Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-22
NUMBER I6,

barnacles and seaweed growing on
his shell are any indication Of his
age. Inc shell is Of average size,
but Is much larger and the outer
edge is spiked. Its legs are long and
horny, with hard pointed ends. With
the legs stretched out the crab meac-
ures about eighteen inches from tip
to tip.
The annual report Of the Boston &
Maine railroad for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1918, shows net profit OF
$1,S97,514 as against q deficit of
$419,384 In 1917. Operating expenses
were $66. 6.4O1 ,110, an increase Of $19,-
23s,17O over the preceding year, but
the total revenue was $72.141,625, an
increase of $12,690,s47. The income
account for revenue due the company
under its contract with the United
States railroad administration showed
total non operating income Of
s10,351, 1893. Deductions for railway
operating expenses. tar accruals, rent
for leased roads, interest charge, etc.
totalled $1,000, ,46S, leaving net in
come of $226,93O. The surplus was
$170,571 after applying $56.360 to
sinking and other reserve funds.
The use Of airplanes to locate the
schools Of mackerel for the southern
mackerel seining feet, which was
suggested by and taken up By
the Gloucester Massachusetts, Board
Of Trade few weeks ago, appears
now to be practically an assured fact.
Sec. Wilmot A. Reed has received
telegram from the director Of naval
aviation, stating that the Navy De-
partment will be glad to cooperate,
provided that satisfactory arrange
ments for broadcasting the informa-
tion obtained to all mackerel fisher
men can be made. The plan has also
been indorsed by the Master Mar
iners' Association. In addition to the
telegram from the naval aviation di-
rector, a letter of indorsement has
also been received from H. F. Moore,
acting commissioner Of the Bureau
of Fisheries, in which he states that
the bureau will follow the subject up
and will lend any assistance possible
toward bringing about cooperation.
Travelling all the way from ST.
Petersburg, Fla, to Wakefield, Mass.
with casket supposedly containing
the body of their dead brother, only
to discover upon their arrival in
Wakefield that 1t was the body Of all
utter stranger, was the experience of
.,ancy H. Thayer and Mrs. Mary
Pratt The body was supposed to be
that Of Ashton H. Thayer, who died
at St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr.. Thayer
was for twenty-three years a mem
ber Of the Wakefield School Board.
and was past president Of the New
England News Dealers Assc ciation.
Tho Y. D. Parade Order.
The offlctal "order Of parade" show
Ing the order in which Yankee DiT-
sion units viii appear Ia the great d.
vision parade In Boston on April 26.
was issued at Army Headquarters by
Colonel A. 8. Williams, chief Of stan.
The order Of parade will be as follows:
Police escort.
Major General Harry G. Hale, COM
manding 2eth Division. and Major
General Clarence R Edwards, COM
manding Department Of the North'
east and former commander 26th
Division.
2sth Division Flag Of Homo: (gold
star dag).
22o- millimetre howttzer Captured by
26th Division on road to Trugny.
July 81, 1913, at second Battle OF
the Marne).
Wounded soldiers Of 26th Division
(in automobiles).
26th Division Headquarters.
Headquarters troop and detachment.
101st Engineer Regiment
1o1st Field Signal Battalion.
101st Machine Gun Battalion.
51st Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
1O1st Infantry Regimenc
1920 Infantry Regiment.
l01d Machine Gun Battalion.
SD Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
103d Infantry Regiment.
104th Infantry Regiment.
l03d Machine Gun Battalion.
51st Field Artillery Brigade Headquar-
ters.
l01st Field Artillery Regiment.
lO2d Field Artillery Regiment.
1o3d Field Artillery Regiment.
1o1st Trench Mortar Battery.
l01st Train Headquarters.
101st Supply Train.
101st Ammunition Train.
101st Sanitary Train.
Quartermaster's Office.
Mail Detachment "a. P. o. 70s).
Sales Commissary No. Is.
2sth Military Police Company.
Salvage Squad No. rs.
lo1st Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop.