Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-10

OF blue pasteboarl. which will entitle
her 70 a premium Of 80 cents. And In
this manner the State of Maine spends
thousands OF dollars every year for the
encouragement OF agriculture
An Auburn druggist tells the follow,
ing story about young man who
orened n drug store in Portland some
time ago: he always had a supply of
postage stamps on hand, and he OBJ
served that upon nearly every after
noon a young lady purcha sed a stamp
OF him. she never patronized him In
any other way. After she had been in
the store every day for about three
weeks he made the remark to her that
che must have considerable cores
pondence to attend to. oh. no. she
replied. only when / see a young man
about to enter upon a business career
1 like to favor him with my patronage.
thus giving him encouragement
Speaking of selling postage stamps
reminds us of a little happening at the
recent meeting of a woman's club in
Portland. One member had informed
the others that Mr.. Walter l. Drew at
his sub station, which all knew to be a
branch of the postoff1ce was selling IS
postage stamps for a cent and a quart
er. They could not understand how it
could be possible and pondered over the
subject for several minutes before their
tormentor informed them that cent
and quarter" was Is cents so that
there was no danger that Postmaster
Drew would be forced out of business
right away on account Of the sale.
Mining operations on Simpsons is.
land, near Ellsworth, under the direc-
ton of r. p. Getty, mining engineer.
sive scale. some 20 men being actively
engaged mining copper ore, largely
rrixed with silver, which yields about
ss5 to the ton. The main shaft has
been sunk distance Of 125 feet and
has reached n most paying lead. The
blasting operations are conducted
on the latest improved way by
electricity and the amount of ore taken
from the mines daily is satisfactory to
the stockholders. The men are COM
fortably housed and well fed and are
putting in some good work. Commu-
nication to the island is made by the
steamer Goldmark during the winter
months. In the spring the company
intends putting on a steamer of their
own when operations will be conducted
on q much larger scale. diamond drills.
crushers and other expensive machin-
cry being added to the plant which will
era BILE the company to put some fin
ished products on the market early in
tine season.
They certainly have cheeky thieves in
Biddeford. A resident there walked up
one morning to find that about half of
q stack of lumber, piled near his house.
had been removed He was evidently
aware that Biddeford thieves never do
things bX halves so waited up the next
night to watch the remainder Of the
stack disappear. The thief made his
appearance on schedule time and was
promptly recognized.
On Long Island in Bluehill bay. Han
20
Geek, sheep ranch is to be established
by Frank Sibley of. Boston. Mr.. Sibley
has relatives livingi in the vicinity, and
each summer passes his vacations
there. and while examining the island
last season conceived the idea of pur-
cha sing a portion Of it, and devoting it
to the use of sheep. Accordingly he
bought 1000 acres and is now having
a huge barn constructed with dimen-
sions of $50 feet. Then sheep will be
bought. including many imported ami
mails. to the number of 1000. and al
lowed to run and Craze in the pasture
land. A keeper will be there to have
charge of them. and the barn will be
for housing them in storms and cold.
Mr.. Sibley considers the location one of
the best he has ever seen for sheep
raising on an extensive scale, and in
tends making it a remunerative bust
ness.