The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-02
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

land. who died last Thursday, was the
Oldest living graduate of Colby Univer-
sity, having been member CT the class
of 1929. He afterward studied in the
Brunswick Medical school, taking the
degree of MD IN. 1884. The next year
he was married to Louisa Allen of
Pennington, the date being Feb 5, 1885.
He praeticed medicine in the towns of
Eden, East Dixfield and Norway until
1871. In 1S42 he taught school in Bridg-
ton, Feeling called to the ministry he
was ordained at Cape Neddlek in 1S43,
and settled as pastor over that church.
He served several churches in Maine,
and had brief pastorates in New Hamp-
shire and Vermont.
It is stated on good authority that
withing six miles of Molunkus more than
200 deer and some half dozen moose are
being trodden like yard where a large
flock of sheep is kept. One old COW
moose and calf has yard on the Penob-
scot waters, and you can find along her
heat path where ssshe has broken the
tender sprouts of the trees by reaching
M and pulling them down, leaving
them for her young to feed upon.
One half of Sanford will be arraigned
aga inst the other half at a case to be
tried at the September term. About
two years ago loan and building as
ISOLATION was organized in the town,
building of .shoe shop. The mem bers
of the club paid in their money and
with it the shop was begun and carried
along as far as the funds would allow.
To finish the shop $500 was required
and the association raised a committee
and left the matter in the hands of this
committee. The $500 was raised and
the shop completed. Then part of the
mem bers of the association refused to
pay in any more money and the suit of
Wilson ct ais VS.. Cheney ct ais. is the
result. Wilson ct ais. represent the
committee and the defendants are the
mem bers of the association who have
refused to pay.
The new school law is getting into
working order with far less friction
than was anticipated. The State super
intendent of schools has prepared cireu-
lars fully explaining it, and covering
about all the questions that can possibly
arisex to perple the officials in the vari-
GUS towns. The law may be depended
upon to do away with much of the
waste of money which has been incident
to the old system.
Lubec claims the honor of having pro-
duced the first smoked herring in this
country. Capt. Daniel, Ramsdell having
cured some of the fish in this way IL
1894. They were sold under the name
of "Iigby Chickens" so says the So.ici-
tor, Boston publication. Samuel Mars
of the same place, twas the first to cure
what are known as scaled herrings. So
long as he removed the scales from the
herring by rubbing them between the
hands and within a guarded building,
the secret was known only in his family,
but when he attempted to enlarge his
business by'mixing sand with the her
ring in the butvand stirring them with a
round stick, ne was caught at this
work, and soon every. curer of smoked
herring was packing the quality known
as scaled.
Rev. John E. Cummings, Baptist
missionary at Henzada. Burmah, sailed
from Rangoon Saturday. for America,
accompanied by his three children, VIII I'M
he will leave here to be educated. he re-
turning to India next year. Mrs. Stevens,