Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-04-23
PERSONAL.

Rev. VI. h. Mabry Of Andover has
been granted pension.
Isaiah Webb Of Bridgton has been APP
pointed deputy sheriff for Oxford Coun-
".
John Il. Robinson, Esq, of Oxford,
has returned home from his Florida trip
and is reported quite Ill.
Increase Of pension has been granted
20 Jonathan c. Bean, West Bethel, and
Ephraim II. Brown, Norway.
A.P. Allen of East Hebron has seven
cows that have made Sn average FOR one
year of 3l5 pounds OF butter each.
Thirty-seyen were baptized by Rev.
Caroline T.. Angel and united with the
Norway Uniyersalist church Easter.
The Keene Brothers Of East Hebron
collected seventy-seyeu cans OF cream In
two days that averaged 100 pounds to
can.
Deputy Sheriff Milton Penley Of
Bethel has armed himself with new
pair Of bracelets" for use on his vic
tins.
Fred O. Eaton, of Rumford Falls, has
been appointed deputy town clerk by IL.
l.. Elliott, town clerk, who will not be
in town 70 attend 10 the business.
Mrs. Ellen Packard, who died at
Hebron last week, was the widow Of the
late Zibeou l.. Packard Of Hebron, and
sister of the late Hon. Henry NJ. Bearce
of Norway.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Eustis, Of Rum
ford Falls. have started on business
and recreation trip 10 Colorado, where
thew have son. They will be absent
six or eight weeks.
Miss Nellie Marshall of West Paris,
who took the first prize in speaking at
Hebron Academy and was 10 deliver the
yaledictory in her class, is at home sick
with a fever. She is a daughter Of
George Marshall.
I.emuel Quincy OF Hebron is one Of
the largest maple syrup and sugar man.
ufacturers in the county. He has about
600 trees on tap, and the product will
amount 10 about one-half ton of sweet
ness. mostly sugar, for which he finds a
ready market. He ships 10 New York
and other points and gets very good
prices.
Seward ). Stearns, Esq, attorney al
7 law, treasurer of the Norway Savings
Bank, etc, tells the Advertiser the fol-
/ lowing true story of adventure: He
spent Easter AZ his brothers at Lowell
I Ceutre. and was very anxious TO be in
I Norway Monday afternoon. He left
Lowell Ceutre early Monday morning
with a team. The water was very high
aud every brooklet was a raging torrent,
/ but he managed 20 get some seven miles
with his team. lie was obliged to take
the horse out of the carriage six times
aud lead the horse and draw the wagon
around or through washouts. At Joel
| Sswyer's al the outlet Of Stone Pond In
I Stoneham, the bridge WAS gone with the
mill and part OF the dam, and here be
I had 10 abandon the team. He crossed
Stone Pond on the iee-an exceedingly
dangerous undertaking-and came 10
/ East Stoneham village. Here mill, dam.
bridge and blacksmith's shop were out.
A boatman ferried him across. At
Lynchyille the bridge was gone a7d he
/ was boated across the Crooked River.
No one knew where the bridge was just
above North Waterford, and no one
dared 10 cross the river, so Mr.. Stearns
bore 10 the left and crossed the fields
aud pastures and came out through Bis.
bee Town, where a bridge was partially
wrecked, but by cutting across lots,
boating and wsding he got into the stage
road above Rice's Junction. Fortunate
ly the new iron bridge over Crooked
River was intact, but on the flats this
side the bridge there was from ten to
thirty inches of water TO wade through
for several rods. Mr.. Stearns hesitated
at nothing but waded and padded like q
Newfoundland dog. 1t was to him
Norway or Sebago Lake. He got
through, we are glad to state, and ar
rived in town late in the afternoon, foot
Sore, wet to the skin and jaded. The
Squire says when he starts to 60 any
where he goes.