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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
THE FRENCH DUEL.
Tr,G!@:s That Are Invoked TO Make the
NC ,tins Bloodless.

Tricks That Are Invoked TO Make the
NC ,tins Bloodless.
A French paper has been describing
the various cOntrivancrs TO insure pts.
tol duels ending in coffee for Two" A
favorite trick. II seems. Is Ia use pro-
jectfles that look like ordinary lead bull
let's, but crumble to pieces when fred
In more serious cases bullets ure used
of smaller caliber than the pistol. thus
lessenins their penetrating power.
Sometimes the wnd Is Intentionally
left out. SO that when the duellslS face
each other with the pistols held down
ward the bullets roll ont. In many
cases bullets OF the right callber are
used. but only with n third of the
proper powder charge. so that they are
practically harmless 4 variation OF
this trick Is Ia load with n double pow
del charge. viii h also CAUSES the Gul
let's to 80 wide Ut the mark This. how.
ever Is dangerous to the spectators.
Again. we'll meaning seconds some
times Use the right bullets and thu
right barge. hut SriIfen the triggers so
that the extra pressure causes the bul.
leis 10 go wide. Perhaps the mos,
dn,msin" device Is The use of PISTOLS
tilted with II sort of secret safety
waive. which opens when the weapon
Is i"adrd. >u that the bullet drops out
and only The powder charge remains.-
EX, lIauap.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Hiran.

On Thursday, Mrs. Eli c. Wadsworth
and her three children, Margaret, Paul
and Roger, went to Augusta, it being her
first visit since her marriage in 1902
She served sevent, en- years as clerk OF
the secretary of the state board of health.
Eli c. Wadsworth has sold thirteen
farms this year.
The writer hereof wrote his first COM
muuication for the Democrat in 1855,
and has been regular correspondent
since 1871. We wonder what person, II
any, on the list, antedates those figures.
Rev. Isaac j. Mead, A. ~, of the Bos.
ton Univsrsalst Publishing House, visit.
ed friends in town last week. He resid.
ed in Hiram from 1878 10 1888, six years
of the time he was Universalist pastor in
Hiram.
Milan A. Cummings has been appoint
ed clerk at the Hiram post Office.
Miss Hannah E. Bucknell, after some
ten years of faithful service as post
master, has resigned on account of i'll
health, and the Office is removed to the
store of Lemuel Cotton and son, where
it was located for some fifty years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Fish and Game Laws for October.


Close time for fishing for land-locked
salmon, trout and togue.
Close time on golden eye or whistler
in Hancock County.
Close time on beaver.
Il is unlawful to kill any birds (other
than game birds in their respective open
seasons) except it shall be lawful to kill
crows, hawks, owls, mudhens, king
fishers, blue herons, looms and English
sparrows at any time.
1t is unlawful to hunt, kill or have in
possession at any time a caribou, quail,
eagle or vulture.
1t is unlawful to kill red squirrels or
ehipmupks at at any time in Knox coun-
ty.
Gray and black squirrels cannot be
hunted or killed at any time.
sunday is a close time for hunting
birds and game.
Open time on rabbits.
Open season on deer in the counties of
Oxford, Androscoggin, Franklin, Som
easel, Piscataquis, Penobscot, Aroos-
took, Washington and Hancock. Close
season on deer in all other counties.
Open season on moose, mink, sable,
muskrst and fisher begins Oct. 18th.
Open season on wood duck, commonly
called black duck, teal, and any and all
ducks known as gadwall or gray duck,
mallard, widgeon or baldpate, shoveler,
pintail or sprig tail. red head, scaup
duck or greater bluebill, lesser scaup
duck or lesser bluebill, golden eye or
whistler. buffiehsad, ruddy duck or
broadbill.
Open season on plover, snipe aud
sandpipers, also on partridge and wood
cock.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
COLONIAL VIRGINIA.
Tho Naughty Planters Were Fierce
Foes of ROYAL Tyranny.

Tho Naughty Planters Were Fierce
Foes Of Royal Tyranny.
In no part of The world were sOria
distinctions more rigidiy defined than
IN coiUnlal Virginia The founders oi
That colony stepped from the brilliant
court of Elizabeth into the forests OF
Virginia The lord proprietor trans
ported Ia his estate little arm! Of
gentlemen and indrnIured servants.
aud aftcrward came the nrgIo slave
Each formed class apart from the
ut hrrs, and almost al once there was
created II quasi system of ariStm'racy.
The proprietor obligated himself To
protect his tenants from the Indians
They in turn agreed to follow him to
battle. precisely the system inaugural
ed by William the Cunulerur for tn"
military defense OF his realm. His Ell
vrOnment naturally bred certain hab-
It's of command. ro>trrrd capacity for
directing the efforts OF others and I'M
posed sense uf responsibility upon
the planter for the lives that were III
his keeping.
Above all else the planter jenl0usly
guarded his rights us I'm English free
man When Iib.rty Ian;:'liShed in Eng
land the Virgininn, sturdily resisted ev-
cry aggression Of royal tyrauts One
husband. one wife. one bone. one king.
one God this WAS thu planters creed
But be reserved the right TO renounre
a monarch who violated the ancient
compact between king and people. No
other people numerically us unlmpor-
tani as that group of Virginia settlers
has given 10 humanity so many states
men. soldiers. orators. patriots and phi.
lOsophers.-Everybody's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
West Sumner.

Mrs. Abigail l.. Webster died Sept.
"a, aged nearly 6S years. At the time of
her death the deceased was boarding at
Mrs. Isabel McAllster's. Mrs. Webster
has been in poor health for some time,
and has had two paralytic strokes. She
is survived by widowed daughter, Mrs,
Flora NJ. Dunn, who is insane, and one
son, Samuel ID.
Guy Barrows, the 6-year-old son of
NJ. G.. Barrows, was taken suddenly i'll
Sunday morning and remained in a criti-
cal condition for two days. He bad in
testinal fever. He was attended by DR..
Atwood. He is now out of danger.
Annie Barrows, the II year-old daugh-
ter of NJ. c. Barrows, is very capable
girl. Monday morning her father could
not leave the bedside of her little broth
or. Annie fed aud MIXED 8 cows and
drove them to pasture. She milks four
cows every morning.
Mr.. Tompkins of New York is here
buying apples. He has bought apples
of l. o. Swift and Roy Pulsifer.
George Redding lost horse with
CHAMBERS recently. The horse had to be
killed, the state paying him 1926. This is
the fourth horse he has lost within two
years.
There are two men hanging around
town who seem to be unemployed. One
is middleaged man dressed in a gray
suit His pal is a young man dressed
iu dark clothes.
Mrs. Ella Bonney and little daughter
Vera have gone to Dixfield to visit rela-
tiyes.
idrs. James Buck has her arm in short
splints and hopes before long to be able
t0 use her hand little.
Mr.. Mccormick of Augusta is here
buying apples. s.,
W. E. Bisbee. .rosswc-
Mrs. NJ. ! Pnlsiiier is i'll in bed with a
3 Us attack.
Mrs. Henrietta Farrar, who has been
to Livermore to visit her daughter, also
to Canton fair, has returned home.
Mrs. Jennie Thomas, who is i'll with
tuberculosis, is reported as being much
more comfortable.
Henry Tuttle, wife, and baby, OF
Paris, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Z. I.othrop Sunday.
DIR. II. F. Atwood accompanied
Samuel Irish to the soldiers home al
Togus Monday. Mr.. Irish fell a short
time ago, fracturing two ribs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
LARGEST GAME FISH.
Tho Tuna somstimss Atrains Weight
of 1000 Pounds.

The Tuna somstimss Atrains . weight
of 1000 Pounds.
Charles Frederick Holder. the CaIl'
foru,a naturalist. thus describes thar
remarkable fish. the tuna: "The tuna
ia II u.luyic Dish, a free lance. an ocean
rover. sort of staggering musketeer
of the sea. the largest OF what may Do
termed the game or bony fishes. at
tanning d maximum weight OF nearly
pNM pounds and an approximate
length of fourteen feet or more. such
a uSh Is very exceptional. though
specimens weighing 1900 pounds have
been taken ON the New England coast.
I once entered a school Of such tunas
In tl,e Santa Catalina channel In Dig
launch. The school divided to port
and sturboard rs we passed through
II. und | had u view OF one or two
fishes that appeared to be more thah
half az long AS the boat.
"Thpsp fishes spend the winter ID
warm attitudes and migrate north as
far us the mouth Of the st lawrence.
They are found In the Mediterranean
and north 10 the Loffoden island. YET
80 far the efforts Of anglers. except al
Santa Catalina. have failed 10 take
them with the rod Even here there
Ia II stretch of but eight miles or 81
where they can be satisfactorily play
ed and taken with rod and reel.
.This region lies on the north side
of Santa Catalina. from Avalon 70
Long point. and to the east as many
more. facing the north. and generally
smooth more like Scottish loch tnan
ishlng ground twenty miles out al
sea. "-Chicago News
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOlN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris RIM.

First Baptist Church, Rev. G. W. T. Hill. pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday at l0.x5 4. II.
Sunday School at IL. Sabbath evening service
at I 80. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening at
the lst Sunday OF the month at 80 P. n. All
not otherwise connected are cordially Invited.
Universalist church, Rev. G. A. Knickerbocker,
Minister. Preaching service at GAS A. N. SUM-
day; Sunday School at Il N.
Hon. Prentiss Cummings returned to
his home in Brookline, Mass, last week.
Mrs. Dora Jordan, who has been with
her sister, Mrs. Joseph G. Cummings,
for several weeks, has returned to Au-
burn.
Rev. A. T. McWhorter, of the South
Paris Congregational church, will preach
at the Baptist church in this village next
Sunday afternoon at half past two
O'Clock. Every one is cordially invited
to attend.
The White Mountains were covered
with snow Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Shaw Of Auburn
were the guests of relatives here last
week.
Miss Elmer, who has occupied "Seven
Gables" the past summer, returned
Saturday to her home in New Jersey.
There is for sale at the Hamlin house
a quantity of household furniture, in
GLIDING stoves, carpets, bookcase, side
board, refrigerator, etc. Parties desir-
ing same should consult George NJ. At
wood. Such articles as are not pre-
viously disposed of at private sale will
be sold at auction later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M. Brown and
Curtis Clarke left here Monday with Mr..
Browns automobile for New York.
Mr.. Edgar Farrar, who has been spend
ing the summer with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo,
B. Shaw, returned to Manchester, n. H.,
last Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Knickerbocker,
who have occupied the house of Mrs. W..
G.. Hammond for the summer, closed it
on Friday and left for their home in Ar
lington, Mass. Their many friends
hope that they will be here again an
other summer, and. that Mr.. Knicker-
booker will occupy the pulpit at the
Uuiversalist church.
Unclaimed letters in Paris post office,
Oct 1st:
Mrs. Ohea Hamilton.
Miss Marion NJ. Andrews.
Clarence Farrar.
Mr. Maumene.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Law Court Decision.

The law court has handed down re-
script in the Oxford County case of the
inhabitants of Albany VS.. inhabitants OF
Norway, giving judgment for defend
ants.
The rescript, which was drawn by
Associate Justice ArnO w. King of Els
worth, was as follows:
Under the provisions of r. S. C. "a,
sec. l, CT. III, legitimate unemancipated
minor child, whose father has no psuper
settlement in this state, takes the set.
Element which it's mother has within 1t.
If the mothers settlement changes dur.
ing the child's minority then the settle
ment of the child will change likewise
and be the same as that Of the mother.
In the case at bar the parents of the
minor pauper were divorced. At the
time of the divorce neither parent had a
pauper settlement in this state. The
father did not subsequently acquire one.
After the divorce the mother acquired a
pauper settlement in the defendant town
by second marriage. Still later the
mother acquired settlement in the
plaintiff town by reason of third mar.
riage.
That the settlement of the minor
pauper was in the plaintiff town, the
same as hat of her mother.
Judgment for defendants.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
A pron In Rhaforic.

81 ret,emln-r." said an official of the
Easi inG!am >rrvi:.e. the speech ut IN
Anglo Indian who was Delegated hy /,
rrr'ain district to place before the gov
'rruih,nis notice the horrible Slaupl Iipi
II their Stock 10y tigers. \ very no
!"eaiie ii!!rr could br heard In the
an'':"mr when the delegate Shuute ed
yer, dramatically:
MI Chairman. the tiger Is the
nnsi :rrorious animal That prowls and
runs az large In India. lie rreeps
from his lurking place ut the hour Of
midnight. wilrn all nature IL locked
In the artls Of Morpheus. and ere the
portals OF The east are unbound or
bright Phnrbus rises In Ills golden
majesty whole littprs Of pigs are de.
struypd
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Bryant'S Pond.

Several members of Mt. Christopher
Co, No. Al, attended the field day exer-
cises at Auburn the past week.
Nearly one half of the members of the
primary school are down with the
measles. Supt. Clason Wednesday or
dered the school closed for ten days.
The corn shop closed Thursday night,
having put up 10000 cans. The work
of labelling will commence next week.
Mrs. Abbie Durham, the oldest lady
in our village, Is suffering with an attack
Of pleuro- pneumonia. Mrs. Durham is
81 years of age and her residence here
dates back to the very beginning Of the
village.
Frank p. Cole and Arthur c. Kicker of
the Dearborn Spool Co., and Horatio d.
Bryant were in Livermore Falls Wed
nesday on business.
Roy Titus is attending the Monmouth
fair this week.
Helen Cushman is teaching at Milton
Plantation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Charles M. Harding.

Charles NJ. Harding died at his home,
AZ Arlington Street, Everett, Mass, Sun
day afternoon, September IL. His death
was the result of hemorrhage Of the
brain. He was a native of Andover, and
was born October %, 1912. In August,
1851, he enlisted, becoming member of
Company d Capt. William Baker, Of
the 9th Maine Regiment. For nearly q
year he trained recruits in Portland.
After three years of service he re-enlist-
cd. He was q member of the James A.
Perkins Post, G. A. R., of Everett for
Is years. He had three brothers in the
Civil War. His grandfather fought in
the Revolution. The funeral took place
mt two O'Clock the afternoon of Wednes-
day, September IA, interment being in
Glenwood Cemetery, Everett. Mr.. Hard
ing is syxyived by his wife and the fol-
49, iren: Rose (Mrs. George T.
sit; George w. Harding o.
n =. smmander of the Everett
Corner NAN of Veterans; James L.
n, N. Y, Miss Maud
Jerbert L. Harding
NORWAY. Harding Of Bos-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
About the State.
Burglars got $500 In cash from the
Bowdoinhsm post Office on the night Of
tba Odd without leaving clue.

Burglars got $500 In cash from the
Bowd0inhsm post office on the night Oh
the 2Sd, without leaving Q clue.
Patrick F. Mullansy of Lewiston Is
dead as the result of injuries received
by falling from an electric car while re-
turning from Augusta few days before.
By the capsizing of a small boat in
Union River Bay at Ellsworth ON the
18th ult., Harrison Leach, aged rs, was
drowned. His companion, Peter STARK
ey, was able to swim ashore.
Charles Hollywood OF Portland,
former shoemaker In Auburn, % years
of age, committed suicide Thursday
night by throwing himself under
freip hit train near Rumford junction.
In the high wind of Sunday George
W. Stone Of Jay was killed by the fall OF
a heavy limb torn from a tree. He war
81 years of sge, graduate of Bowdoin
College, aud had served in the Maine
House and Senate. He was unmarried.
Chairman Pnttle nf the Board of Sta'e
Assessors says that the increase in
Names valuation this year will BE- not
far from Sl9.5O0,0OO. This Ia about
double the average annual increase, and
he attributes about half OF 1t to revalua-
tions induced by the acts Of the last
legislature.
The Mount Kineo House on Moose
head Lake, one of the most famous
hotels in Maine, has been purchased by
the Somerset Railway, which carries
most of the travel to Kineo. The house
will be run by the Rickors, In connection
with the Poland Spring House and the
SamOset at Rockland.
The Lewiston Journal reports an
other great discovery Of crystal tour
malipes within a few miles of Auburn.
The lucky man was +. L. Havey OF 80
Ash Street, Lewiston, who only few
weeks ago came upon a pocket in his
feldspar mine in Poland from which he
took fully 1000 worth of pure tour
maline crystals. His latest discovery In
a new pocket not far from the old one
includes 1000 carats of tourmaline valued
conservatively at $4,000 and $1,000
worth of herderite, one of the rarest
gems and in Maine practically unknown.
Mr.. Havey purchased the Poland farm
upon which all this mineral treasure is
located only one year ago and paid for it
s17O0.
Capt. aud Mrs. William Bennett of
Boothbay Harbor are the oldest married
couple in Lincoln County. They cele-
brated few days ago their 9th wed.
ding anniversary at which they received
congratulations from many friends.
Capt. Bennett was born in Boothbay in
1925 and commanded his first vessel at
1S. He retired from the sea in 1858 and
since that time has been engaged in
farming, ice cutting and numbering until
his retirement from active business few
years ago. His wife, who was formerly
Mary Jane Brewer of Boothbay, is but
three months younger than her husband.
Both are ia good health and enjoy life
thoroughly in their cosy home. Two
sons and three daughters of the nine
children born to them are now living.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
East Bethel.

Mrs. Eta Bean ia spending short
vacation at Lawrence, Mass.
Mrs. W. II. Cobb of Portland was the
guest of relatives here last week.
Mrs. A. NJ. Bell of Roxbury, Mass,
was recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l..
Holt.
Mrs. G.. N. Sanborn and little daugh-
ter of West Bethel visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Kimball, the past
week
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Bartlett of Berlin,
N. H., accompanied by Mrs. F. A. Frost
and little daughter of Gorham, N. H.,
visited here last week.
Mr.. Leander Swan of South Paris and
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Swan were recent
guests of his son, j. Il. Swan, coming
by auto.
Doris & Gray, glass blowers, recently
gave exhibitions at Grange Hall. Mrs.
J. III. Swan was voted the most popular
lady and received valuable prize. Mrs.
NJ. Z. Bartlett drew the lucky number
every time and received three prizes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
Greenwood.

That company expected last week got
here on schedule time in the person OF
Mrs. Viola, widow of the late Newton
C.. Herrick, who stopped with US until
Sunday, and went to visit in the family
OF her nephew, Floyd Morgan, at Bry-
ants Pond. She will still live in the
house built for her soon after the death
of her husband, and intends to board
with her other nephew, Lyman Herrick,
the coming winter.
Edgar II. Morgan is now we'll estab
ished in his new home at the City, and
seems well pleased with his new loca-
ton. Sylvester Cole, who sold his farm
to Mr.. Morgan, moved into his store
rent, since which he has built stable of
the buildings formerly owned by the
late Dea s. b. Cummings. Mr.. Coles
wife had her diseased ankle operated on
some time ago, and yet she can get about
only on crutches.
The only game captured in the corn
fields, so far az known, during the past
week, was two blue jays. Their bump
of cunning must be much inferior to
that of the crow, to get so easily trap
ped.
Frank Brooks has a dog, which for
canine sense and courage has no superior
in these parts at least, so it is claimed; ;
in size he is rather above the average,
yellow mixed with brown in color, and
somewhat shaggy. He is sure death to
any kind of game not larger than him
self; and after killing skunk and get
ting well perfumed, instead Of running
into the house as dogs generally do, he
Olga a hole or hollow in the ground,
then gets in and there remains until the
cleansing process is completed. kS
The otbe. eveniiShs-- .sr665ks Visited
q neig hbz Nth his dog Carlo, and
: ssfhere be got in pursuit of skunk,
which suddenly disappeared; thus get
ting beyond his reach. A few days sub
sequently. the water in the neighbours
fountain began to impart an unssvory
taste and smell; at the same time the
stream becoming partially obstructed.
This caused the nsighbor to examine the
fountain, where he soon learned what
became of the skunk when he escaped
from the dog. What the women folks
did or said on learning the cause of the
troubling of the water, has not been re-
ported,
Charles b. Brooks, who went from
here aud located in Bristol few years
ago, has sold his place and is moving
back to stop while with his son-in-law,
John Howe, of Bryant's Pond.
Charming pictures the variegated for
ests present to-day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-10-04
A Query.

Jacob Frost was q Bunker Hill SOL
der who at the time of his death resid-
ed in Norway. have seen it stated that
he ia buried in the Central Cemetery OF
that town. Page 81 of William Berry
Lapham's centennial History of Nor
way" says that he died (aged "a, of old
age) on January q, 1889, and the same
statement is made on page 1919 of "The
History of Norway" by David Moves;
page 235 of Lapham's book gives jan
uary 90, 1889, % the date of his death
and on page 44S Lapham gives January
90, 1889, as the date. l suspect that at
least one of these three dates must be
errt e GUS sPerh"~:1- every one Of them
is,c,y..S well. .uree OF them are cor
:. NJ, 49,. ..ost must, in respect of his
,enaciousness of life, have had some of
the qualities of the worthy of whom
Berni relates that,
"Killed az he was, insensible Of death
He still fights ON, and scOrns to Yield his breath.
Perhaps three other dates of Mr..
Frnsi's death could be found by con-
sulting his gravestone, file of the Ok
ford Democrat, and the vital statistics
of Norway, making six dates in all-and
perhaps all six of them would be wrong.
will some reader of the Democrat please
give the correct date of Mr.. Frost's final
death? When and where was be born? l
have seen it stated that he was Y years
old In 1925; If that is correct, he was
more than "a in 1899.
NEcROI OGIsT