Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-18

STATE ITEMS or MrsRtsT.
i SIX meu we're burned n III foundr
LOT the OAklAnd Machine Company b
the bottom of large casting ladle drop
| ping out, lettlng $50 poands Of molte
Iron drop 10 the ground. The clothlnI
Of the men took are, aud they plunge,
Into The river. Several Of the men wer
badly burned, bat none iAtally.
Franklin has revised an old expression
70 suit local conditions. When ~ OF
fender against the Law 10 arrested Il
Fnnklin and locked up they gay nov
"he 10 Ia the heater" not Ii "the cool
en-" - In most places. Tue change cam,
about on the Fourth, when the "coolsI
Was 90 hot Il could mot be used.'
winthrop Budget: Ii ID said tina
many OF the city people who wish 4
spend the summer In the country are
deferred from 90 doing because eltctri,
roads and lights, and other urban i'm
provements, have Invaded the rura
diatricts. Let them come 70 winthrop
and they won't be bothered 10 that d.
reeti0n.
Tho will OF the late Moses w. Webb
superintendent Of the Nashua Machine
Company mills at Nsshua, N. H., has
been filed for probate. It bcqueathi
u, 900 70 the Wardwell Home for old
ladies In Saco, and after several private
beQucsts the remainder is to be converted
into . fund to be used for hospital In
Biddeford. Mr.. Weber was formerly q
resident Of Biddeford.
Charles Z. Davis OF Portland, who was
adjutant OF the First Maine Volunteers,
has been appointed captain In the Goth
United States Volunteers. 1t was grest
surprise to him, as he had not applied
for commission, and there are some
thing like 10000 applications on file for
commissions In the new volunteer regi-
ments. He does not know yet whether
be viii accept the commission.
The Sewall iirm OF Bath Is now well
along on the big steel ship At its yard,
and work will commence this month on
the 2200-ton steel bark which this firm 10
to construct. Ii is said that the Sewalls
purchased the materials for these YES
sells before the price Of steel advanced,
and that saving OF nearly II not quite
o., 900 Was thus effected. The firm in
tends building another ship after this
one is completed.
A trunk delayed 10 transportation In
the rush OF summer business Is nothing
new. But this was no consolation TO
the bridegroom who landed at Sullivan
lately to fnd that his Wedding clothes,
his presents for the bride and also the
wedding ring, had failed to keep up
with him 10, his rush toward mstrimony.
The wedding came off, however, and at
last accounts the missing luggage had
been found aud sent to Moosehead after
the bridal couple.
Il ia reported that the state viii have
difficulty In obtaining from the national
government Reimbursement Of large
amount expended for railroad fares In
raising Names quota for the Spanish
war, because che records were not kept
In detail. Tickets were simply given out
TO the men ~ necessary. The national
government requires that q complete
record Of tickets issued shall be pre-
sented--showing to whom, when, by
whom and for what purpose issued.
This Il Is impossible to do, and the state
may lose several thousand dollars.
A Bath young man who has two broth
ers In the navy, one OF whom 10 In the
and the other In Cuba, wrote
his brothers some time ago asking that
they collect and send him souvenirs OF
the places they might happen 70 visit.
For time be was highly delighted to
receive by express pieces Of the wrecked
Maine, great junks OF Iron
that had once been parts Of Cervera's
fleet, various and unique contrivances
made OF bamboo and similar relica too
numerous to mention. OflAte, however,
his taste for souvenirs has been on the
wane, but the stuff keeps coming just
the name. His room Il hlled 70 over
lowing with trophies Of our victorious
navy and his bank account has gone to
!iquidate transportation charges. His
days are spent mostly In the lodging OF
expressmen and his life, so he AYERS, has
become burden 70 him.
waterville Mail: That element OF
ock's population DESTROYS OF
having the only hotel In the town sell
rum feels sure that its inability so TO
sell viii prove Q death blow 10 the
business interests OF the community.
This would be sad indeed. We have
been but recently observing the effects
Of drorth In nature. Before the late
rains came the fields OF Norridgewock,
as elsewhere In Maine, were parched
and brown and faded. Vegetation
hesifated and stood stiN. The picture
was not pleasing 10 the eve, but IL was
far less disagreeable 70 the view OF some
Of those philosophical citizens OF Nor
than the prospective shrivel-
Ing OF all things green and vigorous In
local business enterprise, under the
and deadly effect OF dry time
q; the Norridgewock public house. OF
course there are n good many decent cit
liens In Norridgewock who have been
doing business there year after year for q
long time, paying their grocer, aud their
clothier and their cobbler, who will not
notice the change, but those hustllng
business men who have been In the habit
Of devoting q good share OF their time 70
around the bar OF the public
house and the rest OF IL TO profound side
walk and railway station discussions OF
the Philippine and other grave problems,
will regard the drouth with serious con-
Germ, with painful anxiety, indeed, and
will lend their best efforts to have the
wheels Of industry again properly luori-
Gated as soon as possible. Sad day, In
truth, for busy Norridgewock when her
one bar ceases to spout forth the liquid
fire that gives force and zsst to her in
dustrial life.
LETTER TO S. PORTER SIEARNs,
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE.
Dear Sir: One coat Of Devoe is better
than two Of mixed paint.
The American House, at Tsnnersville
(Catskill Mts.), n. Y, Chas. l.. wiltse,
had two coats Of Mixed Paint five years
ago; last spring had two more coats OF
the same.
Owner was going to use Devoe but got
his Mixed Paint few cents less