Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1889 — A Stake Through Her Body. [ARTICLE]

A Stake Through Her Body.

On the way from Brunswick to Harpswell is a point where, four roads meet. Nature smiles on the spot, but it marks a uniquely cruel episode in the history of the New England colonists. In 1752 Ann Conner committed suicide in the old town of Brunswick. Iu accordance with the old blue laws she was buried at this place of the meeting of the four roads, with a stake driven through her bod . This is said to have been the only instance in which this old law was put into execution in this country.— Leivixlon Journal.

Wibble— Wliat do you think of this idea of adopting the sunflower as the national flower ? Wabble Pretty good idea, I think. It is typical of quite a numerous class of Americans. It makes a big spread all summer and is seedy in the fall. Terre Haute Ex press. It is true that charity is not so popular a virtue as it might be, for, though it covers a multitude of sins, in summer it is too warm for a wrap of any kind, and in w inter you can get more solid comfort out of an overcoat.— Baltimore American. Before offering yourself to the plump-looking toboggan girl you met last winter, perhaps it would be as well to wait until you see her on the beach this summer.— Life. • An artist and a gourmand have something in common. Each thinks a great deal of his palate. A dog will bark up a tree. So will a horss, if hitched one too long.