Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-07
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
ma MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

ma MOST IMPORTANT STATE News
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The rains have given luiabermen all
over the state much cheer.
The famous coon cats of belfast stlll
continue to be shipped all over the Unit
ell States.
some of the people of nrrwer are talk
Ing Of going hack from the city 10 the
town form OF government.
Work on the bangor and Aroostcok
Railroad IL expected to begin some
where between the 18th and Goth Of June.
There are now hvc cottages IN proccss
Of construction on Squirrel Island and
this Il but the beginning Of the boom OF
~.
Alexander n. Carr Of Amlty IL report
ed dead at the age of lOl. lie Was the
oldest man In Arcostook County IL not
In the state.
The boom at the thriving town of
Madison stlll continues. About twenty
new houses are In process OF erection
there this spring.
George II. Colgrove, while painting
the bridge at Augusta "Wednesday, fell
and broke hi. neck. Ills age Was ~ and
he had no family.
The granite for the Maine building at
the Worlds Fair, with the exception OF
one course. has already been donated,
and the remainder Of the material will
he Forthcoming In = short time.
bath Times. One person In four In
the good old state Of Maine has money
deposited In savings hank. That 10 nice
and now why not take said money from
the saving. bank and Invest II In some
sound Maine Industry
General Manager II. e. Penney Of the
Monson Slate quarry works says, the
roof which TIL. company IL to put on
the building which IL 10 he erected by
Maine on the world. fair grounds la
Chicago, "will he the handsomcst roof
ever seen In Chicago aud one ~ the
finest In the world"
A bangor gentleman tells ~ . man
Who lives on an island only mile from
the Maine coast who has never hecn
away from u. lie u about flfty years 81
age and :. engaged In the bu.lne.. Of
selling meats aud groceries. Having
accumulated quite large fortune, he IL
coutente,i To live and die where he IL.
After msny year. ~ waiting fcr som"
Que "a start the ball In motion, during
which period many destructive nr-s
have occurred In town, Pennington IL at
last Ia have system 10 water work.
worthy the name. The Pennington
Water Company, which hold = charter
from the last legislature, effected . per-
maneut Organization At the meeting held
on Tuesday afternoon.
In the Office 20 q Wholesale house In
Bangor. where there I. a. pleasant and
lnof'enslye firm ~ men a. can L. found,
there L. q most suggestive ornament on
the dcsk, AZ which all travelling men
take q good look before they begin 10
talk a. the busy proprie,ors. IL IL a
small flgur. Of q skeleton, but the In
.cription held In Que bony hand lend.
the caution; II am the drummer that
would no, take mo- for an answer
Herald Editor slmonton relates the fol-
lowing Incident % the late william ".
simpson, the former brilliant editor Of
the Belfast Journal: To the telegraph
men some VI the things which job pro-
rounded a. impossible are a. easy as a.
b. G. I remember when I ~as q stadent
In Belfast. going Into Ga. telegraph
Office, then presided over by the genial
and witty William n. simpson. after
ward. editor ~ the Belfast Journal, and
.eeing inscritssi upon his telegraph ma
chine thl. quotation from job: "Canst
thou send the lightning. that they may
20 and .ay unto thec here Ne arrf' and
underneath u Was written by SimP-
sou. eve trust We can"
Monday. ~. q. Spear at Lisbon Gen.
ter built \ frc In q wash room Tor some
purpose, and soon heard quite q commo-
lion In the chimney. lie Jet the IRE
die down, aud Ia removing the funnel,
found few chimney swallows. Reach
Ing Into the chimney through the flue,
he began "a pull out swallows. "Wife,"
aid Mr.. spear. II believe there are any
In here" Meanwhile he kept pulling
out swallows. Before he 80, through
he took out 10 dead swallows, and quite
a number 81 living birds few away.
The swallows few In Friday aud satur-
day. They cam. In fiocks, aud found
Que 81 the big chimneys where they had
usually made their home screened
against thcm by the occupants 81 the
hou.e, aud they went Into this chimney
where they nearly all peri.hcd.
Speaking ~ the wonderful feat. Of
Hermann, the Advertiser says that
there I. a gentleman Ia that city Who
perform. trick which quite rivals any
81 those performed by the great msg'-
clan. lie invited a lady Ia write name
on the margin 10 newspaper. she did
80 and tearing OF the piece folded u aud
handed II Ia the performer. lie applied
a lighted match 90 u aud burned u la
ashes. Then pulling up hi. sleeve he
rubbed the ashes on hl. bare arm Tor
some little time. Al length there ap-
peared written on his arm name which
the lady pronounced Ia b. the Identical
one written by her la exactly her hand.
writing. IL l. said that TIL. man had
been offered sl0oo by q professional
magician to tell the secret IL the trick,
bat he had declined Ia di,ulge IL.
bangor whlg: Now that trout fishing
IL proving so popular and successful
some stories of big take. la olden time.
will bear repeating. Mr.. John q. Young
inform. whlg reporter that nearly
forty-fiye year. ago, when living At the
,artland stand, outside the city on the
old Isvant road, q man came down from
Moo.ehezd Lake with a lot of trout aud
togue, and bringing one of the latter In
Ia the house IL tipped ia. scales at y
pounds, which l. the biggest on record
from that lake. Dr. lIamlln, however,
who was present. goes him one better
on togue taken some fifteen years ago
from schoodlc Grand Lake, by French
man, which weighed - pounds. IL wa.
purchased by Dr. llamlin aud .ent Ia
Mr.. william r. Adams (Oli,er Optic Of
Boston. who had Il mounted and still
has Il displayed at his residence.
On the railroad line from Skowbegsn
10 Lewiston the regular stations aver
age ii miles apart, and from skow-
hogan TO Portland the average Ii but