Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-08-19
GREENWOOD.

Some one remarked recently that :
subject was never run into the GROUND
so long as there remained anything in
teresting or profitable to talk about. sc
we will mention the present haying sea
son occasionally, which will last month
longer unless there is more sunshine anC
less rain.
Every farmer who has lived his three
score years and ten, has seen quite {
number of catching hay seasons, but thai
the man lives who ever saw so much
cloudy and rainy weather, and so few
days of sunshine as there have been since
the 10th of July, is very doubtful.
The other day a man sent word to a
neighbor that he would like to sell him
the grass on small meadow, with the
result that the neighbor sent back word
to the man that he would be glad to sell
him the grass on a much larger one, from
which it might be inferred that meadow
grass is not in very great demand.
A letter from d. o. Davis of Mime
sofa informs us that they had hail
storm out there which nearly destroyed
some of their crops. Hail fell there
measuring from ten to thirteen inches in
circumference, one going through an
inch pine board on falling to the ground.
Such hail as that almost rivals the hail
mentioned in Revelation. Mr.. Davis
sent late copy of the OSakis Review,
containing % untimely deaths, which is
about the average number reported
weekly by that paper. There is an arti-
Gle entitled Crop improvement which /
will send to your agricultural editor.
There was another son of Abraham
along here last week wishing to exchange
tin ware for rags and old rubber.
Female scientists are rather uncom-
mon although nature does produce one
occasionally. Maria Mitchell was a
somewhat noted astronomer, and obtain
ed gold medal of the King of Denmark
for the discovery of q new comet. And
now we have young female meteor
ologist, who bids fair to become equally
noted. Last Sunday afternoon she saw
something that indicated foul weather,
and remarked that she would bet pint
of peanuts that the following Monday
would be a rainy day. A man who
heard the remark took the bet, and the
next day there came a first-class rain
storm. The man acknowledged himself
beat and paid the peanuts.
1t is an open question with some as to
which is the meanest human reptile, the
sneak thief or slanderer. We have them
both at present and there ought to be
some way devised to put stop to their
Internal work.
When those men from Ohio left Mr..
Morgan's few weeks ago they seemed
to have plenty of money, paid their every
bill for board and horse hire, and left
for home like three honest men and
gentlemen as they were. A week or two
later one of the men wrote to Mr. Nor
gan thanking him for his kindness, tell
ing him what a good time they had
down here and assuring him that they
should come again next year if not be-
fore. Such are the facts, and they were
entitled to the respect of all. But in
stead of that some worthy reported that
they had no money, went off without
paying their bills, and even that Mr..
was obliged to furnish the means
to get them back home. "Man's in
to man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osgood Swan became the
parents of the fourth son recently, exact
late unknown. A daughter was born
TO them few years ago, but lived only
\ short time.