The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-02-11
Maine Matters.
AN OLD FARMERS ODDITIES.

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
AN OLD FARMERS ODDITIES.
In Il few weeks, IA hearing will be had at
Augusta before Chief Justice Peters and two
of his associates, Justices Libbey and Foster
of the supreme court, in Il case that is attract
ING considerable interest among savings bank
depositors and the legal fraternity. Edward
Ii. W yman was a NassabOrO farmer, who died
in the fall of 1854, when he was about 70 years
of age. Ten years before his death he began
depositing in the Augusta Savings Bank, and
during that period his deposits amounted to
some $4,000. In order to avoid the statutes
prohibiting more than $4,000 to be deposited in
the name Of any one person, he deposited
amounts in sums of $1,000 each in the names
Of different relatives, but payable to himself.
After his death brother of his got possession
of all his bank books and claimed title to the
$1,000 bill in equity was brought by Baker
Cornish of this city, in the interests of other
heirs against the brother who gobbled the bank
books, and was referred to the judges mem
toned to determine the title.
WYman was naturally a good citizen, and
noted for raising fat cattle. But he had an
nordinae desire in his accumulation of riches
to avoid the payment of taxes. He would put
his property out of his hands, and, when the
assessors came round, they would find nothing
to levy upon. He was a droll specimen of
mankind, and was eccentric as he was par
simonious. His eccentricitieS developed when
ne was 10 years oi a2e. MS "lie was oda
ties. His great perchant at one time was to
collect all the different styles of hats he could
find and hang them up in his kitchen. His
,iileil' Wa queer NV W peholo' Glprar M
ny uNcIH h,lH oi 3pIoiu.e anu i gone Dy peil-
1U" ~ i'?" anu iu.iiiel-e'l'Peu p,uSo ever worn
p'tt I ~ quetleSC Ireak VII PC sen =! tle
following: Some twenty or Twenty-Five years
ago he took it into his head to dispense with
til' ua' VI >N'7n t'ciis III thc " in'oi' ooil a.
bells TO be used. When at Gardiner one day
he arrested for not complying with the
law, brought before magistrate and iined.
After that Nyman declared that he would
obey the law to its fullest extent. So, when he
returned home, he went TO work and covered
his horse all over from neck to crupper with
strings of bells of every conceivable deScrip-
tion, and also strung them the entire length of
both shafts of his hgh-backed, old-fa>hioncd
sleigh. The bells brought INTO use We're of all
sizes and sounds, from tiny thinkers to bic,
brazen, changing cow bells, of which there
We're many. He then had a wolf skin coat
made of the most grotesque description, with
fools cap from which dangled red tasSe.
Every winter aftelWard, whenever he drove
out, this toggcry and team was always used by
him. On the day of the anniversary on which
he was fined, he would drive away to Gardiner,
and for an hour or 50 would ride by the magis-
trate'S house, making the air resonant with the
Jlnghng and the changing of his bells. When
ever he rode out in the winter his team attract
ed special attention and merriment. His ap-
proach could be foretold at least fifteen min
utc> before he hove i'll sight by the changing
and the jangling and the wrangling of his bells,
whose sounds were borne on ''the bosom of
the palpitating air." A friend says that one
cold winters evening he distinctly heard the
reNerberaton> of Nyman's dissonant bells at
distance of two miles at least He thought an
entire edition Of Poe's famous poem on The
Bells had broken loose.
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pIe>enl el'2aSeu Ill learihilS, instruction III
pn't'n,n, Iie ii"S "eeii auu1' ~ io 'li
oiTtlrl MGIN " tlie nc touI>e' ol'''GhtS ~ a5l
culture VII III 'he 1uture' spend l9ui hours tI
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s'tIple Ia a. sooH a. CIRCUMSTANCES " III a"lllit
Inc lafnl Supeflniehdeht reports lne net
gaillng> , OF lne larm 'hc pasI year Wer9 SooS,of
i, iie "iuas 1 VI 'r95s aili incii HleluS we're
"l'>S' ~ atlr>' - IONS hlehS'i! parlti
acres: lt, bushels; nt!llesH barley acres, II;
1a'S, ga - acres. ol"' oalS Wlho4! manure
W - acres, +ll' potatoes acre. lot' mere
are are upon lnt !arm Ior'i-SM ,S rallle. lorty OF
5hrli pe'ng Ihol"uSlipfeo' me average num-
ncr , III illlk durinS me year was tWenty-three.
rom lhe>e, 10, 81 lns; n OF mix We're produced
vi llllr amount ilo,o'o lbs; We're manufactured
INTO butter producing $3.50 lb>.; an average of
ne c'iilI loI sherp y! FARMERS nave
tn tf1nnn ,nim.I. T. IN ,,rnvin,,s ,aar. Thns.
ter pig breeding has received attention. Young
animals for breeding purposes having been sent
into many sections of the State.
Considerable space is devoted to "EXper-
mentS." The results of experiments relating
TO The feeding value of purple hullesS barley"
"piiercnce between weight of live and dressed
pigs" "Oat >eedings,' and ''Beef productions"
are included.
The catalogue of the Institution for lSS5-lSSG,
is connected with the reports. A summary of
the list of students is As follows: Post gradu-
ate> / Seniors IL: Juniors, %: Sophomore>,
Is; Freshman. 1G: Special, !. Total number of
students. -.
Arrangements have been made by which
applicants accommodated by the plan may pass
examination for admission without mourning
the expense of going to Orono. The gentlemen
named below have been appointed examiners
for the sections of the State in which they sew
orally reside: Z. r. Allen, B. 5, Presque Isle;
fi.th u SI,nw.h M " S'oI W ,''',' 1il -, y =
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AN ELorEMENT FROM MANCHESTER.
Now the quiet rural town of Manchester is in
Il buzz over n ease of elopement Recently n
Young man from the far West went there, Who
claimed to own Il farm in Northern Idaho ana
was seeking partner to share his home and
fortunes with him. Monday week he was in
troduced toa voun" lady in the vicinity. 1t
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for report saws they met Monday, were engaged
Tuesday. published Wednesday, and arranged
fnr o.. -nnnI, ,uorr;.,ro JTnfn,., .,,uotol, fo,, tho