The Portland daily press., 1894-06-02

and himself after six years. His vessel
was on her way from Colombo, Ceylon,
to Brooklyn. After rounding the Cape
of Good Hope the lookout on the Norris
sighted ship. Catpain Barstow thought
there was something, familiar about the
rig of the vessel, and climbed into the
fore rigging and took look at he1
through the glasses. He recognized the
vessel as his fathers ship, the Elwell.
There was almost dead calm. The
vessels dipped their flags and hove ur
to each other. The master of the Ell
we'll, Capt. John G. Barstow, had recog-
nized his sons craft at the same time.
A boat was launched from the Norris,
and Capt. John Barstow, his wife and
child went out to the Elwell. There
was happy family reunion and there
were happy greetings for the father and
grandfather, who comm anded the shiI
Elwell. aSe
aaSeldon Benjamin of this town, has
brought N some specimens of winter rye
three feet long all headed out. He has
an acre and a half ION the Keef farm
all headed out-a very rare thing to see
in the month of May.
Deputy Sherilfs J w. Peabody OF
Thomaston, and W.T.. Clough of Rock
land have surrndered their commissions.
In these hard times,n even the sheriffs'
business is light. and Mr.. Gray finds
that he can attend to all the work il
this section without difficulty. h
There is to be big celebration at
Sheepscot bridge, Damariscotta, the 22d
of June in honor of the freeing of the
toll bridge and the hundredth anniver.
sary of the towns of Alma and Dresden.
Il he historical society will be there and
there will be band and singers.
EN-. Demeritt's herd of nine COWS fol-
the past year has paid him $3.50 for thei1
milk These COWS have been wholly
supported by the products of this farm.
The scholars of school district No. d in
Weld, INDUCED in snake killing bee a
few DAYS ago and killed forty snakes in
the vicinity of the school house in inst
thirty minutes by the teachers watch.
A funny experience is related at the
expenee of "a North Franklin school
marin. She was out with party hang
ing May baskets and was in great dang
er of being. caught by her pursuer. She
finally laid down in an open field from
sheer exhaustion. Still she was not seen
and the man who was doing the hunting
finally grew tired and seeing what he
considered friendly rock near bv he
sat on it, but oh! he had sat on the
school marin. Her light colored cloak
made her look just like rock, SO the
man explained.
The Waterville Sentinel thinks that
three men who have been stopping i'm
that city, are the burglars, who cracked
the Bowdoinham bank and that one OF
them was the notorios burglar Langdon
W. Moore.
The Biddeford Standard says: "Street
car conductors in Brooklyn have been
forbidden by their superiors to blow
kisses to the pretty women they pass. If
is a silly practice besides there's no sat
isfaction In it. Biddeford conductors dc
not do it,"
A part of the iron to be used in the
CONSTRUCTION of the new bridge at Water
Vile to be built by the Berlin Bridge
Co. over the the Massachusetts near Web
Der and Philbrick's foundry has arrived.
The annual meeting of the Shore Line
Railroad Company is to be held June
9th. Col. Greene now has full control
of the stock, the county having been
released from all liability under its old
votes of aid. The Washington County
Railway company, which secured a shore
line charter has not yet organized, but
seems to be waiting TO give Col. Greene
another chance to build the road, as be
still expects to do.