The Shrewd Maine Man.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 163, 31 July 1886, Page 5

The Shrewd Maine Man.

"Uncle Stead" ia what they call a shrewd old gontleman who used to live in Winthrop, a little way out of the village, up the side of "the pond near Readfield. One of his fellowCitizens was a man named Lovejoy. Uncle Stead met Lovejoy in the village one day, arid jaaid to him—" Lovejoy, there's a poor "woman lives out on the edge of the town that needs some provisions. I'm willing to, supply her, but I've sold my horse and have so means of getting the stuff to her. Now Til buy her a barrel of flour and a ham, and Home , other 'Supplies if you'll carry them out to her with your team." Lovejoy said, certainly, he'd be very glad to do it. Accordingly, Uncle Stead bought a barrel of flour, a ham, a bucket of sugar, &c, and telling Lovejoy where the woman lived, sent him off on the errand of charity with the jgood things in his pung. Lovejoy easily sound the house where the woman* lived. He unloaded the' goods, puffing like ft grampus as he rolled the.barrel of Hour in, mud said to^the woman— "Mr Steadman sent yon the provisions. He's a mighty kindhearted man to Bend you all these things*!?* " Well, I don't know why he shouldn't* scad them to me!" exclaimed the. woman in surprised accents; "He's my husband T ? —, •HockUnd Courier-Gazette." - Vt

* Tbe hop crop, in tho State of New' York ia nearly all destroyed ty lice, oh the rines and noneyjdew. ■' - 1 : "^ J^ W T ! ' " "'*'*"'