The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-10-01

A PERSISTENT TRAMP.-Our Calais cores
| pendent wrtes:-Tuesday night the family of
Nathaniel Higgins, living just above Midtown.
on the Barring road, came near being murdered
| by one of these worthless citizens, If indeed
| they be citizens. Monday last Mr.. Higgins
found man asleep in his barn, and in the
| morning informed him he must not remain
about there any longer. Nevertheless the fell
low seemed unwilling to go and made Mr.. Hig.
gins visit in the pototo- field during the fore
| noon. Upon invitation to lend helping hand,
he found 1t in accordance with his pleasure to
move on. Tuesday night, however, Mr.. Hig-
| gins found him in his barn again. He did not
like to turn him out into the cold at that time,
so he brought him blankets and robe and told
him be might sleep there that night, but in the
morning he must depart or the officers would
find him home.
Mr.. Higgins and family retired in all sense
of security, but about two o'clock in the morn.
ing his slnmbers were broken by one of his two
daughters running down stairs and giving the
alarm of a man under the bed in their ROOM
The father is an old man, but his courage is
good-much better than big strength. He
and strong one, armed with long dirk Mr..
Higgins made jump for the mans throat
with one hand and for the arm with the dirk
with the other. The tussle was long one, but
with the help of Mrs. Higgins, who came to
her husbands rescue. they kept him at bay.
Just as their strength was giving out the
would-be murderer said if they would let him
60 he would not kill or harm them. They as
sented and the ruffian went out and threw
stones into the windows. In the morning they
found nearly all their windows broken, a single
harness cut to pieces wagon taken apart and
the axle and nuts in the house, with other pro-
miscuols missiles he had thrown in the win
dows. The officers are after the rogue.
The VETERAN PRINTER.-The Piscataquis
Observer contains the following brief account
of one of its publishers, the venerable George
V. Edes:
George Valentine Edes was born at Boston,
February 18th, 1888, where he resided until the
death of his parents in 1906, when he was ta-
ken to Augusta to reside with his uncle. Here
he commenced work. as apprentice to his uncle
Peter, in 1910, on the Herald of Liberty. In
1915 he removed to Bangor and worked on the
Bangor Weekly Register, the first paper print
ed in Penobscot county. (This was also pub
lished by Peter Edes.) He remained in Ban
gor till 1922 and from there went to Hallowell
and served year with Nathaniel Cheever on
the American Advocate, and also with Good
ale, Glazier & Masters (the latter is now living
in HallowelD, on book and job work. In 1928
he removed to Norridgewock and in May COM
menced the publication of the Somerset Jour-
nal, the first paper printed in that county.
This paper was carried on fifteen years, when
he removed to this place in 1888 and establish
ed the first paper in this county, the Herald, in
May. The name of that paper was soon after
changed to Farmer and then Observer, its
present title.
On the 18th of October, 1926, Mr.. Edes mar
ried Susannah Wetherell. daughter of the late
Charles Wetherell of Norridgewock, the cere-
mony being performed by the late Rev. Josiah
Peet of that place. The fruits of this union
were eight children, namely. Elizabeth A.,
Marcia NJ, Edward P, Caroline F.. Charles
E., William II. George A.. and Samuel D.
two of whom died, Elijah eth at the age of IS,
and Edward at the age of 90,
The only living relative the subject of this
sketch has, outside of his own family, is Mrs.
Maria Sargent of Bostos, widow of the late
Michael Sargent, who is cousin.
The health of the veteran is much better than
for several months past, though his hearing is
very much impaired. His eyesight is excellent
and at the time this article is being set up he is
working at case Of nonpareil without the aid
of glasses.