The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-21

The Governor will, within few days, ar
point SIX delegates to attend the National
Farmers Congress, to be holden In Mont
gomery, Ala. about the middle Of November.
A grampus nearly 40 feet ia length, was
washed ashore at Cape Small Point asst
week. tie was found by members of he
Small Point Cunning Association. 1t Is a
bonanza Tor them, as the animal Is expected
to furnish 30 barrels OF oil.
Gen. James Fowler, Of Albion, Is one Of
the most remarkable old gentlemen in Maine.
MT. Fowler Is Vi years old, and apart from
tne TACT that he has had stroke Of pafaly-
SIS, Is In excellent health. he reads without
glasses, and has read the Bible through three
Times In the past year. He has been one OF
the most able and active men in that section
OF Maine.
There seems to be an opportunity To put
the Maine tramp law into effective operat on
In wells. A gang OF tramps have apyrOpri-
ated one OIL the summer houses ON the beach
IOr tneir own use, and have been living there
ior week, and all attempts to get them cut
have proved frlitless. The tramps say II
they are molested they will burn down the
cottage.
The Lewiston people have not yet given
up their Idea Of a Central Maine uOspitaL
I'VE shall not Law aside our plans for estah-
lishlng hospital In Lewiston" said a doe
tor to the Journal recently. "You will hear
from US. trumpet-tongued, again, and dOu't
forget y, my SON The days are many that
tns world hath ahead Of this city, and II we
pull together the purse-strings OF these
cltles and of Maine viii make us glad by
their elasticity"
President Small, of Colby University, de-
l!vered before the delegates to tue conSrn
tiOn OF the Young Mems Christian AssOcid-
ton at Materville, an address notable for
the iron OF common sense. Here Is one of
the good things he said "Tne business of
the Christian men Is to reduce tricks to the
minimum, TO do away with all form of rob
berry. The economics Of the day are 10 be
solved not In the pulpit, but by business
men IN their business relations"
A Houlton lawyer ran across an interest
ing old farmer on train not long ago. They
Went 10 discussing railroads, on which the
lawyer Is well-informed, and the latter yen-
tured TO correct what he deemed an erroue-
GUS statement In regard to the resources
oI Sew YORK road, made by the old farm
er. But the farmer knew better, for he had
been director of the road thirty years.
Ihen they went to talking about elevated
roads; and the farmer acknowledged that he
mad Some shares" In the New York lines.
In surprise the lawyer asked; "Who are
you? MY name" replied the old farmer,
rs Sage,-Russell Sage"
A pug dog belonging to a Searsport lady.
and travelling In baggage car, erea ted CON
siderable excitement at the Waterville depot
Friday morning. He had fit in the car, and
the occupants climbed upon the trunks In a
hurry. When the door Of the baggage car
was opened, the dog. frothing at the mouth,
jumped out upon the platform, which ne
soon had to himself, and after little run
ming about made for the stable Of g. A. Al
den. and hid IN a stoye-pipe. A student
named ID: q. Mnnson, OF the class Of '92.
Colby University, In attempting to dlslodge
the animal, was badly bitten on the thumb.
He consulted physicians in considerable
alarm, but they do not apprhend much dan
ger irOm tue bite. Most Of those who saw
the animal think that he was certainly mad.