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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
tAfsff'lanenns.
Champion Maine Bear-Hunter.
How UNCLE SIM HIGGINS SLEPT IN A
BEARS DEN.


Simeon B. Higgins of Orland, better
known as Uncle Sim," is one OF the
champion bear hunters of Maine. Not
year passes that he does not kill from one
TO twenty bears. Though now over 70
wears old he is vet active and ready to
give the most pugnacious bruin hard
russell. He is a rugged looking man.
somewhat above the medium height, thick
set and very straight for one of his age.
He has long, snow white hair and white.
/ flowing beard. His features are we'll
marked. large and prominent. and his face
has a firm but kind expression. He was
| born in Lincoln, but moved to Mt. Desert
Island with his parents when quite young.
Since his boyhood he has been noted for
his proves in staying the bears with
which Hancock county abounds.
In the winter of "a Mr.. Higgins got on
| the track of bear. The trail leo to a
large hollow hackmatack tree. The space
between two OF the large roots of the tree
was filled in with rotten wood, except a
small opening near the top. The bear
that the hunter was following had tried to
dig away this rotten wood. but had not
succeeded on account of its being frozen
solid and had gone farther along in
search of winters lodging. Looking
into the small opening the hunter saw a
bear peering ont at him. 1t seems that he
had hived for the winter, but was not Yet
in dormant state. A charge of buck
shot fired into the opening caused the self
Gagged bruin to growl tearfully. He stood
up and clawed on the inside OF the tree as
long as he could stand the smoke from the
powder, and then poked out his nose to
get breath of air, when bullet from the
ready rifle finished him.
The hunter then cut off the she'll of the
tree. making an opening large enough to
pull out the dead bear Then. after he
had built his fire, made his tea, and eaten
his supper, the den looked so inviting he
thought he would occupy it himself for
the night. He cut away some more of
the shell to make the opening larger, and
filed in the bottom of the den with fresh
fir boughs for his bed, stood his gun up
by the side OF the tree, with mitten over
the top Of the Darrell to keep out the snow
and stuck his hunting knife on the inside
near his he ID, so that all would be ready
in case of need. Then sitting on the fra
grant boughs. with his back against the
inside OF the tree. he sat looking at the
fire, until beginning to doze, he laid down
and went to sleep while the stars kept
watch.
Some time along in the night he was
awakened by something moving by his
side. and on putting out his hand he felt
the shaggy coat of bear that had come
in to sleep with him. The bear gave a
warning growl, and Uncle Sim grabbed
his knife and got outside the den as soon
as possible. Then taking off the mitten
from the muzzle of his gun. he aimed it
between the SHINING eyes of the bear and
killed it. After this feat the old man
built fire, skinned and dressed the see
ond victim and then turned in and slept
until after sunrise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
Baby kilograms.
FUNNY EXPERIENCE OF TELEGRAPH RE-
CIEvERS WITH PROUD AND HAPPY
YOUNG FATHERS.

Said one of the Western Union Tele-
graph receivers to Chicago Herald re-
porter:
''Do you know that few people outside
the doctors and telegraph receivers real
ize how many babies are born in the worldP
Why, there isn't day, Sundays included
that don't handle from Is to 25 baby
kilograms as we call 'em. By these
mean Geographic announcements OF the ad
vent of little strangers. There's deal of
human nature in these messages. OF
course they are usually sent to the little
ones grandparents. and they take on all
shades of exbuberance. from the wildly
exalted ecstacy of frs, born to the cold,
formal and not infrequently disguised. an
nouncement of the sixth. | will saw, how
ever. that after the second or third event
of the kind, the lightning is not drawn on
SO recklessly The slower process of the
mails is considered enough for the en-
Urgency. The coming of the first, how
ever, is as sure to bring out an excited tel
gram as the sun shines. 1t is great fun to
watch the senders of these first baby dis
patches as they prepare them. A young
father comes in with hurried step and
an exultant, beaming face. He grabs the
blank and dashes off something like this
Great news Mary very i'll. Fine boy =
Then he tears that up. Somehow he doesn't
want the rude teleG rapherto know the name
of the gentle but happy sufferer, and he
tries itagain. Expected event realized-
a little girl; wife doing WE'LL WIFE, why
of course she's wife, but don't like that
and he tears it up. Then he starts again,
and this time he says: 'Confound the tel
egrapher; he shan't know anything about
it, and he writes: 1T has come-eight
pounds-female. Mother all right He
looks vt ii a minute, and tears it up, with
the remark They won't know whether
that means Jersey calf or Hainbleton-
ian colt BY this time the young man has
got into a sweat. and grabbing pencil he
dasbes off: It's girl; mother doing
nicely;' and after looking at that five or
six minutes, and maybe with moistened
eve, he signs his first name to 1t and hands
it in. They're all about alike. these Young
fathers. They're proud and happy and
conscious, and vet they will do most any
thing to conceal their identity Some.
times the young man comes in showing
signs that the great domestic event has
been too much for him, and then have to
take the pencil and help HIM out. and
do it in practical way. get the address
and simply write; The little stranger
is here. 1t is Il boy Cor girD Mother
WE'LL and then the man pays his half dol
lar and nearly pulls me through the win
dow in his fierce desire to have me 90 and
give the baby bath. There is great fun
in a telegraph office when the baby bust
ness has been particularly good, can as
sure you
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
About Dinner Giving.

The art of dinner giving is one that we
Americans are slowly beginning TO under
stand. Experience teaches that it does not
require that questionable glory, French
cook, or rare china, or costly table garni-
ture. These are all convenient accesso-
ries but without the essentials they are
only the symbols of the art-not the art
itself. The essentials are. genuine spirit
OF hospitality which makes our guests feel
truly welcome, a care in inviting only
those whom we have reason to believe will
be mutually agreeable-Gll assorted guests
at a dinner party. are worse than i'll
cooked dishes), and meal which our
friends can see is strictly within our means.
Nothing is more vulgar than to have our
entertainment constantly suggest its cost.
Four or five courses invitinglv prepared.
however simple, are all that the majority
of persons care for. and quite as much as
they ought to eat. But these must be
chosen with judgment; first, as being
those that the cook is most likely to make
nice; second. those that seem to belong
together and come in natural sequence !;
and third, that they shall bear some re.
lation to the season. Let there be no rich
soups and hearty roasts in warm weather.
lest safety come early, an unbidden guest.
Flowers must show their welcome faces
everywhere; not roses at half dollar
apiece, or orchids at fabulous cost. but
flowers of the season-even of the field.
A big bowl of red lilies from the brook
side ilumines daintiy spread table as
much as tinted candles in silver
sticks. Let the platter of mutton be SUI
rounded by q wreath of nasturtiums: the
beef be garnished with parsley and lemon
the tongue with daises. DIES pissed of the
farmer but loved of his wife; and they
shall be poetized beyond belief. II the
butter dish rest among heads of red and
white clover, the butter will taste as sweet
again.
The linen need not be of the finest. but
it must be spotless. The knives and forks
need ne. be solid silver, but they must be
carefully laid. The glass need not be cut
crystal, but it must be polished till it
glistens; and the dishes though of stone
china must be set tastefully upon the
board
No more guests should be asked than
can be easily waited upon. A party of ten
is large enough. unless all the members
are very intimate; and the pleasure is
greatly enhanced by being seated at a
round table where the talk can be general.
The talk ought to be the best part of a
dinner-party. A careful hostess will give
little previous thought to the common
interests OF her guests, so that she may
lead the conversation into such channels
as shall give each one a chance to
say something. and prevent any one
from being left out. A good story,
apdy illustrative of the subject under dis
cussion, will do much to put the company
in sympathy, and thoroughly start the
conversational ball. One little anecdote
told of Madame de Maintenon makes her
seem more charming as q hostess than a
whole volume OF biography. When she
was giving . dinner to an unexpected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
Orchards and Fowls.

An orchard that is at the same time the
poultry yard will produce 100 per cent
more fruit, of better quality, than one re-
ceivlng the ordinary culture of the aver
age farmer. The constant scratching
ABOUT the roots. the gobbling up of all
the insects, the constant droppings which
the rains make soluble, and the continu-
al supply, is marked by dark green yer.
dure and large, iar truit the large runs
make the fowls healthier and the egg
product greater. See to it that the or
chard is hen yard, aud each hen yard an
orchard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
FLORENCE SILK MIrTENs.

number of guests her servant came to
whisper in her ear. Please. Madame, tell
another story, the roast Is too small for
the company" And in the brilliaucy of
the talk the poverty of the dinner was for
gotten.
The art of entertaining gracefully is not
easy, and must be learned through the
schooling of many experiences and mis-
takes; but the greatest mistake of all is
to suppose that 1t is 2 matter of money. or
leisure or social prominence .-EhrtchS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
Growing Strawberries.
HENDERsoN's METHOD.

Mr.. Peter Henderson has for some
years been an advocate of fall or summer
planting of the straw berry. But of course
good potted plants must be provided il
the best success is expected; also heavy
applications of manure. In trade circu.
lar he gives his method of growing straw.
berries as follows:
strawberries will grow on almost any
soil, but it is all important that it be we'll
drained. either naturally or artifcially ;
in fact this is true for the well being of
nearly all plants, as few do we'll on the
soils where the water does not freely pass
off.
Thorough culture requires that the
soil should b first dug or plowed. then
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03
Notice..
CITY OF AUGUSTA,
CITY MAAsHAL's OFFICE, !

CITY MAasHAL's OFFICE,t
AUGUSTA, Jan. "A. ]
Fast Driving.
Chap. XI, Sec. l, OF the city ordinances:
NO person shall ride drive any animal, loose or
attached to carriage of any description, or cause
them to be driven through any part Of the CITY,
within one mile OF the Kennebee bridge, at an unus
ual immoderate and dangerous rate, on penalty Of
not less than two nor more than ten dollars.
By reason Of frequent complaints made of late
this ordinance viii Be strictly enforced.
jaAl Il. T. MORSE, City NaxsAal.
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A HINT TO SPORTSMEN.

Experience of M. N. Rich, Sec'y
Portland Board of Trade.
The following letter was received last season ANY
one who suffers ON mosquito or black fly bites in
future deserves to
During q recent cumming and fishing tour through
Maine .rllderness, I CHANGED 10 apply a httie Ba-
ker's Great American specific ,rhich had
rih 10 MY hands aud face 10 Soothe the sting Of
mosquitoes midgets. AMI found 10 be a perfect
dntdofe against ann further attack from these in
sects or FROM black dies Others of the party tried
IL cih tse effect and the old experienced guides
rifh us pronounced the Speclac he best projection
against these pests that they Rad erer seen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24
AMERICAN VESSELS RIGHTS.
Consul General PheIan's Argument on tn
Canadian DIGESTION.

Consul General Phelan's Argument on the
Canadian DIGESTION.
BADDECK, C. B., May 22,-On his return
here Consul General Phelsn said that the
law under which permits are granted dates
prior TO 1890, but that in 1880 President
Andrew jackson issued a proclaim alton
granting certain commercial rights to Fog
lish vessels, and a similar proclamation
was issued By the Ministers in power at
time in Great Britain. This Brit
ish proclamation was in the same
spirit as that issued by
President Jackson, and. it is claimed, that
the Joint action # the two governments se-
cured to all vessels sailing under the Uni
ted States Asg the same rights as those en-.
loved BY English vessels in the ports Of
colonies, subject OF course, to the customs
laws. It's understood that this will be the
argument used by Consul Phelsn through
out the progress of thetwo cases of seizure.
II is thought that he will be able to prove
the right of American vessels to procure
bait in British waters. 1t is notye decided
whether the seized vessels will be brought
to Baddeck.
Still Excited in Maine.
PORTLAND, Ms May 22-The excite
ment here in regard to the fishery trouble
is undated. The Board of Trade and
city government meetings have not yet
been called, but ifthey are much longer de-
lsyed there will be mass meeting at the
City Hall To the fishermen the settle
ment of the questions in dispute is mat
ter of bread and butter, but not
a man has expressed desire to see
commission appointed or to have the treaty
renewed. There is bitter talk in regard
to the Canadian schooner Alert now load
ing with bait. 1t is believed that other
schooners Of the same character and on
the same erraud will not be very warmly
received here.
LATER-Msyor Chapman has called q
special meeting Of the city government Tor
this evening to take action in regard TO
the seizure of the schooner Ella NJ.
Doughty, and to consider what is to be
done TO aid the fishing industry.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24

cannon, and determined 10 resist should
any Canadian vessel attempt to seize her
the Globe says This may prove very
serious matter. The United States Gov
eminent neglected its duty when it allow.
ed this vessel 70 arm in one OF Its ports and
10 proceed when armed, TO waters in which
no vessel honestly pursuing a legitimate
business required such an armament. Ii
permission was obtained from the Govern
ment, It's responsibility is all the greater
Should this vessel attempt q forci'
bic resistance when British
or Canadian cruiser, duly commits,
stoned, attempts to seize it in Canadian wa
tiers, on charge Of having acted illegally.
it may be treated as pirate. To allow Its
vessels to go forth armed TO trespass upon
neighbor' territory, is unworthy OF great
country, especially of a free people. Cana
da will moi be deferred by any danger OF
possible collision, and its possible conse-
auences from asserting ito rights and en-
forcing its laws.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24
FATHER AND SON DROWNED.
August BOhn and His Six Year Old Son
Perished.
Special 10 the Sunday Re0iSteT

August Bohn and His Six Year Old Son
Perished.
Special 10 the Sunday Register.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, May z2-About
p. m. to-day August Bobn and his six
year old son, Theodore, were drowned in
the Ohio river, about one mile across the
B. & o. railroad bridge. The particulars
of the sad catastrophe are about ss given
below. Mr.. Bohn, who is baker in John
Tud's establishment, on Market street.
had set out lines in the Ohio river and
would occasionally take bis little son with
him to run them. This afternoon the
father and boy went to the place where the
lines were and started to run them. By
some unforeseen accident the little fellow
fell overheard, and the father, who was
unable to sWim, sprang in to save him.
The son went down near the boat
and the father, in his frantic efforts to save
him, got so far away from the boat that be
TOO sank before help could be rendered.
Both bodies were recovered in an hour
from the time of the disaster, but all at.
tempts to resuscitste them failed entirely.
The scene at the bank, when the bodies
were brought out and laid on the bank was
affecting. The wife and mother, with her
two remaining little children, nearly fran
tic with grief, begging and pleading in
German for her August" affected all the
crowd which had assembled to tears A
coroner's jury was empaneled and rend.
cred verdict in accordance with the above
facts. BONN is a poor man and leaves a
wife and two children 10 mourn the loss OF
an sffectionate father, protector and hus-
band,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24


Close of Case of Much Local
Interest.
At the opening Of Judge Boyds Court
Saturday morning, VIM. P. Hubbard, Esq.,
made an address to the jury occupying two
hours in its delivery. He answered the
arguments Of Messrs Caldwell and Russell
On the preceding day, and closed with an
eloquent appeal for his clients. LIS az
dress was listened to With the closest at
tention by the largest audience OF the
week, many professional men, especially
physicians, being present &c aesr
the gentiemau's remarks con,
corning expert testimony. After
referring to particular cases occurring IN
this trial, be said he would DO Whist he
coula to drive the practice OF taking expert
testimony out of the Courts, except such as
might be given Just as any ordinary Wit
ness would give it, and for which no more
fee should be paid than the 81 q day OF the
regular witness. -,
Lengthy papers were then read to the
Jury by opposing counsel, containing tn
points Of Law which the Court approved g.
its instructions, and the case went to the
Jury. =.
/ The jury retired at ILLS o'clock, and II
about ten minutes returned verdict sus
tanning the will.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-24
Fire Mt steubenvIlle.


STEuBENvILLE, o., May H.-About
nine forty-fve this evening fire was dis
covered in the third story of Winfield
sco,;S- large dry goods and grocery estab'
Tsbmsnt on tS,:-nth Fourth street. The
FIRE originated from the Sfrsrk OF q candle
that the clerk had taken Into the room
early in the evening.
The fire department was promptly on
the scene and succeeded in subduing the
flames before it communicated with other
rooms in the building, but the loss as 1t Is
is estimated at 81 500, partly BY fire and
psrtly By water. At Que time 1t looked
as If the entire building and contents
would be DESTROYED, which would have en-
tailed a loss of $75, 10000. The loss is fully
covered BY insurance in several companies
While the FIRE was in progress Miss Lucy
BEun, cashier Of I.ynch's shoe store, Wne
was on her way home in company with Mr.;
Lynch, proprietor. had Satchel grabbed
from her hand which contained two hun
dred dollars belonging to the store. NJ
nlpa IN thigf