Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-11-06
ABOUT The STATE.

While playing around brush tire the
7-year-old daughter of Walter iotton of
Houlton was fatally burned.
A West Franklin man thinks IL would
be favorable for grass next year, ''if the
ground would freeze before frost comes"
Eels seem 10 have a foudness for mon
keying with the water wheels Of the
wesrbrook Electric Light Company.
Two hundred were taken Saturday from
the gear, and next day hundred more
were discovered.
The Bath Iron Works believe In ex-
pansion st home as well as abroad. They
are buying more property along the
shore 20 convert Into yard room. This
means that they expect more big con-
tracts and Baths smile expands in pro-
portion.
There Is a great scarcity Of spruce gum
AZ the present time. The wholesale
dealers are almost entirely out OF the
commodity, ard the retailers have but
limited supply. Wholesalers, who, in
former wears, have carried over 200 10
800 pounds, have almost none, this fsll.
Portland Express: The late Camp
meeting John Allen, while chaplain OF
the House of Representatives, prayed one
day for pure water and undefled religion.
Maine IL amply able TO supply the entire
country with pure water, and an unlim-
tied quantity Of undefiled religion Is
still unused here.
IL is estimated that 200, 000, 900 feet Of
logs will be cut on Penobscot waters this
winter, about equally divided between
pulp logs and saw logs, and that fully
6, 600 men will be needed 10 supply all
the camps. About 1000 already have
been sent into the woods, while the en-
ployment agents and operators are scour-
ing the state, the British provinces
and even the large cities for the 1000
men still wanted.
Here il story illustrating the ''nerve"
OF some OF the Lubec girls: A certain
Young lady of the village while looking
for some corn with which TO feed the
chickens, discovered four big rats In the
corn sack. Contrary 10 the general Gus
tom she neither screamed nor ran, but
grssping the mouth of the sack firmly
40 that the rats could not escape, she
looked about for her fathers broad-sxe.
Not finding the weapon within reach,
she coolly drew a hat pin and deliberate
| y trsnsfixed each rat. There was some
sauealing from the rats, but she killed
all four.
| A Boston correspondent Of the Bangor
| Commercial. who visited rural Maine
this summer complains Of the lack OF
application OF the simplest principles OF
sanitary science and those matters
which make for the public health. He
does not complain Of the farm house
cuisine. and he evidently had clean
rooms and soft beds. But he did endure
horrible smells. At nearly all plsces
where he stopped over night there were
foul odors from the stable and out
buildings which came into the very liv-
ing snd eating rooms OF the houses
Then the quantity Of filth that wa:
turnCd into the rivers which the people
used for drinking purposes, was
source of great disturbance 10 MIN
Mills dumped the sswdust and waste
into the streams at full liberty. AT one
place the butter factory turned It's waste
buttermilk into part Of the river wher'
there was an eddy, and the stencil from
II was very oppressive to residents o
the village, and those who passed on to-
public road or by rail. The waite
pumped up from this same river, b
, saws. was used for washing milk cans
A trsdesman who lived there complained
about 1t, but he said 1t was hardl.
noticed by the townspeople generally.