The Portland daily press., 1890-09-23


election days.
The wheels Of the government machluery
reV0lve slowly, but they "get there" after a
time. Several people in ArOostook county
have Just received from the Post Office De-
partment the amount OF money contained
In registered letters addressed to them which
were burned at the time Of the railroad acci-
dent, last February, at Klngman. That
shows that 1t is safe to send money In regis
tered letters. In each case where sufficient
proof OF loss has been produced the govern
ment has settled with the interested persons.
The Bath Times inquiries what the PRESS
understands the words fatally shot to i'm
ply. They are generally considered to
mean shot to death, and not TO be applied
to case until the victim dies. The way In
which the Times used the expression re-
minds us CT the Irishman who was thrown
down well. After waiting decent length
OF time one Of his companions leaned over
and called down the tube "Mikep "Phwat
is II, PatY' came the response. us Ii killed
ye are? "Shuie I'm dead entirely, Pat"
responded the man in the we'll, "Phwat will
become av me ould womanP"
People who are inclined to scoff at the
emergency lectures that are given OCCASION
ally In schools, and which are printed In
physlologtes to be learned as lessons will no
doubt be pleased to learn OF an occurrence
that took place recently In Wiscassett. Two
girls were standing on a wharf, when little
girl near them fell into the water from a
floating stage. One of the girls, Miss Daisy
Budd, sprang to the stage. seized the child
and held her until her companion, Miss May
Leanox, could help pull her out. The girls
then began practically to illustrate their
knowledge Of resuscitating drowned persons,
taught in their physiologies, and the little
one was restored to consciousness and at
last accounts was doing well. Had the girls
never read the emergency lessons they
would probably have stood still and screamed
for help, while the little child drowned.
The Boston Transcript has resurrected
this story OF Artemus Ward and his friend
Dan Setchell the comedian. He used TO
visit Ward at the old homestead in Water
ford, and on such occasions there was fun
alive. One dag the two drove from Port
land to Waterford. and had, as they reported,
a solemn time of it," Ward had tied a
great rope about Setehell, and represented
that he was an insane man whom he was
bringing home from the asylum at Augusta.
He called at a number Of houses for mixtures
OF pepper and vinegar and other condiments,
which be purposed giving as medicine to the
insane. man. While taking these Serehell
would affect great aversion to them, and
struggle as II resisting to the utmost, and
roar and howl like wild beasts In menage-
rie, which he could initiate most perfectly;
all this to the fear and wonder Of those who
witnessed the performance. 1t Is a wonder
that some citizen OF Waterford. who knew
Artemus Ward, has not written a volame of
personal recolleetions of the humorist.
Such book would be read with much in
terest.
OF course the scene Of this tale Is laid in
Belfast. No other town would dare to claim
habitation for 1t. A man was seen stand
ing on Main street last Tuesday, for several
hours This curious incident Of remaining
in one place so long when everyone else was
hugflinp ah0nf OaftfnO n01fffaal lad
a store keeper to inquire If he was waiting
for anyone. II agreed to meet a man here
at O'Clock by that clock in that window"
pointing to dial thermometer, "but guess
seem to move much" The store keeper
explained to him that 1t was past i've O'Clock
and that he would have to wait a long time
before the thermometer would reach 8
O'Clock. The man spat on his hands and
was last seen trying to clean out the store
that kept such arrangements to "rule" peo-
pie. III the Belfast papers keep up this sort
OF thing much longer, coupon voting con-
test to test the relative popularity of the
various stories will be in order.
A Democratic alderman In Lewiston
undertook to reduce the Republican vote by
challenging an alleged alien. He asked the
subject, DIR. Howe, whether he had been nat
uraliZed.
81 voted for Lincoln in front OF Petersburg,
"That doesn't count here" said the alder
man. 1--WE want to know If you've been
naturaliZed."
DR.. Howe, who was captain in the First
Maine Cavalry, warmed up to the subject,
and addressing himself to the board Of alder
men, said; Gentlemen, tell you frankly,
have been naturalized. / was living down
In StetsOn, In Penobscot county, and when
election day came around the contest was
close. 1t was in 1867. went to the polls to
vote on crutches by reason of a wound in the
abdomen received In the war. My vote was
challenged on the ground Of my being an
alien. They said | couldn't vote till /
furnished the papers. 1t was late In the day,
but short time remained before the polls
would close, and I'd got to go to Bangor in
order to get the papers. l made the trip to
Bangor as fast as good horses could carry me.
changing on the way. Judge Peters was
holding court there and kindly ordered
stay in the proceedings while l passed the
necessary examination, got the papers and
rode back to StetsOn in season to vote"
And the doctor had his papers, too, which
he proceeded to exhibit TO the Democratic
Thomases. It's needless to add that DIR.
Howe voted for Burleigh.