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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-27

Pursuant TO q license from the Honorable
Judge Of Probate for the County Of Oxford,
shall sell at public auction, on the 18th day OF
September, "A. D. 1919, At two O'Clock In the
interest which wallace Ryerson late of Paris In
said Oxford County, deceased had In the follow.
ing described property, VIZ -
The house situated ON Main Street In the VII.
lsee of Norway, It being o double tenement
house. together with the lot upon which Il stands,
and bounded by said Main Street, land OF Clar.
ence Smith, land now or formerly Of Benjamin
Tucker, land Of the Cobbler's Club and Land OF
Betsey Greenleaf
Dated this nineteenth day Of August A. 1912.
ESTHER II. RYERS0N,
Administratrix.
ALRERr D. PARK, Auciioneer. 1855
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-27
New Suits and Coats
Are Here

The new Suits and Coats have arrived, just
what you have been looking forward to. The
suits have the 80 in. coat and some OF the skirts
have kilt plaits. Mixtures are in popular de-
mand and are well represented as well as the
plain colors. The Coats are heavy mannisn
styles. The plain seam sleeve, the Raglan and
the Kimono sleeve are shown in great variety
of materials. The plaid back mixtures are pre-
dominant We are now displaying an unus-
ually large line of new style garments. The
garments are here as soon as the style Is estap-
lished. If you purchase g. garment here you
know that the style is absolutely correct
SUIT SERGE lined skirt with kilt p
Panne velvet Also in brown $500:
SUIT Of blue SERGE lining velvet collar $1,000
SUIT grey diagonal back SKIRT neat and
durable $780,
SUIT Of grey MIXTURE coat tailored model
$500.
with black surah silk collar ss
satin lined coat with long revs Of black and
striped velvet panel skirt In tan also $500 go
light satin lining stitched belt with
brown velvet pipings s125o
SUITS ARRIVING EVERY DAY.
COAT maun.h green plaid back collar and cuffs
large pockets $500. $500
COAT bengbone velvet $500
COAT light mixture with purple 'pck royal purple velvet FeV'r
$500.
black and white plaid collar and cuffs tm0o
sleeves $3.50. .
COAT heavy krssy large cuffs plaid zbene collar wide
COAT of brown with military $3.50.
plaid back cellar and cuffs unique belt
effect tin backs $3.50.
COAT of heavy navy Cbnchla large collar
COAT of heavy white diagonal with belt s5 co.
bright collar belt large pockets and
COAT olive MIXTURE collar belt 1880
COAT heavy kerey, v Of panne velvet $500 ~
COAT dark mixture button two different ways " NECK 0
COAT of diagonal grey, mannish coat sl26o
and dark stripe attractive model sl2 o.
COAT IN Norfolk style with belt and yoke $1,000
COAT of darkb ksey, large collar and cuffs $1,000
COAT Of heavy grey Chnchla $1,000
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-27

James Carney is again boarder at the
county establishment, of which he has
been resident on various and several
other occasions. At the March term of
court be was to have been tried on the
charge Of forgery, but it was discovered
mat the only witness against him did
the Iob himself, and Carney was dis.
charged. He went back to Rumford
rails whence be came, and few days
ago was again returned, under sentence
OF thirty days for intoxica.ion, and
bound over on the charge Of breaking
AND entering.
There has been good sale of seats fol
'he mock trial which comes of Tuesday
evening in New Hall, under the auspices
Ol the Good Cheer Society. As already
stated, the case is an action for breach
VI promise of marriage. Lots Of fun ID
anticipated. The characters are as fol
lows a few changes having been made
since the list Was nnhliahed Last week:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
The ObelIsk.

The obelisk IN Central park, New
York, is not the only one of the cele-
brated monoliths to be found outside
of Egypt They are to be found in
Rome, Paris an1 London. While an.
cient enough. the obelisk does not be.
long to the more ancient period OF
Egyptian history. The first OF which
we have any record was made at the
order of Rameses H., about h. {, 1882.
Altogether some forty.two OF them are
known some badly broken 1t Is now
supposed by the best authorities on
Egyptology that the obelisk was the
symbol of the Supreme God. The
wiser OF the Egyptians We're. It
seems, monotheists. and the single
shaft was designed to represent the
one only true God.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
What 1t Really Was.

The district Inspector was visiting
the school, and as this was an inn
pOrtant event, the pupils had been
instructed to memOri2e Il verse or
two to recite for the entertainment
of the visitor.
During the delivery of his verse
one small boy was especially notice
able for the action with which he
accompanied his lines, 50 noticeable
that TIA" teacher COmpliIncnted him
upon the ease with which he spoke
and the practice which he must
have devoted to the piece.
at was fine, Johnnie she eX.
claimed in closing, land shows n
large amount of rehearsal! But how
did you learn the gcsturcs"'
'Taint gestures, replied the
Young genius with IA twist, IT'S the
hives ~ Ladies' Home journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
Things You Don't Know.

Only one man in 200 is six feet in
height.
The cotton industry Of England
employees many more women than
men.
The United States has eighty
seven telephones for each | 200 resi-
dents
The United States imports every
year 1000, 900 or 100000 pounds of
camphOr.
Maine newspapers report that
farmers in that state are reviving
the use of oxen.
Telephone service between London
aud st. Petersburg recently was cs-
tablished.
A machine has been perfected that
will seal 10000 envelopes an hour.
1t Is driven by electricity.
The average life of telephone poles
is twelve years, and $3.50, 900 renew.
ais must take place annually.
When arrested in Berlin recently
beggar was found To possess SIG, 900
which he admitted had been gained
by bcgging.
y years product Of the silkworm
made into single thread. would
stretch around the world one and u
quarter million times.
China is Offering an unusually IA
vorablc market for American gin
scng. The stock at Hongkong is
lower than for several years pre-
viously.
The horse population of the world
| is estimated as more than III 900, 0O0
Of which about $1,000, 600 in North
America aud / ,00O, 900 in Asia.
John Feeney, n Boston hotel por-
ter, who was killed by falling down
elevator shaft, left a fortune OF So
600, based upon the tips he had re.
ceived.
Winter fishing in Manitoba Is Il
strenuous occupation. The mercury
often touches 90 degrees below zero
and nets must he hshed several
times each day.
1t requires 1870 years to grow d
thirty-foot cedar pole for telegraph
purposes, but there are other poles
which answer all purposes of which
are grown more quickly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

loge and Bonnie Terre road the Court
orders needed repairs and directs G..
W. Francisco, County Highway En-
ginecr, to advertise for bids for said
repairs.
Annual settlement of II II. O'Ban.
non, road overseer District No. 10,
made and approved. His report
showing a balance of Sl2.60 in his
favor, warrant for that amount or
dered Issued to him.
=. II. Fitzgerald granted dram
shop license for six months for sa-
loon at Daytown.
JEFF d. Highley and Joe Weber
granted dramshop license for six
months for saloon in Pennington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
For Alderman .

The st. Louis Times last Friday
evening contained an article on the
hound-dOg song, as ii would have
been written by various celebrated
poets, and 1t Is so good that instead
of telling you to hunt up your
Times, give 1t here:
What would the song ofthe Huun'
Dog have been, had the theme been
handled 10y Robert Browning? Let
us see:
Whence rL come to town-on, Joyous mis-.
Sion
Fol- me there lsa bitter, bitter cup.
Which puts 10 night my glimpse ut n"lds
The hoy, the Inrlplcnt brute win klrk my
pup.
or how would Tennyson have
said it? Here we find the rising in
Election Of the true lyricist:
II you wakcn, call me early, hernuse / am
going to town
Nnd they yo got 10 quit Kicking my houn' .
mother, they We got 10 quit klckIug my
hOun'.
kiplimg, too, would have had II
word to SHN-a word ruggedly swing
ing:
"Whut makes the population Of the city
ann, I an,r hhh thimh, ...... 800. ..
declared the OzurE i,ink
60 IN gDln' to call 'pm down So hard their
iaccsll get pink.
iuu ilulgrT shuu't be mastered I'm the morn.
IN"
t ,,
again. we can imagine rope say
'I'E'
Spot. Wv
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
The Pussy Man.

Everyone knows one or more of
those conscientious cyclists who
cannot rid themselves Of the idea
that no one can he trusted to carry
out the simplest details of routine
work without their personal super
vision.
1t was one of these men who sailed
for Europe, leaving in his brother
Gaze parrot, of which he was very
fond, All the way across the At
lantic he worried about the bird
and no sooner had he landed Mt
Liverpool than he sent over this
cablegram to his brother:
"Be sure and feed the parrot"
And the brother cabled back:
"Have fed him, but he's hungry
again. What shall ] do next?n-
New York Times.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
Angry Bifflciah.

Old HiNIeish. after thinking ruefully
0! the gas and coal that were being
consumed downstairs. was Just drop.
piuE ua.to sleep when lie was reused
by noise from below Eva" he bel
lowed. making his way to the top OF
the stairs Eva, What on earth's that
bowling dowr there?" "Howling, pa !"
came the answer, in shocked tones.
why, its Mr. Chuffer singing Love
Me and the World Is Mine" Then
for goodness sake love him." growl.
ed Biffleigh, and perhaps the silly
young ass will DO going to look after
his property"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

How to cure cold is question
in which many are interested just
now. Chamberlain s Cough Remedy
has won its great reputation aud inn
mense sale by its remarkable cure
of colds. 1t can always be depend
ed upon. For sale by City Drug
Store.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

You are probably aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold,
but you never heard of cold result.
ing in pneumonia when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy was used.
why take the risk when this rem
edy may be had for II trifie? For
sale by City Drug Store.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
4 Day With Yourself.

Think of II some time and make up youI
mind
To try spending hay With yourself
on IN the quiet away from the grind,
The struggle and striving for pclf.
Goout In a peaceful sim nook that you
know,
somewhere that Ines sweet TOT the soul
Ana ma how It goc TO be Just what you are
To see yourself truly and whole.
II does the heart good and scatter, tn,
clouds
just once IN a while TO he found
Farur IN some hamlet OF holy contcn,
with no one but yourself around
n gives you chnnc" ~ 20 over yourself,
Tutalk over matters 1T note.
TO nj from your own eyes the beam that q,
there
Ire you take from your nei-hbor', the
mote.
It's better than nocElug with crowds on
the shore,
Than travelling with thronRS on the
street,
There are So many thoughts that you never
thought of
That It's mighty sure pop you VIII meet
Ana so many thoughts that win reveal
many faults,
Ana you II wonder how ever they grew;
on. try II, the habit OF taking yourself
Ana go spending Il day with You
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
All Clean.

Madam, can sell you vacuum
cleaner?n
"No, sir: We haven't got any
vacuums in this house that need
cleaning Chicago Tribune.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
Candidates Announcements.
For City Collector.

OSCAR l., HALE authorize, MS Ia
announce him As Candidat" for re.
election for city Collector.
j. b. SMITH authorizes us to an.
nouuce him as IL candidate for city
Collector.
For Alderman.
w. A, SHIP authorizes us to an.
nounCe him as "A candidate for AL
derrnan in the Second ward.
JOHN MCCORMICK authorizes us
to announce him as n candidate for
Alderman in the Second ward.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
County Court Proceedings

County Court last week appointed
road overseers for the various dis
tricts and fixed their bonds as fol-
lpuE.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

A recent fad is that for pa
per bag cooking. have investi-
gated it to my own satisfaction and
pleasure. But there is one abso-
lutte necessity and that is to follow
instructions implicitly. Don t
think you know more than the pa
per bag director. A half honr
means thirty minutes and not
twenty five or thirty five. But il
is really a very pleasant way Of
cooking aud is worth trial.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

The City Hospital IN St Louis
has Just added a new feature IN
the treatment of their patients
Mrs. Minnie Weiss, well known
social service worker, has been Sc.
lected for the purpose Of looking
after the patients in a social way,
cheering them up aud finding out
what eau be done for the better.
ment of their home surroundings
when they leave the hospital. The
hospital, even under these most
pleasant conditions is not a cheer.
full place, surrounded as the pa
tients are with the MORALLY i'll and
dying, and it seems to me that great
work can be done by Il competent
woman, The doctor and nurse
looks after the physical welfare of
the patient but have no time to do
more than merely the mechanical
duties of their profession Mrs.
Weiss is to he the friend of the
woman patient, finding ont her
home and domestic troubles and
duties with view of advising
them on wholesome living and san.
itary surroundings in their homes
after they leave the hospital. \
broad minded loving woman could
do world Of good in hundreds OF
eases that are in the City Hospital
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

Of making books, there seems
20 be- no end, and some are good,
some are most excellent and some
not worth wasting time on, But
there are some such good whole
some books that may be- read both
with pleasure and profit \ few
years ago, new writer appeared
with book called 'Frccklcs. - II
was written 10y Mrs. Gene STalton
Porter aud there was so much gen
Uine nature in it that it was re
freshing. THE Girl of the Linn.
berlost' followed, and now We
have THE Harvester " There is
one chapter in this book that is
worthy OF being made into a little
booklet for general circulation. Il
advocates the clean body aud the
clean MUD of the man as he should
be trained from childhood in the
one moral law for man and woman
1t was suck a beautiful chapter
that | told Mrs. Porter so, and in
responding she sent me a postal OF
her Limberlost Cabin, which ! i'm
agine is built on the lines of cabin
the Harvester built. | am always
so glad to find a book that ear
heartily commend.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22


81 y. G.. Porter SOC
- John BrOCkmillcr BOG
- John Burlbnw SOC
y :. r.. Shamrock 300
- John w. Hutson 2OC
Polite Elvins appeared before
the court and stated that he expect
ed to have dismissed the appeal tax
en- from Judge Huck's decision dis
solving the Elvins special road dis
trict. If he does this, the territory
at present embraced in this special
road district will become road dis
trict No. u and the court will APP
point IA road Oversecr. We under
stand the court has decided upon
the man to he named road Overse"f
If the appeal is dismissed.
Additional Accounts Allowed.
Additional accounts were allowed
as follows; Geo. W. Brand, bal,
ancr due as Road Ovcrsccr of Dist,
No. =, ~ 10: samuel .srnman
Treasurer # State Hospital No. !
six months care of John Both, SIS,
Drs. Braning and Downing, m"dira
examination Of John Both, -; II. II
O'Bannon, balance due a. Road
Bverserr of Dist. No. ~, Sl2GO; e.
NJ. Thomson, light at court house
and Jail for December aud January
and water for quarter ending Jan. !,
$685.; &. NJ. Thomson, light for In
Urinary for December aud January
Slj3l; Calvird Clothing Co., sup
plies for jail, SLIGO; City Meat
Market, supplies for lniirmary
$lG.5j; DR.. q. A. Smith, medical ser
vices to prisoners, 81; Morris Bros.
supplies for lnfirmary, S2l.33; G.. A
Wood, supplies for lnfirmary, 800
&. G. Weimer, butter for Infirmary
s.; T. j. Short, supplies for lnfirm
AIRY and extra labor, S37.7i.
Otherproceedings were rs follows
The Farmers Mutual Telephon,
Company, composed of Joel Laws
Chas. l.. Hopkins and others, grant
ed permission to construct tele
phone line along the county roa'
known as the Old Plank road from
the Ste. Genevieve county line {,
the city limits of Pennington.
John Both, poor person, was nd
Judged insane and ordered committee
to State Hospital No. for the in
sane.
Annual settlement of the follow
ing road ovcrscers made and NJ
proved: John Brockmillcr, Of Dist
No. ~; II. II. O'BannOn, Dist. Ne
~; &. w. Richardson, Dist. No :
Oscar Murphy, Dist. No. II; b. &
Porter, Dist. No. u; John Burlbaw
Dist. No. %.
County Collector, James j Crokt
directed to return as erroneous SIS
on assessed valuation of real estat
belonging to +. j. Williams.
In the matter of school fund bon
and school fund mortgage OF Robel
Arnold, school loan; the COul
loans him ~ 10000 of said funds .
real estate security, with a persona
bond for additional security, signe
by himself as principal aud VIM. {
Boyd, Peter Cook, l.. w Merritt
John Albert and y. \. McHcnry a
surctics. Warrant ordered ISSUED
In the matter If Geo. W. Bran
road oVcrsccr District No. =, pnnul
settlement made and approved. Hi
report shows balance due him q
Sj3. 10 which is by the court above
and warrant ordered drawn in hi
favor.
Quarterly settlement of NilliaI
Good, constable of ST. Francoi
township. made and approved
=. II. Fitzgerald granted dram
shop license for six months for ST
loon near Desloge.
In the matter of the Georgefor
bridge across Big river on the Des
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22
A Big Difference

Millions tor defence; not one cent
for tribute.
The American Wooden Mills com
ptuy, the WOODEN Trust. spent hundreds
Il thousands of dollars IN magazine ad-
yrr;ising, the purpose Of which was to
educate" the people into seeing the
Justice al Schedule *, and the way
it was making sheep raisers rich by
paying big price for wool, and the
way it was selling good cloth to the
American people for less than they
really ought to pay.
And then, when the workers in its
mills objected to a cut in the 80 a week
wages they were getting, the wooden
company employed an army Of guards
to- protect its mills. When the state
shortened the hours of labor, of course
wages had to come down. OF course
that patriotic company wouldn't pay "a
cents per week to its operatives in or
der that they nigh, have shorter hours
and still get 80 week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-22

Last week ! gave Il quaint little
poem, Myself and Me-, and now
spend
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20

can. exceptional stellar event near B. c.
with which 1t may be identified.
Johann Kepler. in his peculiar genius (for he
showed that the births of Enoch Moses, Cyrus.
Caesar. Charlemagne. and Luther preceded
by important astrological events). led the way in
calling attention to the astronomical phenomena
that preceded the birth OF Christ He pointed
out that there must have been a conjunction OF
the planets Jupiter and Saturn at about the
time of Christ's BIRTH and even made a few pre-
liminary calculations to prove his The
junction occurred In the sign Pisces. from time
immemorial identified with the destinies of
Israel A conjunction in that sign always signi.
hed the rising of some mighty master of the
Jewish race Such a conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn once in about 500 years. 1t was
therefore, sufficiently extraordinary in Kepler's
eyes to herald the birth of Messiah
Not until 1926 was Kepers suggestion seri-
ously considered by astronomers. In trat year
Professor Ideler. of Berlin. computed the posi-
uons of Jupiter and Saturn and proved that they
actually in conjunction in b. c. His cal
culations showed that they at time over
Tapped to form single star but that they
separated by distance equal to the apparent
diameter OF the Accordingly. Ideler had
the two planets star. because they were
miraculously nearsighted. In justice to Ideler
IT must be stated that he abandoned his theory
when Encke In 1881, repeated the calculations
ter and Saturn. when nearest each other in B. G.
T. was more than the apparent diameter OF the
Apart from the fact that Jupiter and Saturn
never sufficiently near each other to be
one body. two planets In conjunction
hardly be called a star. Nor is It likely that
experienced Chaldean astrologers would so re-
gard II. Moreover. there were other planetary
conjunctions at about the same time. Professor
Stocswell has demonstrated that conjunction
of Venus and Mars occurred on May sth B. C
G. about fifty days less than two years before
Herod's death Because the mandate for the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
MAKE CHARCOAL
FOR THE HOGS
While Feeding on Corn Animals
Never Appear to Get Too Much
of Burned Cobs.

When hogs are being fed corn they
have Unsuitable appetites for char
coal, and this goes to show the
coal meets the requirements of the
animal system. What is palatable sell
dom does the system any injury. and
then only when taken in excess. which
1t is likely to be II the animals are not
accustomed to It. especially II they
are hungry. The fact that hogs when
on full feed of corn eat all forms of
charcoal with avidity and never get
too much of it is sufficient grounds
for providing 1t in abundance and
keeping It within reach of the hogs
at all times.
l utilize all the corncobs on my
place for making charcoal to feed my
hogs, says a writer in the Iowa Home
stead. dig a pit about five feet
deep, which is smaller at the bottom
than at the top, in which to burn the
cobs start fire at the bottom and
gradually fill with cobs. then cover
the pit with a sheet iron lid. Earth
may be used in covering the pit II a
large lid is not available. In about
IL hours the combustion has produced
an exceedingly good grade of corncob
charcoal.
In feeding the charcoal. make up
the following mixture: Five bushels
of corncob charcoal. one bushel of
wood ashes. eight pounds Of salt. two
quarts of air-slacked lime. two pounds
Of sulphur and pound of copperas. l
break up the charcoal, mix all thor
oughly together, put the mixture in
self-feeding boxes and place where
the hogs can have free access to 1t.
This combination furnishes a good
percentage of ash for bone building.
destroys worms and helps wonderfully
In keeping the hogs In thrifty condi-
ton. The amount of charcoal that a
bunch of hogs will eat during the win
ter II given free access to 1t at all
times is really very surprising.