Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-06-03
GREENWOOD

That thunder shower Saturday after
noon was the heaviest of the season and
it rained at intervals for several days
after; so that the roads are washed and
quilted worse than when the spring
opened. Such weather is doing a big
thing for grass, but is hard on those who
had prepared moist ground for corn, anG
had not planted it.
1t was supposed that humps had dis
appeared, until another crop of children
should come along; but not so. Robert
Morgan was here after cream again to-
day, and reported that there were some
half-dozen cases at or near the City
where he lives. The canker rash seems
to have died out, at least for the present
Indian Pond is situated near the resi-
dence of John Titus, who owns land
entirely surrounding it; and it does
seem, therefore, that it should be his
own private property the same as if the
same space was occupied by hill OF
meadow. But not so says the law, if the
pond contains more than certain num-
Der of acres, ten it is said, while the
pond in question contains about sixty
Last week Mr.. Titus went over to Har.
rison and procured quantity of white
perch with which to stock the pond, and
of course every one will have an equaI
right to catch the fish, as the law now
stands. But is that according to the
Golden Rule?
Considering the fact that Uncle Sam
carries our letters to any place in the
United States for two cents each, ISM
q man engaged in rather small business
when he puts cancelled stamp on a
letter, thinking to get it carried in that
way? And yet it has been done occa
sionally, as postmasters we'll know, ever
since stamps were invented. But then
''all are not men that wear the human
FORM"
The telephone from the City to Locke's
Mills is progressing; already the stakes
are down, and part of the poles dis
tributed. They have had it on Patch
Mountain for some time.
They tell us that all these modern in.
ventions were known to the ancients,
and subsequently lost, perhaps during
the dark ages. If so it is wonder the
telephone was not re-discovered ages
before it was. In treating on acoustics,
Comstock says: 1.-THE atmosphere,
though the most common, is not, how.
ever, the only, or the best conductor of
sound. Solid bodies conduct sound bet
ter than elastic fluids" Thence if per.
son lay his ear on long stick of timber,
the scratch of pin may be heard from
the other end, which could not be per-
ceived through the air.
And that reminds me of little in.
cident that occurred when was a boy.
some seven or eight years of age. Father
had hauled mill log into the door yard
one day, and soon after two young men
came there, one of whom, being full of
sport, told the other fellow that if he
would place his ear at the end of the log,
he would show him how plain he could
hear the scratch of a pin from the other
end. The young man got his position,
and then his companion took an ak,
which happened to be near by, and strik-
ing smart blow on the other end of the
log, asked if he heard it? eyes," said
the listener, 81 did hear it and it sound
ed more like clap of thunder than the
scratch of pin" That was my first
lesson in telphonogy, and has always
been remembered on account of the
novelty attending it.
Rev. Mr.. Brown preached at the Gen.
ter last Sunday in the afternoon, but
since the writer had been sick with the
canker rash and scarlet fever for some
time, he thought it best not to scare the
people by putting in an appearance.