Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-29
GREENWOOD

One OF our brigade comrades speaks o
writing up the weekly items OF news a.
rather vssrlsome and mopotOnousi n h'
will carry q note book In bis pocket, snt
write down the heads OF The different Items
from time 10 time a. they occur TO bis
mind, then when the week comes round
get on a, four O'Clock In the morning, and
after going through with thorough ab.
luton, sit down 10 bis deck, think be VII
God writing rather pleasant pasume =
And, furthermore. II all would write lev
lines about something OF general Interest
by way Of variety. instead 81 being "a
much confined 10 nsighbofhood or town
gossip, this department OF the DEMOCRAT
would be very much Improved
Report says that Mt katshdln u snow
capped; The snow does not usually leave
is summit until into July.
on The morning Of the 10Th there Wa.
frost on low ground. and the gloouies OF
dew on the grass were froten solid.
There IL uuwri,ten history the world
IL full OF ~" travelling along the road THIS
morning, something spsrklsd In the sand
and on tismlnlng II I found IL To be
small quartz crystal, all It, parts A. per
feet A. N 4, had lust come from the lhpida'
rvs wheel. Bui how. whsu, and where
was 1, fofmsdi and how cane u ihsfel
These questions are more easily seized
than answered. IL must have hfsi existed
10 TIE liquid state, In order 10 assume the
hsxsgon form.
"wrl,,en for tie -" Not long since
these words sppeafei over poem, oople'i
nom a school.book, and was detained by
/. boy In sabbath school, and two weeks
ago an Item % several lines sIpeared Ia
paper a. original, copied nom The brigade
columns OF the DEMOCRAT "CrtdN 10
whom credit" etc.
Last week Erss,us Bysut noticed that
there WAS something The matter With bis
old gobbler, 30 amer looking Al bis tongue
ard feeling 81 hi. pulse. be miie up bis
mind that the trouble was In bis cfor
conss qusnily IL was cot open. ard q Wad
OF sprouts,l oats md grass Wa tattn oui'
nearly The sire OF mAn's fst The crop
was then sewsd up, aud be can bow gooole
as loud - ever.
stsphsn Rowe came along here recently.
on bis way home. from what be called =
Girl hunt, hut with rather poor success
lie thought tha, II he bad been about 20
wear. Younger, aud q single map, be would
have had better luck. lluntlng up girls
10 DO hou,ewofk, nowadays, IL neat To I'M
possible.
The firc.fles began 10 dance through The
spp,e tree bough. on the evening OF The
18Th; the night following. The nrst Tying
squirrel was brought in-whieh il about
months earlier than usual But The season
h forward, and some intend 10 commence
having this week. The hay crop Will De
much better than last year.
Al yes, the crow; ! did Intend 10 write
a shor, essay on crow-Ology, but fearing
,h., am no, equal 10 the task. shall not
a,,smp, IL. There are some Interesting
traits about that bird, although his morals
n must be confessed. are rather low. lie
Is naturally pretty wild, but frequently not
so much so, ss be thinks he Il have seen
him Il, on the fence, eide az the road
while passing along. and not long since
one II, down among the fowls, and went
20 picking Up food within = few feet OF The
house. lie allowed rs 20 look cot OF The
window At him. and my wife remarked
that N she knew II would 70, scare hin
away, she " AID hoist the window and
throw him out some crumbs. but shs
makes pet Of almost everything ou'
snakes. The crows have troubled rs about
here but very little this spring TO What
they have sometimes.