The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-01-19
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

HOW busy pressing ana forwarding hay to BOS-
ton although he tells us. ''the Western and
Canadian fellows are hitting our farmers pretty
hard-but we must keep going just the same"
Mr.. Woodsum now has four presses at work
in this section. and will handle this season well
on to five thousand tons. lie is now paving
but $40 per ton for the best quality. and much
OF our Name hay. he informs us, has to be
bought at a less figure than this even. Canadi-
IN No. hay, which means choice. clean Time
thy. sells in Boston at $3.50 per ton-and ac-
cordngly our best Timothy will bring the same
price AS Canadian-the trouble is We don't have
enough of it, Maine prime seldom brings
above S14 per ton i'll Boston now. The West
and Canada seem to be crow'lng us good deal
now. and Mr.. Woodsum Says we must wait till
they have drought or short crop West, and
then VIII be our opportunity. Such season
comes round about once in four or five years,
so we must keep our courage up two or three
years longer. The Eastern Farmer.
\ sHREWD MAINE SKIPPER
After the ship Barring Brothers had succeeded
in getting inside the bar at san Francisco late
ly, and it was found that she was leaking. the
pumps We're manned, and all the crew were
set at work. The captain in the meantime.
was looking anXiouSlv for tug, and one at
last came in sight. 1t is known that tugs, in
case of leaking vessel. sometimes charge an
cNorbant rate for service and it occurred to
the captain OF the Barring Brothers that if the
condition of his ship was known he would be
heavily charged by the tug. when the tug
came near all the crew We're ordered to scatter
and appear as though nothing was the matter
The plan succeeded. Captain Masters. after Il
friendly dicker with the tug. came in under the
usual charges. and when the tug was fast to the
snip. set the crew again to working the pumps
How that tug-boatman felt when he saw he had
lost the fortune which was i'll his grasp will
never he known. His language, however. is
said by one of the crew TO have been '.llawfu."
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SMART OLD LADY.
Mrs. Anna l-eatherS. of Sangeryille. deserves
to be claSsel with the smart old ladies. She is
spending the winter with her son, W. +. Leath-
crs. on the Dover road. She is 50 wears old.
She can read and sew without glasses. and her
hearing is perfect. During the past year she
has knit nineteen pairs of mems mitens.
tWenty-three pairs of stockings, besides foot
ing thirteen pairs, and has spun fifty skins of
yarn, and has done large amount of other
work. Mrs. feathers has been the mother of
nine children; seven of whom are now living.
one OF whom is Mrs. Spooner of the Dexter
House. She has twenty grandchildren and
eight at-grandchildren. Mrs feathers faith
or Ephram Payson. was the first American to
enlist in the Revolutionary War; he served
five and one-half years. Mrs. Leathers had
three brothers in the 1872 War. and although
but nine wears old she distinctly remembers the
closing of the war. She is very well informed
of the day. Her health i quite good and She
bid, fair to live many Years.
THE VETERANS AT TuGUS.
There are in round numbers 1900 or more in
mates of the National soldiers Home at Togus.
a larger number than ever before AT one time.
The average cost of the ration> issued there by
the government during the last fiscal year was
10 l-3 cents. and the average cost per capita fer
the year was 12o-l5. OF the whole number of
veterans in the institution at the present time.
932 draw pensions from the government. rang
ing all the way from - per month to So per
month. These 93o pensioners receive pensions
per month as follows: o. s.: 6. 50: 145, 81
&, 50: l02. So: |. s.; }. 500; 30. IS; 81. SO:
/. Sl1; III. SD: !. Sl2.l5: 30 SIT: ;, So: n
SIC; o. ST: l. 500: AZ. sd: 81. so: II. S36: !,
SO; 3. 500 and l. So. They represent %
different rates of pensions: the average pension
Is Sob; their monthly payments aggregate
S}44, and their total for the wear, S1l3.2~0 or
veterans at the Home constitute a faithful
representation Of the survivors Of the great
struggle.
\ PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF FREE TRADE.
Heres practical illustration of what the
laboring classes Of Europe get for their work "
remarked Mr.. c. {. Hunt. the popular music
dealer. to Il scribe as he took down il violin
from the shelf. You will notice. he continu-
ed, THAT this is all ready for Use. and rs a mat
ter of fact one of the best PLAYERS in th, city
began his work on this very instrument. II
was imported from Germany. The peasants
make them there by hand. which as YOU will
observe Is by no means an easy task. They
bring them into the city and sell them to Il lob
her who sells them to Il Wholesale dealer in
New York. There is a duty of twenty per
cent. 10 he paid. You will see that when the
violin comes into my hands ii has already paid
Two profits and the expense OF the custom
house. | pay seventy cents for it and sell il
for dollar. Now the question is. how much
does the laborer Who makes it get for his
work" kennebcc Journal.
THE PRESIDENTIAL POST OFFICES.
out of the Is Presidential postoices in the
state of Maine, there are but two offices of the
first ca>S-Portland and Augusta. In point of
gross receipts. Portland takes the lead. the
total amount for the fiscal year being &93. 40 81
followed by Augusta, Sol .4>609. Bangor. al.
though second class office. ran up a total OF
S43,499.I4 with Lewiston next. S1S.2I..5G and
Auburn. 81, l.6.41. Bath and Biddeford are
the only other two that made showing of
$4,000 or over. Bath receiving SO. 1914 A. and
Biddeford S10,0l2.,J.
IN GENERAL.
The thermometer stood at 10 below 1t Bath
thursday morning.
Governor Marble has nominated Hon. Joseph
o: smith, of Skowhegan. to he Insurance Con-
missioner
Payson Tucker, Esq. has been elected a Ii
rector of the Maine aud New Hampshire Gran
lite company.
The bill to refund the direct tax paid bv the
States in 1861. which is likely to pass both
Houses. will give Maine S:i51 162
Hon. Gorham l.. Boynton, prominent citizen
of Bangor and President of the Penobscot Saw
ings Bank died Jan. 18th aged 50 years.
Fire Thursday morning totally DESTROYED
owned by :. ID. Warren 4 Go. Loss Sa506; not
insured
1t is reported that Mrs. Susan DYER, of Dcx-
ter. has been relieved Of Il snake II inches long.
winch has been in her stomach since She was Il
little Girl.
a memorial service was held bv the students
Of the Theological Seminary for the late Benson
ocWa!l, on Friday evening last. and appro-
plate resolutions adopted.
Harry y. McNeally. sailed from New York
saturday on the Bothnia The defaulter. Frank
{. McNeally sailed from Montreal the same day
They 20 10 Liverpool and from there to get the
stolen bonds.
The Maine State prison is the most economic
ally managed prison in the country. The cost
of supporting the individual convict is only
50 per year In some prisons the cost is over
four times as great.
republican club was organized in Bangor.
Jan. II. with DR.. ID. A. Robinson. Pres. three
vice presidents. two secretaries, a treasurer and
an exec tive committee of twenty-one.
John y. Peters. Jr., of Ellsworth. nephew of
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law office of Wiswel A. King, in that city as a
partner. and hereafter the firm will be known
rs Wi>wcll, King 4 Peters.
MI. Alden Spra%ue formerly editor and pro-
prietor of the hennebec Journal, will make
"trip to the West and especially Southern Cali
fornla III about two weeks. Mr.. Charles
Sprague, his son, formerly connected with the
journal, is now at Los Angeles and Mr..
Sprague will visit him.
Peter Bennett. who was robbed of his money
at East Newporta short time ago, has inform
ed Sheriff Brown of Bangor that many of the
blood->taned bills are i'll circulation about
Newport. Mr.. Bennett had traced them to
persons in the town whom he thought were
connected with the crime.
Ice cutting has been begun on the kennelec
River. The ice is II to II inches in thickness
and equal i'm quality to any ever harvested.
This is most favorable season for ice cutting
and the harvest will fully exceed OOO, 600 tons,
The entire harvest for the Penobscot River this
season is estimated by good judges as falling in
the neighborhOod of 10000 tons.
As soon as money can he obtained for work
ing capital and to pay the notes now outstand-
ing against the company the Dexter wooden
mills will be started again. The company in
tends to issue six per cent first mortgage bonds
in order to raise the necessary money. The
Dexter National Bank viii. lend the company
$4,000.
Lincoln County Agricultural Society elected
the following officers Jan. IL: Ezekiel Ross.
Newcastle, President; 4. W. Dunbar. DANA
vey Hiscock, Damariscotta, and A. w. Part
ridge, Jefferson, Trustees; Ephram Taylor,
Newcastle, Treasurer. 1t was voted to hold a
fair four instead of three days.
Referring to the death of Mr.. l.. NJ. Porter.
at Jacksonville, Fla. the Piscataquis Observer
says: MIR. Porter was member Of the 4th and
10th Maine Infantry in the late war, and was a
prisoner at Belle Isle Libby and Salisbury over