The Portland daily press., 1890-04-26

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In the town of Dennysville, Washington
county, there are only 100 voters, yet the
public library has 80 regular subscribers
The library consists of 800 volumes, aud Is
supported in part by an appropriation made
by the town.
A lady in Belfast has an idea where some
OF the pins go. She was pulling cushion
SIX SIX inches square to pieces the other day,
is Inclined to think that the many missing
pins could be found in similar receptacles.
Another Of the few remaining members of
the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians has
passed away. Clarissa, the squaw who has
iiAed on Pleasant Point in the town of Perry
Tor many years, and who was well known in
Eastport and and all the country round as a
basket peddler. died at her home last Sunday
night
Work on the Byron gold diggiDgs goes
merrily on. George Norcross who works
50 worth OF ore on cne day last week. S.
A. Wood the Forty miner Is still prospecting
for location, while several other miners
have settled down to digging and washing
out ore.
The blanks which Labor Commissioner
Matthews sent out to the farmers through
out the state Tor information have been COM
ing back filed out completely and intelll-
gently, showing by their promptness that
the farmers are fully alive to the Importance
OF the work Of the labor bureau.
A Rockland teacher has disciple of Hon.
Frank Lawler in her flock The teacher ex-
planned the use Of the hyphen to this youth.
as being mark to be used in connecting two
simple words. A few days later the deini-
two foolish" words. According to modern
lights the only fault with this is in the posi-
tion of foolish.
1t is not generally known that there is
within the limits Of the town of Eastport a
profile fully as well marked as the famous
franconlan profile was before it was crum-
bled to pieces by the action of the rain. The
Eastp0rt profile Is ON the edge of a bluff on
the grounds of Mr.. j. ii. Andrews. 1t Is
called MoZart's Head from fancied resem-
blance to the profile Of the great composer
A Belfast man,-not the same one who
caught a 16lb Goldfish with boat-hook, but
another-recently caught what he called
left handed founder. Founders are one
sided fishes and that one side is generally
the right, the stomach and intestines being
there. This one however was built the
other way and passes for quite curiosity.
One of the periodical hunts for buried
treasure is In progress at Razorville in the
town OF Washington. The person who
buried it is not this time, Captain Kidd but
an eccentric citizen OF the town who on his
death-bed recently said he had buried
several hundred dollars in a tin box near
his house. Thus far no treasure has been
secured.
The danger Of making up conference as
sigDments OF ministers in advance from the
year book is freshly Illustrated by an Incl
dent which recently occurred to one of the
prominent papers of the State. Among
changes and reassignments given as with
ot.th i'm hot Of Dax NJ D,,r g
Brownyille continued for another year The
Piscataquis Observer remarks that since as a
matter Of fact Mr.. Burrows has been dead
six months it would be well to let the bishop
assign the preachers
The Mount Desert Herald comments on
the item in the PRESS some weeks ago con-
cerning law business in Waldo county, in
which 1t was stated that a ride of twenty
miles to consult a lawyer often-times cooled
the opinion that the Belfast lawyer is
correct. Certainly Bar Harbor has very
much more trivial litigation than when its
inhabitants had to ride twenty miles to
Ellsworth to consult a lawyer, because there
was none nearer.
People can judge something of the pros
perity Of a streak" of country by the prog
perity OF the local paper Judging by the
appearance of the Canton Telephone its par
ticular streak Of Oxford country must be
fair to look upon. The Telephone was
started in 1888, and has been constantly i'm
proved. 1t has now blossomed out in new
and enlarged form with new face and make
up, and in every issue announces to its
readers its prosperity. The country papers are
near to the people and deserve to succeed.
The centennial exercises OF the Berwick
Academy will take place in June. The
alumni association Is busily at work con-
structing a programme for the occasion. 1t
| will consist in part of an address OF well
| come. historical address by DIR. John Lord.
| and ode, music and poem In the forenoon,
| followed by procession to the academy
grounds, where a collation. will be served,
| Speeches by guests and concert and social
| In the evening. Miss Sarah 0rne Jewett is
one Of the members Of the committee.
A sportsman in the eastern part Of the
state lost his ten cents in peculiarly aggra-
waiting manner Fast Day. He shot at a crow
and brought him down, apparently breaking
a wing. The bird appeared to be dead, but
the gunner was suspicious aud blew In its
face. The bird ''came to- with astonishing
rapidity, and seized the gunner by the upper
lip, drawing blood. This angered the sports-
man, who fastened the crow to stump and
made up his mind to have deadly revenge by
pegging the crow at short range. Tine frat
shot cut the string, and away went the bird.
broken wing ana all. '