Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1897 — Cider Drinkers in Maine. [ARTICLE]

Cider Drinkers in Maine.

The abundance of water this summer has not caused any decrease in the rural consumption of old cider.'The abundance of apples last fall put cider barrels at a premium. Many farmers declare that two barrels of cider are as much help as an extra man in haying time. Up in Canaan one man is said to have drunk five barrels since last fall, but he promptly takes a back seat when a Cornville citizen asserts he has consumed eight barrels in the same time—Augusta Journal. Great mischiefs happen more often from folly, meanness and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.