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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
When Is Twelfth Nlghtp

Not very important question any
way, and especially as it 10 already past
for this year, you say? Certainly. Still,
you might some time want to be able to
answer IL that inquiring youngster OF
yours should come across the term and
should FIRE the question at you.
And very easy to find out, you say, II
you have any authority OF any sort to
consult? Wait till we get through our
investigation.
Here is the match that started tho
blaze, in the Rockland Courier Gazette:
In answer to an inquiry. The CoIrier.Gazette
informs a reader that Twelfth Night is the
proper time when, according to the ancient
form. Christmas decorations are taken down.
witches. Twelfth Night Is the eve of the festival
of the Epiphany, which occurs Jan. 8. There
fore your Christmas wreath should be taken out
of the window next Wednesday night. Which
was Jan. g..
This prompts q search of authorities.
Without going into detail on one line OF
the Investigation, It may be said that
there seems to be concurrence OF au-
thority that Twelfth Day is the twelfth
day after Christmas, or the 9th day OF
January. This is also the church festi-
val of Epiphany. That may be consid.
cred settled.
But Twelfth Night is another proposi.
ton. Let's first consult the dictionaries:
Standard Dictionary: "Twelfth.night, the eve
Of Twelfth.day. or evening before Epiphany"
webster's Dictionary: Twelfth might. the
evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after
Christmas, o festival in some churches"
Here is direct conflict, one making it
the eve of Epiphany, or the night before,
and the other making it the evening of
Epiphany, which would be the night OF
Jan. 8.
Although authority in the matter
would seem to come from the British
Isles If anywhere, no mention of Twelfth
Night can be found in the Encyclopedias
Britannica, except as the title Of Shakes
peare's play.
Neither in Chambers Encyclopedia is
Twelfth Night indexed, and only an in
direct reference to 1t can be found. Un-
der Twelfth Day the reader Is referred
to Bean Kings Festival, and under that
is the following:
"Bean. Kings Festival. a social rite principally
of Twelfth Day = = = = companies assemble
to spend few hours In mirthful relaxation. A
large cake Is baked, with bean hidden some
bean is king for the year. $50 = The Bean
King however, is compelled to pay for his dig
nifty, for he has to give an entertainment on the
next Twelfth Night, that an opportunity may be
afforded to choose another king"
When is Twelfth Night, the evening OF
the 9Th or of the 9th of january
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Production of Clean MINK.

The New York Experiment Station at
Cornell recently issued a bulletin on
1.-THE Production of Clean MILK" the
main portion of which describes the use
of the dairy score card now used in en-
forcing the New York milk ordinance.
Ii is interesting to note that this card
gives more weight to the method oil
milk production than to the equipment,
which is as 1t should be-. Experience
has shown that where careless methods
are employed, no amount of expensive
equipment can assist to any great ex-
tent in the production of clean milk. On
the other hand, clean milk can and has
been produced when very ordinary
equipment has been used. For that rea-
son, when score card Is TO be used TO
determine the grade OF milk production
by a farm, we favor the use Of one which
gives considerably more weight to the
methods than to the equipment. Healthy
cows, sanitary stables, proper utensils,
and a properly constructed milk house
are essential TO the production ct clean
milk and lack of any of these things
can be heavily scored according. to this
system. But the lack OF unnecessary,
expensive equipment should not be scor-
ed and II this card 10 rightly used, no
dairyman will suffer II such equipment
Is not found upon his premises.
According to the bulletin the main
thing, 80 far as methods are concerned,
is cleanliness. The score card calls for
cleanliness of cows, stables, yards, milk
house or milk room, and utensils, as
we'll as cleanliness of attendants snd
care In handling the milk. In short,
things must be kept scrupulously clean,
and good common sense methods oil
handling the milk employed. III this
program is adhered to and the score
card is properly used, there should be
marked Improvement in the quality oil
milk produced wherever this system Ia
in force.
We commonly use the bacteria con,
tent of milk as an indication of its clean
illness. This being true, 1t is desirable
to produce milk of low bacterial count.
According to the bulletin, brushing the
cows Immediately before milking almost
doubles the bacteria content In the milk,
and the feeding of such dry feeds o.
corn stover at this time increases II
three fold. On the other hand, wipine
the udder with damp cloth just before
milking deeresses it to about one'tentf
of the original content.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Inactive Kidneys 8
Cause Disease

Il shall not soon forget the benefits derived
from the use Of Foley Kidney Pills. a.
Godfrey, Forest Grove, Oregon
Too much work and too little work
seem to have about the same enect
On persons past middle age. Proper
action OF the kidneys Is necessary 10
good health. They act as inter
and remove from the blood poisonous
waste matter which II permitted 10
remain in the system leads to many
complications
Many nervous, tired. rundown men
and women suffer from pains in the
lack and sides, dizzy spells. bladder
weakness. sore muscles and stin
joints and fail to realize that rheuma-
tism, diabetes, or even Brights dis
ease may result.
If you have cause to believe that
YOUR kidneys are weak, disordered or
Inactive you should act Immediately.
Foley Kidney Pills have been used
yy young. middle aged and old with
complete satisfaction. They act quick
ly and ly and have given reflex
& cases ot ten years standing.
4. z. sHURTLEFF 4 CO., South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Our Grammatical Decay.

Whether our speech is to serve rs as a
mitten or as a glove depends on the pains
we are willing to take with distinctions
like those In SHOULD" and "would,"
"who" and "that," "the boys" and "of
the boy" For our thought, both In see
ing things and in mulling them over, is
far subtler and more finely shaded than
the corresponding string of words that
we address to our friends; in such ex-
preston as We can reach, we depend on
the trim distinctions of our grammar as
directly az the typist on the distinctions
of her keyboard or the wood carver on
the differences OF his gouges. To lose
from good usage even one we'll based
grammatical distinction is to lessen by
just that amount our means of matching
our thoughts with our words.
Unhappily our careless use OF the
mother tongue is confusing forms and
dropping distinctions that even colloquial
wording can Ill spare. Our enormous
vocabulary grows faster than the diction-
sry makers can issue appendix and new
edition; but our grammar, like an aging
tree, is decaying at the tips. Take for
instance "would" and "sbould." Here
in New England, the distinction fingers
In the middle West and hey yond, "would"
has hopelessly merged with it's own SER
vice that of "should." The smoother
phrases 81 would like" and II would be
grateful already appear in formal writ
ing, and only the verbslist is vexed. The
distinction of "who" from "that," for
all the good examples in the talk of
street and shop and in the common YER
sion of the Bible, Is as good as gone
from our modern books. In "a running
fight" "by running race" ""I saw John
running. 81 saw Johns running" how
many of US can tell apart, as adjective,
infinitive, participle and verbal noun,
those four "ruunings"? Is it any won.
der that we are letting slip the good dis
tinction between "He didn't like Tom
interrupting" and HE didn't like Toms
interrupting?" A graver loss has come
of our laziness with subjunctive forms.
Our school children think us quaint
when we say, "If he were" or "Wher.
ever it be-" Shades OF Dsmosthenes and
Cicero! What could even the orators
have done had Rome and Athens dulled
their stiletto-like subjunctives into blunt
indicatives.
Language Is the worlds oldest won.
der. No one really knows how 1t began
or how It attained it's structural perfec-
ton. The Greek grammar was finer
than the Roman; the Sanskrit finer than
the Greek. Language is the one taking
argument for prehistoric Golden Age.
Its laws have been studied and named
and marvelled at by men like Grimm and
Mueller and our own Whitney as II
human speech had some mysterious life
of its own. The least the rest of as can
do is to pass 1t to the next generation
with the least possible damage from our
own usipg.-Boston Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Some Oratorical Bulls.

The ex- Irish Attorney Generals de-
lightfully mixed metaphor at Bootle
about the milch cow which distilled
golden sovereigns Is another proof that
one should not use q metaphor unless
one really means It. The House of Com
mons produces q rich crop of these weeds
of oratory. When Mr.. Bryce, our Am:
bassador at Washington, was Irish Sec.
retary be amused the House by describ-
ing the Irish local government board as
"a malignant fairy which steps In of Its
own bat"
Il wss an Irish member who after
pointing out that the Irish Land League
was losing public support and bad to
practise economy went on to say: 4But,
sir, the we'll is running dry, and they
think that BY putting iu the pruning
knife they can bring more grist to the
mill" Another Irish Unionist described
concession to the Nationalists as .'the
first stitch In the dismemberment Of the
empire"
Mr.. Field, w'io has something OF q rep
utstion for this sort of thing, once said: {:
"The right honorable gentleman shakes
his ,head-and I'm sorry to hear it, and
on another occasion speaking Of q bill
relating to the shipping of cattle across
the Irish Sea he begged his fellow mem,
bers mot to look at the. subject from Q
live stock point Of view"
But even the most prsctised speakers
sin In this way at times. The present
Prime Minister, usually counted among
the most lucid and logical of debaters,
once affirmed that ''retributi0n 10 q
thorny subject which requires delicate
handling or 1t will tread on somebody's
toes" and the leader of the Unionist
party once spoke Of ian empty theatre
of unsympathetie- auditors.n 49,
IS Even Mr.. Gladstone, replying to an
opponent In the house who shook his
head at some statement attributed to
him: mo, no; it will not do for the
honorable member 10 shake bis head In
the teeth Of bis own words"
Lord Curzons another extremely lucid
speaker, was once betrayed into saying
Though We are not yet ont of the wood,
yet we have good ship" and Sir W,
Hart Dyke, In oomplimenting Mr. Low
thor, said that he chad caught big flsh
|in his net-and went to the top Of the
tree for It." Lord Middleton, then Mr.
Broderick, informed the House Of Com
tmons, when It was settling down to dis
cuss the affairs Of the army, that
samong the many jsrring notes heard In
this house this subject at least must be
lregarded - "a oasis.-Manchsster
IGuardiAns ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Maine Boys and Girls Learn to Farm,

Four hundred Maine school boys and
girls, who live in rural districts OF the
state, during the past season have been
growing potatoes, raising hens, cultivat-
ing vegetable gardens and canning farm
products according to the directions Civ
en- them by the State Leaders Of Boys
and Girls Agricultural Clubs of the Uni
versity of Maine Extension Department,
Orono, Maine.
During the year 1915, $50 boys we're
enrolled In 80 potato clubs, 1873 girls in 10
garden and canning clubs, and 50 boys
and girls in poultry clubs.
Ninety of these enterprising young
people with twelve local leaders attend
ed the second annual meeting and state
contest of Boys and Girls Agricultural
Clubs held at the University of Maine
Dec. %, %, and "a. They carried back
to their homes cash prizes amounting to
800 offered by the Maine Central Rail.
road to boys and girls coming from
points on that line.
Four kinds of clubs are working in
the state: boys potato clubs, boys and
girls poultry clubs, girls garden and
canning clubs, aud girls canning clubs.
At the state contest twenty diplomas
were awarded by Dean Leon s. Merrill
of the College of Agriculture to mem.
bers making the five highest scores in
the four clubs.
Harrison Blackstone, q seventeen year.
old potato club boy of Perham, Aroos-
took County, won first honors In potato
growing. he raised potatoes at the rate
of 459 bushels to the acre and at a cost
of Tic per bushel. He also wrote the
best essay on potato growing and read 1t
before the clubs.
Marin Gentle of Littleton, Aroostook
County, held the record for lowest cost
per bushel. he raised his crop at the
rate of 37S bushels to the acre at the
cost of Is 1-2 cents per bushel.
Chrystal Waddeli Of Mapleton won
the highest honors in girls garden and
canning clubs. From her tenth acre OF
beets she made net profit of $SS 2S.
This state wide club work shows the
following results: The boys and girls
have . chance to earn money for person
al wants and often for an extended edu'
cation, They learn to farm the right
nav and like It instead of learning to
farm the wrong way and hating 1t. They
keep strict accounts and know where
they stand, thus making. OF themselves
GOOD business farmers. They acquire
sympathy with the industry which j:
the foundation of their home, life and
community life. Through club meet.
ines they learn to help each other.
The record Of the potato clubs seDws
What benefit the club movement, II 90.
couraged, may be to the state OF Maine
In 1915, the second year Of the work,
fifty-four boys between the ages OF ter
and eighteen years raised $3.50 bushelt
of potatoes, crop worth A,S92.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

'Marse Robert gimme dis 'er' valise.
I got a right, sub, to talk to you dis
'er way. I slaved for you and tended
to you from child up. I went though
de war yo' body servant tell We whip
ped de Yankees and sent 'em back to
de moth. I was at yo' weddin', and
I was n fur away when yo' Miss Lefty
was bawn. And Miss Letty's chillun,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

The vault, with It's big iron door, wat
opposite him. Inside that was the
safe, holding the papers Of value, the
gold and currency Of the bank. On
the floor of the vault was, perhaps
$4,000 in silver.
The president took his key from his
pocket, opened the vault and went
inside, nearly closing the door behind
him. Uncle Bushrod saw through the
narrow aperture the flicker Of candle
In minute or two-it seemed an hour
to the watcher-Mr. Robert came out,
bringing with him large hand satchel,
handling 1t in careful but hurried
manner, as If fearful that he might be
observed. With one hand he closed
and locked the vault door.
With reluctant theory forming It.
self beneath his wool Uncle Bushrod
waited and watched, shaking In his
concealing shadow.
Mr.. Robert set the satchel softly upon
q desk and turned his coat collar up
about his neck and ears. He was
dressed In rough suit Of gray as II
for travelling. He glanced with frown-
ing intentness at the big office clock
above the burning gas Jet and then
looked lingeringly about the bank-lin-
geringly and fondly, Uncle Bushrod
thought, as one who bids farewell to
dear and familiar scenes.
Now he caught up his burden again
and moved promptly and softly out Of
the bank by the way he had come,
locking the front door behind him.
For a minute or longer Uncle Bush
rod was as stone In his tracks. Had
that midnight rifer Of safes and vaults
been any other on earth than the man
he was the old retainer would have
rushed upon him and struck to save
the Weymouth property. But now the
watchers soul was tortured by the
poignant dread of something worse
than mere robbery. He was seized by
an accusing terror that said the Wey-
mouth name and the Weymouth hon
or were about to be lost. Marse Rob-
ert rObbing the bank! What else could
It mean? The hour Of the night the
stealthy visit to the vault, the satchel
brought forth full and with expedition
and silence, the providers rough dress,
his solicitous reading Of the clock and
noiseless departure what else could Il
meanf
And then to the turmoil Of Uncle
Bushrod's, thoughts calle the corrob'
Grating recollection Of preceding events
Mr.. Roberts increasing intemperance
and consequent many moods Of royal
high spirits and stern tempen; the
casual talk he had heard in the bank
Of the decrease In business and difi-
Guilty In collecting loans. What else
could It all mean but that Robert Wey.
mouth was an absconder-was about
to fly with the banks remaining funds,
leaving Mr.. William, Miss Lefty, little
Nan, Guy and Uncle Bushrod to bear
the disgrace?
During one minute Uncle Bushrod
considered these things, and then ne
awoke to sudden determination and
action.
"Lawd, Lawdr' he moaned aloud az
he hobbleq hastily toward the side door
"Sech q comeon after all desc here
years Of big doin's and fine doin's
ecan'lous sights upon dc ysarth when
r HaEmoath fRnhlZ 6ne ha Q2l
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
A Good Plan.

I'VE should strive to turn our trou-
bles into successes"
'That's what. ] know an actor who
did that. When people threw vegeta-
bles he caught 'em on fork and made
It the hit Of the performance. Louis
ytlle Courier Journal sss !,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

One beskesper writes that he finds
bssksepipg profitable whether he gets
any honey or not, because he gets 30
much pleasure out Of watching the busy
things work. II we could all look on
the rosy side like this optimistioal
brother, how much pleasure We could
get out Of life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
Our Trials.

Our Trials.
you know, my dear boy" said Q
sympathising friend to Z man In trcu'
bic, "that we really gain By our trials
In life"
'aThat depends altogether on the kind
Of lawyer you get to conduct then,
replied the sufferer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
a Rsa, ArtIsl.

'Is Brushpen good ardstr
els he good7 Why, he not only can
draw pictures that arc good, bot b
can draw checks that are sood."-Pttts'
bufgh Post
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

For the benefit of those who admire
the "black and white" stock, We will say
that at recent Holsteln sale In Califor
mia, 10 head brought over $2725 each.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

OF the 1926, 900, 900 pounds Of butter
made In this country yearly 996, ,OO0, 900
pounds, or much more than half, 70 made
on the farm. These figures will sur.
prise most people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

There are two different kinds Of men.
Give one a piece Of rope and hs WIN
hang himself: give similar piece 70
the other and he'll form 4 coedass trust.
-Washington Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

Offers OF help given and taken In the
right spirit bless both him who gives
and him 0ho receives.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

Even strong wire viii break after
q while, II it ID bent often enough In the
same phco. li&
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."

ON practical agricultural topics
IL solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

BY medicine life may b proloaee4
vt death will seiss The Doctor toe-
1hak6speaEs. ~. - /.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
1.-The Guardian of the
Accolade
By o. HENRY

Copyright by Doubleday. Page & Col
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11
j. Hastings Bean
SOUTH PARIS
Real Estate
and Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.

have both village and farm prop
erty, also high grade bonds for sale.
Loans and investments carefully
made.
Examination of titles a specially.
Twenty years experience in title
work.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-01-11

OF the least I'M
porta mt Of the
force Of the Wey-
mouth bank was
Uncle Bushrod.
Sixty years had
Uncle Bushrod
given Of faithful
service to the
honae 0f W0y.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
House Bill
No. l78

Section that the Board Medical composed
MEDICINE graduated MED
s4sdaaie 'o1' 'ns MEDICAL I9' .esoo s be and
any drgless is graduate Of MEDICAL
DTF IN mat % % m PRSs, S " N % 1 S 3 Of m Does not not the word
DRUG DOCTORS SHALL have poi, lob
and the SHALL pay bill you paying enough
cAN AxayFR This s'i' suppose Rsy %i
say Is for the public health health by giving
p dE n h NE 4EAgps 70 sp T5E T WAY rs MpE o @PEN T
ITS secretary and all fees and fines collected tho payment
Section this power oaths summon witnesses,
take timy have deputy secretaries and to aid
they S @ deem 7 R aS hoard "sp to %spt for such s. s and
q"rsmsnts| s.G ,, =, .
for " hm to ' pTast ai TO- nn PS
examination % ni and the
a. board can Therefore make rule it desire and suspend
ey grant grant suspend eense % se' of Tha nT
and sS then no the @ license @ ] n @ Of & the s@aGd G%n % become eco
s"' ap P'S" % fS doctor mot ca" % ns $ r h
ANY S1NE MEN E m dC6S1tS "s r s
you anything lave prohibits then You arc
medicine this state without % complying R t The y person pGicg
who shall have violated the provisions be
fifty doar 'G0 more than ' three s % R"n
t days. si" by o s' for not less tina" ten
""d y' n %"s Of @ ays SSE RSi
Jail this the Health %ia or sen" to
upon tee h a believe %s ns 3 w0" wi" d'r't'nny
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FEES ucss % s for % benefit S S s T , s e a for
first thing when SWAT THE I MEp p
doctors so viii mot rot % Sw af @ 's ies %5F fJ 5 % s to @ these political on
EDWIN BURDcK
Campaign National Association Druglc,. ph
Colorado Bnnch
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
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