Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-03-19
About the State.

All the vacancies In the legislature
have been filled for the special session
about dozen of them-without change
OF politics from the former incumbent in
any instance.
Hon. John +. Hill of Augusta, former
governor Of Maine, chairman Of the Ma
tional Republican Committee, and one Of
the best known men in the state, died in
Boston Saturday after an illness Of only
q few days, having been attacked with
heart trouble while on his way from
Maine to the Republican national head
quarters in Washington.
The new Notre Dame church Of Water
vile is an institutional church. The
building, which has two stories and
basement. will cost In the neighborhood
Of $4,000 when completed, while the
heating plant will probably cost 5000
additional. The basement contains q
club room to be used by the various
organizations of the parish, two school
rooms and the heating plant, and ON the
street floor there will be thirteen class
rooms. The upper story will be used
for the religious services.
Here Is the weirdest tale yet anent the
extreme frigidity of the past winter. or
course 1t Is true. It 10 the experience Of
Gone Robinson of Bingham. A short
time ago during the intense cold spell,
Mr.. Robinson was at Palmer Flowage
and wanted some water from the pond
for his horses. He chopped for nearly
half an honr to get through the ice and
when he finally succeeded there Was so
much ice on the pond and it had made
such pressure on the water that when
he cut through there was such pressure
of water through the hole that II spurted
several feet into the air and before the
pressure was relieved several big trout
spurted up with the water and he WAS
able to have q number of messss Of them.
Bowdoinham has novel plan for pro-
viding for the welfare Of generations yet
unborn. At the annual town meeting
committee Of twenty was chosen to
solicit funds which shall be deposited in
various savings institutions and allow ed
to accumulate 100 years. Expenditure
In 20l2 on the 250th anniversary Of the
Incorporation of the town 10 provided
for. This plan was proposed In IN srti-
Gle in the annual town warrant a. an
ingenious method of acquiring q sub
stantial sum TO be used for educational
and charitable purposes. The scheme
will work we'll, and even q small fund
will grow enormously in q hundred years
provided the avarice If the second or
third generation doesn't tear down the
fence and cut the melon before II Ia ripe.
The promoters of the Fairfield Show
hogan electric road have ambitious plans.
according to the Kennebec Journal. II
10 proposed to branch of at Hinckley to
Pittsfield, and iu time this will be part of
the Bangor trunk line. Work will begin
on the new road 10 q short time, soon
after the snow leaves, and 1t 10 hoped to
complete the road between Shawmut
and Skowhegan, this year. The power
for tho road will DO furnished by an
electric power station ut Pattee pond,
which 10 to supply the necessary water
power for generating the electricity.
Work on the power station will CON-
meuce a. soon as the ground IL fit. A
concrete dam, $50 feet long, has been
built at the outlet Of Pattee pond and to
the rear Of this will be about two square
miles Of storage water and there 10
another reservoir to be built up from the
depression known Is Wilson's bog. In
all there will be about six feet Of storage
water in the main reservoir, and seven
In the smaller one, which will be almost
. square mile in area Other storage
basins will, II necessary, DO damned,
and there are some excellent ones for
this purpose nearby.