Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-03-19
Greenwood.

Calm was last Tuesday morning and
the sun shone brightly; SO much SO that
he thought zap weather had come at
last, and that the singing Of birds would
be heard within . day or two at the
longest. So he went and tapped tree,
one of the largest, finest and sweetest in
tho whole sugar lot, expecting OF course
to see the saccharine liquid flow in ga
lore. But for some reason 1t refused to
flow; still hope did not forsake him; he
thought as the sun ascended higher the
day would naturally wax warmer SO
that the sap would pan out later on, to
some extent at least. Vain hope, or
practically 80 at any rate. When 1t was
nearly night, and we'll known that the
days run, if any, had ended, boy was
sent to bring down the sum, be it more
or less; and the amount he brought
down did not exceed one pint.
On the head of q new barrel of flour
occur these words in big fancy letters;
David Stott's Peerless Patent FIGURING
Mills. After using several barrels of
that brand, and finding 1t just what it
claims to be, . first class article In every
respect, 1t seems almost marvel that It
can be sold 90 cheap, $4.25 per barrel,
and still make q fair profit, since it Is
not to be supposed that they handle the
goods simply for tho fun Of it. But IL
seems that all the traders do not sell it
at the same price. Not long since We
had some company from Albany and
West Bethel, who informed Us that they
had to pay one dollar more for the same
grade Of -four II not the same brand;
from which 1t is natural to infer that the
traders up the line are not only making
. fair profit but specializing at the same
time on their -four. Hope they don't do
that on anything else.
A lady from here visited Mrs. Charles
Swan Of Bryant's Pond recently and
found her two injured little children
playing about a. usual, only their frac-
tured limbs being confined to their per.
sons. It il feared that the one whose
arm is broken ut the elbow, will never
use the joint again.
1t has been said that the laws of ma
ture arc SO fixed as never to vary an iota,
but the fact 10 now denied and really
seems TO be mistake. Take the human
species for example. In LIST Chron. 208
We read: "And yet again there was war
Ut Gath, where was man Of great stat
ure, whose fingers and toes were four and
twenty, six on each hand and six on
each foot, and he also was tho son Of the
giant" We have seen person who had
flve fingers and . thumb on one hand,
and several children who had no thumbs
nor oven rudiments of that part of the
hand. Recently q baby was born who
had an extra finger on one hand and six
toes on each foot. The superHuous
finger was amputated, while al the toes
were allowed to remain.
Mr.. Willis came near losing bis camp
BY fire the other morning before any one
was up. Ono OF the boarders heard q
noise, which caused him to
look round, when he discovered . blaze
on the roof, which would have soon been
beyond control.
And now It il reported that Lewis
Mann's clotbespin factory burned this
Thursday morning at Bryant's Pond.
Keen mo subdued, and I'm trusty and true;.
will cook your food and warm you too,
And much Of your hardest work will do;
But give he power and I'll ruin you.
Such 10 the language Of fire, and It Is
true.