Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-07-27
State Items of Interest.

Come an set down an rest spell!
CLARA MARCELLE GREENE.
State Items of Interest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dickey of Canaan
have been married about twenty-seven
years and they have had born to them
twenty-one children and all are now liv-
ing and they have been born at single
births. Mrs. Dickey is now forty-two
years old, having been married when
She was fourteen years old. The chill
dren all live in and around Canaan ex-
cept the youngest who live at home
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Dickey
have Inc farm in Canaan and they have
reared their large family comparatively
as easy as some people raise family OF
two. They are thrifty and hard work
ing. The children are very much at
tached to their parents and to each other.
They occasionally have family reunions
and many jolly times together. 10 the
school district where the Dickeys live a
school is provided for the Dickey family
and there are very few other names on
the teachers roll-call. Before the last
baby was born three years ago, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dickey received congratulations
from President Roosevelt.
Although Gardiner is noted for its fine
old mansions, the Oaklands, owned by
Robert II. Gardiner of Boston, continues
to be the center of attraction and this
summer, in particular, scores of people
have wandered through its recesses.
There are 400 acres and much of it Is
kept in the primitive condition. More
than a mile of graveled roads lead
through its depths and every portion is
kept in spOtless order. There are lawns
and flower gardens around the buildings
and these are capacious and laid out
with great care. The entire park is open
to the public. The mansion resembles
the old baronial halls of England and is
built entirely of Hallowell granite. The
grand staircase is almost without an
equal in this country and on the walls OF
this hall hangs an oil painting of DR..
Gardiner, founder of the town.
At Allagash Falls water power can be
had to the extent of 20,540 horse power
for each working day in the year by
building three dams at the foot of Chur-
chill, Round and Long lakes. Again, by
the construction of dams at the foot OF
Round and Long lakes, water power can
be developed to produce 13,040 horse
power throughout the year, while by de-
veloping the natural resources of the
river below Churchill Lake at Chase's
Rips, 10, $50 horse power can be secured.
In the region, according to report rem
dered the secretary of the interior, there
are scores of water power privileges
which would support thrifty manufac-
turing towns of from 5000 to 5000 in
habitants.
The granite drinking fountain pre-
sented to the city of Augusta by the
heirs of the late Orville Dewey Baker
has been placed in position In Market
square. The fountain Is seven feet, four
inches in height and weighs nearly ten
tons. The sub-base weighs two tons,
the drinking basin seven tons and the
die and tablet three-quarters of ton
The foundation weighs ten tons. The
bronze tablet upon the die is handsome
piece of workmanship and contains the
inscription: "In memory of Joseph Ba-
ker and Orville Dewey Baker. Presented
to the City of Augusta by the Heirs OF
Orville Dewey Baker, 1909"
A porter in an Augusta hotel received
few days ago an express package from
friend of his who is practical joker,
and upon opening the package found II
to contain an empty cigar box with the
single word "Stung" upon the cover
The porter decided to get even with hi.,
friend by sending him collect telegram
of thanks. The telegram was returned
to him by the practical joker unopened
and the porter was obliged to pay the
cost of the telegram as we'll as the ex.
press charges on the original package.
He is now trying to figure just how much
he is out by the transaction.
Work is to begin at once on the con-
struction of the big Magalloway dam,
which is to make a new lake In the
woods of Maine. The new dam will be
more than forty-fige feet in height and
will be one of the notable structures Of
the country, holding back one of the
largest bodies of water in Maine. A
specially large amount of work Is in
volved In its construction, as 1t Is 80 far
from a base of supplies, and all the
cement and other material used In its
construction must be hauled long dis
tance.
Two deer were captured in the city OF
Portland on Saturday, the 18th. One
was found being worried by dogs in the
back yard of house in the eastern end
of the city. The other was at the works
of the Portland Company, and was con-
siderably injured trying to jump over q
car of old iron. Both were turned over
to the park commissioner, and cared for
at the deer paddock at the Oaks, but
they had been so much injured that they
died shortly afterward.
| Washington news in some of the Maine
papers speaks thus of native of Jay:
A veteran judge in whom Maine people
have an interest, is rounding out q 20
year period of service here In Washing
ton. He is Police Court Judge Ivory j.
Kimball, who started life up in Jay, Me-,
and has become not only very repre-
sentative citizen of the national capital,
but very much of an institution here in
the contest against the lower classes OF
law breakers.
Plans are being made to more than
double the capacity of the Ellsworth
power plant of the Bar Harbor & Union
River Power Co. The present equip
ment produces 1900 kilowatts, there be-
ing two generators OF 1000 and 500 kilo-
watts respectively. Two generators will
be installed, adding 1000 kilowatts. The
work probably will not begin until next
spring, though 1t may be decided to be-
gin work this year.
Miss Grace Hodgdon Boutelle, daugh-
ter of the late Congressman Boutelle Of
Bangor, 10 considered one of the boldest
and most uncompromising suffragettes
of London. She proudly boasts of hav-
ing been in prison for q month, as the
result of her violent devotion TO the
cause.
Belfast hopes to induce a fertilizer
concern to erect factory In that city, to
employ between so and 100 men. IT'S
claimed, too, that the plant will be- odor-
less.
Old Home Week is not to be entirely
ignored in Maine this year. An old
home reunion will be held at Weeks
Mills, New Sharon, on August 14th.
| It has been suggested that the new
electric road between Augusta and War
rem have parl0r car named Lindley
Murrav Staples