The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-12
BLANCHARD.

Three men In Blanchard by the names Of
| Tyler, Boyce and Fox started out one day last
| week to hunt caribou. They had not gone far
when they came upon seven. Boyce fred at
| one, but missed him; he then put the dog on
his track, but to no purpose, for he was young
and would not take hold. The caribou being
| oornered, turned and ran toward the men, as
| they came near. Tyler fred, but was so ex-
cited that he pointed his gun into the air and
! Of course did not hit the caribou. They then
threw away their guns, axes and snowsboes
| and ran for dear life. After the caribou had
disappeared and all was quiet they crept back
and got their implements of war and returned
home, sadder Ii not wiser hunters.
OXFORD.
Geo. 81. Jones is putting up o new stable
A long cold rain. The roads are almost inn
passable. and the ponds and rivers slarmingly
| high.
A citizen had transparency made all ready
to hang out when he should get the news that
Blaine had been nominated for President by
the Republican Convention four years ago.
He did not get chance to use 1t then, but
hopes to do SO next June.
A very upfavorable season for maple sugar
making SO far.
The steamer will start in few weeks There
are between 400 and 800 cords of wood and .
quantity of oak ready to be shipped to the
village.
There is report of a fracas at Pages
Mills dance, in which little blood was shed.
sTANDIsH.
A large and enthusiastic gathering of the
citizens OF Standish village and vicinity, met
at the old Academy Hall. on Tuesday evening,
April 9Th, to witness the temperance drama
TEN Nights in Bar Room" presented un-
der the auspices of Charles A. Warren Post,
G. A. B. The parts were all we'll taken, and
much of the acting was such as would have
done credit to professionals. The orchestral
part OF the entertainment was furnished by w.
+. Chase and son, and was highly interesting.
SOUTH PARIS
Sylvan Shurtleff Esq, Of Portland, is max
ing preparations to commence at once the
erection of fine house on the road toward
Norway. 1t is expected that he will soon take
up his pei manent residence here.
The Paris Manufacturing Company have
been increasing the number Of their workmen
and now have about 80 men employed. 1t is
expected that when fully underway they will
give employment to 100 men. Chas. A. Young
has been employed to take charge OF their
paint shop.
Rents are in great demand here just now,
and it is probable that number of new houses
Will be commenced at once, and that the vii
lage will make marked advance in growth
and population the coming year.
THoMAsroN.
Major J. 81. FL. Hewitt, Of Thomaston, has
been invited by Edwin Libby Post, G. A. B.,
to deliver an address at the Memorial Day SER
vices in Rockland.
IN GENERAL.
The ice left the Kenaebec river Thursday,
and it is again open to navigation after being
closed 1919 days. 1t froze over the second day
of December.
Rev. Thomas Weman Lord, for many years
Congregational clergyman in Maine, died on
the 18th ult. at Oshkosh, Wis. He was a
tive of Newburyport, and WAS born in 1907.
He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1885,
and was pastor In Topsham from 1887 to 1912,
in Biddeford from 1912 to 1851, in West Au-
burn from 1851 to 1858, and again from 1868 to
from 1870 to 1874, and later in North Var
mouth, Parsonsfeld, Kennebunkport, Kirtery
and Limington, and also in Ossipse, N. H.. in
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