The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10

John Henry Young, Jr., Of Corinna owns
a dog that could earn its own living In a
town where crows were plenty. At the mar
ket price OF the birds (ten cents apiece) he
might even earn as much as SIS a week.
Lost week the dog which Is a collie crept up
behind crow which was sitting on a low
fence, gave jump, made one bite and the
crow was dead, with the head bitten of, all
ready for the town treasurer.
Two Bangor boys, Clifford Tinker and Ar
thur Mcdonald, formed a combine the other
day, pooled their capital, amounting 10
ninety cents, and started for the Wild West.
They a6sented themselves for two days,
etectually battling all efforts at discovery.
At the end Of that time, however, they re-
turned to their homes and school, and do not
relish any remarks about Buffalo Bill and
the Wild West.
The food Of this year on the Peusbscot.
like others which have preceded Ii, Is caus-
log much damage, for all the water mills up
on the river are shut down, and first aud last
much lumber and other property has been
swept away. In all, there must be thousands
OF men out Of employment, for such great
mills as the pulp mill at Montague, where
hundreds are employed, has suspended; and
not until Names Father Of Waters subsidies
by several feet can they again resume their
usual labors.
Lone women aud timid children, not 10
from the nourisnlng cfty OF prewer IOI Tue
present. Families in that city have been
startled after dark by seeing pair Of human
eyes peering into their windows. Upon any
movement towards the door by the masculine
portion Of the family, il any happened to be
present, the eyes suddenly disappeared.
Nobody can be found yet who is the owner
OF the eyes.
A little boy at Kittery Foreside came near
losing his leg: and perhaps his life, on the
York railroad recently. While at play on
the track he caught his foot in the crossing
in such a manner that he could not extricate
1t, and while In this helpless condition the
train rounded the curve about 200 yards dis
tant, and down grade the entire way. The
engine was stopped not four feet from his
foot, and his shoe had to be unlaced before
he could be released.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
had car load of telegraph poles transported
from Fort Fairfield to Lewiston and then
distributed along the line TO Danville juno
tion where the lines are being rebuilt
While the poles we're being thrown off hen
appeared from a sheltered spot where she
had been hiding and riding from Aroostook.
The hen had a strong sense OF the fitness Of
things, and not desiring to appear In the
light Of tramp stealing ride, laid six eggs
on the car as pay for transportation.
One Of the smaller country towns In this
state that has been greatly changed by time
Is Fayette, Kennebec county. Fifty seven
years ago at Fayette corner there were three
churches, four stores. two hotels, a post
Office and nearly 30 dwellings. Now only
enc church, the Baptist remains, the stores
and hotels are all gone and more than half
OF the dwellings have burned or fallen down.
The old Methodist church has been removed
to East Llvermore near the camp ground.
and the Free Baptist Is now used for a
schoolhouse at Wayne village.
A peculiar case Of combustion occurred at
Salmon Falls recently. When the 5.18 train
came in to the station one evening trunk
was thrown out. Shortly afterwards smoke
was seen coming from 1t. 1t was broken
| open and the whole Of the top partition was
| found to be full Of lighted matches. The
| jarring OF the trunk when 1t was dropped
from the car probably set the matches Of
| Although some Of the railroad men were In,
| clined to believe the trunk to be an inferna
| machine. No one had claimed IL at last ac
| counts.
No industry in Maine has prOspered more
| generally than the sardine packing business.
In 1878 the first small factory was started at
Eastport, and now there are 20 factories In
that town and As in the State. 70 afford
| some Idea Of its value to Eastp0rt we will
| give few figures. Some 1000 men, women
| and children are employed In the packing
| business in Eastport and Lubee, receiving
/ WdBtS dNcIdSiuZ lIum 0lsOO W EOsJO lCl uell
and estimating 200 days for the packing sea
| son, the total amount received by American
i labOrers In this business would amount Il
over one million dollars.
A novel fishing contest Is to take place Ol
the Penobscot river the first Of June, be
tween two prominent sportsmen, who's
names have not yet been made public. o.
fisherman has made a wager OF 500 that N
is equally proficient as fisher OF men as .
| the gamey salmon, aud a companion mas pu
| up an equal amount, and at the time OF th'
contest will act the part CT the fish, whether
| or not a sucker remains to be seen. a sLraI
| will be placed about the waist OIL MT. rish
and the fly will be hooked IN the strap at his
back. Mr.. Fisherman will stand upon thu
Shore and use an ordinary salmon rod anC
outfit. III he succeeds in landing MIR. Fisl
he is the winner. but II MIR. Fish breaks thl
line or successfully refuses to be landed, tn
money goes the other way.
The city clerk of Ellsworth has been 5
busy recently issuing dog licenses, that tn
very word license suggests canine thought
| and gives a canine Sharpness to his voice.
young mau walked bashfully into the Ofic
the other day, and when his turn came b
huskily asked the clerk for license. .Wha
name?' said the clerk The young ma
gave his name. The clerk hastily wrote
down on dog license. "What breed, az
and color is it?" was the next question. .
i didn't know you had To TN all that,
said the young man. "Haye 10 do that
order to Identify them," said the cleTl
But, Mrs. Blank knows her. She M
worked there for long time" "Eh, what
that?' said the clerk. "Why. we think Z
getting married" whispered the Young maj
Then 1t dawned upon the city clerk thi
there were other kinds vi licenses oesio
those given to dog.
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