Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-06-01

man In Lincoln who claims that the state
owes him money for work done on the h'ghway,
proposes TO collect his bill by fencing In part or
the road as II 1t was his own. This may prove
hint for DeFOrest keyes who has hal Dill
against the commonwealth he has found Difficult
Is In colecting.-POrtlsnd Press.
What kind of a hint? To fence in
some OF the land he bought for taxes?
The trouble with that scheme is that
there warn't no such land 10 fence in.
Another candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor is announced,
in the person of DR.. Alexander U. bag
erthy, present mayor of Ellsworth. Ttis
is the seventh announcement so far
made.
Whatever other effect the Barnes
Roosevelt libel case has had, il has GER
tainly tended to make the people still
more disguised with machine politics as
managed 10 the state Of New York for
the past two decades or more.
Old Town is the latest place where
they have observed that mysterious
night.flyiug airship. But then, they say
that conditions in PenobscOt County
have a tendency to get people in the way
of seeing things at night"
Digging worms for bait is generally
about as cheerful an occupation as one
could desire, because of the plessurable
even il not justifisble anticipatious
which 90 with il. But think what a
monotonous job il must get to be to that
Augusta man who digs them for bust
ness, and ships them in twenty-five
pound lotsl
William Marconi of wireless telegraph
fame makes the brief announcement
that he has invented an apparatus which
enables one TO see through brick wall.
As Marcoui is not in the habit OF making
talk which is not backed up by perform
ance, IL must be concluded that there is
something in it. But think of the horri-
Bile possibilities!
Donald b. Macmillan and his party
will stay in the North another year, &C
cording to their original plans, II is re-
ported. Wise men. At least there Is
little danger of the war zone being ex-
tended to their abiding place.
Jane Adams, bound on a mission OF
trying 70 secure peace, was received by
Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg of Ger
many, who expressed sympathy" with
her object. No doubt she could get the
same sympathy In all the other warning
countries, but that won't cut any ice.
A Lewiston man has q schedule for
determining the weight of trout with
out weighing, by the length, dividing
the cube of the length in inches by the
cube of thirteen. But who wants 10 be
too fussy about the exact weight when
he's telling about itP
A representative of the American Au
tomobile Association who was recently
in this vicinity said that be travelled over
Maine extensively last year, and that the
best piece of country road he saw in the
state was a stretch of some miles in
Washington County which was kept
dragged with split-log drag. Note the
form Of the expression, please. Not
dragged" but "kept dragged"
Antonio Ruscio Acquitted.
JURY FINDS HIM NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
OF ANTONIO GRIFFo.
In court at Rumford Friday Antonio
Ruscio, indicted at the March term for
the murder Of Antonio Critic, was &C
Quilted. The killing of Critic occurred
on the 18th Of January at Rumford. Both
parties were Italians.
The case was begun Tuesday morning.
County Attorney Albert Beliveau and
Attorney General VIM. r Pattsngall of
waterville appeared for the state, and
George A. Hutchins and Judge Matthew
Mccarthy of Rnmford were counsel for
Ruscio. A jury was secured out OF