The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-03
SUNBEIMS.

"A waldoboro'. Ne. woman treasures a h!ue.cdScd
plate upon which 955 pies have been baked.
Foxes are so plentiful between Last Bucksaort,
Me-. and Bangor that the stage horses are frightened
by their barking.
Mrs. y. Nutting Of Parkman, Me. who is II years
old. made POO pounds of butter in 1892. besides 10 NJ
1.-THE housework for a family OF i've.
"A peculiar sainesa.twin pair OF pheasan's was
shot. on the wing. by a sportsman near R~cilef"nte, Pa,
few days ago. Both birds were perfectly drSc.orei.
and were connected by a tesby link. half an inch
thick. just in front of the wings.
There are In prohibition Maine 800 liquor dealers
paying the special United States tax OF s25 n retailers,
or one to every s36 inhabitants. This does not include
city and town agencies. Bangor Wholesaler. OF tho
Illicit dealers, whose name il legion.
Mr.. II. T. ltnbria OF Washington 90 n y. oregon.
found n piece Of pure gold about the slEs OF u pea ~ 80
gizzard or one of his chickens. lie IS npw on a ltaI
hunt for he feeding grounds of that rart.cdiarcica ~
ami Is thinking OF a~ssaying lis entire baFn,A! on
Iany.
-seraphina Baci=aiupi, an Ita'ian booth!acA 4 10
coma, WASH. fell heir last week TO o~ne.stNtn Il an es
tate In Cal ornia valued AZ over 500 900 Ihr estate
is left by ssraphina's uncle. a merchant Of san Ersn'
Ct CO. The lucky h%ootblaca was \ bla, X t'rcp N no
family. aud ran away from home seven years s:o'
after having trouble with his uncle.
The stery OF the painter who painted fruit 20 Nks
nature that The birds tried to eat 1t from hs r"H'a'
Is discounted. Two hunters near The IIllr-, tr son.
u Few days ago were hunting wild geese. TLeT set Ous
their decoys and retired. when almost iuLis,ate,ya
big gray eagle swooped down on the decoys Az! ar
lied one on IN Its claws. The hUn'rrs .l"t the asa
II measured seven feet from tip TO TIP Of It's wtrs'
Many people OF tho Pacific coast Hrs hu>ipu' 70
have the United States Government rumricir, r~h.
ana operate the Nicaragua Cana. ana efforts are max
ing 10 have the commercial bo lies of PORT ma. Hsh
Francisco. Seattle, aud Tacoma. as vel! as Tie l'.,'If
lures OF the coast states, memoriaiIEe toE-r'ss 70
authorize the Government 10 undertake thu work
Memorials have been drafted by SONS commercial
clubs. And agents OF the canal company aye iTaFr NJ
through tho Northwest in the inteie,t OF thr Caaa.
-MrS Sarah Howard of iioulton, Me. las u Farot
muskrats Tor pets. They came up inrou.h III dian
into the cellar and soon became SO tame hat tLey ~
vAded the kitchen and made themselves en're| AZ
home, eating out OF the cats saucer The Old ga; paws
no attention TO the rats. but the kilt,ns s,Ue'iaS,
Gun them. The strange visitors tore w "A DfD"n Ahi
with the straw made for them.rlyes ncst bNneF no
cupboard. When eating milk they dip their l""sho
the saucer and then lick the milk from the iUr u
taxes Them half an hour to eat a snIau saucer Of Hi'E'
The net cost OF supporting the Maine state Urlsonih
1879 was SIC, Io6, or SIss for each convict. "i lhs
thirty'four prisoners committed during The 'clr' l"s
counties or Cumberland, Kennehec, York, Aniiost's
gin. Oxford. fiscataQuls, and scGersot. "h'fr me
liquor law is +" enforced cor rLutrd tw.rty t'''e,"
morsthan twice as msuy a. the other eight e"nh''s'
where it'le or no attention 10 paid to the Law IN 'b'f
report OF The condition OF jals tho inspectors say
p" The jAti At Paris Hill, oxford COUNT, is hardly Wofh'
OF tho name Five prisoners have ESCAPED da''hs 's
year, and only those remain who are TODAY 70 spens
an hour or two in digging out'