Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-07-29
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Bees in Vermont are doing well this
year and a large amount Of honey is
expected II present conditions con-
tinue. The warm weather and the
abundance of bloom have combined
to make the season one Of the Lest
so far on record.
A survey Of the Connecticut hay
crop for the present season indicates
it is short in quantity and somewhat
inferior in quality, principally b cause
OF the lack of rain during the period
when it was mucl needed to force
the grass to full maturity.
Two heifers that have been missing
for thu ee days were found tied by the
legs to a tree on the Balch farm In
Leicester, Mass. both nearly dead for
" ant of food and drink. Berry pick
ers who frequent the Balch farm are
believed to be responsible for the
deed.
The bill for the consolidation Of the
more than 100 state boards and COM
missions into nineteen departments,
was passed to be engrossed In the
Massachusetts Senate after a brief
debate, during which two proposed
amendments were rejected by sub
stantial margins.
When 2sO striking workmen re-
fused to accept a 10 PC. increase IN
wages offered by the Wright Wire
Co., Palmer, Mass, the plant was
shut down. The strikers were paid
off and stricken from the company
pay roll and their places filled by
other persons.
The biggest gathering Of champions
ever held in the East will take place
at Springfe d, Mass. from Sept. Is to
20. when the Eastern States Exposi-
ton will play host at a great semi
military camp on its grounds to the
300 proven leaders of boys and girls
club work in the ten northern states.
The city Of Quincy and the town
of Billerica, Mass, Waterbury, Ct,
and Portsmouth. N. H., are the COM
munities that will receive the four
pieces of captured German field ord
nance offered by the treasury depart
ment as prizes for the largest per-
centage of individual subscribers to
the Victory Loan.
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy Of West Rut-
land. Me-, who killed her sister, Miss
Kate Kerrigan, with shot gun IN
August. 1918 was released by a court
order from an asylum for the insane
at Waterbury, whese she has been
under observation since the shooting.
The order of the court stipulates that
she must continue to live In Water
bury.
Declaring that the pre-war pre)u-
dice against the army uniform was
already being manifested in Boston
Mat.-Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, IN
letter to the war department, re-
auested that soldiers stationed at the
coast defences be allowed to wear
civilian clothes while on pass, 80 that
they would not be subject to further
ridicule and insult.
Among the automobiles which
stopped in Augusta, Me-, the ether
day. was one driven by w. W.
Strong. who said that he came from
Cab Coy, British West Indies. HIS
car bore registry number l. He said
there were only two cars on the Is
land. Since leaving Miami, Fla. the
party has been over most OF the At
lantic coast states and driven 1900
miles.
Regarding a widespread and per-
sistent rumor that 5000 men are to
be laid off at the Fore River ship
wards, Quincy Mass. General Mana
ger Wakeman said there was no
truth in any such report. He said
not over $50 men had been let go In
month and that the company had
recently received additional contracts
which would enable the company to
keep the men at work.
Gov. Coolidge Of Massachusetts, has
signed the bill increasing the salaries
of the state treasurer and auditor
from $4,000 to $4,000 each annually
The bills are retroactive to June l. SO
that Treasurer Burrill and Auditor
Cook will receive $500 this year
The governor also signed the bill
authorizing the use Of state arnor1ea
by veterans Of the world war. This
bill will permit dances.
That delays are expensive as well
as dangerous, the high school build
ing committee of Wakefield. Mass.
has lust learned. Three months loss
of time in getting the building
started will mean $4,000 to $50,00O
additional, contractors and archltects
tell the committee. The delay is due
to the fact that the town meeting re-
fused to accept the architects origal.
v chosen by the the committee and
instructed that estimates and plans
from different firms be obtained.
The one remaining old person OF
those who were once cared for in the
Archer Home for Aged, Windsor
Conn, steadfastly refuses to leave.
He is Charles w. Myers, who went
to the home in 1916. paying Mrs. Amy
I. Archer Gilligan $500 to care for
him until he died. He alleges that
his contract permitted his remaining
even If the property changed hands,
as has happened. Mrs. Gilligan Is
now In the state prison. having
pleaded guilty to causing the death
of a former inmate Of her home.