The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-07
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Snow has come at Moosehead Lake.
Hjalmar Edblad is a clerk in the Houlto
post office.

Snow has come at Moosehead Lake.
Hialmar Edblad is clerk in the Houlton
post office.
Prof. Byron d. Halstead, of the New Jer-
sey Experiment Station, wants the Maine
farmers to write him all they know about
the appearance of new weeds in their fields
and garders. He is writing book ON the
migration of American weeds.
Wicked people down at the city of Water
vile report that when a correspondent of
the New York World asked young Jimmie
Blaine his opinion of his fathers letter from
Florence, the frail young knight of the quill
was met with the startling inquiry, Florence
who ?"-[ Fairfield Journal.
Jack Darling, of the Nicatous region, may
be poacher, but he is a prominent ana
respected man there nevertheless. He is
first selectman of the town of Lowell, au
office to which. though he is a Republican,
he was elected by large majority in Dem
Ocratic town.
Wateryille has well housed but oddly
named social club called the Canibas Club
Leading citizens compose its membership.
and Judge b. W. Stewart vice presidents
and George K. Boutelle secretary and
treasurer. The directors are Postmaster
Willard NJ. Dunn and DR.. E. l.. Jones.
4 story of an act that is much to the credit
OF the Congressman from the Fourth Dis
trict is told by the Brunswick correspondent
of the Auburn Gazette. Some twenty years
ago Capt. Charles Boutelle, retired ship
master, a resident of Brunswick in good
circumstances, invested heavily in coal
lands, which proving improbable caused
him to fail in the full value of his indebted
ness and he settled with his creditors by
paying twelve aud half cents on dollar.
His death occurred soon after. Last week,
his son, Hon. Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor
paid the balance in full of his fathers in
debtedness to the creditors in Brunswick.
Who says dog has not intelligence. A
Gardiner lady set dish of soup out 10 her
yard the other day to cool. The dish was
very hot but had a handle. The house dog
soon came along to the dish, lured by the
fascinating fragrance, contemplated the con-
tents long enough to find that it was his
fayorite soup; then, taking the handle be-
tween his teeth, he backed off several rods
very carefully, pulling the dish after him to
a place which he considered both cooler and
and more sequestered. He waited for the
broth to cool, devour it with infinite
relish. then dragged the dish lack to the
spot where he had found it,
CAPTAIN William Flowers State steamboat
inspector, describes in the Bangor Wing the
iron steam propeller Bangor, built in 1915
which he claims was the first vessel of that
kind ever built. She was owned by a com
pany of Bangor gentlemen, for whom E. c.
Hyde, now of Bath. went TO Wilmington
and obtained specifications from Belts, Har-
Ian & Hollingsworth. On the way from
Wilmington to Bangor she was thronged with
curious visitors both at New York and Bos-
ton. But the Bangor was unfortunate, and
ON her first trip from Bangor to Boston, was
burned, Aug. 31st 1916, at Dark Harbor,
Islesboro. The next year she was rebuilt at
Bucksport, sold to the United States COVER
ment and under the name of "Scourge"
joined in the Mexican war and participated
In the capture of Alvarado. When first fill
ed up the Bangor had berths for so passen-
hour.