Oxford Democrat., 1875-06-22
bethel.

oa.,.rmars and stock breeders al 'n''
..osoo of he year are looking ABOUT -.
,Lo means Of improving their stock 1"
,"o,io, 10 over the colts and horses nave
seen the past few weeks l ma son'
splendid animals in this town anu ''''"
ty Among them. c. |. h'moa,i NI' :
no,ding five years old. weight eie''
an hundred pounds, 5. ID. fhl'o'ooN
beautiful lille three years DID, "e's"'
,or hundred pounds, and numerous TWO
and one wear old colts. alter 'no Wei,
roawn stock horse Black Hswk' o"neu
~~1 ION, u tho stable of /. b. himoaii'
g. .Jobn Hastings has splendid entire
Knox horse i've years old at his S'aole
,ho wast side of the river. 5. b. IwiIch'
oil and s. T. Bartlett have pair oil
Dapple Grey horses FIVE and SIX years
oIJ weight ten hundred and tiiIy pounds
each. which should be owned oy one
man. being fine match. In neat STOCK
Col C.. S. Edwards has line red Dur
han, stock animal. Maj. G. A. Hastings
. beautiiuI jersey. W. W. Mason has
some full blood South Down and OXFORD
Down sheep and some white Chester and
Rsrk shire swine, Baxter A. Lyon has
fourteen lambs from his flock oil souih
Dawn purchased in Canada last Ia!l.
Charles Powers OF Norway left at our
Office last week record written 10
bold plain hand, which he found among
some old papers, being q family record OF
the family OF Stephen Waite and Abigail!
Wheeler. married MIy Is. 1853. Their
children. Stephen Waite was boin July
26. 1859 on Thursday at . o'clock 10 the
forenoon. aud thus particularly are de-
scribed the birth and some OF the deaths.
OF william. Mary. Samuel, + izsbeth'
Emma, iona. Isaac, who va. born li'<,
died 1873; born l774 died same yesr
born l77G April l. died April 20 l7'6.
Curiosity leads US to enquire who this
ancient family were. and who il any oil
their descendants are living among u.
Perhaps some oil your readers can FUR
nish Information in respect 10 Them.
Tno Bethel Cheese Factory will COM
mouce operations June li!h under
charge OF Mrs. Lyman A. Baker OF Ma'..
W.
June lS.-Faimers who have fought
Lrayely TO defend their orchards from The
rAvages of the ctterpillars have been
obliged to give them up which now look
a. bare as Ia mid. winter, and forests are
fast being stripped OF their verdure. We
know Of only two orchard in town
that have been protected from the pest
by tacking strips OF white birch bark
around the trunk Of The tree and cover
ing tue same with II coat Of tar, or lard.
The apple crop in Oxlotd County must
be complete failure.
Some mean wag went into the garden
OF Mr.. John Garland one night last week
and girdled several OF his best apple
trees. We learn M G. has got his trap
set for the scamp. and We trust be VIII
be brought 10 justice.
+ Hon. Enoch Foster Jr.. while in his
orchard killing catcrpi!lals one day last
week, observed an enormous cluster oi
them in the branches Of one oi'his apple
/ trees, and Was about 10 make desper-
ale charge upon the enemy. when on
viewing they proved TO be II large swan
of bees which collected there Tor his pro-
lection. Mr. F. thinks they are choice
breed, and proposes to supply the iarm.
ers OF Bethel another year.
Mr.. Eli w. Barker owns two sheep,
one dropped pair OF twin lambs weigh.
ing twenty pounds, the other produced
one weighing fourteen pounds.
We learn the Lake House at Upton has
been full 10 overa aIwing with fishermen
during the past three weeks. Mr. Cor
don the proprietor of the House is 10
want Of first class cook. for wh ich he
is willing 10 pay one dollar day
1t has been proved that buckwheat
flour sited through sieve in the even
ing when the dew is on, will effectually
eradicate cabbage worms Two applica.
lions and often one vii! DO the work.
The house of Mr.. Sinuel S,owell was
burned this afternoon about o'clock.
The family were away at the time and
everything was burned in tho house.
No insurance.
The little son of Mr. Joseph Chapman
is feared will lose one OF his eyes by n
fire cracker being thrown into bis face
BIZ anoiher bov