The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-26
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

The Belfast Age reminds us that ''trutb IA
stranger than fiction" In speaking OF our re-
mark that some Of the yarns emanatinx
from that paper had an extremity Visionary
.Sos ,IOk. we are well aware Of the fact. Also
truth. and that Belfast Is the dwelling place
Oh some very strange truths. It Is recon-
mended as a good stamping ground for a
writer OF realistic fiction.
But one election bet has been reported thla
tall, and that was In the part Of Hollowell
known as London Hill. The bet was 10 bs set
tied last week by citizen Paul giving an oyster
supper at the residence OF citizen Seavev. 10
four hundred Of the citizens. The Register
saws that owing to the weather only thirty Of
tne Tour hundred appeared. But the gfyer
didn't propose to let all these good oysters
90 TO waste so he went out into the highways
stopped an electric car and made all the pas
sengers come up and take supper with him.
Says the Mt. Desert Herald: Not content
with Offering reward for marriages, as a
means Of replenishing the population Of
Waldoboro. the editor o. the News has set
ABOUT discoursging deaths by publishing the
following card:
Hereafter obituary notices, poetry dedicated to
the memory OF deceased persons, resolutions OF
respect and cards OF thanks published in the
News, VIII be charged TO the parties ordering
them, at the rate of hye cents per line.
There you have Bro. Miller's population
scheme In full: Get married and we will
send you the News for year free; die, and
we won't even publish a suitable notice ~
your deeease unless paid for at advertising
rates. But In this connection oueht thara
not to be small premium offered 10 help ont
the department in the News headed
A philosopher in BurkettvIlle, in the town
Oh Appleton, Knox county has discovered
something. He has found out what the
cause OIL the late rainy season was. A young
man went to Burkettville with his gun, as
soon as the law was of, proposing to slaugh-
ter the innocents. His hopes were blasted
however. Clouds rose up and 1t began 10
rain, continuing with short respltes during
his entire stay. The philosopher now comes
forward and says that this very cunning Is
what makes 1t rain. One OF the learned
scientists of the day he says, has decided
that by firing heavy guns INTO t,e ar N times
OF drOuth will cause ralniai. Inc law on
game Is off on Sept; Isl, anu anu, tne great % mum
ber of sportsmen who rushed into the helds
and commenced to slaughter birds was the
causa OF the prolonged and severe rainy
season The philosopher notes the fact that
this rainy season eIes tbereyers efs year A. ABOUT
this same time, anu tuefeiOie ~ eohnrms MS
theory he says.
A Dexter man missed his COW the other
dav. and after three days, started out to ind
her After considerable time he was sue
cessful, finding the animal caught fast by the
taft TO a small tree The surroundings made
IL appear that she was straying through the
woods vigorously switching and swattine
flies, when there was a sudden disconcertlne
hitch. Another tug and still no 20. Al
fierce attempt to heaye ahead. protracted
paving and clawing Of soft earth, perhaps
puzzled and then a desparing 'moo" s..ll no
progress. It's probable that at this juncture
the heller surveyed the region Of her anchor
age and that the truth flashed upon her. A
vicious whisk Of her long tail
and wound 1t firmly about sapling and
there she was. The question was narrowed
down to two alternatives, pull up the sap
ling or pull out the tail. The sapllne
wouldn't bulge aud the sacrifice Of a tan al
this season Of particularly vOracious aIes.
wasn't to be thought Of. The sagacious
beast probably knew that retailing helfers
at this time of vegetable plentifulness was
was slow work