Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-04-22
Greenwood.

The selectmen finished making taxes
Friday afternoon, and the following
evening Harry Swift and his first mate
went over to the brook leading into
Indian Pond to try their luck smelt fish
ing. On returning it was found that
they had been fairly successful, and the
next morning Mr.. Swift returned home
with his catch Of smelts, which he took
along with him. The following Satur-
day evening they came TO the number
of fifteen, some from Patch Mountain
and others from South Bethel, but rs
bad luck would have it, the smelts for
some reason failed TO show up and they
were obliged to return home as they
came, with empty pals.
About a week ago our kids found some
Mayflowers, or trailing arbutus, In the
bud, which they planted in dish Of
water, aud now they are in full bloom,
which pleases the children, since they
are very fond of flowers.
"The trailing srbutus In bloom,
Sending forth It's sweet perfume"
Our school commenced last Monday,
being delayed one week on account of
the bad travelling, taught by Miss Lula
ID.
scholars are well pleased with her as a
| teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Brooks are slowly
recovering, but recently one of their
little grandchildren was taken sick,
threatened with pneumonia, and is now
in the hands of physician.
Erastus Bryant is getting worse, and is
now so violent as to require watching by
day and night. There has been
large amount of sickness about here
since last fall, and the end is not yet.
After it was decided to move the Patch
Mountain school house mile or more
farther south, Fred Cole took the job,
STIMULATING to have the work all COM
p!eted by the middle of April, and the
school to commence the first Monday in
May. Nearly three weeks ago he started
the building up the road, when some
thing gave out, making it impossible to
proceed, and there it stands waiting to
be moved to Its new location according
to agreement.
There IL bnt very little April fooling
and playing practical jokes, compared to
fifty years ago or more; at least about
here, and now | will tell how one man
thought to play first day Of April joke,
and got the most of 1t back on himself:
Mr.. Joker thought himself pretty
smart for that kind of fun, so when the
''all fools day" came round, and DR..
Blank was living near by, he concluded
to try his skill on extracting teeth; 80
procuring short piece Of rake head,
containing a single tooth, he put it in
his pocket, and taking chum along
with him to enjoy the fun he called on
the doctor, his errand being as he said TO
have a tooth extracted, having no further
use for it, The doctor then placed him
in proper position, and asked him to
point out the troublesome tooth. Mr..
Joker then took the rake tooth
from his pocket, saying, "This, doctor, 10
the one want extracted" "All right"
said the doctor, taking in the joke at
once, and in few moments the tooth
was out. Handing the two parts back
to Mr.. Joker, he called ii good job and
asked for his bill. ~ must have thirty
dollars" was the answer, ''for such
piece of work as that" "Cheap enough"
said Mr.. Joker, who knew better than
to offer any protest. He proposed to keep
il secret, but II leaked out, and for years
after about the first of April some one
would ask Mr.. Joker il he intended to
have another tooth extracted on that
day.