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Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
SET HIM THINKING.

Tho Reason His Wife Gave For Dis
liking Postponsnnsnts.
Inst when Mrs. Ackroyd had finished
packing her trunks and after william
Arkroyd had bought railway tickets
for her and their two daughters little
Bessie came down with a severe case
of whooping cough. The doctor posi-
tiyely refused to let the child start on
a long Journey. and even II he hao
thought II safe for the little one to
leave home he assured Mrs. Ackroyd
that she would not be permitted to
take the patient into hotel anywhere
Isn't 1t shame?" the distressed
lady walled. Here we are with every
thing In our trunks. and my husband
has even bought our berths In the
sleeper"
1T is unfortunate. but don't know
what you can do except sit down and
wait four or i've days. 1t may be safe
then for you to start away"
When her husband got home thai
evening Mrs. Ackroyd was weeping.
Don't take It so hard. dear" he said
1T might be u good deal worse. Oul
little one Is likely to get along al
right. The doctor says the case isn''
an unusually severe one. and when
telephoned him this afternoon he sale
he thought It might be safe for you t
start away by the end Of the week"
81 know. He told me the same thing
But feel that well never 60. neve1
postponed anything yet that didn
turn out sadly. once postponed
wedding. and the marriage never tool
place"
Half an hour later William Ackroyt
was still sitting In a corner aion'
thinking It over.-Chicago Record-Her
nl
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
PLANET PROBLEMS.
We Really Know Very Little About the
Celestial Bodies.

Celestial Bodies.
1.-THE amount of ignorance not yet
removed concerning the planets Is very
great" writes e. s. Grew. I'VE do
not know, for example. whether the
planet Venus rotates. II 1t does 1t may
possibly have life and vegetation
like our own, though we suspect that
It Is clothed In eternal cloud. OF
Saturn's rings we cannot say whether
they consist of millions Of tiny moons
like brickbats or whether they may be
even smaller still-a veil of shining
dust. OF Jupiter we can only say that
1t is covered with clouds, though OF
their substance we know nothing.
and, according to Professor Lowell and
Sir William Huggins, some Of the
bands we see on 1t may be riffs In the
clouds revealing the body of the plan
ct. Little lines crisscross these bands.
Photographs of Jupiter taken at Flag
staff observatory seem to indicate that
these lines. too, are the upper clouds
Of Jupiter.
"But whenever we see planet we
see It badly. Even Mars, the most
clearly revealed Of them all. is con-
stantly obscured by refracting haze,
so that even of the famous canals.
though nearly 500 In number, only a
few are percepible at time, and an
unskilled observer would probably not
make them out at all. Sandstorms,
sometimes snowstorms, sweep the sur
face of the planet. and because the
winds of Mars are very gentle and
slow moving these occurrences take q
long time to pass by."-London Family
uorold
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02

Raspberries and blueberries are ripep
ing.
Beautiful weather for the growing
crops.
A bountiful supply of hay is being
gathered.
Miss Flora j. Wheeler has gone tc
Onset Beach, Mass.
L. z. Allen and wife have returned
home from Groveton, N. q.
Mrs. A. o. Bartlett of Rockport is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. j. e. Pike.
Union Church is being painted outside
and will soon be repaired inside.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Dennison returned
home from the sea shore Wednesday.
Miss Jennie Bean of Ridlonville has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. q. Good
now.
Jared Luton and Frank Kinnure art
again running printing presses in tht
Whitten 6 Dennison post card house.
George Fisher has left the railway
section, the work being too heavy fol
him.
Thomas w. Vashaw, with small
crew of hired men, has gone into lum
Der camp in Grafton to work through thu
fall and winter for the Berlin Mills Co
1t is now reported that the building
of Josiah Swett, which were recently
destroyed by fire, were insured fol
81, 10000, which makes good the loss.
Last Tuesday forenoon can of dena
tured alcohol exploded iu the press room
of the Whitten & Dennison post care
house, and Harry N. Head, who wal
there to make some repairs on th'
engine, was painfully but not seriousl,
burned. The fire was speedily ex
tinguished.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
West Paris.

L. C. Bates, wife and Miss Lane are
spending few days at the White Mount.
aims. They made the trip by auto.
Abner 81. Mann has accepted posi-
ton In q boot and shoe store In Fort
Fairfield. Mr.. Mann has worked for L.
NJ. Mann & Son for . considerable length
of time, and during his stay here has
made many friends who regret his dc.
parture.
Roscoe Tuell has recently purchased
two dwelling houses with stables con
uected on Main Street. The one pur
chased Of C. z. Chase he sold to Lynr
Rowe. The house purchased Of Lev
Shedd he will occupy with his family.
A good number attended the dance
given by the Lucky Leaf Club in New
Grange Hall Friday evening.
Roscoe Tuell was in Lewiston Satur
day.
Miss Nellie Marshall Of Belfast wa.
the week end guest at her fathers
George Marshall's. Miss Marshall's sis
ter Della is in very poor health.
The scholars belonging to the Univers
alist Sunday School are requested tc
notice the change of the hour Of meeting
from II 80 to 1880. The bell will ring
at the usual hour for the church service
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
East Waterford.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Lovejoy of New.
burg, N. Y, are guests at G. A. Miller's.
They came in their auto. Their daugh.
ter came with them but returned after q
few days.
Miss Lizzie Hall, with her niece, Clara,
has been spending week with her sister
10 North Conway, N. Fl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold McGown of JEFF.
ferson, N. H., are visiting his parents.
Miss Nellie Riley returned to Waltham
with Miss George Miller to work In the
watch factory.
Fl. o. Rolfe had his hand caught be-
tween the side of a hay rack and the
wheel, cutting it badly.
Mrs. B. G. McIptire is spending few
days with friends in Readfield.
J. B. Haskelrs house was struck by
lightning during the shower of the 9th
No very serious damage done.
Chas. w. Harrington has moved to
Dxfield, and the Finn, William Jacob
son, has moved to the farm vacated.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
Hebron,

Ernest Sturtevant of West Peru visited
his brother here the first of the week.
Mrs. j. D. Sturtevant went to West
Peru Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Cummings have
been quite sick for week or two, but
are now improving. Mr.. Cummings
celebrated his 77th birthday Wednesday,
the 9th. and Mrs. Cummings will be II
August End.
Arthur Cummings of Oxford is can
vassing the town for Hanks fire ex-
tinguishers and has met with good
success so far.
Mr.. James Pike of Calais is at Alton
Hibbs' for short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bearce and baby
boy of Washington, D. c., are expected
home on hts vacation next week.
Albert Richardson entertained some Of
his little friends Wednesday, being bis
l4th birthday.
DR.. Parmalee and family were guests
Of Miss Grace Bumpus Tuesday after.
noon.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
The peo,le are Not So Green.

The Lewiston Sun of Friday contains
an interview with Hon. ID. j. McGilh
cuddy relative To the statement of the
Sabattus postmaster case, as given b,
Mr.. Swasey at South Paris and publish
ed in the Democrat last week. Mr.. Nc
Gillicuddy says he does not know
whether the Democrat is authorized tc
speak for Mr.. Swasey. The Democrat
holds no brief for Mr.. Swasey. II
simply stated the matter as Mr.. Swasey
stated it, and Mr.. McGillicuddy
although his interview is craftily word
ed, does not controvert the statement II
the least.
Only one sentence of Mr.. McGillicud
dy's interview is of particular interest tC
the Democrat, and that is this:
Now, if the Oxford Democrat thinks
that the people are so green that they
do not understand that the Congressman
from each District settles these pos
Office matters, it is very wide of thu
mark"
The Oxford Democrat understands
and so doubtless do the people, tha
when there is a vacancy in the office o.
postmaster at Sabattus, the congress
man from this district will probably
name the man to be appointed his sue
cessor. There is not and has not been {
vacancy in the office. The Oxford Demo
Graf is not so green, however, nor doe:
1t believe the people are, as to under
stand that the congressman Is the one
who decides whether post master shal
be removed from Office during his teru
for misconduct. That is a matter tina
belongs to the post Office department.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
SHE WAS AGGRESSIVE.

Lucky For tho Little Man He Was MOI
Her Husband.
The lady In the offside corner OF the
tramcar possessed truculent air ana
a discolored eye.
Sunny thing any one can't take d
oenny ride without everybody glnrln
at 'em." she remarked. fixing IA small
gentleman wearing gray whlskers and
a somewhat rusty top hat With ner
uormal optic.
The small gentleman suddenly De
came interested In soap advertise
ment.
"If any one can't ave black eye
without Tom. Dick and Harry askin
questions things are comm to a pretty
pass" continued the lady.
Silence. allied with soap advertise
meut study. though eminently discreet
was Ineffective.
"You I'm a-talkin' to-" The lady
prodded the small gentleman's snet
with her umbrella. "BIn settin' there
this last ten minutes. you ave. won
derin' II my 'usban' gives 1t to me. Il
it'll ease yer mind. e did. Is tner'
anything elseT
MADAM" the small gentleman com
menced. had been your husband'-
81 should a got of ut tn cemeter!
with wreath instead o goin ter TN
'orsepital with II visitors ticket" snap
ned the Indy. land the wreath w"uldn'
a been expensive either" = London
ldeas
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
Maine Political Notes.

The Democrats of Maine are rather
hard up for campaign material TINS year.
The hardness of their upness is indicated
by the attempt to make political capital
out of President Taft's visit to Maine.
Not because President Taft talked poll
tics, for he strictly refrained from
doing anything of the kind, but because
il gives an opportunity 10 talk about the
factions of the Republican party
Those factions in Maine exist only IN the
Democratic imagination.
Whatever opportunity the Democratic
party had 10 carry the state election iu
September was thrown away when that
party in its platform promised to repeal
the Sturgis law and to resubmit consti'
tutional prohibition. If the laws are en-
forced by the regularly elected officials,
the Sturgis law will remain in the stat
utes as an emergency measure only, and
the enforcement deputies will not be
needed. IL "the laws are enforced by
the regularly elected officers" no one
but the saloon and owners of saloon
property will want resubmission. A
large part of the rank and file of the
Democratic party believe that the ISSUE
of resubmission is dead, aud did moi
want it in the party platform.-Civit
League Record.
Like too many politicians Mr.. Plaistec
seems more ready to endorse politica
creed than to live up TO it. He nov
afirms it as his belief that "the law
should be enforced by the regularly
elected officials In 1907 and 1908 h'
was sheriff of Kennebec County anC
mayor of Augusta. Yet the regularly
elected sheriff officials of KennebeC
County and the police of Augusta die
not, in those years enforce our liquor
laws either in Augusta or Kennebe'
County. More arrests for all offeu>eI
and for drunkenness were made IN Au
gusta in 1908 than for any other year IL
the history of that city. And it cal
hardly be charged that the police of Au
gusta under Mayor Plaisted arrested a'
many intoxicated persons in that city a
possible to discredit the enforcement o
Sheriff Plaisted. That is, there is u,
good reason TO suppose that Mayo
Plaisted tried to discredit Sheriff Plais
ted.-Civic League Record.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
West Sumner.

Mr.. and Mrs. David Graves and
daughter, Mrs. Emma Howard, and in
FAINT son, of Somerville, we're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Tuell last Sum-
day.
Miss Murphy of Philadelphia, Pa, ar
rived Tuesday at Ryemoore to remain
the rest of the summer.
Elva Hazelton is taking lessons on the
organ of Mrs. q. S. Robertson.
G. W. Heath, although able to ride
out is still in q very feeble condition.
His daughter, Miss Ada, of Buckfield, is
here caring for him.
81. T. Atwood of Norwood, Mass, has
charge of his sons, DR.. 81. r. AtwoOd's,
premises while the doctor is away. The
doctor expects to be gone about three
weeks.
Mrs. Charles Newell and daughter
Nettie Of South Paris have been visiting
Mrs. Newell's brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Lothrop.
Frank Harris of Winthrop, Mass,
made a flying visit here this week to
make arrangements to have his wife
moved to her home in Winthrop. Mrs.
Harris is i'll at the home of w. T. Bis
bee where she was visiting. She is gain.
ing very slowly. Mr.. Harris has been
here twice to see her. He cannot leave
his business but short time.
Fl. G. Barrows, who had been in poor
health for some time, had stroke of
paralysis a few days ago, and has not
yet recovered the use Of his limbs. MT.
Barrows is veteran of the civil war
and lost leg while fighting for his
country.
Mrs. Linnie Tuell of Watertown,
Mass, and Mrs. Helen Chandler of East
Sumner have been spending few days
with their sister, Mrs. Eta Tuell.
The water supply in this part of the
village is very uncertain. Some people
are getting no water from the aqueduct
and are obliged to haul water from wells.
The leaks in the pipe have been repaired.
Mrs. Delphina Lowe of Maiden, Mass,
is here for the rest of the summer. Mira.
Lowe is boarding with Mrs. Delma
Farrar.
George West is confined to his bed
with rheumatic fever. DR.. Marston is
the attending physician. Friday some
of the Grangers of North Paris and
others made a haying bee for him to
help take care of the large quantity of
hay he has in the field all cut.
James Buck is in Auburn this week.
Edward Bisbee of Jay was the guest
Of Clayton Lothrop last week.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
An Artists Struggles.

Professor von Herkomer. the famous
painter. had such struggle to gall
q living In his early days that had II
not been for his ineXhaustible stock
Of patience and self confidence ht
would probably have abnnd"ned arr
entirely He sold his hrst picture foi
2 guineus and luter Oh earned for u
short time a couple Of pounds weekly
for u woodcut which he supplied Il
comic paper This modest saiar!
coming to stop. he was ut his wits
end to know what to do. He appiia
to a troupe of minstrels for an Ell
gagement US either player. but In vain
and then took to designing curpets
For some years he battled with pow
erty, achieving no success until be
obtained employment Oh weekly IT,
lustrated Journal London Globe.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
Bethel,

Sunday evening, Prof. Harrington
gave talk on music at the II. e. church
and conducted q praise service. A class
In music has been formed and Saturday
evening concert was given In the y. &.
church. Miss Vannah and Prof. Scott
Wight have been assisting.
Mr.. E. G. Bowler and family have re-
turned from three weeks vacation In
Palermo, bis old home.
Miss Grace Dixon of Augusta is the
guest of her aunt and her sister, Miss
Daisy Dixon.
The hay makers have been busy hay
ing, gathering large crops.
Mrs. Hannah Stearns OF Norway hai
been visiting her granddaughter, Misi
Richardson.
Mr.. Clinton Barker has returned te
Togus after q pleasant visit with hit
brother. Eli Barker, and old neighbori
and friends.
Mr.. o. D. Stiuchfi has been in towr
attending to the tuning of pianos.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vorheers Holt left
for their home in Boston Thursday morn
ling, going by the way Of Auburn
Augusta, then to Portland Saturday
where they were joined by Harry Pur'
ington and their little son, Reginald.
Mr.. j. U. Purington was called to
Brunswick Wednesday to attend the
funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Woodward.
Miss Eva Smith returned from the
Central Maine General Hospital Satur
day.
The programme of the entertainment
to be given in Odeon Hall, Wednesday
evening, Aug. 8, bids fair to be of inter
est to large number Of our people. II
consists of vocal music by local talent
public initiation BY the Up-to-Date Order
of Goosie Girls. This will be followed
by comedy, the Elopement Of Ellen
Piano solos between the acts by Mrs. W.
C. Carey and Miss Doris Frost. Enter
tainment to be followed by dance. The
Mt. Madison Trio of Gorham, N. A., vii
furnish music. The Eastern Star have
been preparing the entertainment.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
A Weary Celebrity.

When Mrs Roger A. Pryor WIS II
Young woman living In tarlott"ville
Va. visiting authors seldom reached
the beautiful university town. "fhacE
eray. Dickens and Miss Marllneh'
passed Us by" says Mrs Pryor In he'
book entitled My Duy- "Reminiscences
of Long Life" But Frederika Brem
er condesreudpd TO spend II night will
her compatriot. Baron Schele de Vert
of the university faculty. on her wa!
to the south
Schele de We're invited choice com
pany to spend the one evening Miss
Bremen granted him. Her works were
extremely popular with the unversit!
circle. and every one was on iiptoe d
pleased anticipation
While the waiting company eagerl!
expected her the door opened not To-
Miss Bremen. but for her companion
who announced:
Miss Rrenlcr. she beg excuse. Sh'
YER tired and must sleep. II she come
she cape In your noses"
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
Bryant'S Pond.

Elmer Brooks of Grafton, aged 20, and
employed here as q section hand, acci.
dentally shot himself in the leg at the
Grand Trunk station Thursday evening.
The bullet went through the flsshy part
Of the leg and landed In the ceiling OF
the room.
The Grand Trunk painters are i'm
proving the looks of the company's
buildings here.
C. W. Judkins, an employee of the
Dearborn Spool Co., and Arthur Lam
bert, night operator at the station, have
accepted positions as passenger brake
men on the Grand Trunk.
Lewis Day has returned from Medf0rd
Mass, where he has been employed
painting.
Alton Bacon and crew are building a
new school house in the Bryant District
for the town of Greenwood.
The Boston Post cane, held by the late
Cyprian Benson, will now 90 to Mr.
Cyrus Millett of North Woodstock who
is so.
Mrs. Edwin Thompson returned Mon
day from two months visit in Davis
West Virginia.
c. Lester Heath has been appointed
deputy fish and game warden.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02

Mrs. Ada Shaw went to Boston Mon
day morning to be with her daughter,
Miss Amy, for week.
Mrs. G.. z Comery OF Portland has
been the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Wilmington, for the past week.
Mrs. Lucy Shearman and daughter
Josephine, returned to their home II
Portland Saturday morning after two
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Prince.
Mrs. Amanda Shaw went to Cantor
Monday for visit with relatives.
Miss Abbie Benson OF Whitman, Mass
10 with relatives here for few days.
Miss Alice Morrill, of Oaklahoma Ii
visiting her brother, r. d. Morrill,.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 8. Shaw left her'
Tuesday morning, en- route for Geneva
N. Y. Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Dyer accom-
panied them as far az Boston.
The brush company are putting In
new water wheel at their factory.
l. N. Smith and family have beer
camping at North Pond for week.
j. A. Rawson has purchased new
Maxwell runabout,
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
! ROMANCE IN SIGHT.
Started by the unmaskins Of The Pair
E.a..la

Started BY the Unmaskins OF the Pa''
OF Frauds.
Not until boarding houses cease to ex
isi will all their romances be written
Shubby rpmanres. some Of them are
like that of the young woman who go'
40 fired Of being called 'poor thing
because she received no Invitations
and had 10 eat all her meals 1t tue
boarding house table that she took tc
ealing alone once In awhile at cheap
restaurant and then brazenly lying
about the friends who had invited
her to dinner
There wns a young man In thai
house who never went anywhere ei
tber The tirst night the girl stayed oui
ufe's desolntiou nearly overpowerec
him. Even that poor little white
faced soul has made friends who want
her" he said. Nobody wants me
I'm no good on earth"
Then on rare occasions his place a
the table was vacant "New friendsT
asked the landlady.
"Yes," lied the young man.
One night the man and the girl me-
In q twenty-five cent restaurant Tne!
blushed: they fenced: they finally con
fessed
"We're a pair Of frauds said TIM
trl. aIt's awful to think that tonign
when we 90 home we Will have :.
swear that we have been dining Will
friends"
"Well," said the young man. ain
weY'-New York Press
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
FUNERALS In EnaIand.

At the time Of Queen Victoria's fu
neral writer iu the Cndertakers
Journal complained that. Will" roya
burals were still conducted In IN I'm
pressive uanner. sad lack OF c"re
monIal distinguished the funerals ol
the nobility Item after Item ha'
been abandoned. idea nfter Idea has
been dropped. euch meaning II dist.n
loss TO our business. An undertaken
In the west end. referring TO the re-
cent death of noble lord. coniidI Il
me: Forty years ago buried mem
Der Of that family. and the funeral bil
came to el.2IO tSG.25O, Ten year
later | buried another. when II came
TO Just over fTOO t$3.50O. FiftceI
years age buried third. al cost D
E320 Isl. 1.GOO,. but the bill for this ont
did not reucb f75 t$3I5D.'"
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
oriain Of Q Famous Saying.

Euclid. who Is sometimes called the
father Of mathematics. taught this
subject in the famous school at Alex
andria. Being asked one day BY the
king of Egypt Ptolemy Soter) whether
he could not teach him the science In
shorter way. Euclid answered 10
words that have been memorable ever
since. Sire. there Is no royal road to
earning" Not many scraps Of conver.
sation have lived. as this reply has. for
200 years.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
HE AMUSED THE CUBS.
Then the Young Lions Took Turn at
Annuaino Him.

Then the Young Lions Took Turn at
Amusing Him.
A negro attached to an African hunt.
ing party met with curious adven-
ture, says an English paper. Wander
ing one day from camp. he surprised
two lion cubs at play and thOughtless-
ly commenced to amuse them. He was
only too successful. The big cubs gam
boiled fearlessly about him and to his
dismay refused to desist when be
wished to leave them.
Realizing the danger to which he
would be exposed should the mother
appear, he began to run, but the cubs
refused to be shaken of and In their
play scratched bis legs in fearful
fashion.
That the creatures were thoroughly
enjoying themselves was evident from
their manifestations Of delight. and
before long their unusual cries brought
q Iioness leaping to the spot.
y Trembling In every limb, the negro
faced the growing animal while the
cubs continued to jump up at him.
eager for further caresses. The en-
ragged iioness moved round uneasily
In a circle, man and beast keeping
their eyes steadily on each other. Sew
erai times the lioness crouched to
spring. but the man, from fear, never
shifted his gaze.
At length, after what seemed an age,
when the negro was ready to drop
from exhaustion, the animal suddenly
called her cubs away and disappeared
into the surrounding scrub.
Oxford Democrat., 1910-08-02
OlckVale,

e. NJ. Worthley Is putting In steam
power in his lumber mill here.
We are soon to have new steel bridge
a part of it is already on the grounds.
r. s. Tracy's crew have finished hay
ing. They have harvested twenty-five OF
thirty tons of hay In sixteen days. The
hay 10 Of good quality with no damaged
hay to speak Of.
Deputy Game Warden l. W. Robbins
Of Woodstock was In town on Wednes.
day of last week looking after the closed
brooks a. some of them are nearly dry,
and the fish are in pools In some Of the
brooks and to save them they have to be
moved to better conditions. Mr.. Rob-
bins has given US nearly all the services
We have had in an official line since the
brooks were closed.
z. G. Child 10 cutting the hay on the
Chas. Farnum place.
Herman Fuller and Ira B. Wing have
moved their families to Woodstock
where they have lumber job.