The Portland daily press., 1894-05-19


no more pranks ON certain doctor of
that town who he had suddenly stopped
on his way to ASK provoking question.
line M. IL. gave no answer, but la ter, at
two a. m., violently rang the door bell
of the wag and aroused him from deep
slumb causing him to dress hastily
and come down stairs only to receive
the answer to his question of the day
before. He is now scratching his head
to get even with the DOCTOR
1t has been decided by the Androscog-
g1n Horse Breeders association that they
Will hold no meeting in Lewiston this
year.
There is rumor afioat that arrange
menus are in progress between the man
ayers OF the Maine Genital and the Ban
gof cG Aroostook railroad companies for
running Pullman cars from Newport
over the Maine Central track to Dover
q Foxcroft and thence to connect with
the train from Bangor to Houlton at
dally communication between Boston
q Aroostook county. Considerable time
and expense would be saved to the trav-
elling public by such a scheme if carried
into effect.
large deer has frequently been seen
on the shore road between Searsport and
Belfast. Jesse Staples exhibits him to
passengers almost every week.
The steamer Cum berland, Monday, had
over 5000 bushels, and the duty paid st
East port to Uncle Sam amounted to
more than $1,000.
A parrot kept by family who live on
one of the back streets of Eastport has
in some way picked up the following
very suggestive query: Have you
pounded with f1uency and oft repeated,
much to the surprise and amusement Of
the passers by.
Mr.. L. A. Small of Guilford has u
chicken about week old, that is sup
piled with more than the accustomed
number of pedal extremities. A third
fully developed foot and leg protrudes
from the body in the rear of the natural
legs, and aids in locomotion by pushing.
A curious rumor is afoat to the effect
that the Boston railway and steamship
magnate Henry M. Whitney, has pur-
chased a controlling interest in the
that his scheme is to checkmate a syndi-
cate which has been contemplating build
ing a through electric line from Bangor
to Boston. Mr.. Whitney refuses to be in
terviewed on the subject.
During the war a community not
many miles from Ellsworth was blessed
with religious awakening, and as re-
suit several were to be received into
the church. Everything was moving
we'll during the examination, and each
candidate was apparently satisfying the
church of his fitness to become one of
its number. and all would doubtless
have been forthwith duly received. But
one brother, with a keener mind than
the rest, had found reason for exclud-
ing them, and set it forth as follows:
"These candidates are Democrats. We
have few already among our numbe
but l am decidedly opposed to taking
in any more!h
The prospect of an electric railroad
from Skowhegan to Norridgewock on the
south side of the river is better today
than it was ever before. The plan is to
build from the Maine Central railroad
station in Skowhegan to that of the
Somerset railway in South Norridgewock
Win Une view OF oXCenIIng 1t In the
streets of the two villages at later
date.
The Mechanic Falls Ledger drops in
to poetry as follows:
How dear to our heart is the cash on
su ubsciption,
When the honest subsciber presents it to
view;
But the man who don't pay-we refrain
from desciption-
For, perhaps, gentle reader, that man
may be you.
This afternoon,at town meeting at Me-
chanic Falls is to decide whether to have
water works or not.
Deer. rabbits, skunks and birds have
crowded the Eustis and Dead river stage
road for day or two, driven there from
the woods by fires raging.
There is a rumor that the price to be
paid the farmers who have contracted to
raise corn for one of the Pennington can
cries is to be cut half cent can, CIV
ing them only a cent and half in place
of two cents formerly paid.
Thursday, the Bangor training school
for nurses, connected with the Bangor
Eaparol Hosnital ,Cac ipoorpor,taJ