in 1-2 hours, with buck saw.
(Next.)
Mr.. Foster T. Pingree is reported as
being comfortable.
The snow is fast disappearing in this
section and wheels are being used.
Mrs. C. K. Belcher is in Portland for a
few days.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
BEST COUGH MEDICINE FOR chill.
DREN.

When you buy a cough medicine for
small children you want one in which
you can place implicit confidence. You
want one that not only relieves but
cures. You want one that is unquestion-
ably harmless. You want one that is
pleasant to take. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy meets all of these conditions.
There is nothing so good for the coughs
and colds incident to childhood. 1t is
also certain preventive and cure for
Group, and there is no danger whatever
from whooping cough when it is given.
1t has been used in many epidemics of
that disease with perfect success. For
sale by Shurtleff & Co., South Paris;
Jones Drug Store, Oxford; Noyes Drug
Store, Norway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
4. E. FIELD,
LAST HOPE VANISHED.

When leading physicians said that w.
NJ. Smithart, of Pekin, Ia, had incurable
consumption, his last hope vanished;
but DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him
out of his grave. He says: "This great
specific completely cured me, and saved
my life. Since then, have used it for
over ten years, and consider it mar
velous throat and lung cure" Strictly
scientific cure for Coughs, Sore Threats
or Colds; sure preventive of pneumonia.
Guaranteed, soc. and 81 90 bottles at F.
A. Shurtleff & Co.'s, South Paris, West
Paris. Trial bottle free.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
in the District Court of the United States for the
District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
of Mexico, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Peter j. Muse in the
County Of Oxford and district Aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given that on TIE 18th day Of
March, A. d. 1905. the said Peter J. Niue was
duly aJjudicaied bankrupt. and that the first
meeting of his creitors Will be held at the Court
House, in South Paris on the l2th day Of Apr,
A. ID. 1906 at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon, ut VIII oh
time the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint trustee. examine the bankrupt.
and transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
South Paris, March %, 1905:
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee IN Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
A DAREDEVIL RIDE

often ends in sad accident. To heal &C
cidental injuries, use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. "a deep wound in my foot, from
an accident" writes Theodore Schuele,
of Columbus, o., "caused me great pain.
Physicians were helpless, but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve quickly healed it." Soothes
and heals burns like magic. Only 25c.
at F. A. Shurtleff & Co.'s Drug Stores,
South Paris, West Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04
East Bethel.
No crossing the river.

NO CROSSING ING river.
Neither wheeling nor sleighing.
Prof. w. S. Wight and daughter Marie
visited relatives here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Clark and two sons
from Saco are spending few weeks
vacation here.
Judge G. F. Rich and son from Berlin
recently visited here.
Mrs. Irving Kimball has returned
home to Boston. She was accompanied
by her brother, Will Holt.
Miss Amy Bartlett, class '05, Gorham
Normal School, has been spending few
days. vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. E. Bartlett.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04

Walter L. Gray of South Paris will be
q candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for state senator for Oxford County
in 1906. Mr.. Gray is well known in the
county. He is member of the law firm
of Wilson & Gray. In the present legis-
lature he is representative from the dis
trict composed of Paris, Buckfield and
Milton Plantation, and has done good
service ON the legal affairs committee.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-04

Representative j. Putnam Stevens,
who has had charge of the arrangements
for the visit of delegation of the Maine
Legislature to the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature, has completed plans for the visit
to take place about April 7. The Maine
men in the Massachusetts, Legislature
visited the Maine Legislature during the
mast session.