Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-11-11
Maine News Notes.

By the accidental discharge of dyna-
mite at Old Town William Reynolds OF
that city was 80 injured that he died In
a few hours, and two other mon will be
disabled for some weeks.
Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens of Portland was
again elected president of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
at the convention Of that organization
held at Asbury Park, N. j., last week.
Mrs. Rachel N. Newcomb of Portland
died at the hospital Tuesday night from
burns received in the afternoon at her
home by the ignition of gasoline with
which she was cleaning pair of gloves.
The body of Harry Hilton of Kings
bury Plantation, guide, was found on
the shore of Moosehead Lake not far from
Kineo station. It is supposed that he
was drowned by the capsizing OF bis
boat.
w. F. Walker & Son of Augusta have
made good start toward the most up
to-date intensive farming. With 40
acres of land, this year, they have raised
800 bushels of potatoes, pressed q tons
of hay and threshed 375 bushels OF oats
-thresher's measure, weighing 3S
pounds to the bushel.
Much is said of the wonder of the
ever bearing strawberry and raspberry
which has by much science been devel-
oped, but Mrs. Charles E. Young of
North Newport has bush of wild rasp-
berries from which since its beginning to
bear in July she has picked ripe raspber.
ries each day until Oct. %.
Oliver Neal, a resident of Sesrsmont,
recently passed bis 105th birthday, and
is probably the oldest man in the county
He was in both the Mexican and Civil
wars, and remembers wildly the early
settlement of this section of the coun-
try. He is most interesting converse.
tionalist and relates many anecdotes OF
his career during the wars.
Charlie Girard, who was so seriously
burned, Wednesday, at the veneer mill
at Greenville, died Thursday from bis
injuries. He was rolling logs into the
hot water tanks when he lost bis bal.
ance and fell into the tank. Girard was
believed to be from Ftchburg, Mass,
and it is understood leaves three broth.
ers, two sisters and q father. Girard
was about rs years OF age.
An automobile in which Augustus G.
Anderson of Bangor was conveying
three woodsmen to Holden was overturn-
ed on Whiting Hill in that town Friday
night by the breaking of wheel. FL.
wick Mcpherson, 2S. residence unknown n,
was instantly killed his neck being brok.
on, while Tanal Lehto suffered frac-
ture of tbe'leg. and Joseph Swatill had
two ribs broken. Anderson escaped in
jury.
The enrolment of women at the Uni
versity Of Maine has now passed the 100
mark. This fall, 102 women students
have been enrolled as against ~ lat
year. There are 48 in the Freshman
class, compared with SO in last year.
Freshman class. OF the 102 women,
abou, 60 pursue the course in home eco
Monies, 80 the course leading to the
bachelor Of arts degree, and the remain.
der are taking special courses.
Losses totaling from $4,000 to
81 900, 900 are estimated to have been
caused to the potato growers of Maine
by rains and frosts, and the price OF
Aroostook tubers already has begun to
ascend. The supplyit is said will be
smaller and the prices much higher than
was expected early in the season. Three
weeks of rain in October, followed by
freezing weather, delayed the harvesting
Of the crop. Fields turned into swamps
BY the rain, were frczen over by cold
wave, so that digging by the usual meth
cd was impossible, Throughout eastern
and northern Maine thousands of acres
of potatoes still remain In the ground.
In many cases II is costing a. much tn
harvest the crops as the yield is worth.