Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-08-19
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Miss Lenora Packard, who is In poor
health, returned to Boston with her Sis
ter, Mrs. Scammon.
Others who are sick remain about the
same as last reported.
People are coming and going; strange
faces appear often.
Ex-Sec. Long appears to have his
share of visitors. Among them was one
physician who attended President Nc
Kinley.
Quite number attended the Univers-
alist grove meeting at Lake Anasagunti-
cook on Sunday, while Rev. Mr.. Munson
held services at Swan Pond grove.
The people of Hartford object to
furnishing thunder for other towns, and
well they may. Lake Anasagunticook is
spoken of as in Canton, which is not the
case. 1t is in Hartford. Hartford has a
corn factory and depot, which goes out
as East Sumner. But very little of Hart
ford's mail stops there. Hartford's
mail largely goes to East Sumner, Buck
field and some to North Turner and
Canton, while the people of North and
South Hartford are quite foreign to each
other. Henry Bicknell says we of the
South ought to go on to Buckfield. They
do hold Swan Pond, the grove where
meetings are being held, and Hartford
Cold Spring.
Coming in contact with summer
visitors occasionally, / strive to impress
on their minds that to visit Streaked
Mountain should be of first importance
| in sight seeing, but they seem to think it
an lawful" job to climb a mountain.
Some have been undeceived. J. H..
Carey of Salem, Mass, who is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. DR.. Head, visited the
mountain with the doctor and his family
on Tuesday "Why," said he, sit is
wonderful. Never saw anything to
equal it," and he has travelled. Artist
| Coombs of Lewiston, who finds much
material here for his pencil, to him /
have extolled the beauties of Old
Streaked, and told him to go. He went
and was delighted, and they say they
must go there again.
| Mr.. Coombs returned to his home
Wednesday and Mr.. Carey to his home
in Salem Thursday.
| Some of the G. A. r. comrades at
tended a gathering at East Sumner the
18th.
Ike and Clarence Shaw are having q
prairie schooner constructed by G. W.
TiltOn for the exhibition of their Florida
specimens of taxidermy. A sea COW
which weighed $50 pounds, an alligator
I feet long, with rare birds, reptiles, etc.
Some of the reptiles the rarer the better
while living. Their show is labeled
"Florida on wheels"
Dexter BRIGHAM, who lost his left
hand by coming in contact with ma.
chinery, is visiting his parents.
f. B. Hutchinson and wife of Indian.
apolis, Ind, and b. c. Stone, clerk OF
courts of Cumberland County, wife, and
daughter, Mrs. Marshall, were guests at
Hotel Long Thursday.
At chance meeting of Slocum and
the writer at j. F. Packard's shop re.
Gently there was rehearsed considerable
humorous matter which might make
good copy for the papers if sifted.
Ben, Mrs. Whitten's faithful servant
has been laid to rest. Chas. Written OF
Augusta, while visiting his mother, had
him chloroformed by reason of old age
Ben was pointer and received the
tenderest care.
4 cdSs WI. bcilotIdl, WHY uOu NOu
date every page of your paper? We
charge nothing for suggestions.
Apropos of the cold weather in lSlt
mentioned by contributor to the Demo
crat, l will quote from Haywards Gazet
teer for New England published in 1856
The place was Peacham, VT. One of tn,
most remarkable occurrences in the towI
was the loss of a mans toe by frost il
the month of June. Mr.. Walker, who
sustained the loss, was 81 years old, anC
was frozen in consequence of being los
in the woods, and lying ont through tn,
night of the Sth of June, 1916. Hi.
mention of not knowing why it was sc
cold where the services were held, call,
to mind the times when fires in churche!
were tabooed altogether At one churcl
in Massachusetts town in the long ago
the question was brought up of having ;
stove. The discussion waxed warn
from time to time. At last it was de
cided to have the stove. 1t being PLACED
in position on the following Sabbath ont
pious spinster who had strenuously op
posed it as being blasphemous, faintet
dead away from its heat, and had to bt
carried out. 1t TRANSFERRED later tha
there was not spark of fire in the stove