The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-04

spiratOrs, and speaks of $4,000 damages.
He says he Is now procuring evidence, his
United States courts. and he, being a citizen
OF Massachusetts, as he claims, will be en-.
titled to a trial in that state.
Winnegance is somewhat excited over a
modern Orlando, who is carrying on his
jack-knife operations in that village. 1t is
said that man DIRE ssed in long gray coat
has walked down the road to the bridge
crossing the creek, sat upon the rail and cut
the letter r every day for over two weeks.
He watches the young girls very closely,
and on several occasions he has followed
them some distance. Some of the villagers
have endeavored to talk with him, but he
says nothing. The people of the village
think he is demented, probably having been
disappointed in love affair. He is said to
citizens earnestly hope that his Rosalind
will appear and take him in charge. Other
wise the authorities will feel compelled to.
The Oxford Democrat tells this strange
story of a crime which time and chance ex-
posed:
Crime will out Late in the fall of 1858, c, o.
Pendexter, of Denmark, who had been in trade,
sold out to j. Bennett and In December was out
with his books making settlements with custom
ers. One evening he came home with the books
in the sleigh aud went in to supper, leaving them
there. Soon he went to the stable and found the
proprietor of the establishment there with Ian
tern. On looking for his books; the ledger was
missing. Search was made for the book, but 1t
could no. be found. The proprietor Of the house
owed Mr.. PendexteI about Sl0O, and he accused
him Of the theft, but could not prove It, There
were many other valuable accounts on the ledger,
and Mr.. Pendexter lost heavily by the loss Of the
book. Time passed on and Mr. Pendexter pur-
chased the house and has continued to live there
until the present time. Last week Conrad. a
young son of Mr.. Pendexter crept under the
stable after hens nest, and found the missing
ledger 1t had lain there for more than FL years,
but was still in condition to be Identified, and Is
| silent witness against the thief, who died last
winter.
Painting white house brown is not,
generally speaking, considered such a mo-
| mentOus event as removing mountain from
| its foundation. But there is man not far
| from Castine who nearly upset the geo.
| graphy of the state by simply painting his
| house. The building stood on the side Of a
| hill clearly outlined against 1t, white
| square against green background, and had
| for years served as a landmark guiding sail
| ors 10 harbor and land travellers to turn.
| ing road. The terra Gotta fashion reached
| the town short time ago, and the owner OF
4 this house painted it that color. Vessels be
| gan to 90 astray, running ten or dozen
| miles below the harbor before they discover
| ed their error, and then having to beat la
| boriousIy back again. A tin peddlar, mis-
sing the landmark that pointed out the place
| where he should turn, went several miles
further than he needed to; and other accl
dents occurred. For a time nobody seemed
| 60 be able to tell what the trouble was, bu
now they are getting accustomed to the new
color, and peace reigns once more