The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-16
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Capt. E. G. Arey of Bangor, has sold
his fast pacing mare Lady Madaline to
Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, and
the mare was shipped to Mr.. Jones few
days ago. Lady Madaline has no track
record but she is an excellent road horse
and can show a mile in considerably less
than three minutes.
R. H. White, the Boston merchant
prince, has for years past visited Bucks
port in his steam yacht and called upon
the latei James f. Moses, the widely
day Mr.. Whites elegant steam yacht Pere-
CRIME steamed Into Bucksport, boat was
dropped and the owner was rowed ashore.
He went directly to the Robinson House.
but missed for the first time his usual
hearty welcome from the genial landlord
he knew so well. Then he stepped to the
register and wrote '.R. r. White, Boston.
turned to the Peregrine, which was
churning her screw against the currents.
She pointed her sharp PROV down river
and was soon out of sight. Tt was evil
IDENTIFY sad pilgrimage for Mr.. White.
Capt. Cottle, the cobbler who lives in
his vessel and travels from port to port.
arrived again in Belfast Friday to buy
stock. He has been at Bucks Harbor
since he was here before, and reports O.
very good run of work there. He came
inside Sears Island. AS his craft is fiat
bottomed and draws but two feet of water
he can enter places where few boats can
go. Capt. Cottle has peculiar instinct
as a navigator. He carries neither chart
or compass, yet rarely gets into trouble.
His dog Snip is still his only compan-
ion.-Belfast Journal.
Rockport, although small municipal-
ity, prides itself on having officers who
look thoroughly after the towns best in
terests. This is true of all the officers
from selectlnen down. The assessors.
who are also selectmen, got together i'm
mediately after election and without any
blowing of trumpets completed their
labors and turned the taxes over to Tax
Collector Knight. The same day Mr..
Knight received the books he, made COL
lections and has been making them ever
since. He will be through with his labors
almost before other tax collectors make
up their minds to begin. Town clerk,
John Leach, who is also Mr.. Knights
business partner, has every dog license
collected.
The first of the summer schools COM
menced Mon ay at Newcastle. 1t is ex-
pected that the series will be well attend
ed as it has proved popular in the past.
The schools commenced at Orono and
Saco Tuesday. That at Machias will
commence July 81 and at Houlton Au-
gust 10. The school at Orono will be in
L l.. 4. -.
each. The schools at Saco and Maohias
will be in session ON Saturday of the first
week At these schools for the remain
ing weeks and at the other schools for all
the weeks the Saturdays will be holidays
The village improvement society of
Thomaston is one of the most conmenda-
BILE organizations in the county. Its
members cannot bear to see waste paper
or other refuse on the sidewalk, in the
cutters or ON Main street, and to avoid
this have placed barrels at various points
as receptacles for all waste stuff Conse-
quently Thomaston has main street of
which they may we'll feel proud. The So
ciety has done more than this. The Mall
is a beautiful and charming spot and its
beauty Is as attractive as one of Thomas.
toms many charming young ladies. The
grounds about the railroad station have
Deen Deautlued With well kept beds of
flowers and grass plots. The organization
is composed Of Thomaston's best people
and they feel amply rewarded for the
work they have done and are doing. The
characteristics of people are very often
clearly defined in the appearance of the
community in which they live.
Some college men have found a new
vacation job in the wild woods of Maine.
Several students from Yale and Amherst
have located on the line Of the Bangor g
Aroostook in the employ of the timber
land owners to patrol the line after trains
and guard against forest fires. The part
of the line between Grindstone and Boul-
tonSis divided into sections of seven miles
each and the patrol has to make. two trips
daily, 2S miles in all, except in rainy
weather when he can loaf In his lone
some camp. Though more than score
of the most hardy woodsmen in this Sec
ton have undertaken the job, all have
been compelled to give it up, saying that
no man living can walk % miles a day
and follow it up for a month, but the
college men with athletic training saw
they are good for the task and expect to
have time to read up on their belated
studies.