A sight almost without parallel in New England presented itself recently to the people of South Berwick, when David S. Hauson appeared along his milk route with a sled loaded with milk cans and hauled by a yoke of oxen. Old residents of the town say they never before saw oxen hauling a milk wagon.

Mr. Hauson and his son Arthur, who have a route of ten miles, live about a mile and a half from the village they usually start out delivering at 4 o’clock.

Tuesday morning they started a little after 5 with their oxen and were over two hours in getting to the village in places the snow was 12 feet deep on a level; the fall was about two feet deep. No horses could have possibly got through with the sled.

50 Years Ago, 1956

KINGFIELD – Tommy Stearns of Farmington, former Maine interscholastic downhill champion, picked up two more titles here Saturday and Sunday as he won the Maine Class A downhill and slalom championships at Sugarloaf Mt.

On Saturday, Stearns traveled down the mile long downhill course in 1:19.9 to edge. Norm Twitchell, also of Farmington, and the present Maine schoolboy slalom and downhill title holder. In the Sunday slalom race Stearns whipped through the 61 gate slalom course in 1:29.2 to defeat second placer Paul Kalley, Gould Academy coach.

25 Years Ago, 1981

Some legislators and lobbyists Tuesday attacked the Maine State Lottery for “picking poor people’s pockets,” but the lottery’s director called their charges “bunk.” Director Richard Carey, though acknowledged that problems exist within the lottery which came under fire from Gov. Joseph Brennan last fall. Brennan had said he might propose eliminating the lottery, but later said he wouldn’t do so this year.

Since the first lottery in 1974, the state has sold $43.3 million tickets and had $9.5 million left over after expenses, which was given to the state. Last year the state made a $896,000 profit from the $6 million it grossed.