The Portland daily press., 1889-10-11
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Deer are reported to be very numerous on
Mount Desert.
The widow Of the late Cakes Hatch of
Belfast, did housework In the family Of Gen
eral Knox when she was girl. She Is %
years old, bright and smart, and last week
spun sken Of yarn.
Bangor horsemen are telling remarkable
stories Of the mother Of the trotter Ezra l..
Bangor to MOosehead and back, a distance
of 65 miles, in a day easily. Again, during
the war, when substitutes were In demand,
the same mare carried two men a hundred
miles In day, saving soldier to Bangor's
quota thereby.
The Bangor telegraph office Is now pro-
tected from the disastrous effects OF the
crossing OF telegraph with an electric light
wire, by an ingenious arrangement. This
consists Of magnet beyond which are tive
ban'!5 at right angles, the upper one acting
uupoa spring and being held In place upon
causes the magnet to attract the upper end
OF the upper band and being released from
the notch the band hies up and the current
is instantly broken off.
Hon. Frank Jones don't let little mlshaps
put him out When he left Sorrento this
fall he and his .party boarde the steamer
SebanOa with seventy-hve pieces Of baggage.
On reaching Mount Desert Ferry, TO their
CONSERVATION, the keys to their trunks could
not be found. Mr.. Jones Immediately de-
spatched the steamer back for them, pre-
sentlng to Captain Dixon one hundred dol
lars. to the mate ten, and to each Of the deck
hands five dollars for the trip. When the
steamer was beyond recall, the keys were
discovered safely deposited In handbag.
Mary Agnes Thicker the novelist, is a
Maine woman with an interesting life his
tory. She was born In 1888, and for some
years was teacher in Ellsworth, where she
woman of importance and influence. She
finally became a Roman Catholic, giving To
that religion her most earnest devotion. At
the age of about 35 she went to Rome, drawn
partly, maybe, by religious feeling, and has
since that time made the Eternal City her
home. She is the author Of ''SignOr Monal-
dint's Niece" "By the Tiber," THE Jewel
il the Lotus. and a new novel entitled
1.-Two Coronets."
Denominationaf lines used to be pretty
tight in old times II this story Of an old
time Brunswick clergyman Is true. The
Cundy's Harbor fishermen after a pros
porous fishing season, used to raise money
for the support Of the gospel. On one
occasion they employed two OF their shep-
herds from Brunswick to preach to them on
alternate Sabbaths. One day one of tine
preachers told his hearers that when his
brother Of the other faith came down 10
preach to them, they had better not leave
their fish on the flakes over night, but mt
them under lock and key in their fish houses.
In town near Belfast they have a pau
per who has been causing the authorities
much trouble lately by running away. Fin
ally an Old sea captain said: "Give him TO
me, and III see that he don't get away" SO
the young man was given oven to the tender
mtreies oil the old salt, who got large an
chor chain and chained the wayward pauDer
70 n" 70 post In the barn. The captain, the
iast Thug before retiring that night, went
OUT anu saw his prisoner was safe, and pray
Ing. That's all right. young man. Pray all
you wantt u, but you cant't get away. In
the morning, however, the old captain found
the post aud anchor chain, but the captive
had escaped. OF course this Is good l0ke
on the sea captain but hadn't the authorities
better look into this method OF caring Ior
town paupers? IL Is inhuman' -