The Portland daily press., 1890-08-09

There is a hanging garden in Auburn
which although in its infancy now may grow
Mrs. Bryant of Auburn hung up calico
wrapper in the pocket of which was a potato,
a year ago. She did not use the wrapper till
one day last week, when she discovered a
whole hill of potatoes in her pocket There
were seven or eight perfect little tubers.
Some young men in sail-boat tried to ram
other day at Belfast. only being
prevented by sharp work on, the
steamer. The rash young men probably be-
lieved that an elephant could be put to
flight by mouse, If the mouse only bit in
the right place, and they tried it themselves.
Mr.. j. E. Bachelor of Belfast, has some
rare rare coins OF very ancient dates, among
bears date of the year 254, the other was
made 115 b. G. and is of bronze. He has al
so Morocco coin dated 1888.
The town of Fayette, Keunebec county, is
said to be another of those unnatural commu-
mites that have neither lawyers, physicians
farmer justice Of the peace can marry
couple as well as minister can, and another
farmer can bury the dead as we'll as high
priced undertaken without the intermeda-
tion of physician, perhaps it is just as well
after ALL
Several young ladies of Sovth Berwick
took umbrage at an item in the local paper
insinuating that the coincidence by which
certain young men moved down to cottage
at York Beach on the same day on which
the young ladies moved to the next cottage
was not so much of a coincidence as it might
have been. They wrote communication to
the paper re-affirming the fact that it was an
anaidant oud Winding M with fhiu fino hif nf
irony: LAS for the young gentlemen 1t was
scarcely matter of pleasant intelligence
when we heard they were. going; for the
fact is we see enough of them the year
round and are not In the least disturbed or
anxious II they are not close on our heels
during our stay there" The girls ought to
have the beach to themselves after that.
The Dexter Gazette of this week contains
this gem of thought and common sense:
Pedestrians are occasionally seen TO fit across
the track in this village iu front of an approach
ingitraln; When yon. do get lifted, my son, you'll
be lifted high.
Belfast comes TO the front again. A man
In that town seeing congregation of flies on
chopping block in one of the town markets,
raised the question as to his ability to cap
ture the entire lot in his hand. he crept up
to the block, made swoop with his hand
and gathered in plentiful supply of the
flies. There must have been something that
looked like fly, yet was not fly, in the
number, for the man soon dropped them all
with yell that indicated wounded feelings,
and began nursing a swelling on his finger.
The next time this man tries to catch job
lot of flies off-hand he will probably elimin-
ate the waspS beforehand.
County Attorney Carleton, of Winthrop
| does not seem to feel as grateful as he might
| for the kind Providence that returned his
| pocketbook with $3.50 in it recently. He has
| been up Swift river and has been looking for
| gold. lie says he is convinced that there is
"pay dirt" there, thus seeming to open the
way for the disappearance of the contents OF
other pocketbooks, without their subsequent
| return.
The collection of the Bangor Historical
Society was lately enriched by the addition
OF an unique book, neatly bound and lettered
containing an entire copy of the Bangor
WING and Courier of March 26, 1890. This
volume was prepared by Deacon e. f. Du
rem who bestowed much careful labor upon
It, Everything in the paper was cut out and
pasted upon blank levaves, so as to make the
reading matter much more accessible than ir
its original form, and more useful as part Of
library. The illustrations and advertise
ments all fall into their proper position. anf
the result of the patient labors is wei
| worthy of notice.