Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-18
Here and There.

Here and There.
A great subterranean fire has been
discovered raging beneath the CITY OF
Scranton, Pa. Its area is estimated 10
be At least fifty acres. OF course one
does not have to guess twice about this
furnace. 1t Is In coal mine. III there
was nothing worse connected with 10,
one could joke on the extrsvsgsnce OF
building up such fire with coal twenty
dollars ton; but smoke and gas are
creeping mp through crevices and enter
ing houses above causing more or less
ssphy xiation, some cases fatal. Scran-
ton, IL will thus be seen, Is literally on
the top Of q volcano, where she not only
may be blown up by gas, but sink INTO
this fiery mass. This Is not the nrst
danger, or suggestion of danger encoun-
tered by this city. The ground beneath
the town is honeycombed with coal
mines, coming In many instances very
near the surface. So near, the bottoms
Of cellars drop out and In many cases
the houses follow; also the bottom OF
wells, to the annoyance of miners and
well owners too. Once when q crew OF
miners was working near the surface
the bottom of grave yard dropped In
onto them with large array OF skele-
tons, so the miners did not know wheth-
or they had inhaled too much gas, or
drank too much water that they were
seeing things.
Deadwood Dick is dssdi he has been
dead . number of times before, but this
tims Ii Is said to be sure thing. Every
time a man whose first name happened
to be Richard has died in the Black
Hills the report has gone out that Dead
wood Dick had gone over the Great
Divide. This time it Is Richard Bullock
who has departed this life. He was
guard of the Wells-Fsrgo Express, which
brought out gold from the Black Hills
and fought Indians and outlaws In so
doing. 1t Is said he brought out $685.
900, 900 in gold and never lost an ounce.
But IL was not so much for this that he
is noted, but for being the hero OF hun
dred dime novels in which he outgam-
bled professional gamblers. outrode pro-
fessionsl broncho busters, and out
fought professional bad men. He also
rescued lovely maidens from Indians
and married them till he must have bad
q seraglio that beat Solomon's-skhough
be says nary a maiden ever came bis
way. In novels he always wore "patent
leather top boots" with "silver spurs"
"wide sombrero," "soft flannel shirts"
and "buckskin trousers" all spotlessly
clean; while in real life bis apparel con-
sisted of greasy buckskin garments OF
which IL was best not to get on the wind
ward side.
Once every ten years, or after each
census, the country is agitated over 1.-THE
size of Its representation In Congress.
As the country increases In population
IL naturally follows the number OF repre-
sentatives must Ee cut down to keep
within reasonable limit or our legisls
tive body will become unwieldy; and
vet each state dislikes to lose q repre-
sentative. or course it does not make
much difference with those states which
are gaining rapidly In population, for
the increase will keep good the number
OF representatives, but IL Is a different
thing with q state like Maine where the
increase for the last half century has
been slow and few in numbers. II the
number of representatives in Congress
Is ever decreased Maine Is sure to be hit;
so she has been on the anxious seat dur
ing this census year, awaiting action of
Congress on this matter. An agreement
has been reached and bill will be re-
ported to fx the number to be seated In
the next Congress at ass, an increase Of
4S over the present membership. By
this arrangement no state would lose In
The basis of rspresen-
tation will be one member to every
2iS,979 of the Inhabitants. A oonsti-
tutional amendment may be submitted
the membership of future
houses to 500.
The death of Captain Anderson Hat
field, one time Confederate officer and
known as "Deyil Anse" Hatfield, In
West Virginia, recalls vendetta that
ragged In the above state some thirty
years ago between the Hatfields and the
McCoys, in which thirty-five men and
one woman were killed. The fsud was
brought about over some hogs, one of
the Hstfields winning suit to deter
mine ownership. After that date when
4 Mccoy saw Hatfield, no matter how
remote the relationship, he took him
Tor q target and his Workmanship de-
whether he remained on earth
! while longer or migrated TO some other
place. The same thing occurred when
! Hatfield saw Mccoy. The Hatfislds
seemed to have the best of the feud,
however, for the McCoys became so few
n short time rs to stand little chance,
70 they moved over into Kentucky,
where they still live. "Devil Anse"
vas eighty years years old when he died
md for the last fifteen years had lived 3
luist life.
For the past few years one has not |
,eard the cry of unemployment; but
With 1921 it seems TO have come back. |
Hint @. Houston of Washington, d. c., 10
authority for the statement that Z, 1875 900 |
vorkmen are now ont Of employment.
lie divides the number az follows:
trades, 800, 900; automobiles,
Sc, 600; textiles, 225, 900; clothing, $780,
90; railroads, 200, 900; steel and iron.
90, 900; shipping, $4,000; food prod
cts, 100, 600; smusements, IS 700; metal
mining, $4,000; ship building, $4,000;
ubber, $4,000; shoes and leather, 81, 900;
&c, 1000; casual labor, $4,000.
People have been more or less inter-
st and troubled perhaps over the do
,gs OF the government shipping board,
I'd may have talked vigorously ut times
bout 1t; but perhaps none have put Ii
lore aptly than the writer OF the fol-
wing:
.Folks thought the ship board
Built q raft
But later they
Found out twas g-raft."
Henry v. Bradbury.
The body Of Henry v. Bradbury,
orld war veteran, arrived In Norway
sdnesday forenoon, and services were
I'D In American Legion rooms in the