The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-04-26
ITEMS OF STATE N Ews.

: There is willow tree growing in the
at the distance of four feet from the ground
measures IS feet in circumference.
Mr. Truman Luce of Industry, makes a
statementin regard to butter making, from his
experience two years ago. He says II kept
'iiree COWS, raised three calves from them, and
soid during the year four hundred and twenty
four pounds of butter, besides laying down
ehouSh 10 supply family of four individuals
thirteen months. That year, at the rate stock
was sold, the calves were worth at least $40 in
the fall. The butter sold at fifty cents per
pound, amounting to $2l2. Thus it will be seen
that from the three cows realized the sum Of
1882 exclusive of the amount laid down for fam
lily use. Who can beat it ?'- Farmington
Chronicle.
The barn of A. I'll. Means, at East Hamp-
den, was burnt on Saturday night last, together
with the farming utensils, cow, horse, ten tons
of hay, and about twenty bushels of grain.
Loss $500. Insured for 5000 =, IN,
Bangor papers report a lively freshet iu the
Penobscot river, and the water still rising.
Several small bridges have been carried away,
and the roads are flooded in places, but no Sc
rous damage has yet occurred. Sandy River
too has been getting son the rampage" The
Chronicle states that on Tuesday the roads from
Pennington Falls to New Sharon were impas-
sable from the floods, and the mail carriers Were
unable to get through. ....... ...4,
/ The Kennebec Journal remarks that the
discovery of the excellent slate quarry near the
mouth of the Sebasticook river and the opera
tons going on there by an ehterprising compa-
ny Is likely to cause greater consu nption of
states in that vicinity and to furnish large
amount of roofing states to the general market
The quarry is within boat navigation of the
Kennebec and the states may be put directly
into gopdolas and without transhipment be
taken to Bath. Its the intention of parties in
terested to make this enterprise an active one.
In freightage alone there is large saving. ~
The Aroostook Pioneer says maple sugar is
abundant in thatregion at from Is to 20 cents
per pound. ~ ,,issq-.... ia. a... .-...- .b a. 81,
About three o'clock Friday morning store
and bonded warehouse at Indian Island near
Eastport, were burnt Loss about $4,000. No
doubt, it was accidentally fred, as persons
were in the building at midnight with
lights d
The Machias Union learns that the lumber
manufacturers in that part of the State are re-
ceiving laSge orders for spruce timber for the
West India market. Formerly hard pine from
the Southern States was used in Cuba for franz
ing purposes, but during the war it could not
be obtained, hence the introduction of spruce,
which our lumbermen can furnish at less cost
to the consumer. and answers equally as well.
The Rockland Democrat says: Mr.. Hinck-
ly, of South Thomaston, was taken suddenly |
i'll Tuesday morning, and before physician
could reach him from this city he was dead
The beautiful schooner Wanderer, the for |
mer slayetrader, having been rebuilt by Capt. |
Israel L. Snow so as to preserve all her superb
or points as fast sailer, was launched at Rock
land on Saturday evening last. '.-i'0 'A
u Mrs. G. B. Merrill, of Standish, writes
to the Transcriptfthat during the past year she
has woven 1874 yards of cloth, and has fifty yds
of cotton and linen in the looms now Won't
this carry the aged mothers back to their youth
full days? | st ~ :, ~ icle. - ~ ~ ~ -.
"A sharp competition is going on among |
some of our State contemporaries as to who
ancient piece of crockery At present the
Transcript is ahead with plate owned by Mr..
). .S.FWeeks of Porter. Said plate is 119 years
old having been bought in Boston in 174S, by
Mr.. Weeks grandfather who lived to the age of
10S years. i.es.F 81. Hita h-
IA correspondent of, the Bangor Whig, who
has visited the Crater farm near Petersburg,
whereon was the rebel fort mined and blown
up by the Union troops, found the graves of the
following Maine soldiers properly marked w.
II. Griffith, the proprietor of the farm will
cheerfully assist any of the friends of the de-
ceased, if they desire to remove the remains
G.S. Cobb, james M. Taylor, 10Th Maine; Ser
geant A. f. Barrett, Co. D., and " A. A. A" Co. /
b. 11th Maine; Fred Cook, G. L. Miller and A. /
g. Cannon, 18th Maine. r,f.-e.f b. avr