Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-10
About the State.

hon. James Pbinney Baxter Of Port
land died at his home on Sunday at the
age of 81 years, after an illness of several
months. Mr.. Baxter was we'll known ss
historian, poet, capitalist, and patron Of
the arts. He had served four terms as
mayor of Portland. He is survived by
Ave sons, the youngest Of whom is Gov
ernor Percival P. Baxter, and three
daughters.
William C. Tibbetts, who was injured
during recent FIRE in the Deering dis
trict, died during an operation that be-
came necessary. Mr.. Tibbetts, who was
conductor on the Interurban road, dis
covered the FIRE and pulled the alarm.
he was waiting for the apparatus, and
when hose wagon appeared he jumped
on 1t for the purpose Of directing the
firemen to the place of the blaze. He
lost his hold and In falling sustained .
broken leg.
Mrs. William Beard of Augusta re-
Gently received from her brother, Rob
ert Searle Of Sherbrooke, Ont, q pack
age containing something Of curiosity
in the way of Q miniature house weigh
ing ten pounds and made out of pure
maple sugar. The structure was perfect
In every detail. On the lower floor were
eight windows and on the upper floor
were four dormer windows, with chin.
nsy on the roof. There was door on
one side and the sugar had dried In such
way that it had all the appearance OF
snow on the door step. Mrs. Beard
prizes very highly the gift which arrived
in excellent condition even when consid.
ering the distance 1t had to travel.
Teddy" only a cat, but for twelve
ears the most faithful pupil at the
Peaks Island school. will never respond
to the first bell call again for he Is dead.
Grownups of the island can remember
when they went to the school and found
Teddy there, and the children Of this
generation knew him as we'll as their
parents and loved him. he began bis
school attendance when he was three
years of age, and neither winter storms
with their cold blasts, nor summer heat
nor rains kept him from appearing each
day when the roll was called. BE shared
the goodies consumed at recess time,
and 80 grew into the hearts and habits OF
his young friends that he will be missed
more than little now.
Mrs. ]. W. Marshall of South Portland
underwent an operation last week at the
Maine General Hospital for what was
thought to be q cancer. Instead OF tAat
the operation disclosed, embedded In the
flesh, q darning needle. This was re.
moved and Mrs. Marshall is resting COM
fortably. Just how the needle got into
the body is q mystery, Mr.. Marshall
states, adding that be and bis wife have
no recollection of any accidental mishap
by which 1t could have become embed.
ded in the flesh. For long time she
had been in poor health, and was fearful
that there was serious trouble facing
her. Only recently she consulted can.
Ger specialist, and the operation fol.
lowed, resulting in the needle being
found.
The body of Jasper Wyman, who met
death by suffocation last week, has been
sent to East Dixmont for interment.
Jasper, who was only four years old, met
bis death In q peculiar manner. The
boy and brother, aged six years, were
boarding at the home of Mrs. Jennie
Waugh in Starks. On account Of misbe
havior the boys were sent to bed an
hour earlier than usual. Before retiring,
Mrs. Waugh went to the boys room to
see II all was we'll, but failed to find
them in bed. On investigation it was
found that they had crawled into the
bottom of an old fashioned commode.
On the door was snap catch and as a
breeze blew 1t shut the boys were i'm
prisoned. When found, young Jasper
was dead and bis older brother was un-
conscious and would have been dead In
few minutes more.