Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-11-02
MAINE GOSSIP.

A Biddeford citizen is reported to have
recently fallen heir to $4,000.
Stetson has no intention of filling back
seat in the van of progress, and now has a
lawyer.
An inmate of the Old Ladies' Home at
Bath, if she continues at her present work,
will soon be in fair way to occupy room
at the insane hospital. Since May %,
| 1898 she has been making crazy quilt,
which when completed will probably have
the honor of being the most bestltched
article in the State. She has kept re-
cord of the number of stitches put into 1t,
and up to date they amount to IA, 9O5, sos.
Dexter's veteran lawyer. Hon. j osiah Cros-
by, has been in active law practice for fifty
years.
A Rockland business man had a horse
and carriage for sale and put the property
into the hands of we'll known horse dealer.
After two or three days of waiting he asked
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"Think I'll sell him tomorrow" was the
answer, "I've got an Offer "Is that SOP
said the pleased business man; chow much
separates you?" twenty-five cents" was
the answer; "he offers $1.25, and / ask
$780,"
One of Baths popular business men has
very happy way of avoiding investments
in too many of the various benefit tickets,
| with which the trade is always approached
with unerring certainty. He puts them off
with the CHEEKY assurance that there has
someone been in just "ahead of you"
A shooting match, school exhibition, a
dance, and midnight supper are the social
attractions booked for one day in Cara
tunk.
That was cordial reception which the
citizens of Portland, irrespective of nation
ality, gave Hon. T. d. Sullivan, ex-Lord
Mayor of Dublin, and one which did credit
to the Forest city.
Dedham is to have trotting association.
One of the jubilee singers from Harper's
Ferry, who are making tour of this State.
created quite a sensation in City Hall,
Old Town, one evening recently, by an
nouncing that one of the BARRIERS of that
city had refused to shave him, saying that
at that place "they did not shave colored
men,"
During the past ten months seven mem
bers of the Blake family Of Cape Rozier
have died.
The following story is told of Bidde-
ford farmer who prides himself upon his
fine crop of cabbages. His cabbage garden
is near the highway, and for several years
past, at Halloween, he has lost about q
CARLOAD of this vegetable. This Halloween
however, he decided to outwit the thieves,
and succeeded even better than he had ex-
pected. He rolled up several horse blan-
kets into large bundle that looked like a
mans body, and this he laid down among
the cabbages with lighted lantern near it.
1t looked as if . man we're there guarding
the cabbages. Not head was taken that
night.
Searsport had genuine, oli-fashioned
house warming this week, the occasion be-
ing the opening of the new hotel. That
everybody had jolly time, goes without
saying. .t
The total valuation of real estate in Cam
den this year is sl,36O,76s; valuation of
personal estate, S27s,6Os; total property,
sl,639,376. The valuation last year was
81, ,5Sl 1889, making the handsome increase
in valuation for this year of $57, ,4S7. The
tax on real and personal estate is $22 ,951.-
%. There are 687 polls. which at 81 so
each, make total of S1,717. 500. This
gives total tax of $24, ,66S.72, which is in
the hands Of Tax Collector c. F. Miller
for collection. The rate oftaxationis is 0 IA.
The number of polls last year was 702, 3
faling off of Is for 1894.
Twenty pound turnips are getting to be
90 comm in Liberty ,ha! they now attract
no attention, whatever.
Mrs. D. E. Sheldon is at present the
heroine Of Waldo village, and in fact Of
Waldo county. As she was driving home
from Belfast the other day she saw runa.