Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-05-22
LIve while you live. . the .r,.,
and seize each pleasnre h.se. sere would say.

| and , wn,le you live" the epicure voud s.x
| .en pleasure hasteniDg to decsyn
ouf local markets are very well ,unnl;.d
'"i' week, especially in the line Of s.-,.
'.ke'aole'. Bermuda onions perfume Tho
ana those partial to that fruit saw that ;.
iume' Cucumbers cool themselve, in
...a TUBS Asparagus is here, with promise
uthe'ous flavor, keeping company with
laaisnes' early native onions and le,,,c.
onderfully big rhubarb offers i,s he.l,bf,,
'la--'n fruit Southern Strawberries are Of.
.efing at ~ cents per basket. Banana. ,b.,
iro't OF delicious flavor but treacherou, noel
are plenty at 30 cents dozen. Russe,s arc
retailing tor 81 a bushel: pine-apples from
- 90 cents each. Lemons are in good de-
""''h' ~ from % to 40 cents a dozen.
Ice cool Lemonade
Made in the shade
BY an old maid"
Is heaifhful and palatable docotion Fitch
IS IN good supply. Brook trout on ice. from
TIE upper kennebec feed brooks, fash their
speckled sides in the chests. An old Roman
'oiuptuary or disciple of Epicureas, that
prince Ut good livers, could ask M NOR.
'uaihty dish than trout right from the cool
H'uer-shaded streams, around Moosehead
Lake. They are snapped up eagerly at q
cents pound. There is great demand for
shad spawn, and the dealers in fish have
orders ahead for all they get A batter made
OF SIX shad spawns and three eggs, is tooth
some dish. Blue-fsh have arrived and sell
ior "ninepence a pound" so Moulton saws.
cunners, to 10 cents fresh mackerel -
cents few HOLSTERS, ''the cardinal fish of
the sea, blush in their rudy shell.-Our
market'men are bringing in quarters of
Brighton slaughtered beef, which is verv
choice. Spring lamb is a shade lower. and
retaiis from II to % cents per pound.-A
table may be well supplied in Augusta, by
aid OF well-filled purse-and in fact where
does not marketing call for dollars and dimes:
Improvements are the order of the day. At
the county Jail the wnitewash and paint
brushes have been busy for some weeks. and
as result the interior of that building pre-
sents remarkably inviting appearance. The
prison inspectors on their recent visit here.
expressed themselves as highly delighted
with the manner in which Mr.. Libby has per-
formed his duties, and pronounced the Jail a
model one. The walls and ceilings are
white as snow, with brown trimmings. The
cells have all been whitew ashed, and the beds
freshly filled. There are 26 prisoners at the
present time, incarcerated for the following
offences Drunkenness, II; rumselling, -
breaking and entering, 2; assault, /; debt,
l; tramp, l; rape, l; vagrancy. Il mali
l. There are no female prisoners now in
jail The corridors are cool, and the ventila-
ton good. The floors are washed twice day.
The prisoners do their own washing, cook
ing, etc. Mr.. Libby is assisted by Will c.
Gardiner, who makes an excellent turnkey
About fifteen men are now employed in
the manufacture of boots. Orders
are ahead for some tvs hundred cases.
Charles Durham has charge of the men in
the cutting department, and w. B. Austin in
the finishing room.-The literary taste of
the inmates Graves such stimulating mental
pabulum as the "POlice News" and the
Boys Own" The walls of many of the
cells are ornamented with choice shreds of
art clipped from the same heightened papers,
-likenesses of men chopping other mems
heads off with axes, and of women whose
toiettes afford lavish display of ankles and
busst-John Baker, waiting his trial on the
charge Of rape, is a stupid appearing, slow
spoken, young fellow about 81 years old. He
is quite communicative Baker affects a
rather better class Of reading than his con-
freres, and his cell table ispiled with "Union
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