Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-12-17
Maine News Notes.

Oswald Cove was killed on . hunting
trip ct Calais THURSDAY when be dropped
his gun and was shot through the atom
ach by the discharge that followed. HI
was II years old and the son Of Everett
Cove.
Two men, Frank Foster and John St
Peter, broke through the Ice on Brassui
Lake while crossing to the camps where
they were employed, and were drowned
Both men were about SO years OF age
and unmarried.
Bath claims the happy honor Of soil
ing coal the lowest OF anywhere In the
State. II Is even said that Bath dealers
are shipping carloads upstate and get.
ting Q fancy price for 1t. the local
price is only 81 so a ton.
A Rockland man who has q poultry
establishment not far from the city limit,
says the Courier. Gazette, has good rea'
son to feel proud Of bis flock Of 200 hens,
During the past year they stocked $110C
and Melted 1913. This 10 laying, mind
you-not lying.
u. a. obAuiCy,
was literally blown to pieces at Houiton
on the 7th by the accidental discharge OF
dynamite with which he was blowing
stumps. He was alone at the time and
the details of the accident are not known.
He was about 90 years Of age and leaves
. wife and three children.
Jonathan Bridges of Amherst, who is
u years old, raised on his farm this
y ear, with no help except during haying,
the following crops: 141 bushels Of pota-
toes; IS bushels of turnips; 10 bushels
of carrots; 100 head Of cabbage; = hall
bushel of onions; seven tons OF hay.
This would be quite stunt for young
or man.
The Kentucky Trotting Record re-
Gently published q statement that Budd
Doble, the famous driver Of trotting
horses, was the oldest driver Of the sea-
son just closed. The Record now cor
reefs this statement in the following
item: at was believed that Budd Doble
was the oldest driver who drove . win
ming trotter during the past season.
This 10 found to be not the case, as Z.
Il Greedy, aged so years, Of Ellsworth,
Maine, won q sikh heat event with Maine
Todd at Cherryfield, Maine, recently"
Mr.. Greedy goes on record as the Oldest
driver of a winning trotter In the season
Of 1912.
About 500 skunks have been killed In
this vicinity during the last few weeks,
says the Skowhegan correspondent Of
the Bangor News. A black fox and q
gray one have been captured and about
$50 red foxes caught. The champion
skunk bunter of this vicinity Is Val Rey-
nolds. He has killed about 200 of the
animals during the season aside from
those he has captured alive, about 20 for
breeding purposes. During the summer
months he digs from the hole skunk
family, taking the little animals and
raising them up 80 that In the fall OF the
year be is able to dispose OF them. He
has raised from old skunks that he has
on hand about 20 and he plans to In
crease the business and have q big
skunk farm.
EVERYBODY In this village and out
knows Duke, the large white dog which
has been in the family Of Will Robinson
for number OF years, writes the North
Arson correspondent of the Independent
Reporter. The animal is extremely in
telligent as the following incident Illus
trates: A few days ago, Mr.. Robinson
was husking a basket of corn when
Duke came In and In q knowing way
coaxed for an ear of corn, so Mr.. Robin
son said, "Take one" The dog imme-
diately seized an ear of corn and carried
1t out, and came back and asked for an.
other. He repeated this until he had
carried out IL or Is ears, when Mr.. Rob.
inson told him to 90 away, he'd got
enough. Duke went ont and iu Q little
while Mr.. Robinson thought he would
find out what became Of the corn. He
found Duke sitting in tho midst OF an
admiring flock of hens with the ears
scattered around him, smiling at the evil
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