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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
FAIRLY WARNED.

Tho Little Sisters Advice to the
Prospective Bride.
1t was big sisters wedding day, and
mother was in the kitchen helping the
cook. Little sister was there, too, and
added frayed nerves to the excitement
by demanding to know every other
minute what n marriage was.
Finally mother became exasperated'
"If you speak again." she said, I'll
show you what marriage is" and lf.
tie sister sat down very meekly.
But little sister had caught the ex.
element and could not keep quiet
lust as mother and the cook were bust.
est she asked her question again. Fol-
Il full minute the kitchen resounded
with walls. and then mother placed lit
tie sister OH the chair again.
Now" she said, you know what
marriage Is"
That night the clergyman stood un'
der the marriage bell in the parlor
Into the room came big sister on the
arm of her father. Halfway up the
stairs little sister watched her through
the door and cried softly. Finally she
could stand it no longer.
Just as the ceremony was about to
begin a form came flying down the
stairs and little sister burst into the
room.
"Oh. Milly. Milly." she cried cOnvul
sively, "don't you get married or you'll
get an awful spanking"-New York
Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Hebron.

The Bridgton boys played with the
Hebrons here last Saturday. Score 24.0
in favor of Hebron.
Miss Mary Thompson and Miss Hume
we'll of Portland spent Sunday with Mrs.
Fred Sturtevant.
Mr.. Ernest Sturtevant of West Peru
made a short visit to his brother, Fred,
Thursday.
Mr.. Sturtevant has finished picking his
apples, 500 barrels. |
Mrs. Ida futile returns to her home In
Boston this week after several weeks
visit at w. A. Bartlett's.
Mrs. H. A. Cushman Is In Auburn.
Little Doris Hibbs still continues very
sick. DR.. Bartlett of Norway has been
down in consultation with DR.. McFadyen
several times.
While splitting wood Thursday Frank
Jewett cut his foot quite badly. DR..
McFadyen was called to dress the wound.
Apples in some places have not been
injured by the frost while others are
spoiled.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Botlln1.

The rain which began Sunday raised
the streams in this Vicinity.
The Bethel water supply has recently
been analysed and the report of tht
chemist is most satisfactory.
Mrs. E. T. Russell and her sister
Miss Mary Shirley, left Bethel for theiI
winter home in Brooklyn, N. z, last
Wednesday.
Thursday the ladies Of the Universalis
society served a chicken-pie supper.
Mrs. Lauretta Valentine went t.
Massac husetts with the remains of hel
mother-in-law, who had made her hom'
in Bethel for three or four years. Mrs
Valentine was ninety-one years of ag'
and was i'll but two days, suffering will
acute bronchitis.
The academy students had vacation
during the teachers convention.
DR.. and Mrs. Tibbetts are receiving
congratulations upon the birth Of son
Mrs. Clinton Metcalf and daughte
Theresa of Pennington have returned
home, having visited Mrs. Metcalf'i
father, Mr.. Seth Walker.
Dry wood ia sold at s. 90 per cord.
Saturday evening, Oct. 20, the Ode
Fellows gave a most enjoyable supper
and entertainment after the regular
meeting. The programme consisted o
piano solo by Miss Elsie Hall, two voca
solos by Miss Jane Gibson and reading'
by Mr.. Tilton of Auburn.
Friday evening lively game of baske
ball was played in the academy hall, thu
Gould Academy team with Gorham Higt
school, which resulted S0-1S in favor o.
Gould.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Locke's Mills.

A party of young people from Paris
and Norway spent Saturday night and
Sunday at Camp Echo. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. F. E Smith blanche
Penley) Mr.. Goodwin and Miss Margaret
Stearns, Clarence Stearns and Miss Lin
ME Marshall, Clarence Ridlon and Miss
Leona Penley.
Mrs. John l.. Marshall and daughter
with lady friends from Portland stopped
for short time at Camp Echo and called
at L. c. Trask's. Mrs. Marshall will
soon move TO Portland
John Fitzpatrick, of Gloucester, visited
at w. A. Jones' Sunday.
Mr.. Addison Bryant visited relatives at
East Milton Sunday.
Mrs. Will Coolidge and Mrs. l.. P.
Bryant were at South Paris Friday.
The V. l. S. Ladies' Circle met with
Mrs. G. E. Stowell on Wednesday. A
,od attendance and lots of work done.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Penley are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth OF boy,
Oct. Goth.
Mrs. Charles Coffin visited her sister,
Mrs. Ruth Young, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frost spent Satur-
day and Sunday at Lisbon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
cucerest Town In naIand.

The most curious town in England is
Nor,hwich. There is not straight
street Ior, in fact, q straight house In
the place. Every part Of 1t has the ap-
pearance OF an earthquake. Northwich
T.; the center Of the salt industry In
Che hire, England On nearly all sides
Of the town are big salt works, with
their engines pumping hundreds Of
thousands of gallons Of brine every
week. At Il depth Of some 200 or 300
feet are immense subterranean lakes
Of brine, and rs the contents Of these
are pumped and pumped away the up
per crust Of earth is CORRESPONDENCE
weakened and the result IL an occasion
al subsistence. These subsidences have
a pulling" effect on the nearest build
ings. and they are drawn oil ways and
give the town an extremely dissipated
aDDporancp
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Green wood.

Just one year has rolled in and ont
since we started on our two weeks visit,
and we are all well aware that death has
visited some of those families since then,
three at least; and quite likely others
that have not been heard from. We
were not much surprised to hear Of the
death of Benjamin Bacon since he was
very poorly at that time, as we learned
by stopping with him over night.
But it was quite different when hear
ing of the death of Charles B. Atwood
of Buckfield. On entering his store we
found him the same congenial person
that he was fifty years ago, when we did
much of our trading with him. Time
then seemed to be touching him very
lightly, and hence the surprise was all
the greater when hearing of his sudden
demise. Mr.. Atwood's sign, over his
store door, was the only familiar one
seen at that time, and probably that is
no longer seen there.
The death of Gilbert Tilton, which &C.
CURED in a few weeks after the inter
view, was expected at any time, since he
was then totally blind and it was evident
that his life's work had practically end,
ed
While speaking on this subject, the
death of Herbert c. Bacon of Woodstock
came as a sad surprise, since when last
heard from he was in his usual health so
far as known, and teaching school. We
have visited Mr.. Bacon's schools several
times in the past and know him to have
been first-class teacher.
In our personal mention last week one
was omitted for want of space, and that
was Edwin r. Briggs of West Bethel.
Calling on him. while in that part of the
town, we found him still engaged in the
same work he has pursued since his ooy,
hood, and everybody knows what that is.
Probably Mr.. Briggs has made and edit.
ed more puzzles than any other man iu
the county If not in the state. He showed
us several valuable books sent him as
prizes for solving puzzles, among the
rest The Monarch Standard Atlas, con
tanning 3SS pages, and weighs nine
pounds, the price of the work being eight
dollars. We own and have seen several
aliases, but none that would compare
for a moment with the one in question
with regard to the amount of informa-
ton it contains and its mechanical make
up and the only reason why We do not
procure copy is the price is beyond our
means.
Herbert Ring lost so barrels Of apples
by freezing, and has bought several pigs
| to eat them during the coming winter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
West Bethel.

when barn and bin and storehouse are full as
they can hold,
or fruit and wheat-our riches-as good as yel-
low gold!
And children 90 a.nuttirg, or for the wild grapes
Our hearts give glad THANKSGIVING!
God bless our farm and home!"
"Ths cider press gets busy now;
It does not stop nor lag,
And country folks again debate,
Does Cider Cause Jag?'
The price OF coal goes up notch;
The price Of ice comes down;
The folks who spend their coin abroad
Are hustling now In town."
Winter and snow drifts draweth near.
Many apples have been frozen on trees
and ground.
Fred E. Murphy has been working for
A. j. Haskell in his cider mill.
Mrs. Vienna Holt and Mrs. z. e. Nc
Keen were in Norway one day last week.
Two cars of apples without barrels
were bought and sent from this station
last week.
Mr., and Mrs. L. D. Grover have adopt
cd an infant daughter from Lewiston.
Gilbert r. Briggs has gone to South
Paris to work in the painting room OF
the Paris Manufacturing Co.
Amos K. Scribner of Gorham, N. H.,
recently visited his brother and other
relatives in this village.
The third instalment of the line storm
reached town Sunday evening, followed
by blizzard on Wednesday.
Tho village hotel is again closed, and
Harry Inman and Elmer Stiles, with
their families, have moved into the
Beehive"
My thanks are due Charles z. Nash &
Son of Augusta for a complimentary
copy of the Maine Farmers Almanac for
1908.
have been more deeply interested in
the fate of Philip Arson, "the diamond
king" than in the recent Oxford County
murder trial.
Butter is now 80 cents per pound, and
eggs 30 cents per dozen, which makes
living expensive for those who have both
to buy and many mouths to feed.
Oct 9th, mercury WAS 20 degrees be-
low the freezing point, and the next
morning at the same hour was 81 degrees
warmer, with rain falling.
Lemuel Durham, the Greenwood cor
RESPONDENT of the Democrat, made me q
pleasant visit the first of last week. BE
Is always welcome guest here.
Those who are not aiding 1.-THE King
of Diamonds" are mis- ,ing rare treat,
for that serial alone is worth the price OF
years subscription to the Democrat.
Edgar Farwell and family have moved
to their farm in Gilead, and Mr.. Leighton
and wife, who have been living there,
now occupy the house vacated by the
Farwells.
W. w. Goodridge has greatly improv.
ed the looks of his residence by building
a piazza on the north end and east side
John Rollins has been working for him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
New England In the West.

Professor Albert Bushnell Hart Of
Harvard, himself a grandson of New
England coming by way of Ohio-Pro-
lessor Hart has contributed to Munsey's
paper that brings to the reader almost
with the sense of new revelation a
realizing sense of the great part of New
England in the founding and forming of
the West. By the West is meant the
part of the country known by that name
fifty years ago, but which Is now more
East than West, the Middle West, with
Ohio and Iowa as it's extremities and
perhaps including Kansas as the farthest
Thule. His thesis is that the United
States has been energized and impressed
by New England much as the world was
energized and impressed by the Romans.
1t has been said that the greatest crop
of Maine was her men and women and
when one recounts the list of those who
have taken Horace Greeley's advice, gone
West and grown up with the country, he
may we'll believe it. 1.-THE sons of New
England" said Sargent s. Prentiss, him.
self one of them, "are found in every
state of the broad republic" In the
early days they went West to Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa, and even Kansas, sometimes
almost whole communities together, and
they took their customs and institutions
with them and with these and with their
principles and capacities they made a
lasting impress upon the country.
Let us look at some of these state
builders. There were from Maine, to
mention a few, Elihu B. Washburn of
Illinois, governor of the state, member of
Congress, minister to France, secretary
of the state; Cadwallader G. Washburne
of Wisconsin, his brother-who spelled
the name with the final ex-governor
and congressman; William D. Washburn
of Minnesota, another brother. member
of Congress and known the world over
from the great -four mills that bear his
name; Hugh McCulloch of Indiana,
secretary of the treasury; Governor
"Potato" Pingree of Michigan; Melville
E. Ingalls,, the railroad magnate; Will
liam Deering, the manufacturer of agri.
cultural implements; Senator Perkins of
California. Not all of these are mention
ed by Professor Hart, whose list is more
suggestive than complete.
From New Hampshire went Salmon P.
Chase, Lewis Cass, John S. Pillsbury,
"Long John" Wentworth, Zach Chand-
Ter, Philander Chase; from Vermont,
Stephen Douglas, Leonard s. Shaw, Will
liam r. Villas, Joseph Smith and Brig
ham Young; from Massachusetts,, BeDja-
min F. Wade, Gustavus F. Swift; from
Connecticut, Lyman Trumbull, Morrison
R. Waite, Governor Meigs, Lyman
Beecher, Charles Fl. Grosvenor, Moses
cleveland, and many more.
1t is necessary only to mention these
names to show the mighty influence of
New England in the building of the
West. So great stream went into parts
of the new states that they have seemed
almost more New England than New
England itself. Whether that day has
passed or Is passing may be question.
Certainly the old stock seems to be dis
appearing. forced out or engulfed by the
alien stream that has poured into our
cities and manufacturing towns.-POrt-
land SUNDAY Times,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Moxicc's Famous Parrots.

In the state of Tamaulipas. In Mexi
co. parrots Of the much priced double
yellow head" variety, famous us con
versationlsls. are found In countless
flocks. Indeed the woods are literally
full Of them and are vocal with theil
harsh cry from sunrise to sunset. They
seem to have but one note. 1t Is only
IL confinement that they are initiative
In this country they are worth SIC
apiece. Parrots build their nests In
holes and hoilOws Of trees. and In
parts Of Mexico they are so numerous
that every available cavity Is occupied
by them In the nesting season. Never.
theless the work Of procuring their
young is extremely arduous, even fol
the expert natives. Trees in the trop'
les are commonly festOoned with many
climbing vines Of thicknesses varying
from q thread to the size Of ships
cable, and all this network Of vegeta.
ton is usually infested by myriads OF
desperately fierce ants Of large size
which both bite and sting. Many IN
unfortunate peOn. 1t Is said, has los!
his life while engaged In this pursuit.
because, tortured beyond endurance by
the ferociOus insects. he was unable to
retain his grip.-ArgOnaut.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
THE GRAY EYED MAN.
He Is Fighter, So Be Cautious u
provokinu Him.

He Is a Fighter, So Be Cautious In
Provoking Him.
81 always feel bit nervous" re-
marked sergeant Of police, when l
have to arrest Il man with gray eyes,
for know that he Is n born fighter
and that | am likely to have tough
job.
"Most men when they are fighting
retain certain amount Of discretion
and remember that brutal assault on
lie police Is Il very serious Offense.
But the man with the gray eyes,
though he MAY in his calmer moments
lie quite aware Of the folly Of resist
ance. forgets I'LL about that when his
blood Is up. He thinks Of only one
thing. and that is to win the fight.
at isn't among criminals only that
the gray eye denotes the fighter. l
have observed the same thing among
professional pugilists. an enormous
proportion of whom have gray eyes.
with soldiers and sailors 1t Is just
the same. Many Of or foremost gen
erals and admirals have eyes Of this
color. II is the more remarkable
when we remember that the number
Of people who have gray eyes Is small
compared with other shades.
"rhc neral Is that when you are
dealing with Il gray eyed man you
should lie cautious In provoking him."
London Answers
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
Food Inspection in Maine.
BULLETIN OF THE MAINE AGRlCULT-
URAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

The Director of the Maine Agricultur-
al Experiment Station is the executive
officer of the Maine Food and Drug Law
His deputy has been constantly in the
field visiting dealers in all parts OF the
state, since April, 1907. BY this con-
ference with dealers and correspondence
which has resulted therefrom, and by the
distribution of printed matter, the
dealers have become pretty well in
formed relative to the requirements oil
the pure food law. They are for the
most part in sympathy with the law and
express their desire to comply with its
mandates.
No prosecutions have been made, as
the violations found have been through
misunderstanding and apparently with
no intention of fraud or evasion.
While samples OF many different kinds
of goods have been taken, especial at
tention has been given to molasses
maple goods, vinegars, salt fish and
sausage. Bulletin AS, giving the results
of the examination of the maple goods
collected in the spring OF 1907, is now
being mailed. This is being sent to all
dealers in the state, to newspapers and
to libraries, but is not being sent to the
general mailing list. The bulletin GAS,
will be sent free to any one in Maine, on
application to Director Chas. ID. Woods
Orono, Maine. In writing, please men
ton this paper.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
E,st Indian Enslish.

Here IS part of IN actual speech de-
livegcd In an East Indian court Of law
ly pleader: What they say Is very.
II not mos. ridiculously absurd to be.
lieve. Indeed. II Is incredulous. They
say that the blood flew. and they did
nothing to put the wounded into ease.
This. sir. Is Il lie. an unnitigated lie,
or. ru;her. Il falsehood or fable or story
or. rs Byron sarcastically observes. a
terminal exactitude. These buffaloes
never used 10 craze on the field, which
Is not actually even proper grazing
meadow. The destination which they
started was half mile from the
cynosure to which they went. Unless
they did not ride on lightning horses,
how could they reach to that premises
in five minutes? Can any man-idiot
even-will not believe such stupid
concOctatiOn."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
West Paris.

The date of the sale and chicken-pie
supper to be held under the auspices Of
the Universalist Good Will Society has
been fixed as Wednesday afternoon and
evening, Nov. 10th, at the Universalist
church. Careful arrangements are in
progress and the following committees
have been appointed:
Fancy Work Table Mrs. Levi shedd, Mrs. 3
R. Davis, Mrs. T. Il. Packard, Mrs. z. e. Wheel
er. Mrs. Dora e. Jackson, Miss Linnie F. Mar.
Apron Table Mrs. e. E. Tuen, Mrs. L. II.
Mann, Mrs. E. w. Penley.
Candy Table Mrs. Emma W. Mann. Mrs. A.
D. Swift, Miss Alice Penley.
The Junior Y. P. C. u. will have charge
of a mystery table and fortune tree.
Supper Committee-Mrs. II. R. Tuell. Mrs. F.
Il. hin, Mrs. J. +. Reed, Nrs.IElya E. Locke. =,
Entertainment Committee Miles Jennie M
Brown, Mrs. G. E. Chase.
Further information will be given next
week.
John Brock and family will move into
the rent in Geo. Farnum's house just
vacated by Chester Il. Lane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Emery and two
children of Deering recently visited at
Levi Shedd's and Julia Brooks of Au-
burn has been the guest of Mrs. Shedd
and other relatives here for four weeks.
Mr.. j. F. Emerton of Auburn is here
on his annual two weeks hunting trip.
he is accompanied by Mrs. Emerton and
they are boarding at j. F. Reeds.
The apple buyers have been rushing a
large crew of men to get the fruit to
market. Several different parties in
this vicinity have lost quite quantity OF
apples because of frost. Barrels are
very scarce and in some instances pack
ing is much delayed thereby.
Frank S. Hook started last Friday for
his home in Savannah, Georgia. He was
accompanied as far as Boston by his
aunt, Mrs. F. S. Farnum.
The Paris Manufacturing Co. have
moved their old dry house back to the
bank of the river where it will be used
for a store house. A new dry house has
been built on the site of the old ono
which is carefully fitted up and will do
much better work than the old one.
The company are making ready for their
winter logging at their camps at Albany
and Bethel G. G. Morton is Overseer OF
these and W. Fl. Emery is blacksmith,
going one week to Bethel and the next
to Albany.
The Halloween social held last Thurs
day evening at Centennial Hall was a
success, about sixty being present, and
quite a little sum was realized. A
sociable was held by the young people
and Halloween games were played.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Tubbs and James
Tubbs and Miss Blanche Groves of Nor
way, also Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Taber OF
Yonkers, N. Y, were guests of Mrs.
Emma w. Mann several days last week.
Clarence E. Stearns. mail carrier on
route No. |, went Wednesday of last
week to Boston for vacation of week
or more. Eldron Stearns carries the
mail.
Harrington's Merry-makers were here
Friday and Saturday night at Dunham's
Hall.
Mr.. Geo. F. Farnum and son, Dana, OF
South Paris were here last Friday fol
the day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-11-05
The Waning Hardwood Supply

Although the demand for hardwood
lumber is greater than ever before, the
annual cut to-day is a billion feet less
than il was seven years ago. In this
time the wholesale price of the different
classes of hardwood lumber advanced
from % to IS per cent. The cut of oak,
which in 1899 was more than half the
total cut of hardwoodS, has fallen on 80
per cent. Yellow poplar, which was
formerly second in point of output, has
fallen off IS per cent, and elm has fallen
off one half.
The cut of softwoods is over four
times that of hardwoods, yet it is doubt
full if shortage in the former would
cause dismay in so many industries.
The cooperage, furniture and vehicle
industries depend upon hardwood tim
Der, aud the railroads, telephone and
telegraph companies, agricultural imple'
ment manufacturers, and builders use II
extensively.
This leads to the question, Where is
the future supply of hardwoods to be
found? The cut in Ohio and Indiana
which, seven years ago, led all other
states, has fallen off one-half. Illinois,
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota
Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas
West Virginia and Wisconsin have also
declined in hardwood production. The
chief centres of production now lie IL
the Lake States. the lower Mississippi
Valley, and the Appalachian Mountains
Yet in the Lake States the presence Of
hardwoods is an almost certain indica
ton of rich agricultural land, and wher
the hardwoods are cut the land is turned
permanently tn agricultural use. III
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
the production of hardwoods is clearly
at its extreme height, and in Missouri
and Texas il has already begun 20 de
cline.
The answer to the question, therefore
would seem TO lie in the Appalachian
Mountains. They contain the larges
body of hardwood timber left IN the
United States. On them grow thu
greatest variety of tree species anywhere
to be found. Protected from fire anc
reckless cutting, they produce the bes
kinds of timber, since their soil and eli
mate combine to make heavy stands anC
rapid growth. Yet much of the Appala
chan forest has been so damaged in the
past that it will be years before il will
again reach high state of productive
ness. Twenty billion feet of hardwood'
would be conservative estimate Of th'
annual productive capacity of The
$4,000, 900 acres of forest lands in thu
Appalachians il they were rightly man
aged. Until they are we'can expect
shortage in hardwood timber.
Circular 116, of the Forest Service
entitled "The Waning Hardwood Sup
ply" discusses this situation. 1t ma.
be had upon application to the Forester
Forest Service, Washington, ID. Q.