The independent-reporter., 1910-02-17
Here and There in Maine

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The Maine Historical society has a
fine collection OF old almanacs which
is of interest. The list shows about
100 varieties.
Addison 8. Young of Mechanic Falls
formerly hunted bears among the OK
ford hills and has 80 pelts to his
credit. He has also had good luck as
prospector In the same district and
has several pieces Of Maine gold to
show for 1t.
Rockland 0pinion-wallace H. Bean
of Waldoboro has rs Plymouth Rock
pullets that lay 20 to 81 eggs each
day. Their feed since last September
has been all whole corn. Can any
one that feeds cracked corn, wheat
and mash, beat this record.
Two hymns, entitled Jesus, Loving
Jesus" and Endless Praise" COM
posed by the Rev. Alfred BarTatt. pas
tor of the Methodist church. Bucks
port, have both won a prize In the an
nual prize hymn competition held at
Leeds, Yorkshire. England, last
month.
Twenty tubercular patients, now in
mates of the Maine Insane hospital in
Augusta. will be taken to the new tu-
bercular building connected with the
Eastern Maine insane hospital at
Bangor which will probably be open,
ed for the reception Of patients about
the first of March.
Richard Cook, formerly county COM
missioner for Cumberland county
has just sold what is said by experts
to be the finest pine timber lot in
Maine, for $27.5O0. The timber stands
on so acres of land in Casco, a mile
and a quarter from Crooked river, and
it Is estimated will survey In excess
Of two million feet.
Pew. '. n. Howard Of Razorville has
sold to Chas. Vannah what Is prob
ably the largest pine tree in town. Il
measured around the trunk at the low.
er end nearly 10 feet and will meas
ure in length over 80 feet. scaling
more than 1900 feet. 1t took four OK
en- and two horses to get 1t out of tht
woods. There were no limbs to ths
height of nearly SO feet.
The American merchant fleet wal
increased during January by "A yes
sells, &c of them being of wood ant
eight of steel. OF this number, 81
were for Atlantic and the Gulf. 26 fol
the Great Lakes, eight for the Pacific
and two of the Western river service
The largest vessel built during the
month was the A. A. Augustus, fol
Great Lake service, being $500 gross
tons.
Clam digging in South bay, Lubec
furnishes employment for few hands
during the soft weather. A nearby
market is found at the Underwood
shop at Eastp0rt where many hands
are employed. The heretofore seem
ingly worthless clam, except for an
occasional stew or chowder has
sprung into much prominence during
the past few years and is much In de-
mand.
Miss Ethel Thompson, the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan T. c. Thomp-
son of Mere Point, was terribly bitten
by her pet dog Sunday niUht. Miss
Thompson was about to retire, short
ly before IL o'clock and according to
her custom kissed the dog good night
The dog was asleep on the couch at
the time and when she touched him
he jumped and snapped at her, fast
ening his teeth In her lower lip.
The youngest man In his company
and the youngest man In his regiment
if the record of A. s. Field of Bangor
wafo was member of Co. l, 14th
Maine Infantry from the spring OF
1865 until the close of the war. Mr.
Field enlisted In Bangor when he was
u school boy, Is years of age, and
t, wed out his enlistment without re-
&c. wing a scratch, but lost an arm In
a fall off an ice house 25 years later
In an interview which the Portland
Express Advertiser had recently with
John B. Heating, British vice consul
at that place, he is reported as urging
Maine to raise more cattle as western
lands are becoming impoverished and
this State In many ways has superior
advantages for stock raising. He pro-
phesises that unless something of this
kind is done instead Of exporting cat
tie 1t will be but few years before
the State is importing them.
Belfast Journal.-The business men
of Belfast about eight years ago en-
tered into an agreement with Leonard
& Barrows to pay them $1,000 a year
for ten years II the pay roll of their
shoe factory In this city amounted to
500, 900 a year. We learn that last
year the pay rool aggregated $134,-
1902, with assurance that II present
conditions continue. the total for 1910
will exceed that sum. The committee
of Belfast business men who induced
Leonard & Barrows to locate here GER
tainly did a good thing for our city
and we trust also for the firm, which
found here an exceptionally good class
Of help.
Maine mills are these days sending
hundreds of tons Of paper to New
York on the steamers Of the Maine
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