The Portland daily press., 1889-10-25

The public spirited editor of the Camden
Herald Is advocating a grand midsummer
carnival In that beautiful town next August.
Some of the old pioneer women still re-
remain. Mrs; David Whittier, aged rs, Of
Chestervllle, has woven 81 yards of tow and
linen towelling the past week.
Mrs. Manley B. Pottle of Kingfeld. is the
best business woman in Franklin county.
They want to extend the telegraph line from
Strong to Kingfeld, and Mrs. Pottle has
taken the enterprise in hand and is placing
the stock.
Joe Nicholas and Lew Anance are two
very .enterprising Penobscot Indians. They
have been doing a small business as guides
about Moosehead Lake: but longing for
wider fields, are preparing to 60 into the fur
business in Alaska Joe Nicholas is already
there and meeting with so good success that
he has sent for Anance, who will join him
this winter.
There was some quick work in the matri.
monial line the other day at Pennington. A
husband had brought suit in court for divorce
husbands story, Judge Haskell turned to
the clerk and said divorce decreed." The
clerk was just opening a telegram. That
telegram was from the wife in Boston asking
Il the husband had. obtained the divorce
The clerk answered YES" and the next
days Boston papers had the notice of her
marriage.
There are some naughty boys about Bar
Harbor, if the Ellsworth American is cor
rectly informed. When the Woman's Chris
tian Union delegates were crossing from Bar
Harbor on the steamer Sebenoa, they were
Mortified to see jug, which some mischiev-
Gus person had bent onto the pennant hal
yard, hoisted up to the gaff where it proud
ly bobbed in the place where the flag usually
floats. Of course the captain was summoned
and didn't lose any time In taking the jug
down.
Among the old-time Augusta traders was
one particularly noted for loaning money at
big interest. On day while in Boston buy
Ing goods, happening into book auction
sale, his attention was at once attracted to
the taking title of a book which the auc-
tiOneer was then offering for sale, and which
he announced as Saving Interest" This
was just the book the Augusta Shylock
wanted. Turning to friend, he remarked
that he had probably lost hundreds of dol
lars in interest, and If there was any way to
save it, he wanted to know it, So ne bid
good round sum. The book was knock down
to him, and he eagerly opened it to find the
full title Saving Interest in Christ"
Occasionally one of Cleyeand's pension
vetoes is called to mind, as 1t was last week /.
when the Widow Pierce died in Bucksport.
Her husband sailed from Bucksport in 1889,
and was never heard from after passing
Owls Head. Mrs. Pierce had five small
children to care for, and nothing but their
home. When the war of the rebellion broke
out, the son who was her main support, went
into the army. and being overcome by the
heat while marching. was taken to the hos
pital. While suffering from brain trouble,
he escaped from the nurses, and falling Into
the Potomac river, was drowned. Strenu-
GUS efforts were made to procure pension,
but because OF some technicality it was al
ways defeated. At last a special bill was
passed through both houses of Congress, but
vetoed by President Cleveland.