The Republican journal., 1885-06-04

Auction sale of splendid painting, by
native artists. next Saturday. This picture is
now on exhibition. The artists did this work
and then died. [Aroostook Republican,.
NheW, One of our eXchanges-wh one
we cannot recall says :"It is thought that the
late temperance agitation may lead 10 the in-
PRODUCTION of water into Brunswick" Some
chaps are great on tracing the connection of
things. Brunswick Telegraph.
General Toman recently met with a singular
accident. While engaged in opening bottle of
sarsaparilla, he thoushtlesslv straddled the
stopple, and in the explosion thai followed, he
was hurled the length of his saloon, and firmly
wedged in the key-hole OF the door. He was
drawn out by the aid of a porous plaster. Rich
mond Bee.
The Lewiston journal reports very graphi-
cay frigftful scare in the streets Of that city.
by The escape of somebody's boar from his sty.
We witnessed something similar in our boy
hood, and have often exhibited oul oratory in
describing it it;-though we never venture to eX-
pand the monsters tusks to more than three
inches. the journal reports four, [Wateryille
Mail.
The Salvation Army finds foe in Augusta
in the shape Of Il big skating rink. Drum
corps from both organizations We're parading the
streets at the same time Wednesday, and Captain
Thatcher, i'll his opening prayer, after entering
the barracks, uttered anathemas against the
rink and with much earnestness prayed, God
curse the rink Augusta Journal
One of the good ladies of this village-and
there are lots of sucn-declared a year ago that
her husband was mo kind of a hand to raise
eucumbers," so She was going to take charge of
the cucumber patch herself that season. She
did And when the supposed cucumbers came
up 10 and behold, they were all muskmellons
Her husband thinks he did't get left great way
that time. Bridgeton News.
1t would be supposed from the number OF
politicians who go to Washington in the inter
ests of candidates, that men seek the offices
rather than the offices the men. 1t would re-
ieve the President of great deal of work il
the offices could be put up at auction, the way
the collection If taxes is in country towns. And
1t n,;st cost the candidates, or somebody, quite
a suu too, to send these influential men to
Washington to see the President. Gardner
Home Journal
A MADDENED WHALE.
The steamer Nalora of this port, Capt. Has
kei, is engaged in shooting whales for the fac
| tory at BoOthbay. Thursday when off Cape
| Porpose and just in sight of land, an immense
| whale was encountered and the steamer started
| in pursuit, but just as they got near enough tC
| fire at the monster he sounded. The steamer
| started again for the prey when he came to the
surface, and this time they got in shot. Dir
| Haskell, the brother of the Captain, fired the
| bomb, entering the animal, which immediately y
| swan with great speed directly out to sea. The
| steamer followed, and after a long and exciting
| chase succeeded in driving the whale in shore
when he again sounded. After Il short time
| during which the steamer lay to and waited fO1
| the temperance of the monster, he rose to the
surface and plunged directly for the boat. Hat
| he struck the little vessel coming as he was
| with almost irresistible force, she would Ger
| tainly have sunk. The signal to back was given
and the steamer coming round just in time tc
| allow the whale to dash by only d few feet from
| the side Haskell, afraid of losing the prey
again fired, and this time the bomb accomplish
ed its work, and the dead body of the anima
sunk in 70 fathoms of water. The whale was
very large for the species, being fully twice a,
long as the Valora, a 45 foot vessel. The carcas.
will come to the surface in eight or nine days
| when it will be taken in tow by the steamer
1t is proposed to bring the monster to Portland
where ii can be exhibited. Portland Press.
| MAINE MILITIA AND G. A. X. ENCAMPMENT.
The companies have been asked whether they
will volunteer to attend the eneampment. I'm
| less they volunteer they will have to be pa1t
their dollar day and subsistence, the same a.
at muster, and the display would cost the State
about 5000. If they volunteer, the transpor
taton and rations, only, would have to be pait
| by the State and the expense would not be mucf
more than half so much. Some of the militis
belonging to the second regiment and situated
in the eastern part of the State say they will e
If they can have two days for the trip, but arr
not willing to go in the night, march all day
aud come back in the night. So there is talk o
starting them out of Bangor In the afternoon
and bringing them to Lewiston on special traiI
| and quarterng them there over night so they
! ing.
/ The question has recently arisen whether |
would not be good thing to hold the yearl,
| muster on one of the islands during the time O
| the encsmpment This would insure the pres
ence of the militia and would save the State thu