The Portland daily press., 1895-03-28
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

The most marked instance of frugality
in Maine of late is reported from Au-
burn, where a woman has made a record
on pint of milk day for the past
winter. She has family of two, her,
self included. She has set the milk every
day and SKINNED it, using the skinned
milk in the household. She has made
butter enough out OF the cream to supply
the family for the entire winter.
The Gardiner Reporter Journal says
that coal can and is bought to Gardiner
from Nova Scotia and stored in the pur-
chasers' bins for less than it costs to Euy
mill edgings and haul them. A ton of
coal is equal to about two CORDS OF the
edgings.
A Biddeford man has been allowing
the oil cloths to accumulate OH his floor.
He now has IS each everything the other
The next owner of the domicile is sure
to be unlucky.
The river at East Newcastle was clear
of ice last year two weeks earlier than
now, and at this time last year local
correspondent says the robin, the blue
bird and the black bird were singing as
sweetly as in June.
it is said that there is a fire bug in
Ward 1, Augusta, and that several times
this week indications of attempted fires
have been seen. One was ly the side of
one of the new residences built last sum-
mer, and the marks of the flames were
plai My to be seen upon the wall out
side.
The Torrent engine of Hallowell used
for some time in the fire department, has
been sold to private fire company at
Rangeley.
Mr.. Perley Brown of Winslow, is the
owner of Southdown eve sheep, which
must be admitted to be a most profta-
BILE one. The animal is now Is Years old,
and has been mother during that time
to 80 lambs, 10 males and 10 females,
all twins or triplets except the one
dropped last year. Mr.. Brown has kept
an account of the price which the lam BIS
have been sold for, and finds that the
average is 6.25 per pair.
The plan of the $50, 600 club house to
be erected in Barnard the coming season
by sportsmen's club of Providence, r
l., has been made by a member of the
club, who is an architect by profession.
and work will begin upon the structure
in few weeks.
The fishermen along the coast have a
novel way of setting the posts for their
weirs. These supports havesto be very
firmly placed and so the fishermen i'm
provise pile driver for this purpose
They cut a heavy stone for hammer
This is hosted by a tackle, tripped by a
small line and it sends the posts home
when it strikes them.
Mr.. James Hussey of Albion shipped
from the Fairfield station Monday
morning eighteen head of fine looking
cattle TO go direct to England by the
steamer. This is the second shipment
that Mr.. Hussey has. made of late to that
market.
The Secretary of the Treasury has an
pointed Colan McNiehol of Eastport
special inspector of customs for that dis
trict. 1t is the first appointment since
| the confirmation of George M. Hanson as
| collector.
| a new starch factory will be erected in
| Easton.
The ice in the Kenduskeag at Bangor
has broken up.
The Hollingsworth & Whitney Com
pany's new mill at Winslow is doing an
immense business. In one week, ending
March Is, 276 tons of paper were made
there, beating all previous records. Dur
ing the week over 300 tons were shipped,
The mill furnishes to the Maine Central
an average OF about 10 carloads of freight
per day.
1t is not generally known, says the
Machias Republican, but such is the
fact, that the soldiers monument al
Steu ben is the first of the kind erected
in Maine. This town was not slow tc
show it's patriotism during the war, mol
behind the times in showing it's appre-
citation of the valor of her soldiers.
| Mrs. Emma Getchell of Sidney, the al
| legged husband poisoner, has only a few
weeks more to wait before she will know
| If another trial will be granted by the
| low oa,1rt vbinb will oopuena in Mnv