Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-26
Greenwood.

The snow is now so deep in the woods
as to make it bad doing anything. Frank
Morgan tried it three days at Locke's
Mills recently and then gave up beat.
He is now at work for Ransom Cole in
his saw mill.
Two abandoned farms on Young Hill
have been bought and are now occupied
by Firms. 1t is said they bid fair to be-
como good citizens. That Is the correct
thing to do; if Yankees will leave their
farms thinking to better themselves
somewhere else, let foreigners occupy
them, providing they are good industri-
Gus people.
Our company at the Bennett place
Saturday consisted Of Leslie Whitman
and wife, who stopped until Sunday
afternoon; just as they were leaving for
home at Locke's Mills, Will Swan, to-
gether with his wife and two little kids,
came and stopped until the next day,
Monday. Their children consist of boy
and girl, the former being four years old
and the latter in her second year. This
is what they now call modern sized
family, but much too small to suit Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Ever since the question was asked,
several weeks ago, as to what causes the
telephone wires to hum, We have been
studying the subject, and have finally
reached the conclusion that it 10 all pro-
duced by the wind; "Gnly that and moth
/ ing more" 1t requires but very slight
movement of the air to set ten-rod
stretch of wire in motion, and that in
turn produces the sound as we so often
hear it.
To illustrates: When young lad, but
old enough to ask questions, l was in
the field with my father one day, and
seeing the white clouds floating slowly
along high up overhead, / asked him the
cause of their motion, since 1t seemed
perfectly calm where We were.
"It's the wind that Is doing that" was
the answer.
"That cannot be the cause" said l,
"for there Is no wind to blow feather. "
"Perhaps there isn't here. but there is
up there or the clouds would not be In
notion" was the answer.
That told the whole story, taught me
philosophical lesson which l have re-
membered to this day. So with the
telephone, although it may be perfectly
calm here there 10 sufficient air in motion
to produce the effect, although perhaps
several miles distant.
There was an incident recently, which
savored slightly of the dramatic to say
the least. She was using the sewing
machine, and by some means allowed her
finger to get under the needle, which
broke, leaving the pointed part firmly
imbedded in the flesh, and 1t was ex-
tracted with difficulty. The wound,
although small of itself, caused severe
pain, with the result that in short time
she tainted entirely away and was kept
in her chair by another person, who used
cold water freely about her face.
In the meantime the little children
stood near by and crying aloud, thinking
they had indeed lost their mother. In a
short time she revived, only long enough
to remark, ~ guess Pm all right now"
when she again lost consciousness, and
for about the same length of time. After
the faintness subsidized a slight illness
followed, but nothing serious and it was
not long before she was up and at it
again, but carrying wounded finger for
several days.
During Che present winter Charles A.
Durham and wife of West Bethel have
been stopping with her fathers family
in Albany. Recently her brother, Allen
Cummings, had telephone machine put
into the house, and last Wednesday the
first conversation from there to this
place came over the line, part of which
was that a boy had been born to G. A.
Durham and wife the day previous, and
on the same day, and within an hour or
two of the same time of day, a girl had
been born to Harry Bumpus and wife Of
Auburn, the two mothers being sisters,
and daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Cummings Of Albany. Another coinci-
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