Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1886 — The Shrewd Maine Man. [ARTICLE]

The Shrewd Maine Man.

“Uncle Stead” is what they called a shrewd old gentleman who nsed to live in Winthrop, a little way out of the village, up the side of the pond near Readfield. One of his fellow-citizens was a man named Lovejoy. Uncle Stead met Lovejoy in the village one day, and said to him: “Lovejoy, there’s a poor woman lives out on the edge of thp town that needs some provisions. I’m willing to supply her, but I’ve sold my horse and have no means of getting the stuff to her. Now, I’ll buy her a barrel of flour, and a ham, and some 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, etc., and, telling Lovejoy where the woman lived, sent him off on the errand of charity with the good things in his pung. Lovejoy easily found the house where the woman lived. He unloaded the goods, puffing like a grampus as he rolled the barrel of flour in, and said to the woman: “Mr. Steadman sent you the provisions. He’s a mighty kindhearted man to send you ali these things.” “Well, I don’t know why he shouldn’t send them to me!” exclaimed the woman in surprised accents. “He’s my husband !”—Rockland Courier-Gazette. Boxcen's Budget, Fort Plain, N. Y., for March, 1886, says: In the multiplicity of medicines placed upon the market, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the meritorious and the worthless. There are at least two excellent remedies wideiy used, the efficiency of which is unquestioned. We refer to St. Jacobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure.