Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-02

Lagrange With its piles Of sleepers,
polls and cord wood, thinned ous ous
passengers considerably, and left tie car
cooler, II possible, nor vas its frigdity abatei
In the least BY the frantic endeavors of an
ancient brakeman to cause a rise in tsmperz-
ture BY stufing . siekly sheet iron stove
With aogsy, unsplit spruce bolts. Obliged
;otarry indefinitely for down freizh. loaded
with short lumber and s'wauzon rus- sc
took last, long LOOK at the two houses and
barn With board pile accompaniment that 60
TO make the town of Orneville The tops Of the
knoils are just showing through the snow
Niekel-Piatsd and Crsss-eyed.
At Milo Junction We leave three men for
the Canadian Pacific railroad, a women xith a
fractious baby. and a nickel plated hitc l
cnaln with cross-eyed boy on one end and
Dow Legged bull pup on the other. Asve
gaze from the window we again thank the
inventor of even second-rate IA lroad &C
commodations at this time of year. Burnt
oVer-lands, extensive boys, dead second
groSth and decayinz stumps from which the
value had long since departed 10 feed fires
and hungry children, are SYNONYMOUS with
South Sebec. Hoop poles, uncAlled for. ell
IN the spare room, logs are .'yarted" and all
The cross roads and country generally is as
nat as iiindieal dap jack but not half so
good for agricultural purposes
Dover and Foxcroft divide the honors of
trade and tribulation. 1t looks to me as if
they ought to get married and hereafter be
one hesh. | may be wrong The Blethen
House vas waiting for US with open doors,
dining room doors, and pea soup firstly,
with an ample supply of secondly, thirdly.
fourthly and indefinitely, We soon assumed
proportions in conformity 10 our dignity,
transacted our bushes. and being absorbed
oy the down train, were landed a, Milo
junction at AS. Through Milo, .x miles
to bro~n7ilie, underlying which they say, is
slate enough to roof in the whole world, if
properly spread out-then fourteen miles up
the Pleasant River To this place. Fiji
teen hundred cords of wood have been
hauled during the winter and will be turned
into charcoal to furnish the necessary heat
to make an average OF twenty tons of A No /
car wheel iron per day. The iron ore is
"Playtng out" they say.
They said that ten years ago and at that
time the writer personally explored the ore
mountain and found material sufficient to
asst years and We prophesy the same thing
will take place again The people that con
zrrgate here are worth, of more than pass
Ing notice AT the hotel beside the regular
ooarders were two women one fat and red
he AIDED, the other thin and sad looking, eight
frenchmen, nine p. Is, one Indian, two
gentlemen beside myself and another Irish
nan, Jud Briggs AID III. ee doubtful with
'ne to be heard from One happily disposed
7. |. Prince Edward Islander insisted on
giving US a free entertainment in the song and
lance line, telling US Of his love for Betsey
Baker and kicking out the chorus to the
of the crowd and damage of
boots and baggage. One diminutive French
nan had invested in red leggings and rubbers,
'ea jackets, old pink flannel shirt with double
aced pant and crowned the whole with a
petit" soft felt "chapeau" with roll up
rim. Putting him down as a back woods
Jude in full uniform and finding the bosom
Il our pants much improved we IL brush
hem and retire. JAY EFF Bee.
katahdin Iron Works, March 26.