The independent-reporter., 1910-05-12
Here and There in Maine

Androscoggin county is installing g
first-class heating plant at the coun-
ty Jail in the interests of economy
The plant will include boiler house
and underground coal pocket.
| The old Shenandoah, now bound to
Erie basin from the Pacific coast, was
the second largest wooden square
rigger ever built. She will be disman-
| tied and put into the coal trade.
| Small pigs sold in Pickering square
! in Bangor last week for $2.70 each
while the Searsport brand sold for 81
piece and quick sales at that. More
pigs have been bought this season
than for years.
| The ferryboat between Portland and
Peaks Island is loaded to its capacity
with furniture vans every trip now
adays, and is making extra trips all
the. time. This presages an early
opening and a big season at Peaks
this year.
Massachusetts cities and towns are
making their annual raid on Maine
! teachers. Many of the best OF those
now doing service in that part of New
England were natives of the Old Pine
Tree State Every effort should be
made to keep our good teachers with
us.
Two strangers walked into the ho-
o1 or pathQl rQnnntlV and in
quired of the lady in charge If she
could direct them to the bar. She
said she could, and showed them out
to say the barn.. They caught the
joke and laughed heartily.
William Penn Hussey, who recently
died in Danvers, was born in NORTH
Berwick. He ran away from home il
1847 because his father spanked hin
for a prank He became a wanderel
and for time was content if he got
one meal a day and bed in a hay.
stack. He died a millionaire.
/ A peculiar feature of the automo
bile route between Bethel and Rum
ford Is the fact that there are foul
covered bridges to be passed through
and this, despite the item recently
published in various newspapers tC
the effect that but one or two covered
bridges existed in Maine.
M. o. Foster of Sunset View farm
Manchester, has entered one of his
white Wyandotte hens for the egg
record At this stage the hen looks
like a winner in the smallest egg
class" The specimen brought to the
Journal office was seven-eighths OF
an inch in length, about five-eighths
of an inch in diameter and weighed
fifth of an ounce.
| Rich Hunnewell of Auburn contin-
ues to receive furs almost as fast as
he did in the winter and every day
sees great boxes and bags piled up
in the Auburn express office. These
furs are now coming mostly from the
Arctics, as the Maine season is prac-
tically over. In the frozen north the
furs are still good and will keep COM
ing several weeks longer.
Pearys North Pole flag. the one
that flew at the apex of the earth, Is
on exhibition in Portland. There are
the white squares and the white piece
across the center, just as the flag was
when it flew at the masthead of the
Roosevelt on the return from the
North last fall. The flag is of the
finest silk with gold fringe, but it has
lost much of its pristine brilliancy
owing to the wind and rain and snow
to which it has been subjected.
Gasolene was first used as an aux
iliary power In packets on the Maine
coast ten years ago. AS auxiliary
power it has been popular and has
paid we'll This season a packet de-
pendent upon gasolene power alone
has been started on a regular run be-
tween Portland and Sebasco. She is
AZ feet over all, 12k feet beam and
six feet deep and Is designed for
freight purposes only. She has COM
modious pilot house and in her engine
room has a 16-horsepower engine
Her carrying capacity is 20 tons OF
freight.
The Bath Independent prints the
following paragraph which reflects
little credit upon at least two of the
younger generation stn that city: A
south end young miss took an invol-
untary bath one day this week In the
river She was in boat with a
young man when another boat with
still another young man In 1t came
alongside The two fellows commenced
quarrelfng and as things were getting
fairly warm the young woman thought
she would get out of the boat t6 the
shore where She would be out OF
harms way. In 80 doing she fell
into the drink and was fished. out s
much wetter and more unhappy girl
than she had been few minutes be-
fore.