Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-04-25
srAre ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The checkiest borrower Il reported
, from Rockland. He borrowed q neigh.
bor's best ladder, and finding It too long
for his purpose, sawed on one end.
Dennis Sweeney Of Auburn, who los,
his arm In an accident few years ago,
has sawed sixty cords Of hard wood this
winter, and would like to know IL any
other one-srmed man has done as much
In that time.
It n not often that the son has his IA
ther under his eye, officially, but such is
the case with Lyman X. Lee, who In his
capacity OF superintendent OF schools 10
Foxcroft has the privilege Of visiting the
school his father, G. c. Lee, Is teaching.
There Is a silver mine In Solon, 10
somerset County, and nearly dozen
car loads of ore from II are to be shipped
vest to be smelted. Ii IL not probable
that the mine will turn out biz
enough to create l6 TO sentiment
hereabouts.
The legislature did peculiar thing
| with the wildcat bounty. Ii repealed by
special act the law establishing tn.
bounty, and then In Its codifle ,tion and
revision Of the game Laws re.insert-
ed the bounty, 40 II still stands. Bu'
the bear bounty IL done for.
Bath Times: IL las rem,rk bile fac
that with few exceptions all the vess"i-
thr h W. been s'nt out from Bath IN the
pas, few years have been In some resp"c'
unique and have compelled worldwide
comment. Within week we SEM
out the biggest and most pslatial yacht
In the world, and the biggest and finest
sailing shin under our h,g, II not In the
world. Neither the Clyde nor the Della
ware are up TO that record.
A Parkhurst young man recently went
To Boston with car OF potatoes. Not
being acquainted 10 the city he stopped
at what proved to be cheap boarding
house. When bedtime came he Was pre-
sented 10 very tough looking room
mate. He didn't want to sleep with
hobo so he tried bluff. Now" said
the Aroostook boy, II may ~ well tell
YOU that | have the itch, perhaps you
can get another bed" That's all right,
chummy," said the tramp, III have IL
too" He did have IL bad, aud the po,a-
to dealer will patronize higher priced
house, next time.
A South Portland lady went out, the
other afternoon, aud neglected to fasten
the back doors, and on returning found
this note: "IAdy OF the house, when you
20 away and leave your hack doors all
open YOU must expect the tramps to
walk right In, but being respectable
tramp will not take your diamonds and
other Jewels, all see thst really need
Ia your fue comb, some shoe polish and
= hoe ss am tramping 10 the klon Dixie
and II | have good luck will call and set
tie some day when you are out. Your
frosted cake was fsirly good but hope
YOU will have some with raisins In u
when call again excuse haste. Tramp"
The experiment made In Aroost0ok
County Of raising barley for the Ports
mouth breweries has not been success.
Only the finest quality Of barley. such as
has been nurtured In much sunshine may
be used In the production OF ale. A little
rain rs the crop is ripenlng Is liable to
affect IL injuriously, and Aroostook Is
very liable to summer rains. The hrst
wear, when the experiment was tried on
= limited scale, Il promised success; bot
since then nothing but failure has at
tended IL. When the proposition WAS first
made to raise barley for q brewery II
arou .ed storm OF criticism from people
especially interested Ia the cause OF tenn
p.rapce, and there was much discussion
on the subject all over Maine. There
were plenty Of farmers willing TO risk
the immortality OF the enterprise II IL was
a practicable business venture, however,
so the experiment WAS tried on quite
large scale.
The Eastport Sentinel this week
mentions three Dennysville ladies, yet
f,ir Of face, graceful 10 form and 1.-THE
OF limb, Who have been the mothers OF
thirty-four children In all--t~o having
h ID twelve each aud the other ten--of
whom thirty are living. All the caring
and bringing up OF these three house
holds. In sickness and In health these
three women hsve accomplished. The
beslthfulness OF the children, generally,
and their comfortable clothing. give
large credit to the care and ability OF
their mothers. The same correspondent
recollects womsn whose home WAS In
Charlotte, Who the last time ne saw her
was strong of body, active OF limb, fair
Of face, with red In her checks, who.
wears before had accomplished her stint
of bringing into the world nineteen
healthy boys aud girls; ready even
then for smother matrimonial experience,
which, 10 process Of time came about.
Boston Traveller: 1t Ia strange what
memory for faces some people possess.
A Post Office Square business man.
native of Maine, but who had not visited
the state of his birth for 25 wears, told
me Yesterday Of quite sremsrkable Incl
dent of this kind. He was passing down
Bromfield Street on his way to business
when his attention WAS arrested by
picture 10 one OF the big show windows
on that thoroughfare. "rhere's face
know" he said, rs he stopped TO study
the painting. "But where" he thought,
shave l seen It? Crane--Uncle Jed Crane
OF Kennebunkport. That's he or am
dreaming" To satisfy himself he went
into the establishment where the paint.
ing WAS on view and inquired about the
picture. ''The painting" said the gen.
tlemsn queried, sis Abbott Graves
Town Meeting and the characters por-
trsyed are all citizens Of Kennebunkport,
Me-, and the face that you refer to ls
that Of Constable Crane, one OF the old
timers of that quaint old town. We
have had dozen people In to verify
their belief as TO the name OF the people
In the painting. You are the second
man this morning to ask about Consta-
bic Crane"