The Portland daily press., 1889-08-03

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the Pope must have to fill it"
A white swallow has frequented the prem
ises Of Jacob G. Winchenback, on Dutch
Neck, in Waldoboro, this summer.
The output of slate at Monson this year
will probably amount to 1000 car loads, the
largest in the history of the quarries.
Another Maine woolen mill is running
prosperously. AT North Vassalboro the
new company is employing ITO hands, and
hiring more.
Lewiston has nearly sixty dealers who
pay the United States tax, and most of whom
are undoubtedly rumsellers OF these sixty
seven are women.
Agent Barker, of the revived Lewiston
mills reports that they are doing splendidly
and Will pay the first six months dividend
out Of their earnings.
Friendship claims to have more tall young
men than any other town in Knox county
Some OF her sons are already 'ssix feet and
growing every year."
Modern improvements are crowding the
bears in Northern Maine. The log hunting
camps at Pleasant Island, in the Rangeley
region are lighted by electric light.
Fort Point. in Winslow, where the old
block house OF Fort Halifax stands, one of
the most beautiful spots on the Kennebec.
is to be ornamented with steam saw MILL
There Is not a boss rgger in Belfast.
according to the Belfast Journal, and that
once proud shipbuilding city is dependent
on Castine skill when any rigging is wanted.
The town of Pittsfeld used to be named
warsaw, but the young men who went out
to work always pronounced it "Worser." So
the change to Pittsfeld became a relief to the
reputation of the town.
Factory help is scarce in Maine. Nearly
800 looms Is idle on this account In the Lock
wood mill In Waterville. The French immi-
grants who have in times past supplied the
demand seem TO be staying at home.
The Frye Light Guards of Lewiston
expect to be the banner company in point Of
numbers at the muster. In perfection of
drill. too, they will not be the last; although
Portland claim the champions in this.
A Washington county man who recently
stopped at Bar Harbor for the first time,
says he don't see way they call the place
"Bar Harbor:" There never was a decent
harbor there and now you can't find bar
[Eastport Sentinel.
An old resident of Eastport enjoins the
Eastp0rt Sentinel as follows: "Cnt the this
ties on this full moon; for the stalks are hol-
low and the rains penetrating will rot the
root" This is the first intimation that this
ties are cultivated on the moon.
An Aroostook woman claims the champion
fuchsia. Mrs. George l.. Byron of Linneus,
has one whose branches are about 10 feet in
length. 1t now has 452 blossoms and buds,
and is thought to be the largest fuchsia in
the State.
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from Chicago via the Temisconta railway to
EdmundsOn, and thence by the New Bruns-
WICK railway to Houlton. Canadian Pacific
enterprise has opened this new route around
by the north.
If Gen. Butler should run for the Presi-
dency again he wonld get the unanimous
vote OF Eastport; for didn't he say on the
streets Of that beautiful village the other
day: People would never have stopped at
Bar Harbor if they had seen this place first
A Dover woman, while camping at Sebec
Pond, dug fifty mud turtle eggs from the
sand, and, with some fish she caught, made
| chowder which she claims was the best
ever tasted in Piscataquis county. Those
who partook OF the mess have not recorded
| their opinions.
There are several breeders and trainers of
carrier pigeons in Maine. Mr.. John Kirk
patric of St. George, is one of the most sue
cessful The other day he released fifteen
young birds in Rockland, and some of them
made the thirteen miles to st. George In IL
minutes-b9tter than a mile minute.
Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn, who
| is to visit Bath to examine her facilities for
building iron ships, is an expert. He was
sent to Europe year or two ago by govern
ment to examine into and report upon iron
| ship building In England and along the conti-
| nent. His report was made to Congress and
is of the greatest value.
A man in Belfast, Mr.. Rila Kittridge.
| claims that he can write on a postal card the
| Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's
| inaugural address of 1861, Garfield's in
| augural of 1881, and Harrison's first in
| augural-in all 10000 words. The man who
can read this after it is written has not yet
| put In his claim.
| The South Paris correspondent Of the
| PRESS writes that little more than half the
hay is secured in Oxford county, and that
most of the farmers are obliged to leave off
haying to cut their grain. Oats and potatoes
| are rusting badly, on account of the pro-
longed wet weather. Apples will fall off
one-half from last years crop.
| Electricity never gets weary. 1t is noticed
i that the electric cars in Bangor make much
better time after sunset than during any
| other time of the day. The Commercial
says this Is accounted IOT Dy the tact that
| the air is then full of dampness, condition
favorable to the application of electricity to
| motion.
The Brunswick Telegraph has rumor
that new cotton mills are to be built at the
falls in Brunswick by the Cabot Company.
| The Telegraph says there is no doubt that
there is an abundance of power to run addi-
tional mills, and that the Cabot Company
has made profitable business of manufac-
| turing in Brunswick.
AT the home Of Mrs. Deacon Litchfield of
Brunswick there were to be seen this week a
piece of the brocade silk of Martha Wash
| ington's wedding dress, and two pieces Of
| figured silk said to have been brought over
In the Mayfiower. The Brunswick Tele-
| graph gives portion of the chains of rela-
tionship by which these relics were handed
| down.
When Arnold marched up the Kennebec
his men, after passing Ticonic Falls. at what
is now Watervile, encamped at place they
| called Goshen" Mr.. Eben Weston tells
the Somerset Reporter that this place was