The Republican journal., 1872-09-05
Local Items, &C.
News of the County and City.

ceItain boarding mouse IN TINS CITY a few days
since. One of the boarderS, a very modest
young man, attended the Mass Meeting at Au-
guSta, and the rest of the household thought
they would play Joke on him, and this is the
way they did it. They rugged up figure sup
posed to resemble female, which they put in
his bed, and they hung on chair Il skirt, on
another a set of corsets, hung a dress over the
foot board and commemorative bureau with false
hair. hair pins and 1xings-thus giving the
room the appearance OF being occupied by Il
lady. AT i late hour The owner of the room
returned and lit the gas, and his eyes beheld
such an array OF articles as they were not wont
to gaze upon; but though his eyes were sur
lri>ed his nose did not go back on him, for it
"smelt mice" and he proceeded quietly to
gather up the fragments, did them into bum
die and hid them under the barn. SUNDAY morn
| he appeared at the table as though nothing had
| occurred. and could not be pervalled upon to
| see any Joke at all. The result was that the
| instgators were obliged to remain at home from
| church Tor want of hair and boots and things,
| and had to ask our bashful friend to return
| them. What he wants to know is who got the
Joke played on them.
| NARROW ESCAPE. On Sunday afternoon,
Capt. Charles Baker, OF this city, who was at
Fort Point with his wife and child, attempted,
while alone in the wagon, to drive along the
beach in few feet of water to wash the wheels.
At The end of the beach point of ledge pro-
lects INTO the river, upon the further side of
which the current of the river has worn out "A
hole ten or twelve feet deep. Not knowing of
this, Capt Baker drove directly into it, and in
an instant was alloat with his team He got
the horse headed for the Shore but the animal
got entangled in some way, oyerturnng the
wagon and throwing Capt. B. into the water.
In endeavorng to reach the horses head, the
struggling animal struck him on the head with
his hoot, rendering him partially insensible, but
after "A severe struggle he reached the shore
hy the timely aid of Harrison Small and Land
lord Littieted His wife and child were wit
nesses of the accident and we've also DR.. Lom-
bard and wife of this city, the Doctor irving
to launch boat that lay upon the shore Capt
c. b. Sanford put off in a wherry. but disabled
the oar, and was taken a long way off bv the
swift current The horse was drowned and
the wagon sunk, but the latter was afterwards
recovered. The horse was valued at $500. Capt.
Baker bad 4 very narrow escape f:om death
During the week of the Millerte Camp Meet
ing a party of ladies and gents took small tent
and went across to the shore on the opposite
side OF the river to have a clam bake. While
cooking their clans committee on ways and
means came down from the camp ground with
some converts TO baptise. Accompanying them.
were a few young fellows and girls from
the rural districts, and while the baptising was
being done, they stroled over to where the
other party We're, entered the tent and ad-
dressed one of the party, a lady who likes a
joke, and asked If "that was where they lived?"
she replied "Yes." "Do you eat and sleep
here?" eyes" "Welr' said one ''we heard
there We're some Indians camping here, but we
didn't know Indians was white as you are ~
There is TO he Il Firemen's Muster and Parade
at Rockiind the 18th of this month Our boys
are making arrangements to attend with Wash
inston No. and compete for the prize. They
are soliciting aid to help pay their expenses
which will be quite heavy, and taking into con-
sideratou the fact that the Fire Department
work for mere trife and have always been
faithful to their duty, it is hoped thai the citi-
1ens whose property they have projected will
respond literally to their call
Martin NJ. Welch, a sailor belonging in Bel
fast, WAS seized with insanity in Boston last
week and placed in Il house in South Boston,
TO await conyaleScenCe and remova! to his
home. sunday afternoon, during one of his
paroXysms, he found his way to a third story
window from which he jumped and was in
Stantly killed
SHORT CAKE. Saturday was the last day Of
summer..... The hardest rain storm of the sea
son on Friday. There was a large eXcur-
sion to Augusta Friday notwithstanding the
raln.....C Camp meeting closed on Saturday after
an unusual busy week. II is estimated that
over 5000 were in attendance on Thur sday.
Church st. is being buttered with a coat of clav
and gravel over the tan. The general remark
Monday Its school dav," and it was....., There
is rumor of wedding in church soon.....A
beautiful cross of flowers on the altar of the
Unitarian Church attracted much attention last
Sunday. .....Roois that never leaked before let in
some moisture during the rain of Friday We
did not notice the usual amount of horse trading
during Camp Meeting. 1.-THE public schools
commenced on Monday, after Il long vacation
.....Ihe flies are now acting on Summers ad-
vice to Stanton to ''stick" Next Monday is
election; won't every one be glad when its over?
.....A lire was quite comfortable last Sunday
......The top of a large elm tree in front of the
house of Geo Wells was blown down last Fri
day......It is now confidently asserted that we
shall have no drouth this season, tho we may
have tlood...., The Factory of Pote & Quimby
is completed, and they are now busy at work
manufacturing clothing. 81. During haying some
scamp entered the barn of Myrick Pillsbury,
ana stole the forward wheels from under a rack
OF hay. Mr.. PIllsbury found them in a sheep
pasture, last Saturday, near the Perkins stream
......Old Uncle Andy Bates was out Monday
with a whee-barrow load of mice fat stall fed
clams.' Andy is the pioneer in the clam bust
ness IN 'his sectiOn......The cup and down"
streets are being repaired by digging out cutters
&c.... Good domestics (not domestic goods,)
are beginning to turn......Prlze conundrum:
Which makes the better chowder, a cod or Il
haddock ?......The adventists demonstrated on
black board, that we shall all go up in 1878;
whether in a balloon or not they didn't say......
Summer gone and only two circusses... nj
versalist excursion last Tuesday to Carvers
Harbor......The instruments for the Band have
been ordered. The Band will be entirely indie
pendent of the "Citv Guards" Frank White
of Bay City, Mich. is at home on visit. Frank
is looking as ''lovely as rose" .. The cholera
is said to be moving East. We hope it will be
all caught before it reaches here. ... Friday was
dreadful day at the camp ground, tents blew
down and several people were hurt and all got
wet......Next week we will tell you who is to
be Gov. of Maine.... The heavy wet on the
day of the Grant celebration at Augusta indi-
Gates the reign of Greeey.....The late gale
shook of the green apples immensely.