Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-23
Here and There.

Hon. Edward L. Paris Of Paris Hill
evidently thinks the Here and There
writer can asslmilste any kind Of story.
So, Notwithstanding the Volstead act,
he has sent him . snake story, which
rather outclasses any thing told by An
anias and sworn to by Sapphire. This
10 story taken not from the Acts OF the
Apostles, but of the missionaries, the
particular missionary being Rev. Erwin
81. Richards, who has been for thirty-one
years In the middle Of the dark CONT
nent. His story Is that Q fifteen foot
python raided the henroost connected
with the mission and came near putting
the establishment ont of the poultry
business. He ate mp everything he could
reach, including Q brood hen with the
eggs she was setting on. he did not get
bis feed without opposition. His victims
squallsd and thereby aroused the mis-
sion, the members Of which killed the
snake. When the natives found out
what he had done they desired to sal
wage their property, 30 they cut open the
snakes body and took out the poultry,
including the broody hen with her eggs,
which were ultimately set under another
hen and hatched out.
People ont In the Hawaiian Islands
have adopted q new pet. It's . little
thing, about Q quarter OF an inch In
length, but IL has q long name-Ischigo-
nus. The name In so long the Ksnskss
do not have time to pronounce IL, so they
cut it short 20 "Ischi.' "Ischi" 10 bug,
and everybody out there Is getting Q
flock of him or o swan Of him or some
other aggregation. Not that they like
him so well, but he is better than some
other pets that have been wished on
them, particularly the scale-armored In.
sect known to nstursllsts as Sysgrius
Fulvitsrsis. The islanders don't like the
"Sys', but "Ischi" does. he eats them.
The "Sys" ruins the Sadlerls ferns on
the mountain sides. When the ferns go,
the water supply goes. That is why the
Hswaiians have been importing the bugs
In large quantities from Australia. The
"Ischis" are smacking their lips or man.
dibles or whatever they have; but it Is
rather sad commentary on life that one
thing exists only 10 be food for another.
The problem Of preserving newspaper
files or even books, printed on wood
pulp paper, has become exceedingly diff
flcult within the last few years, and
many efforts have been made to make
the paper moro durable. Officials OF the
New York Public Library have solved
this problem after seven years expert |
mentation. They mount each sheet be- |
tween two sheets of thin Japanese tissue. |
This slightly reduces the lsgibility, but
shuts the original sheet from the air and |
strengthens it 90 IL can be handled with |
out fear of disintegration. Years ago
when rags were used In paper making,
the files would last almost indefinitely. |
There Ii In the Democrat Office Q flle OF
The Jeffersonian, which has stood the |
wear of time for almost ninety years,
and yet the paper 10 firm and the print |
clear. This cannot be said Of papers |
printed In the last quarter Of . century. |
Some two decades ago an Oxford man,
who bad radical ideas about "salvaging"
property, gained considerable note by |
stealing az orchard, and by that 10 meant |
trees and all. He added to this note by |
stealing Q cemetery fence. It was sup
posed at the time that this man had gone |
the limit; but IL seems he has an imitator |
IN Ohio, who has also stolen an orchard |
Of $50 trees, according to newspaper re-
ports. 1t seems be wanted to equal our /
Jim Poland's record, so he hunted around |
for the cemetery fence and not finding |
one ended mp HE exploit by stealing
bass drum.