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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
Notes of the Political Campaigns

NOlcS OF tue fOdhiiC0 SdmposxuSs
The expected excitement was at least
fully realized in the matter of the Lewis
ton and Auburn caucuses Of Tuesday.
Every effort was made to get the voters
out, and large vote was cast. The re-
suit was not triumph for either con-
gressional candidate, as the two cities
broke about even, Lewiston choosing Fl
Littlefield delegates and Auburn Is
Swasey delegates. The majority for Lit
tlefield in Lewiston was 1888 in total
vote of 1349, and for Swasey in Auburn
173 in total Of S57. Mr.. Swasey and
his friends will carry the battle through
10 the floor Of the convention.
A lively contest for the Democratic
nomination for congress in the Second
District was settled Thursday when the
convention at Auburn nominated Hon.
Daniel j. McGillicuddy Of Lewiston.
Mr.. McGillicuddy Was placed In nomina-
ton by Judge William II. Newell If
Lewiston, and Job Fl. Monte omery cf
Camden was nominated by Joseph e.
Moore Of Thomaston. The ballot re-
suited, AcGillicuddy $40, Montgomery
157.
Hon. Charles Z. Littls6eld, after
spending three weeks away from the
session of congress looking after his
fences in this district has returned 10
Washington. According to statements
issued from his headquarters, he feels
assured Of over 200 delegates. 179 being
necessary for . nomination. His claims
are not admitted BY Mr.. Swasey and his
friends, and the contest viii 20 on 10
the door Of the convention.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
DEATH FROM LoCKJAw

never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's antiseptie
and healing properties prevent blood
poisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchant >oi
rsselaersville, N. T., writes: ut
cured Seth Burch Of this place, of the
ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw"
Cures Cuts, Wounds, Burns and Sores.
$50 at z. 4. Shurtleff 4 Co.'s drug store.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
A Vision of Custard Pie.

BUCKFIELD, may 20, i0VO'
Editor Democrat:
As this is busy time of the year, and
not having much stock In trade, and be.
sides I have some engagements ahead,
such as standing up In different fields Of
corn to keep the crows away and sich
like, will submit the following lines
for the Democrat. You can do az you
think best about printing them. The
lines were composed by W. 8. Robinson
In the year of our lord 1900.
WV. CUsHMAN.
WIN. CUsHMAN's DREAM.
lie dreamed that Swan Lake was a great big
dish,
Filled with sugar instead Of fish,.
While all the swans the universe knew
Had piled up eggs In ample view;
While from Warren's farm on the nearby hilla
The milk came down In generous r1lls,
Till the lake was filed from shore TO shore
And what on earth could man want more?
Fire to cook was not far 70 seek.
Tho mountains round then burst In twain
And roared flood Of fiery rain,
Ashes and lava and rocks red hot,
Till Swan Lake dubbed Ike an unwat he'd pot
And williams pie was done TO turn.
Twas then he woke and heard o call
Down the smoking sides of the mountain fall,
md an angel appeared In the darkened sky,
Bearing al0ft custard pie.
"Waken. oh william. awake In haste,
nd come with me and have taste"
She was female angel. with golden hair.
nd for nfty years Bill had stsyed right there.
They ate AMI chatted and chatted and ate;
They retired early and rose up late.
But every day when the sun rose high,
They tackled again the custsrd pie.
Rut stated at last there came day
When abe spread her wings and scared away.
he waited long, but waited In vain.
She never returned to soothe his pain,
While worn and wasted and ready to die,
He hungered again for some custard pie.
His mouth was parched and his heart was sore
And he HE'D away to the pie lake shore.
He gazed for WHILE then wahed In.
Till inside and out twas up to his chin.
For thirty years he stood and fed,
With nothing In sight but just his head
In ten years more he had scraped the crust.
Then started to build up cu-tard trust.
The waters came back to their oldtime bed.
While the mountains came down with leve
head.
The brooks ran full In their old.time track,
And In 1900 the fish came back.
Now the lake CLEANS bright as In days OF yore
While the children play on the sandy shore.
And now when the low descending sun
Warns US the day II well nigh done,
In water bright In the lakes clear stream,
Wen drink success to Bill and his dream.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Rain almost every day this month.
Mrs.. Richardson and con Carl went 10
Portland Saturday, returning Monday
night.
DR.. Merrill Of Yarmouth Was at E. r.
Bennett's last week. returning home
Sunday.
Z. G. Bowler, editor Of the Bethel
News, with his family and wife's sister,
Miss n. A. Dingley, was In town Tues
day, calling on Mrs. Bowler's sister, Mis-
Vivian Dingley, who b teaching in
District No. 8.
Mis- Edith Farwsll went to Hanover
With frisad last week, returning We'd
uoodAy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
Denmark.

There are q few cases of German
measles in town.
Lays circus IL billed here for day.
A cold, hard rain has prevailed here
for few days, making the grass look
fine.
Mr.. A. a. Jones and A. w. Belcher
have been making 16foot addition to
Mr.. Luther Trumbull's barn.
The Ladies' Circle met with Mrs. s. 7.
Brown Wednesday evening, but on &C
count of the storm only seven were pres
emit. Ice cream and cake were served.
The road commissioner has been
obliged to give up work on roads on &C
count of wet weather.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
FOLLOWING THE FLAG.

When our soldiers went to Cuba an(
the Philippines, health was the most i'm
portant consideration. Willis T. Nor
gan, retired Commissary Sergeant, o. 8
A., of Rural Route 1, Concord, N. H.
says: 81 was two years in Cuba and
two years in the Philippines, and being
subject to colds, took DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which KEEP
me in perfect health. And now, In New
Hampshire, we find 1t the best medicin,
in the world for coughs, colds, bron
chial troubles and all lung diseases
Guaranteed at r. A. Shurtleff & Co.
druggists. Price 900 and $1.00. Tris
bottle free,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

plttsfield IL one Of the few towns that
presents its best side to those passing
through on the train. The now library,
on whose lawn the soldiers monument
stands. faces the station and ell the sur
roundipgs are neat and attractive.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
AN ALARMING SITUATION

frequently results from neglect Of clog
rcd bowels and torpid liver, until COD
stlpation becomes chronic. This condi.
ton 10 unknown to those who use DR.:
Kings New Life Pills; the best and
esutlsst regulators Of Stomach and Bow.
90, Guaranteed By =. A. Shurtle6 4
Co., Druggists. Price SO.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

The Coopers have disposed Of their
property at Cooper's Mills, It Is an
nounced, and propose to remove to
Rhode Island or Connecticut. Since the
trial OF Mrs. Cooper on the charge OF
killing Charles Northy the conditions In
the community where she has made her
home have not been congenial.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Dennis and Miles Adams went TO Al
bany Tuesday to Pomona Grange. They
report very nice time.
willard Barker has finished work for
VIM. Cannon and han gone to Dixfield
to work.
Two fellows from Auburn have been
staying 1t L. ]. Gammon's and flshing.
Kate Adams 10 doing the work for
Nrs. Louisa Adams while she h ct Nor
way.
Charlie Adams Il ct homo on avaca-
lion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Railroad Arrangemeuts.-0n Maine Central
and Grand Trunk. one fare for round trip; Port
land and Rumford Falls, one fare to Rumford
Junction plus one dollar.
Tickets viii be good going to Portland on all
trains of Tuesday. June 18th. and for any train
arriving In Portland June 9th not later than
IL 30 p NJ and for a return June 2Ith and 18th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Notice Of Bankruptcy.
We're Expecting You In for Look.
Summer Carriage Buster.
Hosiery.
It's Hot.
Bankrup.'s Petition for Discharge.
june IL here again
kastern Steamship Co.
Ladies White Canvas Oxfords.
DIR. Austin Tepney.
wanfaH
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
Coming Events.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

June lOl3.-Commencsment, Bridgton Academy
June liberalization. Paris High School.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

The lecture, my Trip in the Orient
given by Rev. w. Fl. Clark at the Bap-
fist church Tuesday evening proved to
be- Of much interest and was we'll attend
ed. Mr.. Clark Is q pleasing speaker and
is thoroughly acquainted with the sub
ject, having recently travelled through
that country. His lecture was fully
illustrated with stereopticon views. The
ladies Of the church served supper, loo
cream and cake In the vestry. Some
over $500 was realized.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Glasses On weekly payments.
Pasnntee. Bad ny ~.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12
East Sumner.

Two or three from this vicinity viii
attend the q. A. r. encampment al
Portland this week. The Forest City
always does the grand thing for the
boys in blue. We well remember the
loyalty and kindness extended to ua
while in camp in '62. No better place
could be selected.
Delegates from Sumner to the Re
publican conventions are:-L. B. Heald
and Sharon Robinson to tho district; G.
Il. Bonney and W. II. Eastman to the
state; Geo. d. Crosse and Oscar G. Chan
dler to tho county. The universal
sentiment Is Swasey for representative
to congress and w. H. Eastman for
county commissioner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Mrs. George L. Huxley and her niece,
Mrs. T. N. Millsy, of Bowdoinham, have
been visiting Mrs. A. W. Pottle, sister OF
Mrs. Millay.
Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Pottle are in
attendance at the commencement exer-
cises at Kent's Hill this week. Mr.. Pot
tie is trustee of the seminary at that
place.
Rev. Mr.. Woodwork of Auburn was
in town Friday and Saturday on business
In connection with the Auburn First Ma
tional Bank. He was the guest over
night Of Rev. A. w. Pottle.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. are pack.
ing barrel of goods for the San Fran
cisco sufferers.
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ATWOOD 6 FORBES,
Editsrs and Propristsrs.
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Unier this call. there will be a total Of Ass
delegates in the convention. Oxford County Is
entitled To IS a. follows:
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Saturday evening. June 2, Dora Filing
wood Of West Paris and Charles Hayford
OF Oquossoc were married by Rev. A.
W.. Pottle at the home of the brides
brother, John Ellingwood.
June 9Th Was day Of interest for the
family OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Irish
through the marriage st Rumford Falls
of their SON Lewis to lady OF that
place.
Sanford Lucus ID quite Ill OF pneu-
monia. Since oil doctors had evacuated
the town, DR.. Irish Of Turner ia attend
Ing him.
At Q reunion ct the lakes Of the old
Bucktield company, j. Il. DeCoster Of
Mechanic Falls and @. d. Prince OF this
place went Saturday, returning Tuesday.
Nrs. G. D. Bisbce has been recent
guest Of Mrs. c. q. Prince.
Wilson Conant, DR.. Heald, Thomas
and Bates Record, Vern Allen and Leslie
Washburn, with a. many moro from
Paris, went Saturday to Four Ponds
with eight days rstions.
Report comes from Traverse City,
Mich, that Charles Buck, formerly Of
this town, Is quite III. He with his
wife visited their relatives here last win
ter. She was Mrs. Anna Pike, whom he
married about two years ago.
Luther Irish and Herman Wardwell
and wives of West Paris, were in town
Wednesday on their return from the
wedding Of Lewis Irish, twin brother,
at Rumford Falls.
Constable Daniel Emery has moved
into his new purchase on Turner Street,
where from late conditions he may be
called upon In his official capacity.
Miss Lena A. Bailey of deviation, q
trained nurse, Is caring for Sanford
Lucas. he Is very Ill.
L. B. Spaulding has sold his spring to
Boston parties, and the work Of bottling
is to be carried on soon.
1t Is mighty aggravating to have doc
tors and others drive on to ones lawn
and leave their teams to feed. especially
when We have become incapacitated for
labor and cannot repair the damage.
A vaudeville show is going on at
Nezinscot Hall for the week. A voting
contest for watch Is one of the features.
We hoped to see B. A. Hutchinson out
before this time. We hear he Is gaining
slowly. He has sold his milk route to
Ernest Damon.
How does the weather suit you? "You
will feel better when warm weather
comes" How often I have heard the
above.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20

large edition. Mr.. Morse is at present
in New England where he is said to
be collecting material for another
novel" etc. and underneath was the
AUTHORS Photographic long, lean face,
with a humorous twinkle in the smil-
ing eyes
This, then, explained the vague re-
semblance she had alEays felt, but
could never define. And she had tried
TO broaden his outlook-to teach him.
All oblivious to the yellow splendor
OF the glowing sunset, Miss Levering
dropped her head upon her arms and
cried
She did not hear him till he dropped
on the rock beside her and picked up
the open book
Don't Please DON'T he pleaded
contritely. Forgive me! never
dreamed you'd care-that way. l had
to have tyres for a new work I'm do
ing. | could get what I wanted so
much better this way. Surely you un-
derstand?
AS for yourself" his voice grew ten
der, when l found you had the slight
est interest in me | dared do nothing
to disturb II until 1t should take firmer
root"
But you let me try TO help you-to
teach YOU" she exclaimed, furious with
herself and hating him till she looked
up and met his eyes.
And was [ not an apt pupil?" he an
swered hale seriously, half jestingly.
Then as he lent and drew her closer:
AT all events learned one lesson
pretty thoroughly" he said
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20
The Reason One Woman IL Afraid of
Her aatfstub.

Il know good many people are
''..,t urt ia t,.r WI! taat | am. I am
not afraid Of the water after | am in
the tub. It's getting In and out l am
afraid Of. though water in a bathtub
has been deadly, too, to some. l knew
Of a man once who was drowned in
his hathuh. Many n man has drowned
in his hathtub. but / know the widow Of
this one and that was what brought 1t
home to ne Whenever they intro
duCeG her they whispered, Her huS-
band was drowned IN bathtub.'
1T seemed to mc sort Of disgrace
to hor. that Wy Of dying If he want
cd to drown. why didn't he go to the
river? II lie didn't do it purposely.
thea it was the fault Of the bathtub,
aud that makes II a dangerous thing, to
my notion.
Il knew another man who was seri.
ously injured by bathtub. He was a
great friend Of mine. He had prom
ised 10 help me in a lot of ways, with
my work ana one thing and another.
Then he was taken very III. He was
upon the verge of recovery and had
written me he was coming to call in
a day or two when got word that he
had fallen In the bathtub or on it-I
have forgotten which, or maybe it fell
on him-and had broken three ribs.
II never get in or out OF my bathtub
without thinking of him and his three
ribs or without being afraid I'll fall
on the edge OF it and knock out all
my front teeth."-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20
BRITISH CASTE.
love OF til" EngIishman For a Titled
Ruling Class.

The presence Of personal sovereign
Is the outward and visible sign that
caste is still supreme in the British EN-
pire. The external abuses of the feudal
system have been abolished in Great
Britain, one by one, until those that
still linger are almost harmless, but
the inner spirit survives to this late
day, and even now its manifestations
ere abundant N almost every part of
the social structure of the British Isles.
There is still alive the fiction that the
king rules and that the army Of the
empire is his majesty's army. There is
still n willing acceptance of the titled
arstocracy and also of an upper house,
the vast majority of whose members
sit there BY the tight Of birth only,
without regard 70 their individual
merits.
No doubt tie British people could
change these things speedily and with
out violence if they really desired to
get rid Of this Inheritance from feudaL
ism. But tiey have not got rid Of 1t,
and this is evidence enough that they
do not r".sh 81 DO 50
The - -.'a no reason to abolish
u sta-c Of affairs which the American
people lo9k 1T with amazed wonder az
a surv.ya. II tie dark ages. \ native
American ;jn1is it wholly impossible to
understand the mental attitude of
certain man Of letters in London, who
justified HIS ingralned toryism by the
assertion tnat he simply would not be
ruled by his equals.-Reader,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20
PEOPLE OF BRITTANY.
The Women Mostly Bald and the Men
NestIy DrunlIards.

The women, not the men, go bald In
Brittany" said barber. They 80
bald where it shows most-above the
ears Women, quite bald above the
ears, are as common in Brittany as
baldheaded men are with US.
Brittany is a granite strewn, billy,
well wooded country in northwestern
France, overlooking the sea. 1t is New
Hampshire With the sea added. The
Breton peasants speak a language
which resembles Welsh. They hate
strangers, and they wear It peculiar
costume.
This costume Is what causes the
baldheaded woman. One part of It, the
coif or headdress, a cap of white linen,
requires that the hair be drawn back
very taut from the temples. Drawn
back thus, as taut as 1t will go. It be.
gins to disappear at the age of twenty
five, and by the time she is thirty five
o. forty the Breton peasant woman
looks as If she were the victim of some
horrible disease, for, from her temples
to we'll behind her ears. she is as bald
us an egg.
THE men, on the contrary. are never
bald. For one reason, they work bare
headed. For another, they belong to
the low, animal type of man that pre-
serves a head Of thick, coarse hair to
the end They are a nasty lot, the men
of Brlttany-drunk every day or two,
putting all the work on their wives
shouting ribald Insults IN the Breton
tongue at tourists"-St Louis Globe
Democrat
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20
DEEP SEA FISHES.


There Being Nu9biHg Else to Eat,
They Live tpon Each other.
"AlI the deep sea fishes are enormous
eaters, says naturalist. "There be-
ing nothing TO eat but the life about
them. they live upon each other. Every
facility for killing and devouring
iS provided -luminescence to dazzle,
SWiftuess ANA strength to overtake
and oye"power, knife blade teeth for
tearing. ahnormaiiy large jaws for
crushing. Whatever the prey or how
ever large il may be there is little
trouble in swallowing it. The mouth
yaWnS Tx" cavern, and the stomach
distendS ia hold 4 body even larger
than thn Swallower. The appetite In
fishes seems never wanting, and com.
plcte digestion with some of them Is
only matter OF half an hour" For
this reason slaughter goes on unend
ingly. Usually it is produced only by
hunger, hut some Monsters like the
bluefsh, even when Gorged, kill for
pure love of killing
OF the eternal warfare that goes on
beneath the surface of the waves the
same writer remarks: "They follow the
prey like packs of wolves, and In turn
are followed, band succeeding band
increasing iu size as they decrease in
numbers. The herTings eat the smaller
fish, even their own young; they are
harred by the hluefshes until trail
Of blood stains the water, while fol.
lowing the bluefShes come the insati-
ate porpoisos Nothing saves the
weaker ones but breed. Many thou.
sands Of eggs are spawned that a
dozen or more may be hatched and
brought 10 maturity. Billions are lost;
yes but millions survive.
The herrings move on the sea In
uncouutaJle numbcrs-in banks than
are miles IN leDg II and width, in wind.
rows 50 vast that they perhaps keep
passing one given point In unbrokeE
succession for months at time. Just
so With the menhaden. \ catch In a
purse net Of 100000 IS not infrequent.
Such numbers are sufficient to with.
stand all thI rayages Of the natural
enemy. The bass. the haddOck and
The ppiIoci, may kill TO their hearts
content, Gad still the menhaden will
+1,.;, 1'I,{.,1r, Nnu-,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-12-20
Bishop rlcCabe Died Yesterday.
NEW YORK. Dee 10.

Bishop Charles O. McCabe. Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died in
the New York hospital at 8 20 a. m.
today. Death was due to apoplexy,
with which the Bishop was stricken
December II, while passing through
this city on his way to his home in
Philadelphia.
Mrs McCabe and the Bishops niece,
who have been with him almost con-
stantly since he was stricken, were at
the bedside when he passed away.
The night before he was stricken
Bishop McCabe had delivered his lee
ture, 1.-The Sunny Side of Life in Lib
by Prison, at Torrington, Conn. Ac-
companied by Dr. George P Mains,
publishing agent Of the Methodist
church, the bishop had reached the
West Twenty Third street terminal of
the Pennsylvania railroad and was
about to step upon ferry boat when
he staggered and fell unconscious. He
was carried iHio the ferry house and
later wa Iemoy"t To tie >ew York
hospital, where ne received treatment
as a private patient.
The indications of tie twoufy-four
hours following were c.lat the shock
had been slight, t,and the patients con.
ditiou gave pro.nisJ Of speedy re.
covery. Just before the attack he had
walked Driskly and carried grip
weighted with books and papers with
out apparent fatigue.
Bishop McCabe, however, early real
lied the seriousness of his illness and
his first woris upon returning to con-
seriousness were
Please notify my wife that am
very i'll. and ask her to come at once. F"
That night Mrs McCabe, a niece
and the bishops secretary arrived from
Philadelphia and nave since remained
at the hospital.
The condition of the patient did not
change materially until early Satur-
day last, when he lapsed into uncon-
sciousness. From then on the Bishop
failed gradually and Monday the ply
sicians in attendance said that the out
come was no longer in doubt.
Bishop McCaba was born at Athens,
Ohio, October H.. 1896. He entered the
Ohio conference OF the Methodist
church in 1860 and two years later be-
came chaplain Of the 1924 Ohio In
fantry. He was captured in the battle
of Winchester and spent four months
in Libby prison. His experiences as
prisoner of war were later recounted
on the lecture platform. For more
than thirty years he was pcpularly
known as Chaplain McCabe and the
title cluug TO him even after the gen
eral conference of the Methodist
church in 1896 made him bishop.
Following the war he became pastor
of church at Portsmouth, Ohio, and
later was associated az assistant SEQ.
retary with the Board of Church Ex-
tension.