Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06

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time in all these years that sheep
have not been kept on the farm.
The petition of Miss Ellen L. Duff
fey Of Hopkinton, Mass, for a writ
of mandamus to compel the school
committee of that town to reinstate
her as a teacher in the High school,
| on the claim that she was Illegally
removed Dec. 8, was dismissed by
Judge Carroll of the supreme court
in Boston.
The body il Mrs. Nancy Worcester
believed to be nearly 100 years old.
was found on the floor Of one-room
house where she had lived alone f"t
long time on the outskirts OF tn
village of Brigsville, Mass. Medical
Examiner o. J. Brown, who invest
gated the case. said that the woman
| was frozen to death.
Mrs. Nancy Fay of Southboro, Mass.
observed her 103d birthday the other
day at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
A. e. Bacon. Mrs. Fay is in excel
lent health and memory, and to all
appearances is destined ito celebrate
many more birthdays. She was born
in Framingham, the daughter OF Reu-
ben and Olive Finch.
Dorothy Welch aged Of West
brook, Me. clung to crumbling edges
of ice after she had fallen into Pre-
sumpscott river gradually working
her way nearer and nearer the shore
until she was able to find the surface
firm enough to hold her weight, when
she swung herself thereon and, un-
aided escaped drowning.
The National Engineering corpora
ton of Boston has been awarded the
contract for building the big dam at
Mendon, vt. One hundred men viii
be put onto the job, which will be
commenced at once and rushed
through the winter. The pond formed
by the dam will have capacity OF
about 100000 cubic feet Of water.
Prominent Portland citizens at a
hearing before the mayor and park
commissions urged the purchase OF the
old Presumpscott Park property in
the Deering district to add to the
city's park system. The cost OF the
land which is now owned by a syn-
dicate will be about $4,000, and 1t
may be paid in yearly instalments.
Angered it is alleged, because he
had been refused Job, Francesca
Buceana, 10, attempted to shoot c.
w. jefferson, chief engineer OF the
steamship West Point, on Commercial
street, Boston. The engineers es-
cape was remarkable, for the bullet
passed between his right arm and e!s
body, pierced his outer clothing and
lodged in a notebook In the inside
pocket Of his coat.
At the special session Of the Mass.
| LEGISLATURE of 1919, the members Sat
% legislative days and passed eight
general acts, II special acts and eight
resolves. None of its acts was We
toed by the Governor. To meet the
cost Of the extra session and lie"
minor matters that have arisen since
the close Of the regular session on
July "a, the House yesterday ap-
propriated $4,000.
| James Arthur a Salisbury Beach.
Mass, coast guard, while patroling his
beat, discovered some bones protrud'
ing from a sand dune in front Of the
Grand View cottage some distance
north of the coast guard station. He
found them to be skeleton OF an
elderly person apparently buried Tor
MANY years. The spot Is so far from
the water that the body could not
have been cast up by the waves at
any time.
Joseph Earl Perry, State Income
Tax Assessor for Middlesex County
has resigned his Office to take effect
January 1st, 1920.
When the Massachusetts, Income
Tax Division was established Mr.
Perry was appointed to assist in per-
fecting the preliminary organization
+; with the title of Income Tax Attorney.
Later he was appointed assessor for
Middlesex County and has been IN
charge of the Cambridge and Lowell
Offices for the past three years. An
income tax was new departure IN
taxation in this commonwealth and its
success depended largely on the ability
of the men that were selected to ad-
minister 1t, to acquaint the public with
its requirements. During that period
Mr.. Perry was familiar figure at
boards of trade, chamber OF commerce,
conferences with bank officers and
many social organizations explaining
the intricacies Of the new method OF
taxation.
Last winter he delivered course
Of lectures On the federal and state In
come tax laws before the Department
of Business Administration OF Boston
University.
Mr.. Perry leaves the department TO
resume the practice Of law, specializ-
ing on taxation, state, federal and cor
] porate, under the firm name OF Perry
& Saunders with offices In Boston.
Mr.. George H. B. Greene. one OF
the assistants to the Income Tax d.
rector, has been appointed to succeed
him.
Probably the last automobile op-
orators license has been suspended
by the Vermont secretary Of state for
this year. OF the $4,000 persons who
held the licenses, only 160 have lost
their privileges through suspension.
The new reservoir for the metro
politan district IN the Ware river
Mass, will put under water the VII
lage of Cold Brook and will cover an
area Of 1895 acres or 1.62 square miles.
about one quarter Of the area Of the
| Wachusett reservoir In Clinton and
West Boylston. The capacity viii bs
1l.190 900, 900 gallons.
Next Morning the Loaves Had Two.
A baker of raisIn bread whose prod
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