The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-13

Jne surface OF Inc water. IhlS stone has
been ridged and followed by the waves into
an almost exact representation of ex-Gover-
nor Frederick Robie's features. In fact,
it is the head off the governor in
stone, heroic size, not a mere profile. 1t
faces out across the lake placidly and the
few who have seen it are always astonished
at the exact resemblance,
". Fl. Dow of Dover has met with marked
success in bee hunting the present fall,
having captured twelve swans. Five of
these he has transferred from hollow trees
to hives. Two others were found in the
cavities of pine stubs, which he has sawed
off above and Lelow the space occupied by
the bees and the honeycomb and set up in
the same position which they stood in
the forest In the twelve hives he saved
500 pounds of honey.
An iron roof has been placed on the
school building at Canaan, and new bell
which was donated by the ladies. now peeIs
out the hour for school.
The Oxford County Advertiser, Albany
correspondent, says: Bears have been MAX
ing frequent calls and holding apple bees
in several different orchards but last Sat
urday night one got on the wire that was
connected with Old Edgar's gun and dis
charged the gun but he was plucky bear
and SO made short stop. He got him
finally.
Isabel Whitney, of West Brownfeld, has
counted the words that her baby brother
Harold, Is months old, speaks. She can
understand IS that ne distinctly articu-
lates, and as he can also whistle, dance,
snap his fingers and drive horse, she
challenges any Maine oaby to beat him.
The ghost of Little Island above the An
droscoggin falls has been captured. 1t was
a man troubled with insomnia.
A smart school girl in Auburn, who was
escorting her sister home the other evening
from an.entertainment, was approached by
a local swell with remarks that did not
please. She promptly cuffed him and she
cuffed him hard.
The Rockland Courier-Gazette gives the
following hitherto unwritten. annal of the
Rockland poor department. A family was
notified that they must go to the poor
farm. "We can't go until after the circus,'
said the woman of the house. Aud they
didn't. They all went to the show, and
then went "over the hill.' etc.. with COM
parative equanimity.
A 10 months old baby in Rockland per-
petrated joke on an older brother the
other night, which would do credit to
much older brain. The older brother is
newsboy and in order not to oversleep in
the MORNING he attaches string to his
wrist, the other end extending to the bed
side of his parents in the next room. The
string also passed over the baby's cradle.
The babywas in Il wakeful mood the other
night and pulled the string a1ousing his
brother from a sound sleep at IL o'clock at
night.
All the fox hunters of the county are;pre-
| pairing for the big hunt at Monmouth on
| the 10th. A number of Lewiston and Au-
| burn sports are going out on the 18th, and
large party will be ready for the hunt on
the morning of the 18th, which starts from
| Charles Browns house. All attending are
requested to bring their dogs.
| A patient of the Maine insane hospital,
named Gilbert Davis, ended his existence,
Tuesday night, by hanging himself in his
room. He did it by tearing up sheet and
| tying the parts together, after rolling
/ them, then proceeding to quit life by at
taching the end to part of his cell. He
made no noise TO disturb any of the attend
ants. and when found the next morning
| was dead.
| Recently, at the old Wadswo1th home
| stead on Moose Hill, quilting was given
by Mr.. and Ms. Elijah Wadsworth, for
their grand niece, Miss Flora G.. Thompson
of Jay. daughter of the late Hon. R. p.
| Thompson. This old homestead has been in
the Wadsworth family, ninety years and
| is now owned by Willard Jesse Wadsworth.
Mrs. Thompson's great grand father, Jesse
| Wadsworth brought his bride there in
1862 and to them came ten children, only