Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-03-27
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

LIE w ZEN LIN MAllNE.
rHe MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEW
i BRIEFLY TOLD.
| The torpedo boat Craven, built at tn
Bath Iron Works, has finally been &C
cepted by the navy department.
Old Town reelected Mayor Edgar B
Weeks and = full Republican govern
ment by good majority last Monday.
The strike Of the Bath ship carpenter
for nine-hour day has collapsed, tn
carpenters returning to work on the ten
hour schedule.
A Maine Bankers Association va
formed in Portland on Saturday, tn
18th, with Charles s. Hichborn Of An
gusts as president.
George GRAY of Small Point took hi
life Wednesday by hanging from tn
limb Of an apple tree In his yard. II,
had been In III health.
The Biddeford Journal has found |
man who has not had 4 vacation or holi
day for over nine years, and strange Il
say he Is not newspaper worker. HI
Is the man who trims the electric lights
The strike In the Saco and Pettee ma
chine shops at Biddeford, undertaken
with the object Of making them unior
shops, looks stubborn and may result 10
the indefinite shutting down Of thu
shops except the foundry.
A monster eagle of the Maine variety
will be among the new additions to the
mensgerie vt Merrymeeting park mex
summer. The bird was captured one
lay last week In box trap 10 George
town and measures eight feet from zip
70 tip. Few such birds are now seen In
Msiue.
Eben Bracket OF North Berwick was
crushed 70 death Saturday, the 18th
while engaged In hsuling logs. He was
riding on top OF the load when the sleds
>lued and he was thrown TO the ground
the logs falling upon him and killing
him instantly. He was IS years OF age,
and WAS married only three months ago
After being dead two days Miss Mary
Lowering, aged -, was found At her
home In Manchester where she lived the
life OF hermit. A few days sgo note
asking that dressmaking be done was
put under her door. a. the note was
uudisturbed an investigation was made.
She Il known TO be a woman OF some
property.
Miss Annie Crosby Emery, who has
Just been appointed Dean Of Pembroke
Hall, Brown University, was born 10
Ellsworth, and IL daughter Of Judge
Emery, and a sister OF Professor Emery
~ Bowdoin college. She graduated At
Rryn Mawr college In 1892, taking the
European Fellowship, which is the high
est honor Bryu Mswr student can
win.
A man BY the name of Jack Kelley
was run into BY the down Pullman from
Lewiston near Brunswick Monday night
and fesrfully mutilated. He was probs-
hly killed Instantly. Kelley came from
Providence, X. L., and had worked for
various people In town for the past year.
IL Il supposed he WAS walking 10 Pejep-
scot, where he was at work. As far "a
known he leaves no relatives In this VI
cinity.
Maine bird lovers will rejoice that the
American archaeological Association has
taken action 10 prevent so far as possible
the CARRYING out OF q contract recently
made By farmers Of Milford, Del, with
New York firm for the delivery OF
20, 900 birds, including crows, redwing,
blackbirds, mesdowlarks, bluebirds and
Young owls, before Easter. Think OF all
those birds while on their way North,
being ruthlessly slaughtered that their
wings may gather dust on the millinery
store shelves, for II Is announced that
the reslly up-to-date Easter bonnet will
wear flowers not bird corpses.
Within the past few weeks there have
been reported sales Of number OF Maine
farms To metropolitan jewellers Of wealth
for summer homes. There Is, says the
Old York Transcript, scarcely town In
this part OF the state where one or more
farms sre not held by men OF means, en-
gagged In business elsewhere, who occupy
the same as summer homes for their
families, spending there themselves M
much OF what Is known as the vacation
season as they can spare from business
cares and duties. In some towns, where
the scenery Ia especially attractive, =
considerable part Of the entire town Is
thus occupied.
Bath Times: The approach Of the
annual Fast Day when nobody fssts
calls up the old controversy over this
anachronism We have only 10 remark
a. we have done before that while we
believe in holiday at or about that
time we do not believe In the hypocrisy
Of keeping a Fast Day by doing every-
thing under the sun except fasting. We
should kick II the holiday, OF which the
workingmen have none too many, were
abolished, but we would have the OBJ
servsnce fitted TO the name, which Is i'm
possible, or the name fitted TO the OBJ
servsnce. The best plan, that which we
urged last year, Is the substitution OF
May Day as general holiday for the
annual Farce Day.
The Biddeford Record thinks that no
msn In Maine has such war record as
Dubois NSrcisse Of that city and SAYS ::
He served i've years In the English army
ia Africa, and was hardly out OF the
service when the Crimesn war broke out
and he again went into the service and
fought two years in the English army.
He came 10 this country In the early
DAYS OF the rebellion and landed in Port
land. He had seen all the war he wanted
10 and was looking for work, but he fell
into the hands of recruiting officer and
the next thing he knew be was enlisted
In the Union army. He fought three
years against the rebels. In all OF his
service he never received wound,
though he Was in lot of famous battles.
A person who has not tried it can
hardly imagine the delights Of keeping a
bird or wild flower calendar. A CORE
spondent Of the Portland Transcript,
who watched the appearance OF the
birds last year, gives these dates OF the
first arrivals seen by her: April 3, robin !;
10, song sparrows; IL, pewee; II, cow
bird; Is, geese; Is, swallow and blue
bird; %, chipping sparrow; "a, whip
poorwill; %, hermit thrush; "a, Mary
land yellow throat; 81, purple finch; 80,
fiocks of swallows; %, meadow lark ;
80, swifts and purple grackle; May 2,
brown thrasher; 8, chebec; s, king bird ;
y, yellow warblers; IL, oriole; Is,
black buruisn warbler; %, cstbird; %,
humming bird; 20, redstart, IS, cedar
birds. just cut this list out and notice
how this spring compares with last.
A case of small pox arrived at Port
land on the Vancouver, which got In
Sunday, the 18th. The patient IL boy
OF about i've years. Although he was