The Portland daily press., 1894-05-19
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

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The plant and business of the Turf,
| Farm q Home is to be removed to Water
vile. Waterville parties have taken a
large interest in the paper.
A woman was at the Augusta station,
Wednesday afternoon, with eight chill
dren, two of whom she had to carry,
and there was not more than a years
difference in the ages of the Others, two
OF whom looked like twins.
Rain for the thirsty earth, rain for
the forest fires, rain for the log drives,
rain is in demand.
DIR. George H. Bailey of Portland, and
Mayo F. o. Beal, cattle commissioners
of Maine, went to Veazie Wednesday
forenoon to examine cow belonging to
Mrs. g. A. Spencer, which had symptoms
of tuberculosis. On examination it
was found that the animal was diseased
and it was killed.
The Gu1lford Lumber Co. have got
their logs. about 6,o0U,000 feet in the
booms where they can handle them. So
many drives are "hung upn this spring on
dCCOuIb vi Gu6 low WdUtI, GuO COupduy
are extremely fortunate in getting
theirs in SO early.
The number of scholars in Oldtown,
according to Mr.. Norton's census is 1133
Sunday some children were in the barn
of Edward Newell at Lisbon when they
discovered snake lying quietly on a
hosr, in, fho IT, l.
attempt to kill the reptile they ran to
the house for Mrs. Newell, who was also
afraid of his snakeship. A neigh Dor
was called, as Mr.. Newell was away,
and the snake was knocked off the
beam and killed. 1t proved to be a
black snake five feet in length, no doubt
the longest snake ever killed in this
vicinity.
Three Berwick ladies have immortal
lied. themselves by capturing fox which
has been robbing- the hen coops of the
neigh borhood and which for long time
the male element have in vain tried to
capture. Shot guns, fox hounds, brick
bats, traps and many other C OnJrivan ces
have all been on the look out for Rey-
nard, but he passed them all unscathed,
and the poultry of the neigh borhood
kept disappearing. One day last week
uO q ppIOuCHCu large coop u6dE GnG
residence of ]. N. Matthews. Three
ladies surrounded him, and seeing that
they meant business he Internationally
surrendered. He is to be seen on the
premises OF one of the ladies whom he
defrauded of many a fat leghorn.
A Bucksport couple were about to re
tire, in fact had got about half retired
when they went on the bat. He was
in the bed He had it all to himself direct
ly, or about the time he was fairly is
covered. There Is said to have been a
scene for cartoonist about that time.
How Mr.. Bat got in the wrong room is
great mystery, but he'll never go there
any more.
The allopathic physicians of Rock
land are talking of uniting and starting
hospital. meeting will probably be
held at an early date.
One Machias truckman has but one
leg, another only one arm. Neither
have artificial limbs, and the one-legged
man. with the aid of his crutch, boosts
heavy boxes and barrels about in sur
prising fashion.
After three weeks more the toothpick
mill at Strong closes up for four or five
weeks for rest and repairs. The cash
will be missed; yet for all this and the
hard times, CIV. Starbird seems to be
driving business full up, judging from
the looks of and the amount of lumber
he has working for him. Says he has a
contract for all the lumber he can work
until the snow flies next fali.
The white crowned sparrows are be-
coming quite plentiful where a few
years ago they were accounted rare
They are about the size of the white
throated sparrow or peabody bird and are
distinguished by white crown and a
white line extending back from each
eye. They are but spring visitors, breed
ing in Labrador.
The rug fever has struck Larone,
Somerset Co., hard, SO hard that the
poor suffering male man has to keep his
good clothes under lock and KEY lest
they be hooked into rug. Portland
men have suffered from the same cause
We have heard of watered cider, but
until recently not of cidered water as in
the case of Chas. Packard. OF Larone,
whose vinegar barrel springs leak and
empties nearly a barrel on the ground
that finds an outlet in the vein of water
that supplies the house well. NIB. the
we'll is not for sale.