Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-04-20
S16792.7S
Arrival OF the Boat from Boston.

Arrival OF the Boat from Boston.
Yesterday, little past noon, the echoes along
the banks OF the kenIebec were awakened by the
welcome sound Of the steam whistle Of the steam
er Clarion, making her first trip for the season
from Gardiner to this city. She has been put in
appe-pi ORDER and looks "good." Capt Chas.
Mclaughlin is still at the helm, though an attempt
has been made by certain class to have him GUST
ed. The "Star of the East reached her wharf in
| Gardiner yesterday, between 9 and 10 o'clock in
the forenoon on her first trip for the season from
Boston. She looks as nice as new lily, having
been painted and fitted up in fine style since her
winters sleep. She was loaded with freight,
good many shippers having waited till her coming
before transporting their purchases. The Star has
the same old officers who have filed their various
positions so acceptably-Jason Collins, CAP tain;
Hiram Fuller, Clerk; l.. S. Davis, Engineer;
VIM Baker, Pilot; Frank Dunphy, Steward; Ed
ward Bradstreet, Mate.
We are glad to notice that Mr.. w. j. Tuck of
IIaowell, is still retained as agent of the boat in
this city, whose office will be at Longfelow &
Sanboln's store and at the storehouse tie
wharf. lie is a most gentemanly agent, with
whom people delight to transact business.
The Sprague Manufacturing Company.
Ten families of French Canadians have come to
this city, and will GO to work in the factories Of
the Sprague Manufacturing Company. With
parents and children the families number some
forty persons in all. They are an industrious, fru-
GAL and temperate class of persons, and viii make
an addition to the labor element of the community
and contribute something to the business Of the
place. They cannot speak word of English.
The arrangements for their coming here were
made by CORES pondence, a few weeks since, and
they were accompanied here by Mr.. j. B. Moore,
clerk for the corporation. These French people
will fill places in the mills where it is found difficult
to retain native help. On the lowering of wages
to meet the demands of the dull times, many who
worked in the factory could do better by engaging
in other empoyments; indeed many Of them had
trades, and some had farms, and worked in the
factory during the slack times in these branches
For instance, 81 men in the card room left last
week, and the most of them are now engaged in
other employments. Thus the necessity has come
for this class of help that make factory work a
specially. The managers of the corporation have
been compelled from the mere force of circum-
stances to make reduction in the price of labor.
so that the mills could compete with similar es-
| Establishments in other parts Of the country. The
question was forced upon the company, "shall we
reduce wages and keep the mills running, or shut
down" They wisely chose the former, and have
kept The works in operation, notwithstanding manu-
featured goods are being piled up ali over the
| country awaiting purchasers.
A Chance for Broth.
| A workman in Wilson dis,illery, at East Brook
Ign, on Thursday morning fell into large vat Of
boiling molssses and literally boiled to pieces
| Drunhards, who of you will drink this broth, or
rather who of you will not ; This is hard ques
| ton, isn't il, You can't answer i because you
.on't know how much you will get of it, or wheth-
| CT you will get any. Perhaps the very next 9Gor
! you buy viii be me Of It. Only think how de-
lcious it will be-you don't begin to feel sick any
| ofyou do ycui 0, WE'LL the hair of the same dog
will the bite; take little more, its only dead
mems broth You needn't pucker up your lips
and begin to feel uneasy. for some of you have got
to drink that rum; there is mistake about it, it
must be drank. Do you suppose the owner of
that distlley would throw away that molasses !?
No sr-ee lie will do no such thing. The frag-
ments of the dead man would be fished out, that's
all that would be done, and the operation Of max
4 ing rum would go on the same as though nothing
but rat had fallen into the vat. Drunkards, if
you would believe it. the soakings of dead man
are but drop in the bucket in comparison with
the potationssof filth which You take in all sorts
of liquors, and yet you pour them down. Do you
4 know how they make new rum nowadays' Ifyou
don't will tell you. From gallon of sour mo-
lasses, they get considerable more than gallon Of
the cfitter by putting in good quantity Of spirits
Of turpentine! This gives it the kick, and makes
the drunk sure. None of you need try to poison
yourselves to death just be patient the liquor will
do the chorc for you to charm. Help yourselves
to broth, entlenien.-Ertraet from an old nsVs-