Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-20
Green wood.

DlVeIS ltltcTS anu pdPOio hoNo ocop
received during the past week, few OF
which we will here notice. The first
was a typewriter letter, accompanied
by several papers from a western dis
tilling company, describing their sever
al kinds of liquors and at the same time
soliciting our patronage for the same,
To show how liberal the company pro-
pose to be we will copy the first para
graph of the letter, leaving out the adj
dress: 1--WE are enclosing you certifi-
cate, good for one quart of anything yon
may select of whiskey, brandy, gin OF
wine, free, if sent with an order for one
gallon or more of whiskey." At first we
were inclined to take the letter as an in
suit and let it pass as such, but after due
consideration we replied to it In this
manner, emitting the address as before:
Your letters and papers describing the
several kinds of liquors which you distill.
together with the price of each kind,
and at the same time asking my patron
age for the same, were duly received,
and since a reply seems to be in order
will say that as | have lived more than
Is years without drinking the first drop
of any kind of distilled liquor as a
beverage; and furthermore since my
health has always been such as never to
require the aid of physician in single
instance, / am inclined to the opinion
that it would be better not to indulge at
this late day; and trust therefore you
will excuse me for not becoming your
patron. Wishing you success in you,
business, so far as it is benefit to the
general public, and no further, l remain
yours, etc.
The next letter to notice was from the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce, ano
here is it's contents except the address
Eve take pleasure in forwarding to your
address under separate cover booklet
descriptive of the state of Washington
and its resources. This booklet will give
you a general idea of the state as &
whole, and the main features of eacl
county. Our climate is especially de.
sirable where the four seasons are mark
ed as zero weather is seldom touched in
winter. We are confident that you
would enjoy change to this section"
The booklet, above referred to, is 8
large pamphlet of more than 250 pages
and gives information on everything per
tanning to the state, including large and
finely executed map of the same. The
fact is, some of the officers there are
former Oxford Bears; and knowing the
superior resources of that state, as com
pared to ours, they are trying to induce
as many good people and no Others tt
come out and settle there.
| And now for few lines of tragic his
tory, as obtained by letters from Albany
and West Bethel, it being nothing less
than the cold bloooded murder of Henry
A. Jackson, formerly of Fort Fairfield,
Aroostook Co., and brother of Mrs. J
W. Cummings of Albany. He was mar
of considerable property, and some years
ago sold his farm for $1,000, and went to
Fresno, California, where he bought a
ranch near one owned by his brother
and there erected home. He employ
ed two laborers, and one evening while
sitting in his house he was shot through
window, his money undoubtedly being
the cause of the murder, and his en-
ployes are supposed to have been the
men who committed the foul deed. They
carried his body some distance and
buried it in a deep hole, where it re-
1 Indiueu SeSerdi uaSS ooioEc IL was iouiu
How much money they obtained is not
known, but it is said that he deposited
$500 in the bank but short time before
the fatal shot was fired. The murder
was committed in January, since which
time nothing more has been heard BY
his folks here. MIR. Jackson was IS
years old and never was married.
Mr.. Barnett and wife of Paris came up
on a visit to her folks and returned Wed
nesday, making short call at the Ben
nett place on the way. Mr.. Barnett in
formed US that they had engaged to rur
the Oxford town farm during the en-
suing year.
Are we to have the proverbial six
weeks shedding in this month of March:
Four degrees below zero this Thursday
morning, and now showing as If it mean,
| business.
Born, in Greenwood, March 16, to the
wife of Rawson Martin, son. No. A.
two of each kind.