The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-23
state News.
AspRoscoee1N COUNTY.

ANDROsCOeGlN COUNTY.
Mr. E. L. Bailey, one of the selectmen of
droscoggin Herald venerable pair of boots.
These boots are the property of Mr. Bailey s
father Mr.. Samuel Bailey of Minot, and were
made in 1882, consequently they are now hirtu
seUe'tyears old. They are odd looking fellows,
entirely straight and very broad across the
son Dunbar, who then lived in Poland and
Mr. Bailey has constantly worn them for best
boots ever since. There is scarcely worn
cut or broken place on them and the leather
reels soft and pliable, though they have been
several times retapped.
The Lewiston Journal makes note of a
young gentlemanw hoIwas heard endeavoring to
decide which to buy this spring, "a velocipede
or pair of rubbers.
The Lewiston Journal says a little French
girl in that city, some ten or twelve years old,
does the purchasing for family of four or
| five, The mother is unable to speak English,
the father is busily occupied and the brothers
older than the girl, have not been able in their
| residence of two years or more in that city, to
learn to speak English with sufficienct fiuen-
| cy to converse with people readily
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Brunswick Telegraph tells bit of fun
| and science perpetrated by student attend
ing lecture Of Prot. Bracket at Bewdoin
College. The object was to show the reaction
ofsulphuretted hydrogen. A member of the
class had sketched upon paper with acetate OF
lead, two scenes. The moment a let of gas
was applied, the gas acting upon the lead,
darkened and brought out the outlines, The
bles, in search of the Philosophers stone with
the devil standing over him and gloating over
| the prospect of getting him at last. The Sec
| ond scene represented the monk leering and.
laughing as if he would burst his cheeks, the
| devil with most Disguised look holding his
The had
phuretted hydrogen, and this was too much
| for his satanic majesty. The sketches were
admirably drawn and the chemical point in
volved will not soon be forgotten
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
| The hotel at Getchells Corner, Vassalboro
has new landlord in the person of Mr.. Sam
uel Gibson. The new landlord being an Eng
not impaired his love of the hearty fare of
| "Old England" his guests will no doubt be
| we'll served
| PENoBscoT COUNTY.
The Bangor Wing says loose hay has been
in plenty this week, and the best quality SELL
ing at from $1400 to $500 per ton; poorer
qualities at from 10, 90 to 1900; loose straw is
worth FROM 500 to HOO; oats are bringing
| from 80 to IS cents; potatoes are selling al
| from 60 to Go cents; yellow eyed beans, hand
| picked, 800; extra pea beans from 3.75 to 800
| good solid butter, 38 to 40 cents; winter made
1
| made, yellow and nice from A to 48 cents
| eggs "a cents; dried apple IA to 16 cents, ac-
cording to quality; round hogs from IA to 16
| cents.
WALDO COUNTY.
| A correspondent of the Bangor Wing says
| that on the 9th inst. the people of Monroe and
| vicinity were called to mourn for the loss Of
| one of their most highly respected citizens
| DIR. j. r. Files. He was born in Gorham in
1928, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1852
and came to Monroe in 1856. He entered the
United States service as Assistant Surgeon in
1862, and remained until the discharge of hii
regiment in 1864, when he returned with his
health very much impaired. He represented
practice of medicine he had good success, and
as citizen was respected for his kind and ami
| able disposition, unquestionable character and
unspotted integrity. He leaves large circle
of friends to mourn his loss and void which
| it will be hard to fill.