Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-07-15
Bethel Items.

The frothy substance which has been
so abundant upon our fields is an exu.
dation from the young of an insect called
the frog. hopper. 1t il OF the same
genus rs the large class OF tree and vine
hoppers and is quite destructive in some
of its species 10 the leaves OF trees. grass
and vines.
Last Saturday, several hundred people
were prerent at the house OF Pincknsy
Burnham. Esq, TO witness the opening
of might blooming Cereus." Ere the
dawn of day the outer leaves were no
ticed to gradually contract, and before
the first faint gllmmcr of morn appeared
it had become entirely closed.
Our farmers commenced hayng last
week, and the crop promises an average
ms does the early sown grain
find the apple crop much blighted in
some orchards in this vicinity,
We notice that Dir. n. True is now ut
home and he Informs us lie will stop till
I
the first OF September,
We were shown An egg the other day
of very large size. with band OF nearly
an inch wide encircling its centre like
one OF Tie bells OF the planet saturn.
Breaking the shell instead of yolk, sn
other egg was floating in the albnmen
OF nearly the size of q coGmon hens egg
but minus The shell,
Mr.. Lyman Russell of Walkers Mills.
owns COW from which his worthy wife
made during the month of June II IL
pounds oil butter per week, beside max
inc use OF Two quarts OF milk = day for
family use. Whose wife can beat that ?
The people Of this place had the pleas
pre Of listening 10 q very able sermon
last Sabbath in the NJ. Is. church by l'rof.
Morse, OF the Female college. kents
| Hill
The Chapman House has passed into
the hands OF II. &. Andrews. Esq. who
will occupy itas private residence, and
summer boarding house. II Dir. An
drews caters 10 the appelllas VI his
guests rs well rs he does TO the tastes OF
those who purchase his fine carriages.
the public will be abundantly satisfied.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Barbour h.
Farweil ran away last TUESDAY, down
Main Street. clearing himself from the
carriage near the house oil Judge Wood
bury, making complete wreck of the
lattey &
4 correspondent Of Lewiston JourHai
says:
The house OF Pinckney Burnham.
Esq, u Relhel, wss kindly thrown open
10 The public on Friday and Saturday
evenings, that they might witness the un'
folding and closing OF that most wonder
full flower, the might Blooming Cercus.
His daughter. Miss I,ydis y. Bulnh"m'
brought slip from Norway, four years
ago, and il has attained the height OF
seven feet. Last year there Vas one
blossom, and this year there were three
buds, and one OF them opened FRIDAY
evening, and another Saturday evening.
and there is one yet to burst its siIlien
band and display il beauty, and dispense
its fragrance fol lev hours. and ihen
droop and die The flower al little dis
lance. resembles Il huge pond lily, being
eleven inches in diameter. Its leaves
are OF snowy witness. and rs you ex
anime il with glass, (Which Miss Burn
ham kindly furnished us.) The intsrior
looks like the most beautiful frost work,
dotted all over with drops OF gold. 1t
Is one of the most wonderful flowers We
ey er beheld, and reminds Us of tho short.
ness of life hero, aud points 70 The bpap
ties and glories Of the life beyond. As
the sun sinks in the western horizon, The
bud begins to open. In about two
hours you behold il in all beauty; = fra
grant aroma dis the rooR, At twelve
o'clock n begins 10 close it, petals. and
at two O'Clock A. b., it Is folded in The
embrace Of death. Some of the pecu.
iarlties OF the plant. ~ learned from
Miss Burnham. are that the slip which is
a loaf, at first throws up bare pole, and
then puts out long. slender leaves al in.
servals. from six to twelve inches In
length, and from one TO two inches wide.
The aowsr is pendant from the leaf. and
connected with the stock ~ no other way.
The click OF the moving machine re.
minds US that the hay harvest is at hand
We shall have an average crop.
The thermometer marked 30deg. Mon.
day morning. and white frost covered
the low lands.
North FrDe6urD.
On July 4th, Mrs. Asa Walker was
khrntpn from, tho ~. IN An, 4; oh clio