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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
NORWAY Lake.

DR.. Edna b. Stephens 10 again at home
for few weeks.
Will Flood and family Of Pennington
are here to visit ct his fathers. They
attended the fair.
Mrs. F. E. Pottle has been quite III for
. week or more, but she seems to bs on
the gain now.
Carlton Jordan came from Waterford
to attend the Oxford County fair.
Mrs. G. A. Flint 10 improving In
health.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Maine News Notes.

William j. Brooks, who shot Mrs.
Maude A. Burrill at Messalonskee, and
then shot himself, died later from his
wounds.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs, to be held
in Saco Oct. 2, 5, 4 and 5, by invitation Of
the Saco Educational and Industrial
Union, an unusually interesting pro
gramme will be presented.
Gardiner will be the first city in Maine
to be governed by commission, the citi
zens at a special election Tuesday
voting to adopt charter providing for
commission government of three men by
a vote of 723 to lS1. There was nc
organized opposition. Gardiner was In
corporated as a city in 1850 and besides
q mayor is at present governed by si1
aldermen and eighteen councilmen. The
new commissioners under the provisions
of the new charter will appoint all sub
ordinate officers and receive salaries oil
81 900 each, with $1,000 to the man
chosen as mayor.
The county commissioners OF the
state held their annual convention al
Auburn Thursday. Prison labor on the
roads was generally favored in the dis
cussiou Of the subject. A resolution
was passed during the session request
ing the next legislature to pass q Law re-
curing officers for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals to confine their work
TO their own counties, and that the ap'
pointments be made upon the recon-
mepdation Of the county commissioners
Ii was also voted to request the legislature
to pass a law requiring the counties to
pay the expenses Of the commissioners
when attending their annual meetings
The selectmen Of the town of Eliot an.
noupce that this settlement OF 100
population has become "million dollar
town." Former Governor John +. Hill,
who was q native OF Eliot, is largely re-
sponsible for this towns upward jump.
As controlling factor in the Atlantic,
Gulf and West Indies S. S. Lines, which
include the Clyde and Mallory Lines, he
has caused these lines to be transferred
10 Eli OF, and his old home town reaps
the b enefit of the taxation. Last year
the town was taxed at S612, 900. With
half million dollars added to the taxP-
ton list, in these steamships, the valua-
ton of Eliot jumps to 81, 112,000. Last
year the tar rate was SIS per $1,000, this
year Ii is SIS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Wild RIDE IN
A M0T0RCAR,

II was Saturday morning, May q.
1o11-a good time for adventure. Jerry
arose promptly at SIX and one-ninth
o'clock. put q navy blue stocking on
one foot and seal brown stocking on
the other foot. washed 8 per cent OF
his face. looked out Of bis window
seventeen times. broke q shoe string.
lost three buttons. worked the kinks
out Of his suspenders six times. yawn-
ed nfty.nine times and was dressed
% the clock struck Z. Then he slam
med bis door. fell downstairs. swal-
lowed some breakfast. coaxed 10 cents
from his mother and was on.
His plan was to get on the car that
would take him farthest for one fare,
have adventures all day. spending a
nickel for lunch Of some kind and re-
serve the remaining s cents for the
return trip.
1t was a beautiful plan. but the ad.
ventures would not wait: they began
a. soon as he got on the car. which
was crowded he was no sooner on
the platform than a lot Of big fellows
jumped on. tanning him against the
rear rail. A big. brass bound. hoarse
voiced automobile crossed behind just
as the car game a tremendous lurch
forward Jerry was jerked over into
the auto with such force that he
knocked the chauffeur into the street
and sat in his place. Jerry opened bis
eyes wide. sat up straight. gave q
prolonged whistle and looked around.
On the back seat were two little
girls with yellow curls and a Skye
terrier with pink bow.
"Stop! stop!" cried the little girls.
"Hup! Hup" barked the terrier.
IT wish I could STOP" said Jerry.
''Toot! Tootw roared the horn.
Jerry wanted to oblige. and he tried
TO stop; he pressed something-whiz!
The machine gave spring. They
were tearing through the air. pun.
puff. puff. clatter. clatter. rattle. rattle
rattle. Trees and houses rushed by.
sand and stones few. teams got out
Of the way. people shoutedl The
wind roared through Jerry's ears.
the sand few in his eyes. he was
dizzy. he wanted to cry. he forgot to
steer. he forgot to t0ot. shut his eyes
and thought Of home. wondered II he
would ever see his fantan pigeons
again. and Observation-Disclosures!
That magic word braced him up.
81 must do something" he said. and
30 he footed his horn.
Straight ahead. where the road curv-
ed. was a big barn. with front and
back doors open wide. and Jerry could
see a gigantic haystack on the other
side.
With the inspiration Of an automo-
bile genius he steered straight for that
haystack-whisk-up the yard-clatter
clat, through the barn. kerchunk into
the hay!
Farmer Jones was coming from the
garden. As be approached the buck
Of the barn he gazed with pride upon
his noble stack Of hay-why sud
denly 1t whisked. whirled and tum.
bled about as II struck BY q cyclone
and then settled down into two or
three miserable little heaps. On two
heaps sat little girls with yellow curls
and a Skye terrier. On another heap
sat a pale and frightened little boy.
Something that looked like an auto.
mobile was sitting In the pigsty with
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
North Buckfleld

Miss Gertrude Warren, who has beer
doing table work in Lewiston, has re-
turned home.
Miss Althea Stetson is attending Farm
ington Normal School.
George Durham and family Of East
Weymouth are visiting at Mrs. Celia
Dunbam's.
Quite lot from this place attended
Oxford County fair.
Fred Keith of East Bridgewater, Mass,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Amy Bicknell.
Farmers are busy with their sweet
corn and apples.
John Gerrish has recently purchased 9
horse of Earl Jack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Smith spent last
week In Paris taking in the fair.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Mason.

School began Monday, Sept. II, will
Miss Farwell of East Bethel as teacher
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest L. Hutchinson
and son of East Weymouth, Mass, art
visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie Tyler
Miss Irene Morrill, Is visiting In Nor
way.
Mrs. s. o. Grover Is boarding tht
school teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Whitman visited
at E. q. Morrill's Sunday.
j. A. Mckenzie has purchased new
pair of horses of Andrews Bros.
q. G. Mason remains about the same
Gerald Gushing 10 sick with severe
cold.
Mrs. Hannah Mason 10 visiting Mrs. c.
W. Rolfe of Northwest Albany.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Denmark.

The first frost of tho season WAS q
heavy one In this section. Mercury 81
above In many places.
The heavy frost of the 18th has made
business at the corn shop pretty lively
A pack of 500, 900 10 conceded.
The vote In this town WAS . surprise
to many, IS yes; IS no.
Mrs. ". E. Stewart Of Cambridge,
Mass, made . short visit to her sister,
Mrs. A. d. Jones, one day this week.
Mr.. Ellis Blake and A. p. Cobb picked
IS bushels of nice cranberrIes Wednes,
day and used nothing but their hands.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO WORK.
ING MEN.

ia. Maple, 1875 8. 7th Street, Steu.
beuville, o., says: "For years suffered
from weak kidneys aud . severe bladder
trouble, learned Of Foley Kidney Pills
and their wonderful cures 90 l began
taking them and sure enough bad as
good results - any ! heard about. Ny
backachc left me and to ono Of my busi.
ness; expressman. that alone 10 . great
advantage. Ny kidneys acted FREQ and
normal, and that saved me . lot OF mis-
cry. It IL now pleasure to work where
II used to be . misery. Foley Kidney
pills have cured me and have my high
est praise" A. E. Shnrtleff Co., South
Paris; y. E. Newell d Co., Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
nREADFuL SIGHT

to h. J. Barnum, of Freeviile, n; =;
was the fever.sore that had plagued nl'
life for years in spite OF many remeo's ,'
he tried. At last hs used bucsien,'
Arnica Salve and wrote: ut has cnt,le,y
healed with scarcely . scar left" hesli
Burns, Boils, Eczems, Cuts. bruises
Swellings, Corns and Piles IKE magic
Only 25c.' ct the drug store Of tho G. d
Howard Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
North Stoueham.

Gertrude Cobb has finished work for
Mrs. I. A. Andrews and gone to Kenne'
buukport to teach school. Myrtle
Adams takes her place at Ars. Andrews
Winnie McKsen 10 attending high
school at Norway,
Ben Durgin from Boston and Ph@be
Davis of Bridgton visited their brother,
w. W. Durgin, and also ut b. B. Nc
Kseu's Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dennis Adams 10 ut work In the corr
shop at Fryeburg Harbor.
Ephraim Durgin 10 putting the finish
on John Adams house.
Cliff Eastman Of Albany 10 picking the
cranbsrries on the Mack bog.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
unixersallst Mission circles,

A meeting Of tho Universallst Mission
Circles OF Oxford District will be hold at
West Paris on Thursday, Sept. 81, at
10: 80 A. n. All who are interested In
tho Woman's Universslist Missionary
Society OF Maine whether members OF
any Circle or not are cordially invited to
be present. There will be Demonstra-
ton Circle In the orenoon-wstchword
Charity.-Rev. Eleanor Forbes will give
an address In the afternoon. A box
lunch will be served with coffee and
baked beans BY the West Paris friends.
OLIVE n. MASON,
District Suporiutopdept.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Sumner.

Hersey R. Keene, who has been visit.
Ing bis grandparents and other relatives,
has returned to bis work.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Dyer and Mr..
and Mrs. Aubrey B. Dyer attended the
fair ut South Paris last week.
Mrs. Albert Lord of Portland 10 visit.
ing her cousin, Mrs. Chsllotte Spauld-
ing.
Fred Poland Of Turner, Mrs. Alice
Vinal of Wsltham, Mass, have been
visiting at George Spaulding's.
There was heavy frost In this section
on Wednesday night, the 18th, which
did much damage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Sweden.

Mrs. Mary E. Plummer died at her
home In this town Wednesday, at the
age of 81 years. She was the widow of
the late Samuel Plummer, Jr. She
leaves no children OF her own, though
number of Mr.. Plummer's children by q
former wife are living. Miss May King
has lived with Mrs. Plummer since child
hood, and cared for her In her last years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
ESTABLISHED lssS.
ATWOOD 6 FORBES,
Editors and Propriefors
GEORGE NJ ATWOOD. A. K. FORBES.

TERMS 81 80 year II paid striclly In advance.
Otherwise $500 year. Single copies 4 cents
All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for VI ~
per Inch In length Of column. Special con-
tracts made with local, transient and yearly
advertisers.
JOB PRINTING New type, fast presses, electric
power, experienced workmen and low prices
combine TO make this department Of our busi-
ness complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
FORCED TO LEAVE HOME.

Every year largo number Of poor suf.
ferers, whose lungs are sore and racked
with coughs, are urged to 60 to another
climate. But this 10 costly and not al.
ways sure. There's better way. Lot
DR.. Kings New Discovery cure you Ut
home. ut cured me Of lung trouble, I"
writes W. R. Nelson Of Cslamine, Ark,
"when all else failed and I gained AZ
pounds In weight. It's surely tho king
Of all cough and lung cures" Thousands
owe their lives and health to It. It's
positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds,
La Grippe, Asthma, Croup-sll Throat
and Lung troubles. 800. and $1.00.
Trial bottle free 1t the pharmacy Of the
C. d. Howard Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19

FREEZE OF WEDNESDAY, AND THURS
DAY A BAD BLOW TO FARMERS.

1t seems too bad, when two weeks
more would have put the crops out OF
danger, that last weeks frost had to
come, but the fact can not be escaped.
After the cold wind blow Of Wednesday
the wind went down at night, and BY
ten O'Clock II was freezing. The next
morning there was heavy white frost
on all the face Of the earth, and about
everything except the most hardy plants
was ruined. Ice formed In places from
an eighth to . quarter Of an inch thick.
II was not merely q valley frost, but
frozs on the hills ~ we'll as in the val
leys.
To many farmers it means . loss Of
hundreds Of dollars, and the aggregate
in this section will run into the thou
sands.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
A Master Of Fiction.

y MASTER OF fIctton.
What is Dobbleigh's general reputa.
ton for veracity. BildadT' asked Kick
enlooper.
"Well, it's this way" said Bildad,
If Dobbleieh could write the way he
talks he'd have Sir Walter Scott and
Alexander Dumas dashed to the mast. "
-Harper's Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Children In School,
Sweaters.
Ground Gripper Boots.
Suits and Coats.
School supplies.
New Wooden Dress Fabrics.
Autumn Furnishings for Men.
Found.
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Farmers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
FOUND.

On Aug. s1st, . pin, which the owner
can have by proving property and pay
ing for this advertisement.
MRS. HARRIET WITHAM,
"a RI. D. 2, South Paris.
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SINGLE COPIES.

SINGLE COPIES.
Single copies OF THE DEMOCRAT are four cents
each They will be mailed on receipt OF price by
the publishers or for the convenience OF patrons
single COPIES of each issue have been placed on
sale at the following places In the County:
South Paris, Towards Drug Store.
Shurtlef's Drug Store.
Norway, Moves Drug Store.
stones Drug Store.
Ruckfeld, Alfred Cole. Postmaster.
Paris Hill. Mrs Harlow. Post Office.
West Paris, Samuel T. White.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
No DUTY On Anecdotes.

No Duty on Anecdotes.
"This sword came from the battle
Geld of Waterloo. An interesting an,
ecdote goes with It."
ut is a really interesting anecdote,
said the other man. after listening
carefully. II bought the same anec,
dote once with an old musket."-Wash'
ington Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Coming Events.

Sept. 10, 20, 2l.-Androscoggin Valley Fair
Canton.
Oct S-Oxford Pomona Grange. Harrison.
Oct. 8, 4,5.-west oxford Fair, Fryeburg.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19
Fine Feathers.
Oh, Mistress Susie.
ryn. md for

Oh, Mistress Susie,
Warm and fat.
So stylish in your
Feathered hat!
! wonder n you've
Ever heard
IT'S not fine feathers
Makes the bird.
And let me tell you.
Little dear.
The while we're chatting
Gayly here
That neither can the
Finest fur
Make pretty lassio
Out OF her
Unless her heart II
Good and true.
But that ! hope. dear.
Is surely you.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19

WANTED.
Canning apples delivered at Grand
Trunk Station, South Paris. Shall
load every week. Refer to
J. w. S. COLBY,
a..Ao South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-09-19

We are put into this world to make
1t better. and we must be about our
business General Armstrong.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24

the hounds chasing the fox and
the owl hooting, as to making
this my future home and be an
noyed by the frightful scaul of
freight train.
1t seem as if wealth and happi-
ness does not always abide to-
gether for it seems like the peo-
Pile of Kentucky is surely the
happiest people living on the
western hemisphere.
l would rather have a reason
able amount of food and enjoy
what little l did have as to be a
millionaire and not get any en-
joymen out of my abundance.
Velmer Aaron.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
NESTS OF SEAWEED.
Floating Homes For Flying Fish In the
Sargasso Sea.

Sargasso Sea.
Science is beginning to know a good
deal more than it formerly did about
that strange drowned meadow" in
the Atlantic ocean southwest Of the
Azores which is called the Sargasso
sea.
1t is, as is well understood, vast
accumulation of a kind Of seaweed
which, upheld at the surface of the
water by innumerable little air vessels
that act as floats, is continually re-
newed by the breaking up OF its frOnds
and the growth of the broken parts.
Many fishes have established their
homes in it as well as numerous swim
ming crabs, small cuttlefish and quite
a variety of other creatures.
Most remarkable of all its inhabit-
ants is the mouse fish. which has pee
toral fins developed in such way as
to resemble arms. By these 1t holds
on to the fronds of the weed, crea-
ture Of solitary habits, highly carnivo-
rous and always waiting for some
prey to come within reach. 1t is
fish of very peculiar appearance, with
ever so many queer looking appen-
dages, and in color it initiates closely
the plant that affords it shelter, being
green with white spots.
The flying fishes that inhabit the
floating meadow make ball-like nests
out of fronds of the weed as big as
two fists. Such balls are found float
ing and appear as if knit together
with elastic threads. They are filled
with eggs. Professor Louis Agassiz
mistook them for nests of the mouse
fish, but DR.. Theodore Gill, an emi-
nent authority, has proved this to have
been an error. Each one of these
nests is composed Of single frond.
which by commencing with the slen-
derest outer branchlets and peeling
them successfully off can be spread
out entire.-New York World.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
Maunets In Needle Factories.

In factories where needles are made
the grindstones throw off great guam
titles of minute steel particles, al
though the dust is too fine to be per-
ceptible to the eye. Breathing the dust
shows no immediate effect. but gradu-
ally sets up irritation, usually ending
in pulmonary consumption, and for
merly almost all the workmen died be-
fore the age Of forty. Ineffective at
tempts were made to screen the air by
gauze or linen guards for nose and
month. At length the use of the mag
net was suggested, and now masks of
magnetized steel wire are worn by
workmen and effectually remove the
metal dust before the air is breathed.
London Telegraph.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
PUFFED THEIR OWN WARES.
Authors In the Good Old Days Threw
Bouquets at Themselves.

Authors In the Good Old Days Threw
Bouquets at Themselves.
Authors in "the good old days" were
not above writing their own puffs.
Charles Reade wrote long article on
himself for Once Week. in which he
said:
1t Is impossible to speak too highly of
THE Cloister and the Hearth" 1t Is one
of the most scholarliSe and learned as
well as one Of the most artistic and beau
tiful works of fiction in any language
Read him. Resign yourself to the magic
spell of his genius. The effect of Foul
Play" is perfectly marvellous. It leaves
the stories OF every other sensational nov-
Ell writer far behind.
Nor was Balzac in France above
praising his own works. eff you have
not been born a story teller" he wrote
In review, you will never obtain
the popularity of NJ. de Balzac. And
what story teller! What verve and
wit! How the world is dissected by
this man! What passion and cool
nessr'
But the height of literary advertis-
ing in the first half Of the last CEN
was TcdCueu Ill lie case VI
gene Sues famous novel 'The Wan
dering Jew" Every little while the
daily installment in the newspaper In
which it was appearing would be miss
ing, and In it's place would be an an
nouncement that NJ. Sue was suffering
from a slight indisposition and read
ers would be obliged to wait forty
eight hours for new developments Of
the narrative So well did these meth
DDS succeed, says Mr.. Tassin, that it
was impossible to buy outright copy
Of the journal, but instead copies were
rented out at 10 sous for half an hour,
the time thought necessary to read the
installment. "And all the while Sue
himself was industriously abetting the
publishers by posing overdressed and
with spurs to his boots at the Cafe de
Paris in an attitude of deepest alb
straction, as If wondering what the
next installment would be about
Bookman.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
Whitland. ind.

This town above mentioned, of
which | will endeavor to give a
description is located fifteen
miles south of Indianapolis. 1t is
situated in a very beautiful part
of the country, it is very busy
little town, containing two rail-
roads. two churches, one college,
four grocery stores, one canning
factory. one elevator a black
smith shop and one livery stable.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
An Accurate Description.

~Did you ever run into telegraph
!, so3eY' inquired the elderly passenger.
~Yes, ma'am." said the chauffeur'
slowing up the taxicab to avoid col
asion with a street car. 'T've bumped
snto telegraph poles. / reckon, two or
zzzree times"
Brings you to a pretty sudden stop.
.czsesn't it?"
mo. ma'am: the machine stops, all
S-eght but ! always keep on gong. =
Ssjcago Tribune.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24

Its walks is we'll paved with con-
crete, and contains some of the
incest dwellings that might be
found in any town. 1t is aroused
by the whistle of eight steam
cars every day and an electric
car every thirty minutes.
This town is located in a very
important farming region. Wheat
and clover are looking promising
at present. But being a little
over 200 miles nol tn of where /
live in Adair county, 1 found
when l got over here that the
wheat fields did not look half so
green as they did in Adair county
when l started, and it seems now
like the farmers are going to be
a little late with their corn crops
on account of so much rainy
weather.
1t seems like by taking notice
to the country roads that the
principal occupations of the peo-
pie is, amusing themselves riding
automobiles and motorcycles.
The later is the most speediest
carriage in this part of the coun-
try, the young men coming
out from indianapolis, on them
in droves from five to twenty-five
speeding at the rate of 70 miles
an hour.
| came to this place on the 9th
of March and found a job on a
farm one mile and a half south
west of hear. The farming tools
that | use differ a great deal
from those | have used in Ken
lucky. | have been turning the
soil with a gang plow which cuts
about 30 inches of land every
round.
The farm on which am locat-
ed contains 200 acres of land,
| three dwelling houses, aud well
improved and could be sold at
any day tor 5000 per acre.
A few days ago while | was
blowing on this farm / stopped
my team and looked around on
joining farms and counted 20
head of horses and mules at work
which would be an uncommon
thing to see in Adair county.
This is truly a pretty country
and contains very much wealth
and would make a desirable
place to live l suppose if one
was born and reared hear. But
as for me and mine had rather
make my home in the hills of
Adair county. where l could hear
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
The Retort Courteous.

This is the sort of conversation one
overhears between newly married
couples:
Him-Oh, I'm tired Of hearing about
your brother Bob! Shut up about him!
One would think he had all the manly
virtues.
Her-Well, he may not be such an
angel as all that, but he isn't such a
fool as you are.
HimAYou bet he isn't. He's a
bachelor!-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Adair County news., 1911-05-24
Very SpeciaI.

A young medical student was being
quizzed by one of his teachers. "In
what will you specialize?" he was
asked.
Diseases of the nostril.~ replied the
student.
"Goody' said the professor enthusi-
astically. (which nostril?-Success.