Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-10-11
FROM KiTTERY TO CARIBOU.
Items of Interest from all over the |
Pine Tree state.

place, was gored to death by bull last
week.
Mrs. Andrew McCaleb of Machias, who
had worked at the Belmont hotel all sum
mer, was found dead in bed Wednesday
morning. She retired in her usual
health. Heart disease was the cause of
death.
Miss Mary H. Porter, aged seventy
years committed suicide by drowning Mt
Augusta last Wednesday. The deceased
WAS member of prominent Augusta
family, and had been an active church
worker. No cause for the suicide is
known.
Two Fort Fairfield farm hands made
wager as to who could dig the greater
number of potatoes in given length of
time. They began work at O'Clock in
the morning, and quit at 5 O'Clock at
night, taking one hour for dinner.
During this time each man dug and
picked up just fortythree barrels OF po-
tatoes, and the bet was decided draw.
The yield was about ninety barrels per
acre.
The fish and game commissioners are
making great plans for the Liberation of
land locked salmon this fall. Next month
100000 will be taken from the hatchery
at Auburn and put in various waters all
over the State. There are 5000 more
now at kineo, which will be liberated in
Moosehead waters in October. Last week
Col
and many more trout into Lake Au
burn As the latter place and Sebago are
relied upon principally for the supply of
eggs, it is necessary that these waters be
constantly we'll stocked. A new hatch
cry is being constructed at Weld Pond,
locked salmon.
The State asylum farm contains $50
acres in high state of cultivation, yield
ing about 500 tons of hay There are
twenty-five acres for ensilage, yielding
about 5000 tons, and fourteen acres of
potatoes, giving about 5000 bushels.
There are in addition to these
Twenty-Five acres of garden produce. All
these products are used in the institu-
ton, and yet ii is not enough to supply
the demand. In the stable are twelve
coach and driving horses and min" work
horses, and they are kept busy most of
he time For he farm work four yokes
of heavy oxen are used. There are seven
ty-ave dairy COWS, grade Holstein, and
young heifers enough coming along to
keep the stock good. The output of milk
is all used in the asylum.
An interesting excavation of Indian
grave; was made at Norway recently.
George l.. Moves and II. ID. Cole opened
he graves on the river bank in the pine
grove known as the Olcott Brown Grove.
They found eight Indian skeletons
wrapped in birch bark. One of the skele
ton had a hole through the skull that
looked to be a ballet hole. Some of them
We're only about eighteen inches below
he surface and the Others deeper The
skeletons all faced the west and were in
sitting posture. They were Of various
sizes some large and some small. pho
tograph of the largest one was taken be-
fore it was removed from the grave, in the
position in which it was found, the arms
crossed over the breast and the knees
drawn up close to he body.
The seventeen annual convention of the
Maine Baptist missionary society closed at
Portland last Wednesday. Officers were
elected as follows: President, Rev. A. J.
Padelford, d. D.. of Calais: vice president,
Rev. q. b. Ilsley, of Bangor; correspond
ing secretary, Rev. A. T. Dunn, of Water
vile; recording secretary, Rev. II. S.
Burrage, ID. d., of Portland; treasurer, c.
Fred Morse, of Portland auditor, Charles
Dunn, of Portland. Resolutions were
adopted criticising the laxity i'll enforc-
ing the liquor law, against Sunday papers,
Sunday excursions and the granting by
the State of any money to seCtarlan in
situations. A committee was appointed
toward he formation of young peoples
Bapl i9t union for he State.
b. f. Coburn, proprietor of the hotel at
South Mo!uncus has a young deer at his
hotel in which he takes great interest
The little animal was found the past sum
mer when only twenty-four hours old,
and since hat time has made its home at
the hotel 1t has never been under the
least restraint, but has been allowed to
wander withersoeyer it would, but when
night comes il will always be found AT
the house. Mir. Coburn says the little
fellow is 50 tame that it has become nj
mos. nuisance, 1t Will wander about
in the hotel Office and often finds its way
into he dining-room, where it is always
sure to cause trouble, owing to Il habit of
jumping up on the table and scattering
the dishes right and left.
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