Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-29

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its compilation, sheds one-Quarter OF .
mia IN length have been erected q
6tacyvills, on the linz q TIE road, and
thsy are now nlled with last blocks ready
for shipment when the cars get along TO
that point. The new railroad won't Be
In any danger Of suffering for freight
IRON the moment e d opened.
A fad viii work any hind Of revolu-
tion among its devotees, even 70 taking
. timld woman from beoeath the pro-
lection Of . feather bed and leading her
10 the top Of . mountain, there 70 enjoy
the grandeur Of q thunder storm. Tho
fad at Bar Harbor now n not 70 20 70
the summit Of Green Mountain on clear
day, but when storm threatens and the
cloud effects can b observed. One sum
mer visitor waited on the summit OF
Green Mountain. for several hours tho
other day for shower, which he said he
wouldn't have missed for 600.
Two Augusta boys while blackberry
Ing took shelter under shed, and nud-
Ing some dynamite cartridges which
somebody had LEFT around, they thought
Il would be fun to light one OF them.
One Of the boys, Henry Fitzgerald, aged
Is, acted upon the Idea with disastrous
results. He got on with the loss OF part
Of his fingers on his left hand and the
injury of the fingers on his other hand.
Why he was not killed d . mystery,
a. his face and clothes were covered
with dust and mud, and = large hole
was torn 10 the ground at the scene OF
the explosion.
There II one very plucky woman Nv
Ing In Westfield, ut least one would think
90, judging from the way she got rid
of q tramp who had suugiy en-
scouced himself in the hay NOW for .
quiet nap, one day. last week: Inc
woman, Mrs. Kennedy, finding that the
tramp was In the barn, armed herself
with q pltchfork, climbed 70 the NOW and
requested him to leave the premises.
He refused and with oaths threatened to
throw her from the NOW unless she left
him. But by vigorous use Of the pitch
fork she drove the fellow away and then
womanlike lost all courage and took
refuge In nelghbor's house.
The trustees Of Bates College met at
Old Orchard Wednesday to choose
president to succeed Rev. DIR. Cheney.
The preceding evening the election OF
Professor George G. Chase OF the col
lege to the position looked reasonably
certain, but there was opposition to him,
aud the opposition united upon Rev. Dr.
James l.. Phillips. The friends OF
Professor Chase did not believe Dr.
Phillips would accept the position
II chosen, but he was not where COM
munication could be had with him.
When II came to q vote, DIR. Baldwin
had I, Professor Chase IL, and DR..
Phillips II. The election Of president
was finally postponed until next COM
mencement.
Republican Journal: Showers show
q strange persistency In lodging the
towns of Frankfort and Winterport,
and the philosophers Of the region are
TRYING TO account for Il. We confess
their theory seems little fsr-fetched,
but some OF them say that before the
Maine Central track was laid and the
telephone wires stretched from Bangor
to Augusta, the big thunder showers
that come up In the north and west used
| to sweep right down over the DlxmOnt
Hills and Just inundate the towns OF
winterport and Frankfort. making
them fertile, but since the laying OF the
railroad tracks the showers come down
the old European North American track
"a FAR rs Bangor and then divide, pOr.
lions following the Maine Central
toward the Kennebec and others toward
Bar Harbor and Bucksport.
A serious stabblng ARRAY occurred at
Harmony few days ago. There was
gathering OF Harmony people at the
| residence Of Elmer Downs, where dane
Ing and social games were INDUCED In
until q late hour. IL seems that War
rem Spaulding was jealous Of the atten-
lions paid by Ezra lesvltt to one OF the
ladies present, and Spaulding aud his
brother determined to thrash Leavitt,
90 accordingly laid for him after the
dance. As f,eavitt was riding towards
home his horses rein was seized by Ben
Spauldlng and his brother Warren
Spaulding attempted to pull Ieavitt
from his road cart. Leavitt drew q
knife and stabbed Spaulding four times,
once In the head giving him very seri.
Gus scalp wound, once In the neck,
once In the side and once In the wrist,
which ended the fray. Although seri-
ously wounded II Il thought that be
will live.
A busy man can get over our state
pretty rapidly and do considerable busl-
ness, too, II he Il fortunate enough to
find It to do. A Fairfield man went out
to one of the many nearby ponds with
his family last Monday and spent the
day, returning just In time 70 catch the
evening train for Belfast, where he con-
nected with the steamer for N0rthport
and spent the night there. The next
morning he took the steamer back to
Belfast and drove to Camden. After
dinner he took the electric car for Rock
land, where he made close connection
for Bath and Brunswick. He continued
on to Freeport, and after an hours tar
~, took the evening train to Augusta.
A mixed train took him to Waterville
and an electric car to Fairfield, where he
arrived at o 80. Half an hour later he
was on the Pullman, and the next morn-
Ing woke up In Boston none the worse
Tor his hurry.
Last year q bridge at North Corinna
over stream between two ponds having
settled It was decided to al the stream
with rocks aud get . solid foundation.
After examination It was thought that .
bottom in the mud had been secured and
the dumping In Of rock began. A large
amount was thrown Into the mud and IL
was considered that there would be no
more difficulty. There was, however,
and more rock was dumped 10, the az
gregste being tons of solid stone. Ii
seems to have done no good, however, ~
the bridge has continued 70 settle at one
end and ut times In the spring the water
comes over It, making It dlsagreeable
travelling. County Commissioner W. l.
Wood and one OF the selectmen recently
went to the place and by means OF q
long gas pipe tried to find . hard bot
tom. The pipe went down thlrty-seven
feet from the level OF the bridge or
thirty-fve feet from the water level and
no bottom was then reached. IL Is
thought that some other method than
that OF filling 10 with rock will have to be
adopted In order that the bridge may
rest upon secure foundation.
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