Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-11-04

NrNtco ANp SWIFT RiVER VALLEY Lo-
cats-Some o: the notable events ~ th'
valley OF sSin River. Aud 10 ibis vicinity
may be- placed 10 review Of the past fcw
months The large amount u poplar
landed on TIE banks OF The stream ], most
~ 10 the river now. Although the rise Of
water Wa excellent 10 the spring for ifiy'
Ing purposes 10 lasted only long cnoogh g.
Get the spruce cut There VS. = cousid'
erahlc ri.s In June % Tie fret of July, bot
10 ga not lat long enough 20 enable ih'
oSbefs % drive the poplar iuio she An
droscoggIn We have no assurance Of
great iumbsiing operations The coming
winter. There will be- a large amount Of
poplsr hauled. bot no one seems 10 be
planning 10 90 much In spruce. The saw
min built BY Blanchard Klmball has been
run nearly every day since lis erection.
A ihrcshirg machine was put 10 the mill
aud did heavy business through the ses-
son They have pot In cider mill and
are row making eight or ten barrels % oi'
der day. The mill l. In charge Of Amcs
A. and Herbert wofthley The house On
The old Eimund- farm WAS burned few
months ago. Randall l. Taylor. who owns
the property, i now engaged In erecting
new sei OF buildings -Msj. Richardson,
who was sosick last spriug that his death
was looked for every hour FOR some day.,
got letter and has been and i now 50 that
he rides out; bat l. silll very lnnrm J.
T. Hall and WIN. NJ. Blanchard have made
Improvements on their dwellings. Philip
Abbott, one Of our oldest citizens, IL quite
infrm, YET able 10 get round E. G. Reed,
formerly OF Mexico. died recently 10 Som
eryllle, Mass Leslie II. Harlow Is now
confned TO his room, quite sick with lung
troubles We hope be will be better soon.
Benz. Eimunds. who sold his farm 10
Ralph A. Kldder, remained herelong enough
70 cast vote Tor the Republican candidates
At the September election, and next morn
ing started for Missouri 10 which State he
has relatives. Bear killing has been car
rled on more successfully than In any pre-
vlous year s. NJ. Locke AMI A. A. Worth
Icy being the champion hun,ers,-Loeke
ahead In numbers - worthley In number
killed from one tree, having Killed three In
less than ffteen minutes john Reed hts
married Sadie Gon. daughter OF Sewe
Coo, eco Clark Houstla has purchased
two parcels OF land. both valuable pieces
one OF Blanchard Klmball near the Swim
River bridge. the other OF VIM. Hall oppo-
site his (Houstin's) shop. Henry W.
Park has built q store house, and made
some good stretches Of stone wall on bis
patch. Marx Farrar has moved In the
Quincy Coolidge house; Lewis II. Reed
having purchased the "rauche" OF Coo'-
idge --" Brad" Knapp, whose barn Was
blown down. and = portion OF whose stock
was Killed during the great gale OF lsst
autumn, has built house and today haolsd
one load Of bis furniture there. SAMUEL
Knapp, At Hop City, has built shop and
store combined, and keeps few staple
articles for sale Green llodsdon and A.
o. Reed. "gummers, are now away dis
posing OF the gum they have secured
Arad y. Howard purchased the Angler II.
Mitchell farm At the administrators sale,
last Monday stephen Barnard, brother
OF Mrs. Jarvis w. Richards, Is now here
on q visit AFTER an absence OF twen,y-six
years. lie Is . Minnesota farmer and hiss
"tsllowed on the rib," having made . good
sized fortune. X Austin made
about eight tons OF cheese. lie had coo
pounds from bis own milk, Daniel b. Aus
tin LOO pounds; the other farmers near
the factory getting lots ranging from 500