Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-25

Daily Eeunebtt journal.
FRIDAY. JAn. Is. 1855
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BuxLEIeH & FLTsr.
The Friends will receive four ne~ mem
bers 70 their church today at the usual
monthly meeting held at Manchester at 10
o'clock
Thi. evening the Ladies' Relief Corps Of
Highland Lodge A. o. L. W. will give a
turkey supper TO which their husbands and
friend, will be invited.
Prof James Cheesman who ia now lee
turing in Maine on dairying, has a name full
of .iynihcance. He may not know "besns, "
bu, he ia we'll posted man" on cheese"
The sieishins wac excellent yesterday. and
number Of fast steppers exhibited their
speed on State street. The country roads,
however, are in bad condition there being
high dhhs in some places and bare ground
in others
The most practical development of the
nickel-in-the- slot mechanism appears in the
machine that gives you two postage stamps
for Ave cents. The twenty per cent. commits
sion you pay is for the convenience of getting
stamp. in places where they are not, or nov
sill not be commonly sold.
man with load of wood while passing
on the Togus road yesterday. encountered a
bear which 40 frightened his horse that he
broke from the sled and escaped. The man,
armed With stick of wood. started for
bruin The latter sho we'd fight and the man
betook himself Ia search of help When they
returned, bruin was nowhere to be found.
Pickerel which were 40 plenty in the market
a week ago, are now much scarcer and the
dema nd for them has died out Smells and
tomcpd, are still caught in large numbers
on the East 81 lie. The capture of small
salmon with gait Just below the dam re-
Gently, shows that these fish have not en-
tirely deserted the Kennebec. Frozen sal
mon from st, John and juicy Massachu-
sets quahaugs are in the market.
This years crop of valentines comprises
the same old prints and jokes which have be-
come yellow with age and have made their
appearance about this time every year as far
back a. the oldest inhsbtant can remember
some Of the new designs in sentimental val
entnes are very pretty. The only person
Who doesn't admire valentines is the letter
carrier, Who has about Ave times his ordinary
work to do for week before Valentino day
One Of the veteran ice cutters Of the city
says that the solar cycles change every five
OF seven years. The prediction has been
more than verified within the past thirty
years That is To say in 1858. ice not
d. for cutting TIL the latter part of February.
and the season lasted into March. then came
the year 1868. five years intervening then
1870. seven years Intervening, then 1874.
four year. intervening then 1881, seven
year Intervening; and now We have the
seven years from 1881 to lSss.
The rumors concerning the moonlight
wanderer on Arsenal street have made peo-
pie IN all parts OF the town cautious when
out late Al night \ staid citizen of Staple
ton who vas returning late to his home one
evening" recently saw leaning against the
fence a huge. black OBJECT, the exact form
Of which he could not distinguish. lie
started IN the run followed by the myster-
ious creature and reached home hreathless,
only to fnd that he had mistakeu his neigh
bors big New fnnudlsnd dog for midnight
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An exciting runaway occurred on State
street yesterday forenoon. Mr.. J. C. Il j.
Inns horse backed the grocery team to which
he was attached into pung heavily laden
with country produce. Eggs and butter dew
10 every direction aud the two horses went
neck and neck down Court hill. The Roll
Inns horse became disentsngled from the
sleigh near the round house. and easily won
the rsce Both horses were stopped on
Water street much frightened, but otherwise