Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-12-15
Maine News Notes.

A traveller In the town of Hampton
on the 4th of December counted eight
farmers engaged In doing their "fall"
blowing.
A COW moose wandered about the
church common and other places In
Sedgwick the other day in an indiffer-
ent sort of way, and after she had salts
fed her curiosity, walked through q
number of back yards and swan the
river.
Guilty of murder was the verdict re-
ported against Alden A. Boulier, the
Woodland boy, who killed his sweet
heart, Emma Jensen, at Caribou on June
22, by the jury at the conclusion of bis
trial in the Supreme Court at Houlton.
The jury was out one hour and 81 min
utes. The defense claimed the shots
were fired to save the girl from harm at
the hands of circus man.
The headless body of Frederick Daley,
q former employe OF a Springvale
shoe factory, was found Thursday
on the railroad track not far from
that place. His coat and hat and
o blood.stained razor were found some
distance away. The theory of the off.
GERS IL that the man cut bis throat, then
travelled along the track until he fell
from loss of blood, and was beheaded by
q train.
L. C. Holston of Cornish was elected
president of the Maine Seed Improve.
ment Association at its annual meeting
in Bangor last week. and c. R. Leland
of Augusta secretary. G. S. Mclntire
of Waterford was elected visitor. At
the same time the Maine Dairymen's As
ISOLATION neld its meeting, and It's Off.
GERS we're elected as follows:
Pres.-Henry j. Boyer, Jr., Portland
Vice. Pres.-H. NJ. Tucker, Canton
sec.-Leon 8. Merrill, skowhegan
Treas-Chas. Millett, West Minot
Myer Mineberg of the Livermore Falls
Glove Company believes that two French
Canadian girls employed in their factory
have just established a worlds record
for speed in making cotton gloves. In
two days of nine hours each they each
averaged to make better than thirty pairs
of gloves per hour, or one glove 10 less
than minute. OF course the gloves
came to their tables all cut out even to
the wrist bands, and they simply had to
stitch them. Every glove passed a rigid
inspection as it left the table.
Martin L. Keith, an Auburn lapidary,
has just come into possession of guam
tity of pink beryl. This Is practically
new gem for Maine and is exceedingly
rare. The crystals were obtained from
Norman G.. Smith, manager of the Maine
Feldspar Co., and we're taken from
Mount Apatite in Auburn. This stone
cuts into the most beautiful brilliants
and may be called the richest gems yet
fovnd in this state. The collection OF
Maine minerals that Mr.. Keith recently
exhibited in the show window of Bum
pus & Getchell attracted great attention
as illustrating the wealth of this state In
that line.
! Bath has the star inventor in the per-
son of Deputy Sheriff Aderton, accord
ing to the Times. After deep cogita.
tion he has discovered method of pre-
venting water freezing in house pipes.
Where the pipes are exposed to cold and
draughts, box up the pipes, so goes the
prescription, and stuff in lot of paper.
After putting in several wads Of paper,
throw in handful of corn. Then stuff
in more paper and then more corn until
the box is filled with this curious ulster.
The pipes will not freeze. The reason
for such immunity, the sheriff explains
to the Times, is that rats will scent out
the corn and make their nests in the
box, burrowing down through the layers
of paper to reach the corn and remaining
there for the winter will by their warmth
prevent the freezing of the pipes.