Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-04-05
Green wood.

Sleighing and shedding practically
ended for this spring, and now for work
ing up the wood piles and getting ready
for other kinds of work. The Ring
brothers have started out to do that kind
of work with their gasoline engine, for
their neighbors and townsmen.
There has been but very little sap
weather, but then one good old lady
used to say that never comes till April,
SO there may be short run of it yet on
bare ground.
Less than two years ago |. W. Swan of
Locke's Mills was taken with series OF
diseases, dropsy among others, until his
physician informed him that he was be-
yond medical help and could survive but
a few days or weeks at the longest, and
so quit coming to visit him. But ii
seems that his time had not yet come to
die. Soon after taking the last dose of
the doctors medicine, there was mark
ed improvement and he has outlved
many persons who we're then in perfect
health and is liable to as many more.
Mr. Swan visited here last Friday, stop
ped over night, and the next day called
on his daughter, Mrs. D. r. Cole, and
returned home in the afternoon, a total
distance of four miles.
Three of those eight skunks caught re-
Gently were trapped by our l2year-old
grandboy, and although small. in size
they brought him 81 Hence he thinks
that when furs are as high as they are at
present 1t pays to spend little time
trapping skunks, even if there is an un-
pleasant odor connected with the indus
cry.
0. G. Whitman, who sold his farm
last fall to j. w. Cummings and bought
a smaller one of his son at Locke's Mills,
is well settled in his new home and seems
fairly we'll contented. Mr.. Cummings il
expected TO move on to his in the near
future.
Thanks to the sender of late mum.
Der of the Boston Evening Transcript.
Ii is large paper of twelve pages, con-
tanning much interesting matter both
secular and religious, among the former
two marked articles of considerable
length, the former entitled, Western APP
plies and Ours, and the latter In Grape.
fruit Groves. Thus it seems that some
of our friends are resolved to get US
posted on what grapefruit really is.
Tonight, at y O'clock, March steps
down and out, and then in comes April
Fool Day; but it would be we'll to look
out or you may make bigger fool OF
yourself than any body else.
That Bible question, proposed last fall,
will now be answered and would have
been earlier, but was deferred for the
purpose Of hearing from as many per-
sons as possible. II has kept we'll, how.
ever, and nearly half a dozen have re.
sponded TO it; while only one gave the
correct solution.
The question is whether the 22nd
verse of the Sd chapter of Genesis is cor.
rect or defective syntax as We use the
language. Notice here that the 2lst
verse, and also the five first words of the
22ud, are those of the historian; while
the remainder of the verse is the Ian
guage of God himself. Then, at the 23d
verse, the writer resumes his history.
Rev. Seth Benson was the person who
saw the defect, and we will give the
answer 10 bis own language. ''In the
verse in question God uses only the
primary clause of the subjunctive mode,
while the author of Paradise Lost
furnishes the subordinate clause, thus:
TO remove him decree, and send him
from the garden forth to till the ground
whence he was taken, filter soil.' This
would complete Gods command, carry
out his decree, which is self evident"
We think all will see, by this time,
that 1t was something of a question and
we'll answered. The quotation is from
Paradise Lost, Book II, page 254.