The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
DOWN EAST DOINGR
Some Peculiar Happenings of Lateral the
Further End of Yankeeland


| BANGOR Ne. Sept GA good mnny things
out Of the usual have happened in this State late
ly, and the newspapers don't get half of them
In Augusta the Mayor OF the city appeared
counsel for a man whose wife was suing for
| divorce on the ground that her husband was
cruel and great drunkard. The Mayor asked
Tor continuance Of the case TO next month on
the ground that the husband his client, having
only that day been released from jai. where he
had served a sentence oil thirty days for drunk
enness had not had time to prepare u defence The
court gave the husband chance
Over in Biddeford lawyer who appeared I br
a man arrested for drunkenness made a pathe nc
plea for his client asking clemency the grou adj
that he was poor man and had a family of
twenty children. most Of them yourE!"
couple in Hodgdon, Aroostook county,
got married, quarrellcd brought suits for dive roc
thought better of it. forget forgaye and sta rted
life anew all within three weeks, and the apr CHA
tive ncghbors gave them a stunning two nis lhs'
serenado, footing horns, beating drums and. tin
pans and ringing the church bella
The youngest thief in tho State was disco Eercd
in Portland this woek-a three ycarold Talian
child. who stole two good watches and sold
them to pawnbrokers for 10 cents each.
Phillips BURBERRY picker went out init tho
bog and laborcd all day, filing big pail. with
blueberres On the way home he met big
bear, who held him up ate all the berrit 8 and
made a dent in the bottom OF the pail
A seventeen yearold girl OF Mapleton. ARGOS
took county, danced ninety eight mis- .c Ian
dances, intermingled with eight or nine
waltzes. in close succession, beginning orr Tues
day night and ending Thursday nj rht II
was at family reunion. and part of the ,Lancing
was on a barn door, She said at tho cl pse that
she was q little tired.
A
zines and belongs TO clubs and thinks q mite we'll
Of herself gave a party the other night, 10 which
most of those hidden came on bicycle Fear
ing lest tho wheels should become mil ed UP in
the dark and confusion thus caused at the end,
the bright woman directed her servant to afax
checks to the machines This the fright ser
want did, according to drections, pipnin tho
checks to the tires. When the tires offered any
resistance to the pins, the servant used a ham
mer. When the guests got ready to go there
was a scene that beggared description En-
vious neighbors said that it of tho lveliest
exchanges of social compliments evnr known
in Bangor.
Major W. Buck. OF Portland. seventy one
years old, recently climbed Mount Washington,
leaving the hotel at 2 p. NJ, making the ascent
OF nine miles in six hours and half. and re-
turning next day. He says that the only COM
pany he had on the trip bird and ono
fly, and adds that they did not hang around
great while.
An Auburn firm has a horse whose neck Is so
short that he cannot iced OF the ground unless
he gets down on his knees and as he frequently
assumes that position. the animal has become
known as the praying truckhorse
In a Gardiner Office building, which is inhabited
by several iokers, an old pocket book was kicked
around the corridors Tor nearly a week, every
body supposng that it a dummy. Than ono
day stranger from the country came along
picked up and opened the old wallet and found
therein S35 in cash
Schuyler Page, OF Caribou. Is the boss shingAe-
layer OF Aroostook. One day last week he laid
1880 shingles many OF them narrow besides ercsct-
ing the stagings and carrying up his OWN shingles
all in less than ten hours
Hamin Bowers OF Union. owns a collie dog
that he wouldn't swap tor 220 trotting honse
The collie has iull charge OF turning out and drv-
ing home the sheep and cattle, keeps hens and
geese out OF the garden drives other dogs IN Ies
away from the farm, and eats up tramps who come
that way Three times a week he is harnessed
in ueadmill and patiently furnishes power to do
the churnng OF a large dairy. He never growls
OF complains. but rather seems TO enjoy the work