Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-05
The West Duxbury Letter.
A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY MID THE DAN
GERS AND DELIGHTS OF TROLLEY CARS
AND ACTRESSES.

WEST DUxBuRY, MASS, Dec. 30, 1903.
About the middle of December began
to scent Christmas afar off, and before
long | had very polite, pressing and
cordial invitation to go to Milford, about
6fty miles away, TO see an old friend.
soon made up my mind to accept the
situation, so the Monday before Christ
mas | changed my clothes (which is no
small lob for lame man to do), and
started bright and early.
concluded to go by electric cars be-
cause YOU can see more OF the country,
and 90 cheaper, and that is an induce
ment to some. Now the nearest point
to take the cars from where | live is
about two miles. The place is called
Croker Town Corner, pleasantly sltuat.
ed in pine and scrub oak woods mingled
with thorn and dogwood bushes. You
can see about twenty rods each way.
The nearest house is one-half mile oil.
While waiting for your car you can
amuse yourself picking pine needles and
saving cuss words, for you may have TO
wait twenty or thirty minutes. Perhaps
a solitary horseman or horsewoman
NAV be iourneying that way. They Will
say, "Pooty cold waiting, amt it?"
Some will say, There ought to be
waiting station here, but it hain't been
done. There has been some kicking
about having some kind OF shelter here,
but the tom is about equally divided
whether they will move an old deserted
shoemaker's shop or hire vacant hen
house and have it hauled there.
Finally my car came along ana
started on my voyage. After getting
out of the woods we passed through very
pleasant villages and arrived at my place
OF destination in about six hours. The
people acted as though they were glad
to see me, and that is all l cared about
it. Milford is quite a business place:
They have a very good stone quarry and
employ a large number of men to work
it.
For day or two l sort OF went into
training so as to regulate my appetite
for the big turkey on Christmas day:
had lots of good things except custard
pie, but that did not expect, for eggs
are "A cents per dozen.
On nv way home stopped at tue
house of my friend, X. b. Rogers, New
ton Highlands. They did all in their
power to make me have good time.
Saturday night we went to the theater in
Boston. The play was the Wizard OF
o." supposed to be as good as anything
YOU can get for dollar. The scenery
was fine, and they said the play was,
also. These was but one fault that |
could see about it, and that was the
small amount of clothes the actresses
wore, and very thin at that, when out
of doors the glass stood 10 below in the
shade, but they were lively set and
showed of, thought, mighty well.
made the acquaintance OF some nice
old people, while in Milford. Some OF
them of course are little quidnuncky
IL any of the readers of the Democrat
don't know the meaning of quidnunc
| will tell all l know about it. 1t is 8
Latin phrase derived from the "Reo
Sea-" Red means keep red eye Out
and see all you can. Noah Webster''
spelling book, manufactured in 1880 OF
iS4O, tells something about it, or if tina
is not satisfactory, ask the Trial Justice
and he will go home and see his wife
and come back and explain it to satisf!
the biggest fool in Buckfield village.