Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-12-14
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T0e Caesar FAMILY maze lO[s OF ElSlOry
and lots of trouble in ancient Rome.
There were about as many Of them as
there have been in the Adams family In
Massachusetts,. The trouble they made
makes q long and varied list. Julius
wanted all the land there was lying loose
in Europe, Asia and Africa; Mark An
tony wanted Cleopatra; and the whole
family wanted to be emperors. Their
wants were what made them interesting
to the whole world. Interest started
centuries ago, but II has continued to
the present day. A new item of interest
was unearthed short time ago. It Is
statue OF the Emperor Augustus. /,
was found In an sugusteum buried in
mud on the Theirs bank near the city
of Tivoli. The ball In which IL was
found was paved with white and green
marble, fresh as when laid nearly 1000
years ago. The statute was q likeness
of Augustus when he had grown old.
The lines about the mouth look worn
and ill-tempered, with an upward twist
to the left side. Not very isttering
picture, but executed evidently by an
artist who dared cut the statue as he
saw his human model.
Old Spain ls the land Of quick temper,
romance and music; so is near Spain,
or our next-door neighbor, Mexico. II
the reader don't believe this just con-
slider the names of the people-the new
ly elected president for instance-Alvaro
Obregonl Isn't that musical? But
those who have looked up his geneslogy
give as jolt. They say Obregon Is
simply camoufsge for O'Brien; that his
ancestors, at least, were not Mexican
but Irish. His name, however, did not
suit the musicslly minded people of his
adopted country, so they made him over
into q Celt-Iberian with the cognomen
Obregon attached to his person. His
case Is not the only one In that country.
About the time that Obregon's or
O'Brien's ancestors emigrsted TO this Lat.
In wilderness, came another Irishman by
the name of John O'Donshue. His new
fellow citizens could not stand the name,
so they rechristened him Juan 0donoju.
Well, time has INDICATED the old say
ing, rose can smell as sweet under an
other name-that is, IL has been found
an Oregon can fight as well as an
O'Brien.
Oh dear me suzl What 10 q woman
going to do with her three hundred dol
lar fur coat? The depreciation this year
Is something fearful to contemplate:
Skunk skins which brought Sl2 and SIS
last year are only bringing 81 this year.
Muskrsts are now worth IS cents each.
Last year they brought 81. Rsccoon
last year brought $50, this year only 81.
Red fox which was grabbed up In 1919
at sS5, this year goes a begging at s.;
and mink, Why only little while ago
$40 was not big price, but to-day they
are bringing only sl2.
This 10 the meanest couple on record
In the divorce courts up to date. They
live at Perth Amboy, N. j. Their
names are Alton and Dora Jenson. It
10 contested divorce. Each says the
other Is q liar. The wife says her
worser- half threw pie at her and washed
her face in butter; and the husband says
his better-hsf put carpet tacks In his
rice pudding and went TO bed with her
clothes on.
Yes, we are having prohibition times.
Even water is dry now-s-dsys. For in
stance, the friction of water running
through the hose Of the Boston fire
department Q month or so ago ignited
their cotton jackets. We believe the
Boston hremen made q mistake and
were using wood alcohol.
We don't believe this, do you? A
Virginia editor threatened to publish
the name of a man he'd seen kissing q
girl unless his subscription was paid st
once. The next day forty-nine men
came In and paid mp.
1t 10 said that during the past year
some TIT occupants Of automobiles
have been killed at railroad crossings
and 1856 injured. For all causes there
have been 3S0S deaths by automobiles
during the past year.