Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-20
Greenwood.

Last week it was stated that Wesley
and Herbert Ring had gone to the City
with their gasoline engine for the pur-
pose of saving up the citizens wood
piles. After serving some half dozen
families they started for home Tuesday,
but after coming part of the way they
were Obliged to leave their load until the
next day, not having yet learned to do
impossibilities.
Adoniram G. Swan is living with his
son-in-law, Wesley Ring, and has become
so demented as to make it difficult to
take care of him. He not only sees
ghosts and hobgoblins out in the fields,
and on the bill, but frequently gets out
OF bed at night and makes such rum
pus as to oblige some one to 60 to his
room and quiet him down. Several
times he has started away from home
without informing any one where he in
tended to 60, and thus far has just sue
ceeded in getting back with the assist
ance of his neigh bors. He seems to be
another candidate for the insane asylum.
Another good sap day Monday, since
which it has been so warm, both by day
and night, as to diminish much of the
snow; and II the present rain continues
through the day there will be but little
left.
Speaking of that surplus money scat
tered about under Jackson, we'll re-
member what father did with his and
what 1t amounted to. Up to that time
he owned two wooden plows, large one
for breaking up and smaller one for
lighter work. About the time the
money was circulated the cast iron pillow
came into use, and seeing 1t did better
work he bought one with the money in
question.
Now there was neighbor living about
mile distant, who, instead of buying
pillow for himself and owning 1t, borrow
ed fathers, promising to use it we'll and
return 1t in due time; so when that time
expired and no pillow showed up, father
went for 1t himself; and then it became
quite evident why it was not returned.
The neighbor had not only broken 1t by
rough usage but had taken the iron from
the wood and sold 1t for scrap iron; be-
ing rather poor and also dishonest, as
one would naturally infer, he refused to
pay anything for the pillow; and rather
than resort to litigation the owner let 1t
90 as a streak of bad luck and made the
best of 1t, and that is what bis surplus
money amounted to.
Thanks to Mrs. A. A. Ford Of Var:
mouth for late copy of lions Ad-
vocate and also card, informing us about
Rev. Grin Richardson, who was my
school teacher away back in my boy
hood, and also his son, Rev. Justin K.
Richardson, D. D., who was then my
schoolmate, but several years younger.
They live in Denver, Col, the parents
now 81 years old, and the son doing
business there. The card was dated on
the 18th inst, and Mrs. Ford mentioned
the fact that her mother, the widow Al
den Chase, was So years old on that day.
She is living with her son, A. Mont
Chase, at Bryant's Pond, still healthy in
body but slightly diseased In mind.
Again we have looked upon death,
this time our only brother, Charles Dun
ham, who died on the 10th inst. he
had been on the decline all winter, when
finally the grippe attacked him, and be-
ing so feeble in body the disease soon
accomplished its work. he leaves
widow and three children, one daughter
by his first marriage, who has family
and lives in or near Boston, and a son
and daughter by his second, both living
on the homestead, the son, Charles A.
Durham, being married and the father
of two little boys.