The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-20
Letter from Keunebcc County.
VAssALBoRO', June Is, 187
LOVE AND SUICIDE.

LOVE AND SUICIDE.
A young lady named Caroline Thompson, at
WORK in the wooden mill at North Vassalboro,
who has for some time been in Respondent
state of mind, recently applied to the druggist
at that place for a small quantity of arsenic,
"to be used in killing rats" as she said. Sub
sequently, however, she took the poison her
self, in consequence of which she died last Fri
day, the efforts of physicians to afford relief
proving OF no avail. The deceased was an es-
Unable young lady about twenty-five years
old, whose home was in Montville. Consdera-
bic excitement eEsLed after her rash act be-
| came known, and as might be expected, many
W Id rumors were for a time in circulation. A
young man in the village with whom the I'M
fortunate girl had recently associated was pre-
sumed to be in some way responsible Tor the
tragedy; but letter found after her death quiz
eted all such suspicious. 1t appears from this
letter that she has for the last four years con
| templated suicide, and that the young man
aoove referred to is not to be regarded as in
any way connected with the final carrying out
OF her -ettled purpose. 1t seems that her de-
spondent state of mind is accounted for by an
earlier disappointment in love, and that she
1
in Lewiston, attempted suicide In the final
and successful attempt on her life she proceed
cd with the utmost elaboration. She had re-
Gently made pique dress which she laughing
| ly told her friends was for her burial This
was regarded as merely sportive remark, but
after taking the poison she placed the dress,
with such other apparel as she thought suta-
bic for her last attire, by her bedside.
BIG FISH IN THE UPPER KENNEBEc.
We have long had reiormers whose efforts
have been directed to the agitation of the
question of fishway through the late Ia
mented Kennebec dam at Augusta. But in
consequence of the wild work made with that
structure by the tremendous spring floods
these reformers find their occupation gone.
sturgeon are now jumping in all directions,
and the salmon is daily expected. A few days
ago sturgeon weighing nearly three hundred
pounas was found crushed in jam of logs
"e'cneirs Corner. The rivermen who
'ounu INC monster exhibited him in the grand
square y. .ne Village to large crowds, for the
| oldest inhablfant had not seen taa ,;,,a ho.oro
since the building of the dam.
| co OPERATION.
The cooperative movement among tie shea
makers in Vassalboro-the first movement ~
the kind in the State-which has been fullv
described by your admirable correspondent
&c, is at present in a fiourishing condition
| This experiment will be watched with pro
found interest. If successful it will doubtless
suggest the formation of similar organizations
elsewhere, and thus in time important ques
tons may be solved in a better way than the
| Knights of St Crispin solve them by antago-
| nizing labor with capital
POLITICAL.
After the Governor the Senatorship The
people of Keunebec county are naturally ia
| vorable to Mr.. Morrill, who is their neighbor
but there are man intelligent men who frank
ly concede that Mr.. Washburn of your city is
the ADLER and more energetic man.