The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-13
state News.
ANDRoscoae1N COUNTY.

The Lewiston Journal says one or two of
our exchanges are skeptical with regard to
our statement that gentleman of this county
raised from $4,000 to $4,000 worth of produce on
eight acres OF land, this season, and ask how it
is done. In brief it was done thus: Two large
lighthouses are used for forwarding early
plants. Four or five acres were planted to
cabbage, an acre to early rhubarb, onions and
some other garden vegetables. About forty
tons of cabbage were raised, for crop. The
earliest part of the crop retailed at cents
per pound and none of it less than one cent,
A large amount of early plants were sold. The
statement, originally made by us was correct.
1t is excellence, not quantity, that the cult
vatOr should seek.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Chronicle says the wife of Mr.. Jabez
Vaughan, living in Pennington, met with a
serious accident on Wednesday of last week
As she was descending the cellar stairs with a
pan OF milk in her hands, she stumbled and
fell to the bottom distance of nine feet
striking upon her face on the cemented floor
Both bones of her left arm We're broken her
nose completely fattened, besides receiving
other injuries about her body.
Mr. E. g. Cooling of Jay, while out hunting
in that town recently, started an animal which
proved to be black fox. He failed to secure
it on account of the close proximity OF the
hounds, rendering it impossible to discharge
his gun without iniurng them. The black
fox is an exceedingly rare animal, and its skin
is valued at $50.
A gentleman in Jay has in his possession
relic of the times when the led man occupied
the fertile intervales of the Androscoggin. in
the shape of stone arrow heads found in the
river bank near Jay Bridge.
The Pennington Chronicle says there are
now seven Lodges of Good Templars in Frank
lin county, with membership of about 800
They are located at Pennington Falls New
Sharon, Wilton, East Wilton, Weld and Jay.
OXFORD COUNTY.
The Pennington Chronicle says gentle
man informs us that on a recent visit to Rox-
| bury, he learned that bears are extremely
plenty and mischievous in that section this
| season. Mr. Porter, veteran bear hunter,
| who has conquered sixty in his day and five
| the present fall, got one in trap not long
| since, when bruin took refuge in tree near
by. dragging the trap and heavy clog attach
| ed to it with him distance of thirty feet from
| the ground. Mr.. z has valuable grove of
| oaks which the bears are running by climbing
up and breaking off the branches in quest of
| acOrns
Messrs Lynch & Co., of Portland, purchas-
| ed, about year since, 10000 acres of heavily
tmbered land near the bead waters of the An
droscOggin. They intend to cut and haul, the
ensuing winter, 100000 feet of lumber, to be
| f1oated down the Androscoggn in the spring
to Lewiston and other points for manufacture.
| PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
| The Bangor Wing saws a fellow came to the
watch house on Tuesday evening, in most
happy state of obliviousness, supposing him
self at hotel, and made bitter lamentations of
the loss of his wife, who had gone off with some
person "to the complainant unknown" Ex-
pressing his intention of stopping all night,
he was shown into one of the "bed-rooms" and
the door locked on him; giving him chance
to have refreshing nights sleep before fur
Their pursuing his Investigations.
The Supreme Court at Bangor is occupied
with another case of alleged malpractice
The formidable array of eighteen doctors TAX
ing the oath at once was seen Wednesday
says the Wing Several eminent physicians
are present from abroad, to give their testimo-
| ny in the case.
We learn from the Bangor Wing that Mr.
Edward III. Appleton, son of Chief Justice Ap.
| pleton, has sailed for the Sandwich Islands
whittier he has gone for the benefit of his
health. He is accompanied by his brother
Gen. John F. Appleton.