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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
West Sumner.

Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth of Denmark
are at work for r. N. Stetson.
Ezekiel Fogg has returned from Ok
ford and is boarding at Freeman Far
rar's.
James Buck is having his chambers
finished. Fred Wing has charge of the
work.
Elias johnson of Auburn is here buy
ing cattle.
A man from Cumberland Mills bought
ten yokes of oxen in this vicinity last
week.
Alton Fales is at home again from
Livermore where he has been at work.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Merrill of RumfOrd
Falls made flying visit here the first OF
the week.
Mrs. F. C. Wing has gone to hospital
at Lewiston to be operated on for ap-
pendicitis.
Horace Farrar made a trip to Lewis
ton last week to buy beef.
Rev. Z. S. Cotton of Norway occupied
the pulpit in the Baptist church Sunday,
the 18th.
Oscar Swift is having his house paint
ed. A. G. Farrar and Henry Proctor
are doing the work.
James Poland of Oxford was in town
one day last week looking for house
keeper.
Mrs. Thursa Crockett has gone to Can
ton to visit friends.
Miss NJ. L. Chase of North Paris is
staying with her sister, Mrs. Carl Dun
ham.
A. G.. Farrar went to Canton last week
and purchased manure spreader for
s115.
Alvin Barrows of East Sumner is pa
pering for Mrs. Myrtle Durham.
Fossie Farrar has returned from
I.ivermore where she has been to visit
friends.
Georgia Irish of Sumner is staying
with Mrs. G. L. Durham.
An accident occurred Sunday which
came near being fatal. Frank Moody of
Hebron and Lynn Farrar of this place
were camping out near Shagg Pond.
They were out on the pond in canoe
when either by the strong wind that
was blowing or in some other way the
canoe was upset. They both chung to the
canoe which began to sink beneath
their weight. Moody could not swim.
Farrar, who is an expert swimmer, let
90 and struck ont for the shore. He
soon found his strength failing under
the heavy weight of his winter clothing
and thick boots. He reached rock
where he was able to keep his head
above water until Carl Handy who hap
pened to be passing came out in boat
and rescucd both of them They were
nearly exhausted and thoroughly chill
ed. 1t took some time to get the water
out of young Farrar who seemed to be
worse off than his companion. They
had narrow escape.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Hiram.

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. Wakefield OF
Lawrence, Mass, arrived on Saturday,
the 18th, at Eli C. Wadsworth's. Mrs.
Wakefield will remain until October tc
seek for her lost health "Under the
Pines of Maine.'
Miss Ruth Clemens is recovering from
the grippe.
Mr.. Eli C. Wadsworth is setting out
four hundred apple trees, also grating
extensively. His youngest son Karl ia
seriously i'll.
Mr.. Henry w. Merrill and Milan A.
Cummings attended the Grand Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, at Portland. Hiram
Lodge now numbers over one hundred
members.
Mr.. Edwin R. Wadsworth and wife
are visiting their daughter.
A snowdrift here and there on the
18th reminded us of our attachment to
winter.
Mr.. Minot S. Brazier has returned
from Dover, N. a.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
An AStray.

/ send you an astray in the shape of a
gem that appears in no published col
lection of poems by Poe, but both the
external and the internal evidences are
such that there can be no doubt that Poe
is the author. Now as to the external;
One night a young man, who showed
plainly the marks of dissipation, appear
ed at the door of an inn at Chesterfield,
little village near Richmond, Va, and
requested room When they went 10
call him in the morning he had disap-
peared leaving only book, on the fly.
leaf of which was the following poem
written in Roman characters and almost
legible as print itself. The manuscript
contained not an erasure nor a single
interlined word and was signed Z. A.
p. The internal evidence is satisfactory
and conclusive to any one who is at all
familiar with the poems of that erratiC
genius. JOHN.
Leonainie-angels named her,
~And they took the light
OF the laughing stars and framed her
In smile OF white;
And they made her hair OF gloomy
Midnight and her eyes OF bloomy
Moonshine, and they brought her to me
IN u uiku
In a solemn night OF Summer,
When my heart OF gloom
Blossomed up to greet the conner
Like q rose In bloom;
All forebodings that distressed me
forgot as Joy csressed me.
dying joy that caught and pressed me
In the arms OF doomO
Only spake the little isper
In the angel tongue;
Yet 1. listening. heard her whisper:
"Songs are only sung
Here below that they may grieve you
Tales are told you to deceive you
So must Leonainie leave you
While her love is young"
Then God smiled and Il was morning,
Matchless and supreme;
Heavens glory seemed adjoining
Earth with It's esteem;
Every heart but mine seemed gifted
With the voice Of PRAYER. and lifted
Where my Leonainie drifted
From me ike dream.
E.. p.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
New Total Abstinence Movement,

The suggestion of the Waterville
Sentinel to advance the cause of temper
snce by the organization of state
temperance society which shall be nom
political and non-sectarian has brought
cut call for meeting to organize such
a society, to be held at Portland (place
and hour not statedD on the ed day of
May. The thirty-six signatures to the
cali include the names of c. F. Whitman
of Norway and Z. H. Gleason of Mexico,
from Oxford County, and such other
names of men we'll known in the state as
DR.. George NJ. Twitchell of Auburn, II.
A. Shorey of Bridgton, A. S. Littlefield
of Rockland, Frank l.. Dingley of Lewis
ton, Herbert Fl. Sturgis of Standish, w.
r. Pattangall of Waterville, L. NJ. Sta
Piles of Washington, and many others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21

"Little grass quite fresh and green
In the vernal months Is seen;
Later comes the little frog
Sitting on an ancient log;
When he sings his cheerful song
Look for showers to come along"
Clarence Tyler is recovering from his
recent severe illness.
Myles O'Reilly is again working in
the railway station.
Farmers are blowing and some have
planted early peas and potatoes.
Harry Inman will soon open the vii
lage hotel as a boarding house.
A. M. Stahl of Berlin, N. H., has COM
pleted the repairs on his buildings here.
School was in session only two days
last week owing to illness of the teacher.
Mrs. Addie Lapham of Bethel Hill
visited her sister, Mrs. Hattie Grover,
last week.
Potatoes are advancing in price and
eggs have declined to IS cents per dozen.
Harlan P. Dennison has added farm
ing to his other branches of business.
G. b. Mills and his son-in-law, George
NJ. Rolfe, have ERECTED steam saw mill
on the farm of Mr.. Mills, and will soon
have it in operation.
Wallace W. Goodridge of Gorham, N.
a., has bought D. d. Fletcher's house
in this village, and it is reported will
soon open a grocery aud meat store un-
der Bells Hall.
Rev. John Kelley and family must
soon vacate the few rooms they have
occupied in the hotel for nine months,
and will store part of his household
goods under Grange Hall until August,
when they expect to move out of town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
New Laws on Collection of Taxes.

Perhaps few have noticed that the last
legislature did things in an endeavor to
secure the more prompt payment OF
taxes. For one thing, it changed the
date of the sale of real estate for nom
payment of taxes from the first Monday
in December of the year following the
assessment, to the first Monday of Feb
ruary following the assessment. That
is, if you do not pay your real estate tax
assessed this spring, instead of being
sold in December, 1908, the real estate
will be sold on the first Monday of next
February. And as the sale is to be
advertised six weeks in advance, If the
tax is not paid by about the middle OF
next December, the real estate is liable
TO be advertised. OF course ii takes no
more money to pay the tax at one time
than at another, and there is really no
good reason why year and half
should be allowed, as was done under
the old law.
The passage of this law has produced
a peculiar condition of affairs. The law
is in the form of an amendment to the
statute, and undoubtedly will apply to
taxes assessed in this and subsequent
years; but it is question what becomes
of the taxes assessed in 1905. Under
the old law the sale for those taxes
would have been in December, 1907.
But that law has been amended, and is
not now in force. On the other hand,
the sale can not be had in the February
following the assessment, as provided in
the new law, because that February was
past when the law was amended. 1t
looks as if il might be impossible to sell
real estate for delinquent taxes OF the
1906 assessment.
The legislature also uassed another
short act, entitled "An act for the better
collection of taxes" though how nearly
correct that title is may be judged from
reading il. AS to just what ii
means, some lawyer accustomed to in
terpreting statutes must decide. II
reads as follows:
That on and after January first, nineteen hun
dred and eight. all municipal officers OF cities
and towns In making out their yearly report
shall cause to be printed in said report the names
and amounts OF all delinquent tax payers which
have been committed 10 the treasurer or col
lector for collection.
Its intent may be clear, bnt its word,
ing is somehow a reminder of the notice
issued by the city marshal of western
city to owners of dogs:
All persons owning dogs and who do not pay
dog tax on the same by the 18th OF July will be
killed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
North Buckfield.

Mrs. Jennie and Miss Margaret Heald
took trip to Lewiston Monday by the
way of the Turner electrics.
Florence Warren and two daughters
spent the Sabbath with her mother in
Auburn.
Mrs. Leon Swallow and daughter OF
South Paris made a short visit to Sidney
Swallows the past week.
Mabury Mayhem, who is at work at
Auburn, has been visiting his mother.
Mrs. Amy Bicknell Ia recovering from
her recent sickness and is able to ride
out.
David Record is having his lumber
sawed for his new house, which he is
going to build here this spring.
Emerson Tucker, who has spent the
winter here, has moved back on his farm
in Paris.
Four cream carts 60 through our place
every other day at this time and will
continue through the summer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Lowell.

G. Il. Barker and wife have moved in
to the rent of w. G. Bassett at the vii
lage, and John Harrington, Jr., has gone
on visit to Mexico with his brother,
Abel Harrington.
There was large attendance at Sun
cook Grange Friday night and work in
the third and fourth degrees. The
Grange is in a furnishing condition.
A party of nine from Haverhill, Mass,
arrived at Browns camp Friday evening.
There have been many there this spring,
coming from Portland, Boston and New
York.
E. W. Stanley & Son were at Norway
last week and exchanged their colt for a
pair of fine looking horses.
John harrington, Jr., has sold his
farm to True, Walker & Hesld.
We hear that DIR. Henry c. Stearns of
Haverhill, N. H., formerly of this town,
has been operated on for appendicitis
with favorable results.
Henry W. McAllister has turned the
cream route over to Elmer o. Andrews.
The assessors are busy in taking a
valuation of the real estate of the town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Oxford Pomona Grange.

Time, 1st Tuesday in June. Place,
Mountain Grange, North Buckfield,
with New Century Pomona as guests.
Program:
Routine work.
Address of welcome by lecturer of oxford
Pomona.
Response, w. ii. Eastman Of New Century
Pomona
5.h degree conferred by New Century Pomona
Recess
Music.
Address by 4. l.. Torrey. Topic. pomona
Work"
Reading, Paris Grange.
Song, Norway Grange.
Essay. Poultry Methods, j. A. Roberts
Question Resolved that the dairy industry has
done more to build up the farms Of Maine
than any other branch Of agriculture.
One-half hour by Mountain Grange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Hebron.

Mrs. Fred Sturtevant is in Portland for
few weeks.
Mrs. ii. A. Cushman is visiting her
son, II. NJ. Cushman, and other relatives
in Massachusetts,.
Miss Bertha Packard is quite sick.
Miss Packard is with her sister, Mrs. Fl.
I. Glover.
Mrs. j. d. Sturtevant, who has been
in Auburn several weeks, Is now with
her son, Fred Sturtevant.
Considerable work ploughing, etc., is
being done, but not much planting as
yet.
Grass is now quite green but the spring
is very backward here as we'll as In other
places.
DIR. MacFadyen is having an Office fit
ted up over Mr.. Melcher's store.
j. K. Bartlett Of Boston Ia visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mr.. w. A. Bartlstt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
East Sumner.

Many will regret to learn that Frank
L. Barrett, the widely known apple buy
or, is critically Ill with doubts entertain
ed as to his recovery.
Bethuel Cary is very low and little IL
any prospect of recovery.
Capt. L. B. Bisbee is also quite feeble.
The light of the big fire at Harrison
was plainly seen from our hill tops.
The buildings of Charles r. Reed were
destroyed py fire on Wednesday evening.
They were situated some half mile south
Of Hartford Centre. Very little was
saved.
Our school is progressing finely under
the care of Miss Palmer, Of the town Of
Hollis.
Henry Bonney is about moving his
barn to more convenient spot.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21

George Bonnallie of Lewiston and
Prince Jordan Of Mechanic Falls were In
town Wednesday looking over some Of
Buckfleld's desirable horses. L. w
Farrar sold to Mr.. Jordan his fine family
horse, Baby Dean mare. T. s. Brigham
sold his fine bay four years old colt,
Thompson bred.
The fine orchard of N. E. Morrill,, con.
tiguous to the railroad, suffered severely
from a grass fire set by passing engine
Tuesday. About seventy-five valuable
trees were spoiled.
G.. Wilmington & Sons Co. are building
an addition to their brush factory, add.
ing about q third more room to their
building capacity.
Hon. r. R. Dyer was at court at Rum.
ford Falls this week. It falls to the lot
of Horace Murch to serve on the jury al
the Rumford Falls court.
Henry Brown and wife have gone to
spend the summer with their cousin,
Moses Brown, at East Buckfeld. They
have closed their house in the village.
George w. Ridlon of West Paris was Ia
town Wednesday.
A Mr.. Currain of Mountain, Maine,
has been in town several days canvassing
for the sale of safes from Cincinnati
house. He took orders for four.
Howard Curtis cut his left hand badly
and is laid aside from work.
John Damon is having an addition
built to his barn on the south side.
C. C. Wilmington is putting on an ad
dition to his dwelling house on Elm
Street for the purpose of bath room
Buckfield's excellent water supply makes
such a convenience possible to all oul
homes.
C. E. Gray has taken the rent recently
vacated by Fl. w. Conant in the village
Mr.. Dow is working for Benjamin Ger
IRISH as man of all work.
S. NJ. Benson is hauling coal for T. 81
Lunt.
Mr.. ]. A. Rawson, our time-honoret
druggist, has recently added to his bust
ness an ice cream parlor, and will bt
ready to serve the cooling luxury to hi
many patrons as the warm days CONF
on. Judging by the liberal sample sen
round to the Methodist parsonage Thurs
day evening, the quality Of the goods il
very excellent and appetizing. Mr.
Rawson's birthplace was Paris where h
spent his early years.
Kimball Prince and wife, like the
birds, have left their southern home ii
Florida, where for several years the.
have spent their winters, and arrived a
their summer home in Buckfeld Frida.
afternoon. Their many friends wer
glad to welcome them home again.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
East Brownfield.

j. z. Clement has had water tank OF
Is, 900 gallons capacity installed.
Mrs. z. +. Rounds has been very Ill.
Miss I. 81. Stokney 10 improving. !.
r. r. Bradbury has gone to Rumford
Falls to serve on jury.
Mrs. E. A. G. Stickney, county presi-
dent of the W. G. T. u, attends county
convention at Norway this week.
Mrs. G. G.. Mansfield is somewhat bet
far
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
West Buckfield.

Mrs. Emma Bonney is at Buckfield.
James Richards Is in Wilton at work
with his team.
Wallace Goodrich is at work for F. E.
Cooper. Mr.. Cooper has built an ice
house and hen house this spring.
Joseph Boulos was In the place Thurs
day.
Will Fogg Is tearing down the old
house and ID going to put up . new one.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Oickyale,

Bad colds are still raging.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Farnum of Milton
visited Mrs. Farnum's mother, Mrs. Viola
Child, May 18th.
Joseph Putnam has sold his milk
route to NJ. G. Morrill, & Son.
They have finished saving birch at
Wyman's mill.
J. @. Wyman has sold his mill and
timber land to Mr.. Worthlsy Of Mexico.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
East Waterford.

Myron and Lewis Keen spent Wednes'
day night at S. s. Halls.
Bernard Richardson has bought q
house and blacksmith shop at West Paris
and will move Immediately.
Fred Littlefield has hired George
Gray's place for year. Mr.. Gray is to
work for s. n. Young in the meat bust
ness. Mr.. Littlefield takes his place
driving the stage between Rice's Junction
and South Waterford.
Mrs. Simeon Trask Is with her brother,
J. w. Anterior, for few weeks.
G.. L. Hilton has bought of Fred Kill
gore field which was formerly owned
by E. G.. Hilton.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21

Guy K. Libby was shot at Thomaston
Thursday night by Jesse w. Peabody,
chief of police of Thomaston. and In in a
serious condition. He had been arrest
cd by Peabody for refusing to pay a
service fee of 81 in connection with a
dog license, and the two were on their
way to the lookup when Libby broke
away and Peabody shot him. Peabody
asserts that he did II Internationally
that he fired once into the ar and then
stepped in hole and his revolver was
discharged, the bullet striking Libby.
Peabody has been bound over for assault
with intent to kill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
nofhel.

Rev. A. D. Colson, who has been pas
tor of the Universalist church tho past
three years, read his resignation last
Sunday morning to take effect the first
of June.
The Ladies' Club held bargain sale
Wednesday afternoon, which was well
attended.
Mr.. Eli Stearns has begun on the
foundation of his new barn.
Tuesday evening the Gould Academy
students held very pleasant sociable.
Mr.. Ernest Walker has a new REQ
automobile. There are several new
ones here this season and much enthu-
siasm 10 shown by the owners.
Mr.. Fritz Goddard has opened livery
stable on Main Street and will soon erect
q new stable.
Mr.. Harry Hastings was called to Au-
burn by the critical illness and death OF
his father, Mr.. W. D. Hastings, who
went about ten days before to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Harold Chapman. The
remains were brought to Bethel Friday
and funeral services were held at the N.
e. church Saturday afternoon. MT.
Hastings has been resident Of our vii
lage for many years and has always car
ried on the blacksmith's trade until fall
ing health few months ago prevented.
Mr.. Hastings son has worked with his
father for several years. The remaining
son and daughter have the warmest
sympathy of many friends as they are
especially afflicted, this being the third
death to occur in the family within the
last seven months.
We were all glad to welcome our
Bethel News this week in "full Dress"
and the management receives cOngratu-
lations from all sources.
Memorial Sunday, May 20, will be OBJ.
served by union services at the Congre-
gational church. Rev. A. D. Colson will
deliver the address, assisted by the pas
tors of the other churches. The Bethel
chorus will furnish music. Brown Post
and Woman's Relief Corps will occupy
reserved seats and the students of the
academy have been invited to attend in
body.
The concert for May 25th promises to
be the event of the season. Prof. W. R.
Chapman will direct.
MIDDLE 1NTERvALE.
The sad news of the death of Harold
Packard, son of S. g. Packard, son OF
the late Stephen and Louisa Packard,
reached his relatives here recently. He
was a man of marked ability and
promise. He leaves a wife and two
young children. He lived near Elmira,
N. Y, where his father, S. G. Packard,
resides. Some years ago s. G. Packard
left Paris for Elmira, N. Y, where he
soon became contractor, and has built
several nice houses which he rents, and
is now putting up another. Although
almost penniless when he went there, he
has by good calculation and industry be.
come well-to-do and has good wife and
happy home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
BrownfieId.

B. A. Peabody and daughters, who
have resided in this villagelfor number
of years, have left town and in the future
will make their home in Gardner, Mass.
DR.. Fitch is having fireplace put into
one of his rooms.
Mr.. Eugene Poor is doing quite good
business in this village papering and
whitewashing rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Brooks have a
stranger in their home, boy.
Miss Ellen Hill is sewing for Mrs.
Chadbourne, the dressmaker.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21

First Congregational church, Rev.
James j. G. Tarr, Phi. D., pastor. Me-
mortal Sunday, May 20, the pastor will
preach on National Greatness, and its
Price" Daniel A. Bean Post, G. A. R.,
will attend in body. The morning
service will be followed by a meeting OF
the Sunday School. Evening worship at
7:SO, with sermon by the pastor, weigh
cd and Wanting"
The Congregational Circle will hold a
supper at the home of DR.. and Mrs. Tarr
on Wednesday evening, May 22d. A
short entertainment will be given after
the supper.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
Money.Making Farms
at
WonderfuI Bargains.

have 1000 Farms for sale in the most fertile
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of INV business enables me to quickly ma ready
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invariably prefers to accept lower price LOT
ouick sale than to walt Indefinitely Tor higner
price This saving goes into your pocket my my
service costs you nothing. The seller pays my
Commission. Ny LII t No. Is describes hundreds
Of choice farms 10 detail TO ioo 70
is unauestionably the most complete book Oh
genuine farm bargains ever Issued; contains contain
hundreds Of photographs and travelling instrac.
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MIDDLE 1NTERYALE.
West Bethel.

"Now the bright morning stsr. Days harbinger,
Comes dancing from the East, and leads with
her
The flowery May, who from her green lap throws
The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
STATE OF MAINE.

COUNTY OF OXFORD.
COUNTY TREAsURER's OFFICE,
South Paris, Maine, May 8. 1907.
The following list containing the aggregate
amount of costs allowed In each criminal case a.
audited and allowed by the Supreme judicial
Court and specifying the court or magistrate
that allowed the same and before whom the case
originated Is published In compliance with the
provisions of Section Is of Chapter l37 OF the
Revised Statutes of the State Of Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21

otis sweet 10 the green spring.
To gaze upon the Weakening fields around;
Birds In the thicket sing.
Winds whisper, waters prattle from the ground
thousand odors rise,
Breathed up from blossoms OF thousand dyes "