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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
MOUNTAIN GOAT WAS READY
And Eagle Knew Better Than to Force
the Issue With Such an
Adversary.

1.-THE writer once witnessed fight
between golden eagle and full
grown mountain goat This fight took
place on q high divide In the Bull
river country In British Columbia"
says Charles S. Smith In an article in
Boys Life, entitled 1.-THE Rocky Noun
tain Sheep at Home"
"I was stalking the goat at the time
for the purposes Of taking some photo
graphs as close up as I could get, and
was working my way cautiously from
rock to rock. keeping concealed from
the goat, who was feeding on q little
fiat space on the top Of the mountain.
AS peered around the projecting
point Of a crag I saw the goat sudden
ly wheel and look toward q small point
sticking up on top Of the ridge and
there, coming over the top Of the
point was a very large golden eagle,
flying Just above the surface Of the
ground and coming directly at. the
goat. The goat stood with head low
cred and when the eagle came within
about ten feet Of him, 1t suddenly
swooped into the air about fifteen or
twenty feet high, turned completely
over and dropped like plummet at
the goat. I wondered what the goat
would do, but evidently he had 1t all
figured out, for as the eagle descended
he reared on his hind feet, stood
straight up and slashed his head from
side to side, his horns describing a
circle in the air, their sharp points up
ward; the old eagle evidently knew
better than to try to drop on thing
Of that sort or to try to seize 1t, 80
he caught himself in his swift descent
and volplaned over the side Of the
ridge; here over a deep, dark canyon
he circled several times, the goat
standing watching until he disappeared
over the shoulder of the mountain"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
AgrIcuIture IN South Africa.

Since the early days of settlement
fruit and vegetable farming has been
Of vital importance to tho white people
of South Africa. At fret, they were
compelled by force Of circumstances to
grow fruit and vegetables for their own
consumption, and later on they under
took the culture of the vine. After
wards the production of wheat was
found possible, and from these early
beginnings eventually developed the
main industry Of South Africa, for, un-
I'll the development of diamond and gold
mining, the union was exclusively agri-
cultural and pastoral.
Although South Africa has surpassed
ell other countries In the production OF
diamonds and gold, yet farming actually
remains the industry OF the people and
the industry that offers the largest SCOPE
for development. The aggregate value
of the agricultural products Of the union
already exceeds that Of mining, and
With the agricultural resources of the
country 90 little developed at the pres
emit time remarkable progress will No.
doubtsdly take place In the future.
Nearly all farms in South Africa are
large. Small holdings, except near the
cities, are uncommon. In consequences,
. large proportion Of the land 10 uucul,
tivated, and there still remain vast areas
which have never been touched by the
plow. As rule, . large part Of each
farm is Get aside A. pasturage, and farm
log and cattle raising go hand In hand
In nearly every instance.
The principal crops grown IN ths
union are maize. wheat, oats, kaftir
corn, rye, barley, tobacco, cotton, anc
forage. Tea 10 also produced to lin
itsd extent In Natal; and the cultlva'
tion Of sugar is confined almost entirely
to that province. Maize 10 actually ths
leading crop, and In fact, South Afric'
10 now recognized In the principal mar
kets Of the world - one OF the foremos
Geld for the production OF naixe o
good quality.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Seven Tractor Readers.

There are many advantages In the use
of farm tractor.
/. 1t does work when 1t should be
done.
Q. The tractor only consumes when
IL does work.
8. The number of teams may be re-
duced.
4. One man handles more horse
power.
B. 1t will do belt work; saves man
labor.
8. 1t will work any length of time on
the hottest day.
Z. Tractors are adapted 10 size to any
sized farm, etc.
The great disadvantage In the use of
the tractor 10 the lack OF competent
operators.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
A Di1npled
Miknaid
By MARTHA M. WILLIAMS

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70 1871. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
$50 you think yourself beauty !
young Maben shifted. "And you can''
help agreeing with me-" Lorraine gig
gled, twining an unmistakably prt
meditated curl about her forefnger
Maben shifted again, saying:
e"What 1 think doesn't matter-no
the least. But If my name were onl!
Wainright-" pausing Significant!
Lorraine smiled elfinly. clasped he:
hands behind her head and murmured
apparently to the breeze:
"It Is nice to be found pleasing b!
a person who knows" Then, sittini
up, head thrust forward: "Tell me
Dicky. does the exalted one reall!
think anything about me? The frozen
truth-there's good fellow"
Young Maben smiled craftily. "'Fraid
you couldn't bear It," he said, looking
past Lorraine to her reflection In the
mantel mirror.
"Oh, 1t won't quite turn my head,
she laughed back at him. yet with e
deep note under 1t that hurt Maber
to hear. But to be madly Jealous al
two-and-twenty is to be also entirel!
ruthless. "He says yon are q type
the dimpled dairymaid-mighty fetch
ing here on the farm-but civilization
would spoil you utterly" Maben an.
swered slowly.
"Would 1t, I wonderf" Lorraine an
swered calmly, with meditative
smile, but something at the bottom of
her eyes that was disturbing to her
sometime sweetheart. They had grown
up together into an illusory love-and
grown out of it. they thought, by help
Of school and college. But since loves
nossessive case is nearly an immor-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Ton, Fishers
Bargain
By cLARissA MAckIE

x5yyy9%SSSSSfSsSSSS>S
90 1891. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndioateo
II was the large advertisement In
Browns window that was Tom Fish
er's undoing. He was young man
with large ambitions and small in
come and he lived In confident hope
that some day the income would equal
the ambition, but for while 1t seemed
impossible for the income to keep pace
with his ambition and his appetite.
"A man must eat" he told himself
ruefully as he finished his breakfast
and went down the street toward his
little laboratory where his wonderful
invention was taking form. "A man
must eat and sleep and wear clothes
and have socks!" At this moment he
saw the sign in Browns window. "Silk
Socks specially priced, 80 cents pair"
-"Lisle Socks-bargain, % cents a
pair"
"The invention will be set back by
% cents" he decided, entering the
shop.
He found the socks presided over by
a very demure damsel In q dark blue
Dress There was a little white frill
about her throat that made her looi
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Tells Joke on Hsrsslf.

The other morning when Mrs.
B-,s new neighbor accompanied her
husband to the door as he was about
to start on his way to his work, she
lovingly called out to him: "Good-by'
sweetheart" Soon after Mrs. B.
and their little daughter went to the
door with Mr.. B.. he kissed the
little one and said good-by to Mrs.
B. She, not wishing to be out
done by her happy neighbor, called to
Mr.. b as he was half way dow o
the walk: "Good-by, dear" Mr.
B. turned around 20 quickly to
look back at his wife that he stun.
bled and with diniculty kept on his
feet. II saw him shaking with SUI
pressed laughter as he went down the
street." said the indignant Ars. B.
indianapolis News,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Use for Knot Holes.

That a use has been found for the
knot hole, which is regarded generally
by lumbermen as Of about as much
value as the squeal Of the hog, +
vouched for In a story published By
the American Lumberman.
Chicago packing houses are said t"
use all Of the hog but the squeal, hut
a Yankee has gone this one better
Taking a piece Of board one inch thick
which has been cut of In some fac
tory because Of the knot hole which
the piece contains, the Yankee squares
the pieces with the knot hole centered.
sets 1t upon a one-half inch wooden
base, CLUES the two together. smooths
the surfaces Of the piece and gives II
a bath of varnish. Behold, the piece
is wooden novelty suitable for the
desk as a receptacle for paper clips.
fasteners, pins. or the llkel
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
AMONG THE FARMERS
"srEsD rsk FLOW
The First Potato,

The First Potato.
Many people labor under the delusior
that the potato 10 . native Of the Unltec
States; but, u We can believe DR.. Ber
shold Lanfer, curator OF anthropoiog'
in the Field Museum In Chicago, suoh
10 not fact.
Is has been tradition that the pota.
to was first found in Virginia. Indeed
Thomas Harriat writing a. early - 1888
seemed to sanction such Q conclusion.
Botanists. looking into the matter,
thought tho openauk, wild root found
In Virginia, might be the progsnitor OF
this popular tuber; but historians look
ing into the matter have decided other,
wise.
The potato, so far as any one knows,
originated In Peru or Chill, South Amer
ica. Just when it wss discovered there
BY Europeans does not appear; but It
arrived in England In 1885 and Il was
from that country that the domestic
potato came to the United States.
The Irish have been Thought by may
people to be the first and chief admirers
of the potato, but they received IL from
the same source as the Yankee lover of
the tuber.
The History of the Bermudss says
the good ship Elizabeth brought pota-
toes from England TO these islands Ia
1918. 1t further states that on the
second OF December, 1921, Captain
Nathaniel Butler, governor of the Ber
mudss, sent from st. Georges In the
Sommer Islands to the governor of Vir-
ginia, who at that time was Francis
Wyatt, two cedar chests filed with all
sorts of plants and frults, "which al
that time Virginia had not" A list of
these fruits and plants Is preserved In
the quaint English OF the time:
"Figgs, pomegrsnates, oranges, lem
ons, plantanes, sugar canes, potstoe,
cssssda rootes, papes (pspsys), red pep
per, pritle pesrs { prickly pearl and the
like"
It 10 further stated that the following
year q Virginian vessel took "twenty
thousand waight" OF potatoes from the
and the inference 10 they
we're planted in the Old Dominion.
This is confirmed by letters from Vir-
ginia dated in 1921 and published by
Purchas.
1t took some little time for the potato
TO travel to the rest of the American
This may be hard to believe
at the present time, when the potato Is
such q popular root and used 90 uni
versally; but q perussl OF local histories,
OF the State of Maine for instance, and,
to get nearer home, of the towns of Ok
ford County, discloses the fact that po-
tstoes were not generally cultivated by
the early settlers, turnips being used in
their place. This use of turnips In
place of potatoes was q custom not so
very long ago. The writer in talking to
an old lady, who was alive twenty years
ago, disclosed the fact that potatoes
were not generally cultivated In her
yirlhood, but turnips were. This was
IN the town of Paris.
These rambling thoughts concerning
The potato have been put In print be-
cause it will be observed that the ter
Of this tuber In America will
occur In December this year, and 1t is
expected that some observance of the
event will take place at that time; and
il can safely be put in print that potato
lovers everywhere In America will sol-
smnly exolaim:
$50 mote it bel"
AQUARIUs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22

The common peanut grows In Q ~
culiar way that ID distinctly original
The little plant sends up its shoots
With the fruit on the end Of q some
what stiff stalk, and then before IL
ripens the stem bends over and cafe'
fully pushes the fruit underground. ~
pigs are said to be especially fond q
these. It has been humorously sug'
gested that the plant does this to HIDE
its nuts from the porkers too inqu'a'
dve investigations
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
shs Know.

The GIRLS in the seventh grade all
wore large hair bows made OF beau
tiful, bright tissue paper. They were
not only inexpensive but 30 pretty
that they were declared great sue
cess until one day 1t rained and the
bows faded all over the little owners
hair. Then great was the lamentins.
One Of the boys looked from the
girls with their spotted red and blue
and purple hair to two spinster teach
ers in the flfty-year-old class. u don't
know az they're SO badly or" he re-
marked to the teacher who was young
and pretty and with q strong sense
Of humor, @Td rather be faded on ac'
/, ,count Of having beaus than to be on
account Of not having them"
Then teacher smiled. She too had
preferences.- Indianapolis News
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Maine Corn Pack loar.

There 10 much speculation - to the
corn pack In Maine during the year 1871.
One Of the largest packing companies ir
Maine declares that the policy OF oil the
packers will be one Of constructive con-
/ servatlsm. The manager declared that
until the present congestion OF food
stufis a relieved and goods begin to
move, until the present confusion OF
economic entanglements 10 battered
down, until the Western packers take
the initiative and announce their plane,
not one step will be taken by packers 10
Maine in preparation for next year,
pack. Z
It 10 asserted of all canned goods
packed, corn ranks second In volume,
and Maine and Oxford County \oce6py
q prominent place among the several
states that produce this vegetable. FO,
several years the pack of Maine corn has
been in excess OF the demands OF con-
sumption. Large stocks have been pill
ing up and the country has fallen into
. severe financial depression. Holders
of Maine corn are pressed for money.
They have wages to pay and financial
obligations to meet and must convert
their corn into cash. The public Is
determined that food prices must come
down. The jobber and the packer are
meeting this demand and taking their
losses whenever they can sell. As q
result there is the anomaly Of Maine
corn offered to the retail trade for less
than IL cost the packer to produce at
the factory, and yet stocks do not move.
Manufacturers who would gladly sell al
q loss for the sake of getting . fresh
start the coming year arc helpless, and
bound hand and foot.
Il is also declared that the cost of
canning corn in Maine Ia higher than
in any other state. Fancy Maine corn
has commanded q small premium over
other packs because Of superior quality.
When Maine corn loses that superiority
of quality it 10 no better than any other
and brings no better price.
Minnesota and New York have devel-
oped corn which 10 accepted by dis
buyers ~ equivalent to
Names. In each of these states corn
was bought by the packer during the
past year for little over half the price
paid the Maine farmers. The flushed
product sold on the market for the same
price a. fancy Maine corn. Maine was
also handicapped az distributor by un-
favorable freight rates.
With these conditions confronting
those interested in the sweet corn. indus
try In Maine, farmers and packers alike
must remember that Maine can hold Ito
place In 9 highly competitive industry
only by adhering absolutely to its stand
ard of quality Never before has CO.
operation and confidence been SO essen-
tial as now. II these principles arc
and carried out then and only
then can be expected wholesome devel-
opment Of the corn business In Maine
during the coming year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
The First Wealthy,

The Democrat during the past few
weeks has noted the origin Of several
i'm mportant varieties of spples-the Bald
win, the York Imperial and the Rome
Beauty. This week the paper will say
a little something about the Wealthy.
The Wealthy originated in Minnesota
in 1854, growing on q farm owned BY
Peter Gideon, but from seed ssnt from
the State OF Maine, so 1t 10 pretty nearly
Maine apple.
In 1912 q monument was erected to
the memory of Mr.. Gideon and the
Wealthy apple by the Minnesota fruit
growers. It reads:
"This tablet commemorstes Peter NJ.
Gideon, who grew the original Wealthy
apple tree from seed on this bis home
stead In 1884 Erected by the Native
Sons of Minnesota, June, 1912"
The homestead where this tree grew
is near Excelsior, Mimi. The first tree
grew from seed of the Cherry Crab,
which were obtained from Albert Emer.
son, Bangor, Ne. The Wealthy apple Is
an extremely hardy variety, and has
done more than any other variety to
make apple growing profitable 10 far
Nortb bern states. The name "Wesltby"
came from Mr. Gideon's wife, Mrs.
Wealthy Gideon.
1t Is told OF Mr.. Gideon that children
throngsd his place, and he gave them
apples. II boy was found stealing ap-
pies from his trees, Mr.. Gideon would
reproye him gently, I'LL the boys pock-
cts with apples and send him home with
40 admonition to plant the seeds.
The Wealthy apple has gained fame
abroad. 1t 10 listed by ell the leading
nurserymen. Said Wyman Elliott when
the tablet was erected: II saw the frst
peck of apples that was exhibited from
the original Wealthy tree, and at that
time thought II was the most beautiful
apple had ever seen, and to-day / say
IL is tho most attractive, best-favored
and most profitable apple In Minnesota. T"
And that is still true.
The original apple tree OF every lead
ing variety deserves place In the Hall
OF Fame. There should be Q memorial
erected to every such tree and its origi-
nator.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
MiIk from Peanuts.

The common peanut is the source OF .
new substitute for milk which 90 closely
resent bles Its prototype that 1t turns sour
and curdles, produces butter milk when
churned and may be made into cheese.
The favor, In which the nut character
istioAlly persists, 10 declared to be prao-
tioally its only point OF variance with
COWS milk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
TRUTH ABOUT AVERAGE MAN
Not q Bad Fellow at Heart, and Really
10 at Least Entitled to
Toleration.

The average man is not a bad fellow
when you come to know him. You have
to make his acquaintance If you are
not to hold yourself aloof from this hu-
man, interdependent world, remarks
writer in the Philadelphia Ledger. He
constitutes majority. 1t Is by his
vote that candidates are set up and
issues determined and business gov
trned and charities supported and
plays patronized. There Is great
deal Of money In pleasing the aver
age man. Moreover, the level Of his
tastes Is rising, though pessimists re-
fuse to see 1t or to say so. He Is ca
pable of education and he has Travelled
far since his training began.
He needn't always be given all that
he asks for; sometimes he makes mis-
takes, and sometimes he wants what
isn't good for him. Sometimes he
loses his head, and in an incendiary
or inebriate temper. loses that which
cooler Judgment In calmer hour leads
him to worry for. But on the whole
he is strangely reasonable and patient
and self-controlled. 1t is touching to
find how often he Is doing the best
he can, according to the light he has.
He serves the world far better than
some eccentric and unconventional
mortals who sneer at him for following
q dull, Unconditional routine. +
Leaders Of men have learned to oeai
with the average man, to talk his Ian
guage and to understand his ways.
They have taught the rank and nie
to discover a latent capacity ana 10
reveal a strength hidden and unsus-
pected. They have had faith In the
general good sense and honest inten-
lions Of mankind" They have gen
uinely loved their fellows and their
sympathy has been real and manifest.
Neither in war nor in peace Is VIC
tory to be won unless the captains put
their confidence in a host.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.


\ the District Court OF the United States for the
District Of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
the matter of
Of Rumford, Bankrupt
10 the creditors Of Robert y. Perrauls OF Rum
I'd, In the County Of Oxford and District
|oresaid:
Notice 10 hereby given that on the sssh day OF
.nuary, ID. le21, the said Robert .. Perrault
"a the arss meeting Of his creditors VIII be hsid
The once OF the Referee, Nos Markes Square,
Dufh Paris, Maine, on the o<h day Of March.
4 ID. 1891. st 10 O'Clock In the forenoon.
which time the said creditors may attend,
royo their claims, appoint trustee, examine
n bankrunf. and transact such other business
1 NAV properly come before said mee<ing.
'Boufh Paris, February u, 1871.
q WALfER L. GRAY.
|Ta Referee In Bankruptcy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Synthetic Milk.

Thomas A. Edison, on bis 74th birth
day took time to meet . group Of news
papsrmen and answer q number of ques-
tions.
Asked for his opinion on Henry Ford's
announced intention Of producing milk
syntheticslly, Mr.. Edison said:
"It 10 entirely possible; and II such
milk 10 made, 1t will be much purer.
There are going to be great advances In
chemiatry within the next few years."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
House For Sale.

/ q story 7 room house at No. {
Hillside Ave, South Paris. AL
Iodern improvements, garage and
brden, with some fruit trees- Ad.
E. N. ANDERSON,
- Eustis St, Wollaston, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Remarkable February

February without full moon 10
found BY 8. 81 Gaythorpe, IN English
inquirer, to have occurred IN the nine
teenth century In 1909. 1S47. 1893 and
1885. but the present century will leave
q record Of only two instances-1015
and 1861. In the next four centuries
there will be IA such instances. Very
curiously. Eve Sundays In February
have about the same frequency. and
happen thirteen times regularly In
four centuries. The two occurrences
are not connected.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22

Three lots Of hogs were fed In Mis-
souri--one lot OF scrubs, one Of half
breeds and one of purebrsds. After run
ming about 70 days the Lot Of purebreds
weighed about 300 pounds each, the
halfbred lot about 2S6 pounds esch, and
the scrubs about 100 pounds each.
These lots al had the came care and
treatment.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22

sHow u your aftsrnoou bridge club
getting onf
aOh, rather poorly. You know; dear,
Mrs. daussip has left Ms"
'But I thought she was an strocious
player"
"She was but then. she always ha''
20 many delicious stories to tell abou
her neighbors. Boston Transcript.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22

One man In IN hour can feed eighty
nix head OF steers on Bennett Tsylor's
farm near La Fayette, Ind. This 10 due
to the arrangement OF the barn. A feed.
way with concrete foor managers extends
the length of the barn, In the center. At
one end are the silos and cord cribs.
SiIage and grain are hauled In large
feed cart. Roughage 10 thrown from an
ovsFhsad NOW 70 center OF fsedway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Farm For Sale.

Il offer for sale my farm about two
>ilss north Of Paris Hill. Good build
6es, one hundred and twenty acres OF
nd; five to six hundred grated apple
hes and wood and timber enough TO
" for the place. / also have for sale q
1od two horse cart or will exchange for
|one- horse cart.
ALBION W. ANDREWS,
1altf Paris Hill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
Grain Ration.

The best grain ration in the North
Hennepin Testing Association, Mime
sofa, was devised by Fred Roy, prac
tiosl dairy man. The ration consists Of
equal parts Of corn and cob meal, ground
oats, bran. He feeds one pound Of this
ration for every four pounds OF milk,
and Odds pound Of oilmeal day. The
tester say this gives better results than
any ration used in the association.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-22
House For Sale.

Two story 6 room house with bath
ON, large garden and hen house.
bis house is nearly new and in first
hss condition and in good location.
br sale by L. A. BROOKS, Real
btate Dealer, South Paris, Maine.