Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-11-17

Mn. Mary Wilson Of Magslloway |
Plantation has come to Wilson's Mills
10 live with her son Culver this winter.
Spo& Flint and bis nephew, Harold
Flint, with party Of friends from Nor.
way are IN town hunting.
Elias Morris Of Berlin Is In town on q
peddling trip.
@. I. Wilson and Earl Hoyt went to
Berlin Monday.
Mrs. z. A. Travis was in town Sunday,
The guest Of Bertha Wilson.
W. d. Hart and family have returned
from Boston. Mrs. Harris health Is
much improved.
East Brownfleld.
The W. G. T. u. was entertained by its
president, Mrs. E. A. G.. Stickney, Nov.
Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Rowe attended a
in Fryeburg last Friday.
Mrs. Edith Philbrook Warren, who
has been seriously Ill, is gaining rapidly.
Here and There.
These discoveries by University of
Chicago professor that the mound build
ers played base ball, and by another
professor somewhere that golf was play
ed by the anciehts, f1ll the papers with
matter which is of almost exactly the
same actual value as l0ng-distance
weather forecasts.
The murder OF Ex-senator Carmack of
Tennessee is the outcome Of two things
which are to be deplored-the habit of
personal abuse in political contests, and
the hot blood and disregard Of human
life which are especially characteristic
of our countrymen Of the South, though
not by any means confined to that sec
ton.
That expressive saying that there is
not law enough In this country to put
man worth ten million dollars In jail Ia
not disproved by the fact that Charles
w. Morse is now In the Tombs, and
must remain there for some weeks yet,
even If lie escapes the fifteen-year prison
sentence which has been imposed. A
little more than year ago he was
reckoned at twenty millions or more,
bnt now, according to his own state
ment, he is actually worth less than
nothing.
The expected revival of business Ia
following the election. Numbers OF the
large Industries are to increase their
force of workmen, putting something
like three. quarters of a million more
men at work, and the stock market is
feeling the effect by a boom beyond
auticipations. Probably the effects of
the business revival will be somewhat
felt in Maine, but perhaps no more than
was the business depression, which, to
tell the truth, has affected this state but
little, and was felt least Of all in the
country towns.
The New York World, the only one of
the great newspapers of New York
which actively supported Bryan In the
recent campaign, although 1t character.
ICES Roosevelt as lacking in "nearly all
the elements except energy and de.
termination that 20 to mako an ad'
ministrator of the first rank" neverthe.
less ia urging his election as senator
from New York. While some of uf
who have the greatest admiration fol-
our strenuous president may be willing
to admit that he is five thousand horse
power dynamo with four thousand
horse power governor, yet there are few
even OF his severest critics who think
that we can afford to put the dynamo
out of commission.
The Democrat is not 80 poor In arith
metic as might appear from its sum
mary of the electoral vote last week
which gave Taft 321 and Bryan 1853. Az
the total number of electoral votes IL
4s3, 1t takes very slight mental calcula
ton to show that there was an error
simply an error of "inadvertence'
the figures. Bryan's vote should have
been given as 1872, which is the number
he receives.
Such is lame. A newspaper refers tt
the sensational aspirations of "John K
Kern, late Democratic candidate fol-
vice. president" And how many Of tht
readers of that paper do you suppose
could tell what the error was in hi
namep
"This Is the most unkindest cut o.
ALL" The New York World publishes ;
very expressive and significant cartoon
representing Banker Morse in prison
stripes for incorporation of thu
banks funds, and labeled, "Guarantee
ing bank deposits" And guarantee o
bank deposits was one of Bryan's pc
issues in the late campaign, and thu
World was supporting him!
Old Commodore Vanderbilt was :
leading figure In the business world
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Reginald
Vanderbilt shine as star reinsmen at tho
horse show. In what field of activity
will the next generation Of Vanderbilt
make good?
The Democratic papers insist that ne
one takes any interest in the publication
of the list of subscribers to the Republi
can campaign fund now the campaign i.
over. OF course It is their privilege II
refuse to publish It II they see fit.
A deficit of over sle,OOO,OOO in thu
post Office department, the largest OF
record, is reported for the last fisca
year by the postmaster general. 1t II
also said that over s9,0O0,000 of thi'
amount is in increase of salaries t.
various employees of the department. Il
is at least refreshing to have a portion
of the deficit laid at the door of some
thing besides the newspapers.