The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-11-11
Maine Matters.
Gws AND GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
AN AUGUSTA "kAQUEr."

AN AUGUSTA "KAQUET"
The latest thing in dances here in Augusta is
called the 'raquet, and IS neither waltz nor
polka, though the best part of both are preserved
The music strikes up with crash as though
volcano had broken out, and the girl will cling as
tightly as though frightened, if she understands
the dance, and the Young man will reassure her
by gentle pressure, 1t he understands the dance
n knows anything at all. At the second crash
they dodge rs though some one had thrown
blacksmith shop at them, aud they start in At
each crash OF the cymbals and brass drum they
dodge and scoot to one side then dart back again
Jam each other sideways, and then as the crashes
OF music become more terrific and deafenlng they
try to drive each other through the floor by main
strength, get desperate and claw and tear ard pull
ana all at once they go raving mad with hydropho-
bia and dellrum tremens and gnaSh their teeth
and rave and suffer the most terrible agony-and
1t is all over. It is short dance as the design is
amusement and not murder kennebec Journal
AN INTELLIGENT DOG.
Capt C. B. Aver served as W ard Clerk in ard
. on Tuesday, and his fine Newfoundland dog
Neptune was about the ward room during the
day. At time when there was lull in the vot-
ing, Neptune came and placed his paws on the
counter IN front Of the ballot box. as if to ask
whether his name was on the check list doubtless
thinking that he had DIS intelligent ideas about
politics as some who had been allowed to vote to
say the least. A Greenback vote distributor OF
Tered him the Fusion electoral ticket telling MIN
that was what he wanted, but Neptune" smelled
,rharanno,, - p,,i,GT - s " ~ ~. ne nc 'I' ''!
nm Vote sain, he was ,,i G,I Ir f
course, and Neptune took it in his mOuth at
once and retained 1t for few moments but find
IN, H. In;1 - .PHI " | "Nt
then offered him TLa sjmnn"re Snion |5asa
ticket bnt This Nentnna also roinntad ,ri,b -
aud a RnpuhIiran ypit,ass s.cS ;+L - S-i
That dog has evidently had good Republican ed
Tna1f 1-l. 4
ANOlHhN MAINE AIERARh WOMAN.
The list OF women OF Maine who have taken
hlgh literary rank is not complete without the
name of Mrs Julia Scha,er a daughter of Rev
AenaS Thompson who IS native OF the pleasant
village OF Stevens Plains Deefng Her first story
Mo.lle appeared in Scribnets Monthly Septem-
Der, ISIS and was followed by My Friend Mrs
Angel and "Thirza 4 three months serial ON
Titled Tiger Lily, begins IN Scribner for Noyem
Der ana in their prosnectus tbn nrb+shars Mao.
her now among the best American story writer's
It may not be generally known that She is the ,u
thor OF the admirable sketches of German life that
AaFe recently appeared the Atlantic Monthly
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AiIS' u!e building 70 cost el',WlV
. NJ locke OF hoNoury, captured seven bears
~ oHe hohtn me town gives bounty ot = to
s'Aens % tIe Town lof pears taken IN the town
Inc town OF Byron gives 81.
Alsene ; Libby Of Gardiner raised ! l-6 lbs
u' corn on an eIghth OF an acre IN competition
Tor the Allen PRIZE
John Murphy Of Brunswick. who had previously
'9>I one eve lost the other lately by splinter fix
las WINE choPting wood. lie wore spectacIes
ana piece ot glass went INTO his eve rendering
INN entirely blind
"oSS, sawyer a Packard OF Bath. have received
IN aIcnof rom me Alden works. Camden. Me
"et-HlAs t9-u pounds.
ne oldest mouse N the nled States j., sup
posed to be at Pembroke Mass n It,-rI Nh p4l..r