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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-06-02
To the Honorable Board Of County Commission

To the Honorable Board OF County Commission
era for the County OF Oxford:
Pursuant to a vote of the legal voters of the
| town of Sumner, In said County, at Its last an
nual meeting, held on the second day of March
last, we respectfully petition your Honorable
Board, in the name OF said town of sumner 70
make certain changes In the location OF the
county road near Sumner Corner, so.called, In
| said Town of Sumner, namely between point
near said Sumner Corner and point near the
| foot of the hill easterly from the same
Dated at Sumner, Maine, this 18th day of April
A. d. 1905.
j. r. DYER, Sumner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-06-02
[sEAL.l
COUNTY OF OXFORD. IS.

Il
Board Of County Commissioners, May session,
1903.
UPON the foregoing petition, satisfactory evil
dence having been received that the petitioners
are responsible and that inquiry into the merits
OF their application Is expedient, 1T IS ORDERED.
| that the County Commissioners meet at the Post
Office at East Sumner, In said County, July /,
| 1908, at eleven of the clock, A. NJ, and thence
proceed to view the route mentioned In said
petition; Immediately after which view, q hear.
Ing Of the parties and their witnesses Will be
had at some convenient place In the vicinity
and such other measures takan In the premises
as the Commissioners shall JUICE proper. And
1t Is further ORDERED, that notice Of the time,
place and purpose Of the Commissioners meet.
Ing aforesaid be given TO all persons and cor
porations interested, by causing attested copies
Of said petition and of this order thereon to be
served upon the clerk Of the town Of Sumner,
aforesaid, and also posted up in three public
places in said town, and published three weeks
successfully in the Oxford Democrat, news
paper printed at Paris, in said County OF Ok.
ford, the first of said publications, and each of
the other notices, to be made, served and posted,
at least thirty days before said time OF meet
ing, to the end that all persons and corpora.
lions may then and there appear and show
cause II any they have, why the prayer OF
said petitioners should not be granted.
ATTEST :-CHARLES +. WHITMAN, Clerk.
A true copy Of said Petition and Order OF
Court thereon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-06-02
SINGLE COPIES.

Single Copies Of the Democrat are four cents
each. They will be mailed on receipt OF price oy
the publishers or for the convenience Of patrons
Jingle copies OF each issue have been placed on
sale at the following places In the County:
South Paris, ShurtleG's Drug Store.
Norway, Noyes' Drug Store.
stones Drug Store.
Buckfeld, Alfred Cole, Postmaster.
Paris Hill Mrs. Harlow. Post O1ice.
West Paris, Samuel L. White.
F. A Shurtef & Co.
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East Bethel.

Alder River Grange held very pleas
ant meeting at their last regular. The
hall was prettily decorated and memorial
exercises were appropriately observed as
follows:
Music, Ella Farwell
Reading, Mrs. n. V. Swan
Quotations.
Select Reading, Mrs. l.: Y. Bartlett
Singing, Ella Farwell and Bertha Cole
Select Reading, Mrs. Z. T.. Mitchell
Recitation, l.. 4. Cole
Recalling, Mrs NJ. l.. Hastings
Reading, Miss Bertha Cole
Reading Mrs. NJ. Z. Kimbal
Music, Miss Ella Farwell
After which treat and social hour was
enjoyed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-06-02

Mrs. Rebecca Bryant, at the advanced
age of 9S years, passed away at the home
of Jacob Curtis, May 81, where she has
been cared for the past nine years.
Burial at Bryant's Pond Cemetery.
About lis people, young and old, we're
present at Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Coles
wedding reception Saturday evening, an
enjoyable evening long to be remem.
bered. Many pretty and useful presents
were received, congratulations and best
wishes were given the young couple and
all departed at late hour. A nice treat
of oranges, candy and cigars was furn-
ished.
Eddie Wood and family are soon to
move into Ad. Bucknam's rent at the
village. Mr.. Wood will work for Buck
nam through the summer season.
Fred. Edgerly has the lumber ready
for the building of new piazza.
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TERMS :-sl.5o year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise $500 year. Single copies cents.
ADVERTISEMENTS: All legal advertisements
are given three Consecutive insertions for el.5O
per Inch In length Of column. Special contracts
made with local. transient and yearly sdversis-
ers.
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OXFORD COUNTY.-&.

Under this call, the towns and plantations In
Oxford County VIII be entitled To delegates as
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Greenwood.

The funeral of those two aged sisters,
Miss Perham and Mrs. Davis, both dying
on the same day and lying there side by
side, ready to be conveyed to their little
dark sleeping room, was one of the most
solemn events we ever witnessed, and
was we'll calculated to remind one of the
old saying, "the old must die, and the
young may die, and often do" The
last clause of the adage was we'll il
Illustrated the other day when Mrs. Frank
Noyes was called away by the angel OF
death, and left two little children to be
cared for or neglected by others.
Grass killed out badly in places last
winter and to-day there are spots in the
field where the ground is as bare as any
part of the Nubian desert.
The mice and moles failed to construct
their usual amount of roads and tunnels,
probably on account of the lack of snow
during the first half of the winter, and
not a tree was girdled 80 far as noticed.
The black flies and horn flies are with
us again, also the caterpillars, the latter
meeting with destruction as soon as dis
covered.
Randall Herrick lost horse the other
day, being the third one that has died on
his hands in recent years.
Ernest Cole and wife had their recep.
ton last Saturday evening at the City
and in Sylvester Coles Hall. The party
consisted of about 100 persons, and a
good treat, liberal number of presents,
and good time generally was the re-
port.
Strawberries are poisoning profusely
and the women folks think they are now
beyond the frost line, and that with
favorable weather there will be good
crop of that small and luscious fruit.
Here's hoping they will not get disap-
pointed. :
Lilac blossoms are coming forward
with bound, and bid fair to be in their
prime by Memorial Day. Last year they
did not get here until several days later.
The thunder showers of the season,
thus far occurred Tuesday. They began
to show up in the forenoon, but passed
by on each side until late in the day,
when one came this way and gave us a
good wetting up, or down, accompanied
by the usual display of electric fluid.
The other day howell, or small build
ing at Willis mill, caught fire and
cremated one of pair of horses belong.
ing to the Paris Manufacturing Co.,
while the other escaped by breaking his
halter.
And now thousands of people are at
work sewing the forty-six stars on the
American flag, so as to get ready for the
4th of July.
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HOW THE BRITISH SOUTH
AFRICA COMPANY WILL
SPEND SI5,0OOO0O.

side the farm-implement storos
nlows IRON Moline, Ill, and re.ns.
and mowers from Chicago and Snri,,rS
field o. i"s-
A TOWN. OF CLUBS AND RACE
TRACKS.
/ find Salisbury much alive 7,
modern town of fun, clubs. puhlio
amusements and high prices II NY.
It's social swim and IL has lie rri,t.''as
grounds, golf fields and tennis cn,,r..
The high fences Of the latter arc co,,
cred with morning glories, and tbo
balls are thrown back by hedge.
green leaves spotted with Hover W
bright blue, The little city has w
brary without the aid of Mr.. Carne,,o
1t has three banks and a chambor w.
mines. 1t has hospital, n half dog,
en- churches and a newspaper which
comes out every week.
Everything In the town Is birh
priced 2 took ride In a ilnril;sSn
drawn by a negro, and the charge ,yas
81 cents In gold. could have had ,Is
same service in Shanghai. China ,ci,s
a pig-tailed coolie as my horse for
cents in silver ] Went out in an auto
mobile for day last week and IN.
charge was sac therefor. | took
glass of mineral water this mornips
1t contained one-half pint, and I baJ
TO pay 81 cents for II. The man w
sat next to me AT dinner was charged
62 cents for Scotch highball. GIN
of tea at railroad station costs ~
cents, and all other things are abor,
the same proportion. My hotel rate
here is s4.S7 day, and the hunes,,
eyes of the walters are always askinr
for fees. ! usually buy photographs
wherever | go in addition TO nv own
which l have developed by the locnt
photographer. The price here for
making sx10 copies Is SLIPS. ana
When l asked the photographed this
afternoon to make me n rate ne StS
per dozen he hemmed and hawed ana
said he couldn't really afford To nrint
them at all '''
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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, mans life for every tie in she track
We were shown one bridge where
eight men were eaten by croaCodiles
during it's building. We now and
then passed through swarms of locusts,
and our car windows had to be covered
with wire screens to keep out tho mos
quitoes
TRAVELLING THRoUGH RHODt'SlA
AS We approached the western end or
the Portuguese colony the lanu rapl" +
lv rose, and at tmtali, on the borders
Of Southern Rhodesa, we came into
n,oilntnins equal to the most beautiful
of the Alleghenics. Here the track
wound this way aud that in horseshoe
curves. so that. standing ON the rear
platform, we could sometimes look into
the eyes of the engineer on the loconp-
tive. We passed through thick forests
and finally came out upon n high roll
ing prairie covered with luXuriant
grass. There are but few farnhouses
and few native villages. There are no
fences anywhere, and the land looks Is
II did when God made it. There seems
tu be plenty Of water, and the country
appears fitted to support large pop
ulation. The prices of lands are | am
told, something like dollar an acre,
and more or less, according to loca-
ton, doubt much, however, wheth~
or the markets and the present state
of the country would warrant the com
ing OF American colonists
THE CAPITAL OF RHODESIA.
/ wish | could show YOU this cap
ital of Rhodesa. If you could lift II
up and drop 1t down in the United
States it would not be out of place
Indeed, it would look much like some
of our best southern towns of 5000
population except that these buildings
arc finer, more artistic ant>suore sub
stantially built. The material used is
chiefly stone and bricks. the roof be-
ing made of galvanized iron The res
licences are bungalows. with wide YER
andas running about them and with
low. overhanging roofs. Every home
has garden about II filled with the
flowers and plants of both the trop-
ical and temperate zones. There are
roses and morning glories. as well as
flowers which would grow we'll in
Florida or Cuba.
The business blocks are chiefly of
stone. There are many large stores
with well displayed windows and
stocks of goods which would be CON
sidered excellent in any of our cities
of three times this sic One can buy
anything he needs and many Ameri-
can things are sold. l see our canned
goods and American cottons among
tho articles in the windows, and out
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. ...,.t.,.
HpvVi"l W 'u'l
Z Y ALiSBuRf' HhodeslA.--W INN the
HA past few weeks the British South
Nfrlr, rotnppnv hoo iprrensed its
49, n,,oo, ,,.t
V"plVul 20 F4''uVV'pV'' mas o"'''-
p0uy Is perhaps the greatest lana ana
development syndicate In the world. II
commerce v,,tb ia, mitch cn,rn,rv
which owned Java, ana with the cast
India company, which had SO much
To- do win Making Hindustnn "A Brit
a. ,,,.,,.s,,, u a. co,. ,-,,.,,,, ,t,,,
the huusoil i''F company was at 'he
height of It's power. ana prospectively
jls richrs a~p bcvond tts dreams az
. Mt, ,,.,... ........ 800, a
eNu'-'V' i'' "'p''' oN"H an" '""-
irois the vast territories In TINS part OF
Africa which We're acquired by Cecil
Jsbrdes ,,hen h, ,,ude bis ,,reat oxnodi
. 60, t-,.,,,, t,
Nv" i'"'' N'''''Si'tN ""it"NaIu. ne
conquered some OF the tribes and made
treaties with others and at tho end had
addcd ia the prittsh o,n,i,,o , ,rir,i-
="
panty greater thah France ana ter
many combined Il comprised alto
s,ether ain,ost ono hair ruIinp soiaro
miles roinc 1,nrtbword 10 nhe ronyn
l-fat, Sf-aia "A MI alfa Tanesn,t,fku
MIR Rhodes l,,a,, granted ~ the Eng.
lish crov,u tho riqbt 10 t,n,ern nnd a.
Neian this properly. and he crraniyad
ms R,itish smith African company for
that piirpt,se. II was started with a
t,apitnj Nof 81 600 900 along about 1880.
and bv lg0t It's capitol had been in
creased In S5p O0O 000 All Of this money
las been sne1t on The propertv. Several
thousand Miles ~ railroads have been
built. numerous towns established.
many farms sold and developed. ana
gold mines one ned. out Of which S45,-
000 900 or $1,000 900 have been taken.
So far no dividends have been PAID,
90. sue to'i.t.S' naH ayVo ~, o ,at
meeting Of the Stockholders It was de-
cidcd 10 issue 100000 additional ca
shares, This viii bring IL M5OOO.O0O,
ard this new none VIII probably make
the syndicatc pay pig dividends,
A rAtK ut,rtt ,rtIE c,CNEpNop
GTNt.RAT
am writing this letter AT salisbury,
which Is the capital of Rhodesia ana
where are also tive chlef administration
ofiices of the BrltEh South AFRICA COM
pany during my stay mere ! nav" had
a tax with sir w diain II, milton the
SoVernor OF tne cotmlS ne Is one OF
haD g,.at, aonp.ntaJ N,itl, fba gpu,rapN,
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begins at Beira. and after crossing
Portuguese East Africa runs across
1thodcsia to Bulawayo. where it con-
meets with the main line of the cape
20 cairo railroad. The distance 10
Salisbury is ga miles, and it took us
two days to make it on account of the
our first 200 miles was through the
Portuguese territories. These are low
and unhealthy. We rode for hours
through swamps, where | was told that
the construction of the road has cost
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averages IS inches. Here at Salisbury
the altitude is about i50G 'cet. and IA
coming inland from the ocean ] have
crossed cou1tpy which more ,han a
mile above TIE sea. The most of Rho
desia is. a rolling plateau ard as rat
as ! can see much of it will some day
men.
FROM BEIRA TO THE CAPITAL.
! came to Salisbury from the Indian
ocean By the Rhodesia railway. This
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WAR AGAINST coNsUMpr,o>-

All nations are endeavoring to checL
the ravages Of consumption. the VINES
plague that claims so many victi,rss
coughs and colds perfectly and Won "a se es
in no danger of consumption. Do n n,,
risk your health by taking some mn I'M
known preparation when Foley's Honey
The genuine is in yellow package tor
sale by T. J. HIN Drug Co, "'The Nav.
or Substitutors."
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
NO RUSH OF BRIDES
FOR CANADIAN

No reply has been received by Mayor
Wilson to the request made of him last
week by James w. Ross Of Toronto.
Canada, that he circulate a notice that
Ross is looking for wife The letter re-
ceived here is only one of several hundred
sent to the mayors of as many cities The
Montreal Herald of April IL has the fol-
lowing regarding Ross:
"James w. Ross is not possessed OF
illusions. He is fine looking chap as his
photograph shows, and there is no reason
at all why it should not attract favor
able notice wherever seen.
I'm earnest7 Sure I am" he SAYS. "And
sanguine of success. too. I've travelled
through all countries worth seeing end
I've been able to kick along here with
out having resource to hard work You
fellows may smile now. but I'll have the
last laugh, see IL I DON'T
''He is a scotchman about s5 years Of
age and has spent the best part of his
life in the merchant marine.
so that 1 know something about wo-
men Of every clime,' he says
% Moreover, so far as 1 know. I'm the
first in the field. and I'll get the first call,
there is something original about the
scheme, you know (well isn't there) and
the ladies' will take kindly to it. I think
According to the directory. Mr.. Ross
has been clerk in the c. p. r. audit de-
partment- Just now he is living easy and
waiting for the right girl TO send along
her proposal"
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
FLOWERS
IN FINE ARRAY

The Easter fower markets are now
open IN and about the center Of Will
mington and some novelties are shown.
Pink lilies ana blue hydrangeas are
foremost in the ranks of Easter
flowers This year. Tie hydrangeas,
which have heretofore been jealous ia
holding to their heritage Of pink and
white. were coaxed into the fashionable
hue with a mixture Of alum and iron
filings. on which they were constrained
20 seek sustenance for the last year.
The pink lilies are in most instances
as lovely as their original spotlessness.
and have besides. the coveted novelty.
An odditv Of the season is an al
most Unsuitable craze for fruit blos-
SONS. Baskets Of pear blooms. apple
blossoms and feathery white spring
dresses Of the cherry trees arranged
with pale ribbons are engaged as rapid
ly as they can be made tor Easter din
ner tables.
Slim branches Of fragile Wild cherry
win find their way into some churches
next Sunday. Concerning the prevail
ing color. every foris- is a law unto
himself one declaring for pink. another
for blue. and another for lavenders
and whites. There is a market for
an wares. however. and a supply for
all tastes however capricious The
old favorites that no fads or fancics
can dispossess are more fragrant ana
enticing than ever this year. and pink
roses violets ard azaleas are going
over florists counters IA a stream Of
I variegated brilliance.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
DIDN'T SEND CAR,
MUST PAY SHIPPER
s7srai . TIE rvEN1No Journal.

Epec ~ - TIE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN. Da April l6-The
case Of william A. Gum. Jr.. OF selby-
vile VS. the Armour Car Lines. which
has been pending in court here since
Monday morning. enfel yesterday BY
The ia rendering a verdict In favor
~ the plaintiff for the amount Of
sss3ss. which includes interest The
fruit growers OF Sussex have been
awaiting with interes- the verdict in
the case. as i is expected TO serve as
a cue Il similar cases should happen
during the coming season. Gum. who
S. a weil-knowl ana urosp arous ship
per Of Strawberries. ln the berry sea-
son CT 1904 hai a shipment for which
De ordered a refrigerator car OF the
Armour COMPANY The company S
agent. Harry I. Gricr. az Milford. con-
tended that there was a car shortage
an over the Delaware division al that
time and therefore failed 10 send the
car al the time promised. As a re-
suit. Gum was forced % ship them IN
a ventilator car. thereby causing them
10 reach the market several days laJc
and IN time 70 strike falling prices.
Since the suit has been decided IN
favor Of the plaintiff. Il Is thought thai
the fruit growers and shippers viii b,
apt TO secure much better services and
a quicker market for tneir fruit tina,
has been given them heretofore.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGONY
Will You Continue to Suffer From Ca
tarrh in the Face of This
testimony

Il suffered for fifteen years with ca
tarrhal troubles so bad that / had to
leave the sea. l could not lie down
at night to sleep. on account of tho
constant catarrhal dropping. I went
to two different hospitals for treat
ment, but without any lasting benefit
1 was constantly raising yellow ami
green phlegm. and the trouble was 50
unbearable and nauseating that 1 was
ashamed TO go out in company. 1 have
used only two bottles of Hyomei, and
have been cured by the remedy It
has made full and complete recov-
cry" Captain Willnef
Hyomei is a dry, healing, antiseptio
air. extracted from the Eucalyptus
groves Of Australia. 1t is a pleasure
10 use Hyomei, because you do not
take it into the stomach; you simply
breathe in this germ killing air. and
relief is immediate. and complete re-
covery comes in a few days. Hyomei
outfit. including an inhaler that will
last a lifetime. costs Sl.00. II it does
not cure your catarrh. asthma, bron-
chitis. coughs or colds. Miller Drug
Co.. 404-4o6 Market St. win give you
your money back.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
EczEMA NOW DURABLE.
All Itching Skin Diseases Which arc
Not Hereditary Instantly Relieved
by Oil of Winterereen.
Can Eczema be cured?
Some physleIans gay nYes."

NcNA A@NNSild Dt Cul6Qs
Some physicians say YES"
Some say "No."
The real question is, What is meant
by EczemaY If you mean those scaly
eruptions, those diseases which mako
their first appearance, not at nirth, but
years afterward, and perhaps not until
middle age-then there can 10 longer
be any question that these forms o.
Eczema are durable.
Simple vegetable oil Of wintergreen,
mixed with other vegetable ingredients,
will kill the germs that infest the
skin. Apply this prescription to the
skin, and instantly that awful itch is
gone. The very moment the liquid IS
applied, that agonizing, tantalizing itch
disappears, and continued applications
of this external remedy soon cure the
disease.
We carry in stock this oil of winter
green properly compounded into d. d.
d. Prescription. While we are not
sure that it will cure all those cases OF
skin trouble which are inherited. we
positively know that this d. ID. D.
Prescription, whenever rightly used. Will
cure every last case Of genuine Eczema
or other skin trouble, which did not
exist at birth.
We know this. Anyway you, your
self, will know that d. d. d. Prescrip-
ton instantly takes away the itch the
moment it is applied to the skin. Mil
Ter Drug Co., 404-4O6 Market ST. Stop
that itch today-instantly Just call
at our store and try this refreshing
and soothing liquid, also ask about D.
d. d. Soap.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
BURN MORTGAGE ON
CRlTTENTON HOME

The monthly meeting of the Flor
ence CritAnton Home was held yes
terday. and arrangements were made
for the mortgage burning, which is to
take r\lce next Wednesday afternoon.
An interesting program will be given
in connection with this unique event.
Mrs. Melville Gambrll will apply the
match. her husband having cancele
the debt against the home. The re-
oeption. which VIII be given TO the
Florence crittenton Home workers by
President Roosevelt on Monday April
"a. at the White House. was discussed.
The board Of managers from this city
VIII attend the function. Excellent re-
ports were ma6a By the matron and
other officers.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
NEW COMMITTEES
OF BOARD OF TRADE

Members Of the educational and pub
lie building committees Of the Board
Of Trade viii hold meeting next Wed-
nesday night - discuss matters con-
cerning the Board of Education and
outline plans to secure from City
Council more money for that board.
1ase two committees win advocate
the additional appropriation annually
Of $4,000 to adjust the salaries of the
teachers. and viii also further a
proposition to increase the appropria-
ton Of the Board Of Education to
build up ana properly care for the
schools Of the city.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
GIVES$I5,OOO
FOR LOSS OF FOOT

DENTON. Nd. April 1e-In the Caro-
line County Circuit Court yesterday nf-
ternoon Miss Frances Karabinos, of Ral-
timore, was awarded $4,000 damages for
injuries received when struck by a train
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. in 1905 At
the time she was working at Kenton, Del
and while walking across the railroad
was run down by a train the amputa-
ton of her left foot being necessary. A
suit for $4,000 followed.
In the suit OF Mrs. Jennie Morrow. Of
Baltimore. for $4,000 against the same
railroad. for being elected from train at
Oak Grove. she was awarded $500.