Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-01-18
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| items OF interest from all over the
Pine Tree State.
Eben Littlefeld, an esteemed citizen OF
Belfast, died suddenly Jan. 6, aged about
eighty years.
DR.. Hampton +. Hill, of Biddeford, a
prominent physician, died Jan. 9, aged
| forty three years.
The thermometer indicated forty-seven
below zero In Fort Fairfield. Aroostook
county, one day last week
Capt. Joseph w. Dresser, lifelong
| resident of Bridgton, is dead. Mr.. Dresser
would have celebrated his ninety first
birthday on Feb. a.
There is an old marble box clock in the
secretary of States office at Augusta
which was hung up in the room ln Is45.
1t continues to keep good time.
These are great times for practical
Christianity. A good pastor Of North
Wadoboro took his own horse recently,
and hauled three widows each a load Of
wood. That kind OF sermon could not
have failed TO come home to the hearts Of
the congregation.
T. W. Allan, senior member of the
lumber firm Of T. W. Allan 4 Son, Of
Dennysville died there Jan s, aged ninety
years. He attended to business regularly
until within seven weeks. He was one Of
the oldest lumbermen In active business
in the State.
Mrs. Daniel McCobb of Alma has a hen
that beats the record 1t Is said that this
hen raised q brood Of chickens aud then
commenced laying. and has laid seventy
tive eggs in seventy-six days. She then
shed her feathers, and at last accounts
had laid twenty three eggs without a days
intermiss
Mrs. Mary Parsons, wife of s. S. Par
sons OF kezsr Falls, aged SIXTY four, died
Dec. 10. after an Illness OF thirteen or
fourteen years of creeping paralysis For
nine years she was entirely deprived of
the use OF her legs Mr.. Parsons for
number OF years was compelled to get up
and change her position or do something
Tor her dozen times or more every night
A Litchheld correspondent writes that
nearly all the apples in that section have
been sold at So per barrel 4 good orchard
Is always 8 source Of revenue and will not
fal to give good returns for the time de
voted 10 1t. Now is good time for Maine
farmers TO resolve to do a lot of spring
graftIng-such new years resolution
would be worthy one, and, If adhered TO,
a profitable one.
The State game and fish commission
will lease the land near its property at
Lake Auburn, as desirable place for the
bird bre, ding yards of the Maine game
protective association, and will give the
association the use OF ii. President l. G.
Gay OF the association will 90 there soon
with carpenters, and the erection Of the
yards will be begun The superintendent
heutps Iia h1,t ~. ~ OH - 7
iston and Auburn people are subscribing
freely - the fund.
when the neighbors or George Wiley of
West Warren, heard that au overweight Of
snow had crushed in the roof Of his big
barn, they turned out In force and cut
lumber fur barn. Wednesday and
Thursday they hauled it to the mill. The
mill sawed the material free Of charge, and
then the people raised 8 sum Of money to
help matters along and a. result Mr.
Wiley. who is a highly respected citizen,
will have new barn as tes estimonial from
his friends
A. usual Names criminal record for
the past wear vas not 4 long one, nor very
black. There We're two trials for homicide (
that resulted In acquttal; four verdicts
for manslaughter with two sentences Of
years and one case now awaiting a decision
in regard 70 new trial one ce>e where
suicide followed murder one murderer
yet uncaught; one case Involved in
mystery one trial that resulted In dis
agreement OF the jury; aud the case o:
young Whitman's slayer at Paris and of
the murderer of Mrs. Meyer at Yarmouth
Yet unsettled.
b. W. roole of Exeter, i lightweight
years old, and his work OF last season Is
noteworthy. II consisted OF tending his
garden in which he raised without aid
fourteen bushels OF onions, ten bushels
Of potatoes, two bushels of beans, one and
one half bushels Of peas. ten bushels OF
turnip-, one bushtl OF carrots, thirty
~quashes, thirty-tve cabhases sweet corn,
heets, cucumher-, tomatoes, lettuce, salsi-
iy, green peas and string beans for fsm-
IS use Thi. was in addition to caring for
his stock which consisted of one horse,
two cows and two pigs.