The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-24
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LlM1NG 4ON.
Huntington, Dec. 21.-Mrs. Mary Libby
had another shock on Monday night last
and is in q every critical condition.
W. Scott Small while at work in his
saw mill Tuesday went below to re-
move some saw dust leaving
the saw running While there at work ne
struck the top of his head against the run
| ming saw cutting cash in the scalp
| five inches long and a slit through the
skull two inches long penetrating the
brain. Doctor L. =. Moulton was sum
moned and dressed the wound. Weones-
day afternoon Mr.. Scott was reported as
| comfortable.
Charles FL. Durgin and Z. Herbert
Tufts of South East Limington who are
attending the high school at the village
have taken rooms at l.. p. Thompson's.
| There have been seven snow storms
this winter with total fall OF thirty two
| inches. The snow at the present time Is
about six inches in open ground and less
than foot in the woods. 1t is g good
| snow for service.
Mrs. Charles Tufts of Limerick has been
visiting friends in Limington the past
few weeks. Mrs. Tufts was native OF
Iimington
| Mr.. Roscoe Small and wife Of Bayonne,
| N. j., have been visiting friends in this
| town and Standish for few weeks past.
| Mr.. Small is native of Limlngten.
When a young man of eighteen years ne
went to work on the Boston and Fall
River line. Later he ran as Locomotive
engineer a gravel train on the Lake
Shore. While on this job. "hu" was
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hundred and twenty feet deep, thirteen
hundred feet long on top, forty feet VIDE
on top double track) and four hundred
feet wide at the bottom. with two arches,
one for stream, the other for the high
way. 1t took three years to complete this
job, and the company exoavated a Ioruy
acre lot eighteen feet deep to obtain the
lion yards Later Mr.. Small worked on
the Back Bay filing in Boston. Later
he went to work for the New Jersey Cen
trial. running train from jersey Clty
to Easton. Penn, making trip OF one
hundred and fifty miles each day. An
accommodation train one way and a
sslightning express the other. This he
followed for twenty -six years, running
about 1000 miles a month, or AZ. QUO
miles a year, or 1.246. 600 miles In the 20
years, or so stiffness around the world or
about two trips around the world each
year. Six years since he retired from
railroading, having worked at 10 Tor
thirty -eight years years Mr.. Small looks
young and robust and were it not for the
liberal sprinkling of gray in his beard he
would pass for a man OF forty Mrs.
Small is a native of Standish. They have
daughter whose husband is a cousin to
Admiral Dewey.
Mrs L. P. Thompson is spending a
week with friends in Limerick.
We notice that Prof. G. L. Whitman of
Paris. Me-, is in town and CHARTERED at
the Limington House. Mr.. Whitman was
teacher OF the high school for two years
ending May last.
NEW GLOUCESTER.
New Gloucester. December 2s.-Miss
Grace Curtis is at home for the holidays.
Mr.. G. P. Chandler was married to-
day to Miss Elizabeth Smith OF Windham.
They will live at New Gloucester,
having taken Mrs. Fogg's house for the
winter