Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-15

On one of the islands In Casco Bay
there 10 Q haunted house. There has been
Q standing offer for the past six years OF
500 to the man who will pass one night
alone In that house on Friday, the 18th
of any month from October to February.
There have been no takers.
Five children In two years would have
delighted the heart of Theodore Roose-
velt. Triplets were born recently to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Lsbrecque, Lew
iston. Twins were born to them last
year. The triplets are girls, one weigh
ing IL pounds and the others Q IA
each.
A Bangor man has invented now
snow.fghtlng device, awaiting snow
fall to try It out. It combines cater
pillar tractor with the usual style of "
shaped plows, the tractor being inside
the V. It has been found to work we'll
In gravel and sand and Is expected to
make the snow fly.
Oxford Union, the debating society Of
the English University, will not send 9
team for return debate with Bates, ac.
cording to cablegram received In Lew
iston. The Union is unable to finance
the trip. Bates debaters were sent abroad
by means of fund raised largely by
public subscription.
Charles A. Heckbert, who was to have
been one of the crew Of the Inflated ZR-2
on her trip from England to this country
and whose life was saved merely through
the fact that be did not make the trip on
which she was burned, with the loss of
seventeen lives, is passing twenty days
leave Of absence at his home In Rock
land.
Capt. James W. Boyer, Jr., son of
James W. Boyer of Gardiner, has sailed
for Syria where he has an appointment
In the consular service. Mr.. Boyer
served during the World War. He was
army aeld clerk, chief clerk of the 28th
division, A. E. T. He was commissioned
second lieutenant October 9, 1918. he
was discharged Oct. ~, 1919. he was
made captain of the @. A. c. Mass. Ma
tlonal Guard In 1920.
Local interest is attached to the story
which has been published In some Of the
papers concerning the marvellous heal
ing power which It is alleged is pos.
sessed by three. ear, old Charlotte Lsri-
wee, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Esdras
Lsrivee OF Lewiston. That people have
been healed of various ailments by little
Charlotte Larlvee is vouched for by
those who have received benefit from the
touch of her tiny hands, and gifts come
to the house every day. The latest re-
port from Lewiston Is to the effect that
on account of the little girls alleged
miraculous healing power the family has
been besieged by the lame and the blind,
not to mention those suffering from mi.
nor ailments suoh as backacbe, boils,
burns and bruises, and that the little
girl Is desperately tired and not the same
girl at all because 20 many people are
coming to see her.
The annual bargain affair at the Maine
Central freight house in Portland last
The sale included the general run of
"culch" as is seen at such events annu-
ally. Automobile tires formed qnite q
large proportion of the merchandise sold
and some OF them which looked In pretty
good shape sold for low prices. Tires
that generally 60 from $40 to $50 sold
for Gil. Furniture of one kind and
another sold for very low figures, and
great deal of other stuff sold for sums
that paid the freight, but allowed little
profit. The usual joke package showed
mp, this being tool chest such as ma.
chinists use. 1t was heavy and looked
to be full Of valuable tools. Bidding was
spirited and the chest was finally sold
for $45. 1t was opened and found to
contain q lot Of pipe connections and
other odds and ends left over from some
steam fitting job somewhere.
"Porridge ladle made by Samuel
Adams ct Valley Forge, IT'S" is the
inscription on the handle Of a wooden
ladle owned BY 81. W.. Adams of Cali.
fornia, direct descendant Of the maker
of the ladle, and brother-in-law of Will
liam B. Kendall of Bowdoinham In
whose possession the interesting relic is
at present. The wood of which the
ladle was made Is cypress. Mr.. Kendall
is also the present possessor of part Of
an arithmetic In manuscript which is
covered with cloth from one Of the tents
at Valley Forge. Other mementoes of
Revolutionary days, once the property
OF Samuel Adams, now In the custody
of MI. Kendall are q two-thirds of q
dollar paper bill printed In Philadelphia
in February, l778, bill for three dol.
lars, printed for the state OF Msssachu-
setts Bay 10 May, 1880; and bill for
500 printed for the state OF Massachu-
setts Bay In May, 1880; and q bill for
five dollars issued by the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal Company In December, 1840.