Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-06-05
ABOUT THE STATE.

i A ive.mile electric road from August.
to Togus ID 10 be built this season, con
tracts f9r It's construction having already
been made.
| The shouts which came from an Ellis
worth lodge room one night recently, st
frightened pssser-by that he gave thu
alarm OF fire and aroused the whole city
The lodge will probably muzzle the goa
when Il has another initiation.
| Bath Times: It was very thoughtfu
and gallant in the sdjutant general tt
speak to the National Gusrdsmen about
not carrying their weapons 10 public
conveyances In such manner rs tc
frighten the ladies. The ladies, you
know, couldn't be expected to know the
difference between Springfelds and
dangerous firearms.
The railroad commissioners have sp
proved the articles Of the Milbridge and
Cherryfield electric road, short lint
which is to act rs feeder for the Wash
lngton County road. One OF the pro
moters Of the road stated recently TO q
Kennebec Journal reporter that work
will be commenced on the road at once
Il will be six miles In length.
Lucy Nicolar, alias wah-Ta-wsso. the
black-eyed beauty OF the Penobscol
tribe Mt Oldtown, is planning to enter
Radcliffe College. II we remember the
facts Of history, Harvard, OF which Rad
cliffe Ia part, WAS established TO edu
cate and Christianize the Indians, so II J.
particularly fitting that among the thou
sands OF students there should be sI
least one representative OF the aborigines
There has recently been published By
the government for the Information 0l
congress, statements regarding the con
dition 1t the home at Togus, Maine. Oi
the 3075 soldiers at the home, only Is;
served In Maine regiments, while l24t
came from the Massachusetts, regiments
The old soldiers are pretty strong on the
consumption OF beer, for the sales Of the
beer hall show that si0,060l5 was ex'
pended In that department.
A novelty that promises to be one oi
the biggest fads OF the season, Is the
Photographic blue print on silky cloth
which IL used 70 cover sofa pillows ant
quilts. One Maine village Is pictured In
all its phases from the beautiful and
picturesque 10 the ludicrous upon .
handsome spread owned by one OF IL
feminine residents. At Bates, the young
ladies OF the college have svsiled them
selves Of this kind Of photography
grouping together college scenes FOL
sofa pillows and the like. The work ID
odd but attractive.
A writer In the Bangor Commercial re
calls some interesting facts regarding
the early history Of Bowdoin. 1t seems
that the college would have been found
ed some years earlier than Il was had Il
not been for John Hancock, the dis
tinguished Revolutionary patriot, who
Was governor of Massachusetts, from
1887 TO 1898. He wanted the college
named for him, Hancock College, and
for some reason he refused TO sign the
act. He died Oct. s, 1898, and his sue
cessor, John Adams, approved the char.
ter June -, 1894.
A Belfast merchant recently gave ar
exhibition OF horsemsnship which
afforded considerable amusement FOR
the bystanders. A neighbor WAS break
Ing a horse 70 the saddle and the mer.
chant thought he could ride. He mount.
ed and started all right, but when he
tried to stop he realized one fact that he
had not thought OF before. The horse
had In q curb bit, and when the rider
drew up sharply on the reins that In
strument got In its work pretty severely
In the horses mouth. The horse reared
the man fell of andthe horse sat down or
him. The man said he was dead, but no
body believed him, although everybod,
takes his word unreservedly In all busi
ness matters. The horse soon regsinet
his feet, and some OF the boys said he
had smile on his face the rest OF the
day.
The Bowdoin Orient explains that the
Sl50, 900 new library building isn't the
only gift coming Bowdoln's way just
now. Mrs. w. w. Rice of Worcester
has recently given this college 81, ,Oo(
a. q memorial to her husband, the lat'
Hon. w. w. Rice, Of the Bowdoin Col
lege class Of ls46, formerly very active
member OF the board of overseers Of the
college. Hon. Mr.. Rice was>well knowr
among the alumni for he was regular
attendant at the commencement eXer
cises for many years. He was lawyer
In Worcester, with the degree OF LII. ID
and Was for ten years member OF Con
gress. Another valuable gift TO the col
lege has been decided upon, and th'
final arrangements will soon reach
consummstion. Then Bowdoin will owl
the building and lot In Portland which
the Portland School for Medical In
struction makes use OF during part o.
the year. This property has been helt
In trust for Bowdoin for q number o
years, and now 1t has seemed time te
make the transfer. And lastly, Mr.
Erskine N. Phelps Of Chicago, goot
friend to the college though not al
alumnus, has recently given Bowdoin
fine portrait Of Chief Justice Melville W
Fuller, class Of 1853. The portrait
which Ia the work of Artist Rober
Hinckley Of Washington, d. G., nov
hangs In the Walker Art Building.