The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-10
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

FORlLAND DAILY
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
| + .E. Rousseau, as he called himself
prom New York, has been fleeing
| > eople in Lewiston. He CLAIMED to b.
an oprietor of the Rousseau car coupler
or worth a million. He gave a chect
of New York for $500, to the hospita
che Our Lady of Lords, Mr.. Gauvin /
M ok for $500, and in return had checks
and is favor endorsed by Lewiston people
waro drew the money. When the checks
hhele received by the New York bank he
lang replied "no funds" Rosseau ran
away . ut has been arrested.
Biographical errors are sometimes
wonderfully made. Reading proof last
cred that Mr.. Blank would open his
vaccination in this vicinity" Calling
for the copy he found it was written
Mr.. Blank would spend his vacation in
this vicinity"
Last week Prof. Munson of the State
| College, visited the orchard of G. S. Pope
at Manchester to determine the kind of
pest which severely threatens that or
| ehard. An unknown black worm about
| an inch in length is feeding on the
| grounds. 1t is very numerous seeming
to conhne its operations chiefly to the
elm trees. A small black bug or fly,
| which the professors have so far been
| una Bile to name is feeding on the trees
| in Pressure Isle.
| In Eastern Maine during 1898 there was
| frost every month in the year. About
June 20, 1888, a heavy frost killed beans.
| squashes and other tender plants all
| over Maine. In July there was slight
| frost in the lowlands about July 10, and
| in the latter part of August corn, beans
and all tender vegeta bes were killed.
This year there bids fair to be heavy
Thunder and wind storm every month.
The record holds good up to date, and
the weather is not bit exhausted. Yet
| excepting for grass, last year was good
| crop year Vegetation was never known
to thrive better, and seldom has there
been such big grain crop as was har-
vested in 1898
The time is coming, and that probably
before long," said a man at Fort Preble
the other day, when something entirely
new iii the way of seaboard protection
will be seen on the Cape coast. 1t is the
mounting OF big gun on railroad car
an experiment. Government engineers
and ordinance officers have it under
considerations
A South Portland man who has just
returned from up country" relates the
following, which may strike you as be-
Ing funny or not-according TO your
temperament. He stopped at country
hotel, one of the old fashioned sort that
has ali the grub ON the table when you
sit down. There was big dish of boiled
egg on the table, and the beaming waiter
girl announced with toss of her head
that they were "both hard and soft
boiled" The regular boarders had no
trouble in picking : out the kind they
wanted, and never made a mistake, but
the South Portlander was puzzled and
had to ask how the difference between
the. two kinds of hen fruit was discerned
Easy nuff," said the girl, with sniff,
the hard ones be brown eggs and the
soft ones white I guess you amt used
to stopping at hotels"
1t has long been an unsettled question
as to the exact distance from Bridgton
to Portland by most direct road Some
call it 38 and Others 40 miles. One of
Bridgton's bicyclists who has made the
trip with-a-wheel = says his cyciometer
The Cottage hospital of Portsmouth.
N. H., has received a handsome legacy,
from the late Franklin r. Bragdon of
York. His will contains bequest of
$4,000 to be used in in establishing free
bed, to be known as the Bragdon bed.
He also makes the corporation residuary
legatee of the remainder of his property.
which is thought TO amount to quite
sum.
The huge monster with two tails and
but little hair, commonly known as an
elephant, created considerable fun Fri
day night, when being brought from
the circus grounds to the train. 1t
was passing the watering tank at the
corner of State and Grove streets, A u
gusta, and heard the.water bubbl1ng. The
stomach of the great beast spoke for
drink, and it's keeper readily saw the
appetite must be satisfied The animal
wabbfed over TO the tank and placed its
foremost tail in the water, took three
large drinks, ana the fluid in the dish
became scarce. An interested spectator
was standing near by, viewing the Won
der from the Eastern world, and imagin-
ing what great sight it would be to
see herd of such Sbeasts, when to his
surprise graf water spout seemed to
he showering around him. He was puz-
zled whether or not the fire department.
had turned out or if a cloud had burst. The
situation became plain in a short time
and he removed to safe distance. The
elephant packed it's trunk and hied away
on it's journey, while those who wit
messed the sight enjoy a laugh about it
today.
A drummer who found that certain
Maine merchant, who owed his firm con
siderable, had struggled his stock into
another art of the town, put an attach
ment on the goods. The merchant said
he would replevin the goods, and the
drummer told him to go ahead and he
would have the liveIiest kind of a law
suit to look after. The merch ant finally
got desperate, and said if his goods were
not released he would commit suicide.
The drummer said that such course
would settle the account, but no such
compromise hts been reached. 4
A Caribou boy improv Used a method
of catching big salmon which has all
the charm of novelty and as much ex-
element as could possibly be afforded