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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
County Fair Is Coming |!

Only a week now to the county fair
which will be held on Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, Sept. II, 10 ant
10.
The same arrangements have beer
made for trains as for the past two o.
three years. Special trains leave South
Paris going in both directions, at
O'Clock p. NJ. on the second and thire
days of the fair.
The programme of the three days II
as follows:
| In the forenoon, entering and arranging stool
and articles for exhibition.
| In the afternoon, races. Band concert.
| 90 p. n. Baby Show. Base Ball. ~ .
l 80 p. N. Drawing horses lin pairs)' 1000 se
100 pounds.
Drawing horses Tin pairs), 200 u
400 pounds.
Drawing oxen, It. 6 In. and over.
SECOND DAY.
General exhibition of neat stock and horses.
900 A. N. Committees examination OF t0wr
teams and herds.
g 80 A. N. Committees examination IN NOS
10 OOA.M. All other committees examination
10 80 A. N. Green horses shown by owner.
III 10 A. u. WOrK nOrseS.
Loo z. VI. Races.
loom. Drawing oxen, #. 6 in. and under.
Drawing steers.
THIRD DAY.
Band concert.
900 A. NJ. Drawing oxen, 8 It. In and under
Drawing oxen, II. gin. and under
10 100 AN. Parade Of premium stock.
10 80 A. N. Base ball.
Drawing horses, sweepstakes.
Drawing oxen, sweepstakes.
Gents driving horses.
1OOP.M. Annual meeting Of society.
Races.
Order of exercises may be changed.
The races are as follows:
FIRST DAY.
AFTERNOON.
eyear.old class, trot and pace.-Purse, $75.
$50 class, trot and pace.-Purse, 800
20 class, trot and pace.-Purse, $780,
SECOND DAY.
AFTERNOON.
Swear. old class, trot and pace.-Purse, 800.
2:30 class, trot and pace.-Purse, STD
2:23 class, trot and pace.-Purse, goo.
THIRD DAY.
FORENOON.
Gents driving horses.-Purse. sS5.
AFTERNOON.
:35 class, trot and pace.-Purse, $3.50.
:27 class, trot and pace.-Purse, $500;
Free-f0r-all trot and pace.-Purse, $3.50.
Entries for the races close Sept. 10.
All other entries close Sept. 18th, at
noon.
The trustees have spared no pains and
expense to have this the best exhibition
they have ever had. The grounds have
been put in the best condition and they
have reason to believe that there will be
larger and better exhibition than the
society has ever had before, with favor
able weather. Everybody is invited to
come and see the Ferris wheel and mer-
ry-go-round and enjoy the various enter
tainments the society will have on the
grounds. The trotting is expected to be
the best they have had for long num-
Der of years. There will be special
trains east and west Wednesday and
Thursday, leaving South Paris at p. NJ.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
sTREAKEp MOUNTAIN 6; REDDING 8

sTREAKEp MOUNTAIN 6; REDDING 3.
There was an interesting ball game at
the high school grounds Saturday after
noon between the above named teams.
Some local players were used to fill
vacancies on each team.
There will be lot of base ball in this
village this week Two teams will be
made up in the high school; the classes
of 1905 and 1910 playing against the
classes Of 1909 and 1911. A series Of
seven games will be played, two and
perhaps three of which will be played
this week on Monday and Wednesday
and possibly Thursday at about 4 o'clock.
A collection will be taken at the games,
and the money used for the benefit of
the high school team next spring. These
games will give Capt. Titcomb fine
opportunity to pick out the best ma
terial in the freshman class to fill the
three vacancies caused by graduation,
and it is expected that fine team will
represent the school next season.
On Tuesday afternoon at o'clock the
X. of P. team expects to play a team
from the Paris Lodge of Masons and on
Friday the K. of P. team has promised
to play the game with the l. o. o. F.
team which they refused to play on Fri
day of last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Fowl Deeds by Some Unknown

In that part of South Paris village
where Skillings Avenue begins to
meander from Pleasant Street toward
Gothic, there was excitement between
3 and O'Clock Friday morning.
"Get out of that corn?" came the
fierce command from one window.
sect out of that garden! There isn't
ANYTHING there for your came the equal
ly fierce command from the window OF
another house.
1t NAV be well to explain here that
sneak thieves have been making rather
free with garden sass" in that vicinity
of late, and the people at the windows,
hearing a great commotion among the
hens somewhere near, supposed that
some marauder was about and the fowls
were resenting his presence.
After a while the noise quieted down
and the parties who had been reused,
after some conversation across the back
wards. went off to sleep again.
In the morning it was revealed what
ouieted the hens, as nine belonging to
Elmer l.. Aldrich were lying dead in the
yard of his poultry house on Skillings
Avenue. They had been partially skin
ned by some animal, and the place where
the animal got into the yard was reveal
ed by the wire fencing having been
pulled up out of the way.
Then it was discovered that five large
chickens belonging to W. B. Webster
had suffered the same fate in his yard
back from Pleasant Street, and the place
where the miscreant got in also showed
in the fence there. Something more
was discovered here, in the form of
tracks in the soft ground which were
apparently those of small dog.
Two hens belonging to Walter l.. Bon
ney, in the rear of 4. n. Haskelrs,
where Mr.. Bonney lives, were killed and
mutilated in the same manner that
night.
In addition to these rather widely
separated points, there was trouble
among the poultry in some other places
that same night, but no other killing has
been heard of. II is reported that one
man chased an animal which he thought
was a small bulldog.
The offender has not yet been dis
covered, but if he should be it is safe to
saw he will be dealt with summarily.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
THE RENEWAL A STRAIN.

Vacation is over. Again the school
bell rings at morning and at noon, again
with tens OF thousands the hardest kind
of work has begun, the renewal of which
is mental and physical strain to all ex.
cept the most rugged. The little girl
that few days ago had roses In her
cheeks, and the little boy whose lips
were then 40 red you would have insist
ed that they had been "kissed by straw.
berries" have already lost something oil
the appearance of health. Now Ia q
time when many children should be
given q tonic which may avert much
serious trouble, and we know Of no other
30 highly to be recommended as Hoods
Sarssparilla, which strengthens the
nerves, perfects digestion and assimila
ton, and aids mental development BY
building up the whole system.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Personal.

C. A. Record, who was elected super
intendent of schools for Lewiston, has
declined the election. He will remain IN
the position of superintendent in the
district comprising Abingdon and
Bridgewater, Mass, at an increased
salary.
The reunion of the Seventh Maine Bat
terry at the state fair grounds at Lewis.
ton Tuesday was attended BY the follow
inc from Oxford County: John n. Bry
ant. West Paris; Algernon s. Chapman
Bethel; Rufus V. Farnum, Rumfort
Center; Hezekiah G. Mason, Yves
Bethel; Winfield S. Starbird, South
Paris,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Miss Florence Buswell Of Norway Is In
the dental Office Of DIR. G. l., Buck,

Miss Florence Buswell Of Norway Is II
the dental Office of DR.. c. L. Buck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter French Of Port.
land are guests at George D. Robert
sons.
Miss s. NJ. Wheeler, accompanied BY
Mrs. Heidner, has gone to Boston after
her fall stock of millinery.
Wallace A. Clifford of the class o.
1908 will return to Bates College thi,
week for his last year there.
The Burnham & Morrill, corn factory
will start up Tuesday morning of this
week, as announced last week.
Mrs. John G.. Wentworth is in the
hospital at Portland, where she has un.
dergone quite a serious operation upon
one foot.
Miss Maud Carter returned Monday
morning to her teaching in Boston, after
spending the summer vacation at her
home here.
The Bates College students in the
class of 1910, Morton Bolster, Roy E.
A
C. Crockett, will return to college to be-
gin the second years work, this week.
A lively party of about twenty young
people enjoyed corn roast in the
pasture back of Highland Cottage Satur-
day evening. The party was arranged
practically on the spur of the moment BY
| Charles E. Merrill and Lewis A. Keen.
The regular meeting Of the w. G. T.
U. will be at Mrs. Lucelia Morton's
Thursday afternoon, Sept. II, at
O'Clock. A splendid programme has
been prepared by Mrs. Morton on
Temperance Work in Maine, and dele
gates are to be chosen for the state con-
vention which meets in Lewiston Sept.
Is, 10, 20. A large attendance is desired
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Sept s, 1907:
Mr.. Arthur Bowen.
Mrs. Annie Walker.
Mrs. Izora Williams.
Miss Marion Turner.
c. A. Rltchion.
Miss Helen Z. Mute.
Mrs. Margaret Heandy.
Miss Elna Campbell.
S. F. DAVIS, Postmaster.
Mrs. A. NJ. Whitman got bad fall at
the Grand Trunk station, early Saturday
afternoon. She had gone into the ladies'
toilet room, and while she was there
some men who were at work on the
water pipes, not knowing there was any
one about, took up a trap door in the
floor to get into the space beneath.
Stepping into the trap without discover
ing that it was open, Mrs. Whitman got
bad jar, though no bones were broken.
She was taken home, and is now con-
fined to her bed, but no serious conse-
quences have as yet developed.>
KING DISTRICT.
The rain of the past few days is help
ing the crops wonderfully in this vicinity.
Charles Kimball's sister from Bethel
made them visit at his home recently.
Mr. Harry King is having well dug
at his cottage near Ferdinand Kings.
Eddie Shaw and T. F. Thibodeau are
doing the work.
Howard Hammond, wife and daugh-
ter, from Livermore Falls, made their
uncle, Amos Canwell, and family, visit
of a few days recently.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
IRREGULAR AS THE SUN"

is an expression as old as the race. No
doubt the rising and setting OF the sun
is the most regular performance In the
universe, unless 1t is the action OF the
liver and bowels when regulated with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Guaranteed
by F. A. Shurtlef & Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Her. 1, R.li.f for women.
Born.

In South Paris. Sept 4, to the wife Of DR.. G. L.
Buck, a son.
In West Paris, Sept g.. to the wife Of Glare nee
G. Morton, daughter.
In Roxbury, Sept. 2, to the wife OF Rodolph
Peterson, son.
In Andover, Aug. 81, to the wife Of Ray Thurs.
ton, q son.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10

Fred Bunker of North Sullivan, a
stone cutter, IS years of age, was run
over and instantly. killed by an electric
car at Bangor Monday night.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
To Fair Exhibitors.

Exhibitors at Oxford County Fair will
please bear in mind that all entries close
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, at IL o'clock noon'
except for races, which close Sept. lOth'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10

According to the records of the
sheriffs Office, there are 1854 places in
Portland where liquor Is sold.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
WEST PARIS.
NORWAY.
score by Innings.
10 s. 56 I 8 s-Tota'

rs 5 8 s 9-Total.
West Paris o 0 o o 0-5
Norway 0 . 0 0 o. 1-3
Earned rune, o. Two-base-ht, Titcomb. First
base on balls of Adams l. of Delano 0. Struck
out, by Adams :; by Delano4. Left on bases,
Norway 8; West Paris I. Double plays. Adams
to Pike to Cannon; Emery to Shaw. First base
on errors, Norway 3; West Paris 6. Hit by
pitched ball, by Adams l. Umpire, Nevers
Scorer, Thayer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10

Desirable Residence for Sale.
The Capt. H. N. Bolster home
stead situated in South Paris village,
thoroughly finished, hot water heat
and all modern equipments attached,
a two story house, ell and stable,
centrally located. Apply to
JAMES S. WRIGHT, Adm.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Piano Recital.

The Bethel pupils of Mrs. Stella w.
Burnham of South Paris gave most
pleasing recital Aug. 30. About eighty
invitations were issued. The parlor of
the NJ. E. vestry was made charmingly
homelike with ferns, cut flowers and
little touches of daintiness which only
feminine hands know how to arrange.
The audience room was thrown open to
accommodate part of the guests and
pupils.
The opening number upon the pro-
gramme was followed by Morning In.
vitation" by a chorus of young voices;
Marjorie Chandler singing the solo and
Misses Hilda and Marjorie Chandler the
duet. Mrs. Burnham was accompanist,
and the children had been carefully
drilled.
Every number upon the programme
was we'll executed and the audience
showed hearty appreciation. That the
interest and work of the pupils and
teacher had been mutual was very evil
dent. Mrs. Bradbury was warmly vel
coined to her native place, where she is
always favorite, and she kindly re-
sponded to the hearty applause given
her. The programme rendered so we'll
was credit to both teacher and pupils.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10
Died..

In Paris, Sept. !, Mrs. Jennie c. Tucker, aged
65 years. -, ~
In Fryeburg Center, Sept. /, Susan Rollins,
only daughter of John and Melissa Chesley Rol.
Inns, aged IS years.
In Providence, r. l.. Sept. 2, Mrs. Charles
Carpenter, formerly Of Norway, aged 81 years.
months, days.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-10

PROGRAMME.
March, hands, Englemann
Miss Davis, Miss Marsden.
Chorus,-Morning Invitation, Veazie
Piccola, hands, Van Gael
Hazsl Bates, Hazel ArnO.
Military March, Francis Mills.
When the Lights Are Low. Englemann
Edith Marsden.
i"' A'' Guy Kendall.
At School March, hands, streabbog
Little Patriot, Krogman
wilfred Foster.
(a) Hearts Desire, Karoly
(b) lie Carlton. Ringuet
Mignonette, Karl Kleber
Fairy Queen Gavotte, Krogman
Hazel Bates.
Hop Scotch, Orth
Elmon Jordan.
If was Rose, Hesselberg
Mrs. Bradbury.
Flatterroschen. 6 hands. Voye
Miss Davis, Miss Andrews, Mrs. Fox.
Twilight Thoughts, Cadman
Doris Frost.
Ride of the Storm Witches, Krogman
Mics Davis.
wayside Chapel. Wilson
Miss Springer.
(a) Pixies Good Night, Brown
~ Chasing Butterflies, Krogman
Hazel Arno.
Reverie, Opus 81, Ollendorf
Miss Plaisted.
Southern Breezes Waltz, Preston
Marjorie Green.
Who will Dance with Me. Albert Biehl
Hilia Chandler.
March, hands, schwalm
Ernestine PhilbroOk, Hazel Arno.
Bells at Christmas Eve, wenzel
Mrs. Ethel Heselton.
The Dying Poet, Gottschalk
Miss Davis.
Song of the Brook. Warren
Edith Marsden.
fa) Mazurka, Sartorio
(b) Cendrillon, Bachmann
Good Night, Little Girl. Macy
Mrs. Bradbury.
Fiearo's Hochzert, @ hands, Mozart
Mrs. Burnham, Miss Marsden, Miss Davis.
After the recital ice cream and cake
were served and many compliments and
congratulations were given Mrs. Burn
ham and her pupils, who had worked so
faithfully to make the evening success,
and the result proved that their efforts
were we'll rewarded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
Lime-su1phur-snIt Wash.

From experiments carried on with
chemically pure lime and sulphur, It
appears to the author of a government
bulletin that solid sulphur is not dis
solved by boiling fifteen minutes but
tina the best results are obtained by
boiling from forty-fivc to sixty min
utes. A boiling period OF n hour
is sufficient to dissolve nearly all of
the sulphur, but the thiosulphates are
somewhat increased by a longer period.
= Salt apparently has no influence
upon the composition of the wash in
SO far as the sulphur compounds are
concerned. The slight differences in
the composition Of the wash, as used
by different Investigators, have little or
40 influence upon the TINE required
for boiling. When lime and sulphur
are used in equal quantities there Is
more than enough lime to dissolve the
sulphur. These substances may be
used in the proportion of one pound Of
lime to one and one-quarter pounds OF
sulphur. About twenty-five pounds Of
sulphur to fifty gallons is a maximum
quantity.
1t appears that the uso of alr-slaked
lime has no influence on the compo-
sition of the wash, and that there Is
likewise practically n difference In
composition whether flowers of sui
phur or flour Of sulphur is used. D.
tailed notes are also given Oh the conn
position of l~ime-sulphur wash with
particular reference to the different
kinds of sulphur compounds It =
found that not all of the sulphur II
dissolved by the heat generated by
caustic soda, but the suggestion Is
made that a wash containing ten
pounds Of caustic soda and nineteen
pounds of sulphur per fifty gallons Of
water without lime may give satisfac
tory results. ~ - iii
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19

In view Of the number OF times I was snubbed and punished for his 1t
with me. and SC. kate in life. when I became a member of the community a
householder, a person of affairs I vas stl regarded a a dangerous hdlvHu
fol strangers to meet. because, though I might conduct myself properly ina
talk fnteligenty, I wa qute Is likely to say something unlike VIA n one
else yer said, thus cause the impression hat there was something queer
about our town.
Well do 1 remember umerous vigorous endeayors o n the part Of safe
and sam people to understand that I wasn't to be taken account of when It
came to summing up the cultured people of the place, N that they were
neve o n account to take notice of anything I said. This left me free to
say things, because if nobody a going to Notice them n might just as
well experience the reHef II getting rid of a lot of bottled u sentiment that
seemed anxious to get out Sc I just said them.
1 said that I didn't think much o womans rights; that I thought thu
lev woman was a fake I said 1 thought society a joke and the afectatons
OF fashionable ome disgusting. I said I believed culture to be stupid when
consciously applied.
I said women had run to seed in niceness. I said kindergarten work
taught children to be affected n insincere. said ws opposed Ito young
peoples religious meetings unless conducted by older people. l said I was
opposed to lesson leaves that l did not. like audible prayer except as read
In a formal service. I said I was opposed to revival meetings. ri
This does lot start the things that 1 said, but as nobody paid any atten-
ton to them. it did not really make any difference. But long years Of saying
things with impunity n not being actually run ut Of town, or muzzled by
order If the city fathers. hs enboldened ne, and LAY really dc some dam
age before it is over. -
However, in laeye years. people have taken to looking with favor pon my
open expressions Of opinion and 1 really beIeve it pays in the long u to
you. Young people aren likely to mistake bluntnes for rankness, and sarcasm
for brightness. These mistakes It is we'll Ito avoid, but if @ have a n idea
a real belief a instructive objection to som popular theory, site to it, for
ne world is always csming ito sref by stupidity following popular thought"
Juliet '. Strauss. IN the Chicago Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
Plague Of Field Mice.

The apple belt of Maine is suffering
from a visitation of field mice, which
have devastated the orchards, so that
it will require several years Of careful
nursing before the apple srop will be
up to standard, These animals are SO
tiny that it seems impossible that they
could cause SO much damage, but the
seriousness of them is due not to their
size but their numbers. They have
been allowed to multiply very rapidly
in the past few years by the destruc-
ton Of their natural enemies, the
crows, jays, shrikes, owls and hawks.
These birds nave been Killed off in
great numbers by the farmers because
Of the damage they ire supposed to do
the crops and in thus disturbing ma
lures balance the farmers have
brought down upon themselves an
equally if not more serious trouble.
The mice attack the fruit trees,
gnawing the bark from the base, SO
that the tree is seriously injured and
often killed. The State agricultural
experts are working on the problem,
but they are unable to offer any soIu-
ton, except that of protecting the nat
ural enemies Of the mice. Poisoning is
not successful, for the reason that
other animals are destroyed at the
same time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
Handy Darn Deyicc.

The Illustration shows Il device for
a hay box. which should be in every
stable. This box may be made of II
dimensions desirad md reaches from
the loft to just above the manager in
the stall below. placing it at a height
so hat the horse can get at the hay
readily. AS shown in the cut the box
should be wider at the bottom than
lit the top to prevent the hay from
lodging. The open space below should
be fitted with two or more light iron
bars to prevent the animal from pulling
out too much of the hay at a time
and wasting it.
In the lower part of the drawing Is
shown the Slated bottom, which is
used in this box so that the chaff and
dust may sift through. The top Of the
box, in the loft, should be covered
with a heavy Slated arrangement for
the purpose of ventilation. 1t should
be made Of Stats sufficiently heavy to
bear the weight Of a man if he should
step on it accidentally, and he hinged
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
Russia. Great Library,

One of the proudest monuments t.
the memory of that benevolent despet,
Peter the Great, is the imperial library
of Russia. established by him in 1914.
Present ranking places it third among
the worlds great libraries, preceded
Aonly by by the National library at
AParis and that of the British museum
&at London. It contains a million and
Ia half volumes and $4,000 manuscripts.
The most important accession 1t eve
Received was probably at the time Of
the suppression of the Society of Jesus
In Russia. when most Of the Jesuit
collections were transferred to the i'm
perial library Among them vas the
famous collection of Count Zaluski,
consisting Of 100000 volumes and 1O,-
600 manuscripts, which had been in
stalled at the Jesuit college in Warsaw.
The most important manuscript in the
library Is the "Codex Sinaiticus'' of the
Greek Bible, brought to Russia by Prof.
eischendorf in 1859 from the Convent
I'M ST. Catharine on Mount Sinai.-New
Z fork Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-19
Farmers Not to Blame.

OF all men, our farmers are most In
terested in the enactment and enforce
ment OF pure food laws. Not that they
are particularly affected by food adul-
%teratinn, for they axe almost every
thing they eat right from the hand OF
nature. But they are concerned that
the stuff they produce shall reach the
city neighbor who uses 1t as fresh. pure
and wholesome as possible.
1t is in a way a reflection upon the
farmer that milk, butter, fruits and
other things which come from the
farms of the country are impure and
so calculated to work injury to the
life and health Of the nation. So they
are doing all in their power to bring
about tht best legislation on this sub
ject. They also desire that the laws
already enacted shall be put into Elf set.
Therefore they welcome the sugges-
ton of DR.. Wiley, chief Of the bureau
of chemistry Of the department Of asri-
culture at Washington, that the a
tional government shall set the stand
ard for pure milk at 1926 per cent of
butter fat.
Our farmers are now producing milk
that averages very closely to 4 per cent.
Few of them are satisfied with any
thing below that point. And they do
not like to be told, as they have been
many times, that the average for milk
sold in the markets Of the country is
far below that standard. 1t is not
their fault that it is SO, and they want
the crime, for 1t is little less than a
crime to thus debase the milk supply
Of the country, placed where it belongs,
and punishment inflicted accordingly.
The same thing is true touching all
other farm products. The farmers
want it just as good as nature gave
it to them when it reaches the table
Of the man who uses it.