Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-10-05
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citizen who attended the Black Crool
exhibition was greatly perplexed. Having
sacpred what he had considered a first class
,sserved seat. he found in his front a woman
vs.riae oue Of those fashionable hats that il
r s,,ch miracle of the miilinerss and such 8
r. cornbi nation of the animal and vegetable
worlds. The base of the structure appeared
to oe a wheat field, in which the sheaves were
garnished with sunfowers and other gorgeous
plants. A pot of house plants surmounted
these, in which rooster stood on his head,
his tail feathers falling gracefully dewn either
aide. AS the actors in the play went from
i one aide TO the other of the stage, that head
gear was correspondngly shifted, until the
unfortunate man in the rear swore that dur
ing tte whole evening he esaw ''nothiDg but a
kitchen garden with rooster in r. Belfast
Journal.
A gentleman living in an enterprising town
in Maine and noted for bis miserly disposi-
ton, recently stepped into shoe store and
priced pair Of shoe strings. "lhree cehts'
was the courteous reply of the attendant
"Three cents? 2" drawled the dissatisfied man,
r. sswhy, / caa buy then at Dexter for two cents
and won't pay such a high price Every
we'll, ,"rejoined the indignant clerk, ''you can
not earn a cent easier than to travel to Dex-
ter and buy pair"
The accidental and sudden death Of Mr..
Geo. f. Creech of Freeport while cunning
Wednesday, was a very sad affair. Ii ap
pears that Mr.. Creech was in a email SIX if
boat, and while in the act OF drawing the gun
towards him by the muzzle, j; was accidenily
discharged and the unfortunate man received
the entire charge in the chest just under the
right arm, and died half an hour afterwards
Mr.. Creech was a most estimable young man
and highly respected. He leaves one child,
his wife having deceased some time since.
Michael Schwartz, the well known dealer
10 machinery, 10 Bangor, while exhibiting a
shingle machine at his works on Thursday.
had his hand drawn on to circular saw, and
every finger and the thumb was severed.
: Horace M. White of Houlton, was recently
thrown from load of boards between the
front and hind wheels of the cart, producing,
it is supposed, fracture Of the spine.
Master Robert Greene, son of Benz Greene
Of Brunswick, while at play with some OF the
boys of the st. Augustine's school in Tops
ham on one day last week, had his wrist bro
ken.
Daniel Smith of Dennysville, while on his
way to visit q son, seated in his wagon, on
the road, conversing with friend, dropped
suddenly dead and fell from his wagon. He
was 81 years of age, and pensioner of the
war Of 1912.
The dwelling house of Capt. Peter Richard.
son in Thomaston, caught fire Friday morn
ing in the ell. from a defective chimney.
The ell was burned and also the barn. The
main house was saved. Fully insured.
In the Typhoon at Hong Kong, a seaman
from Perry Maine m the "a mbrOse EIust Il
was drowned.
The locomotive on the Bucksport & Bangor
railroad, lately sent down to facilitate the
work of construction, now approaches within
nine miles OF Bangor. 1t will not be long
before "Change cars for Bucksport' will be
heard at the Z. & N. A. station.