Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-11

number Of places and her work has every
where met with the warmsst commendstion
and support.
This Is certainly a time when the friends
Of temperance should be actively engaged
in the work Of furthering the cause. The
issue Is drawn between the two great part
les on The question of prohibition. Ever,
person must be upon the one side or the
other, either for temperance or against It
Every vote that Is thrown against the Re-
publican party this fall will be thrown for
nigh license. The so called
third party movement IL il
throws any votes to amount to anything,
which, under the circumstances, is extreme
iy doubtful, will throw those votes to the
aid of the Democratic party-in other
words to the aid Of high license and of the
wholesale liquor dealers and Brewers Asso-
citation which secured the insertion Of that
plank in the Democratic platform and who
are pledged to furnish the snews of war
for the overthrow of prohibition. ANY
man who lends. either directly or indirectly
assistance to the high license Cause during
the present campaign is not temperance
man. He is eosdjutor of the liquor in
terests The friends of temperance must
stand up and be counted this fall. The al
voeates of the open and licensed saloon
hare challenged them to the conflict. We
are much mistaken in their me;tle
If the shrink from its responsibilities.
welcome visitor to our sauctum is Vol
\. No, |, of the Old Orchard Sea Shell,
the newsiest. brightest. best, seaside daily
published on the Atlantic coast. The Shell
has certainly started in well the present
season, and to resd its pages is the next
thing to shifting the cool briny breezss Of
Old Orchard. We wish /. al, success this
summer. ard If true merit is appreciated,
attain it.
Belfast Republican; The Belfast Age
has gone to the trouble to deny published
state ment that W. 2. Thompson was presi-
dent of the Belfast Personal Liberty Climb
but of course it could not be honest enough
to state that MIR. Thompson called the
meeting to order, offered the resolutions.
WAS the principal speaker at the organiza-
ton, and one of the vice pre- sidents and
member of the executive committee. In
deed, he was the leading spirit of the af
fair. and in view of his present position we
do no, see why he should want to deny it
The net receipts from du;ies. etc. to the
government from the Bangor customs dis
trics for the fiscal year ending June st
1890 (after deducting all expenses amount
to sI0s.72i 40, thirty thousand dollars 10
excess of 1889
An important yacht race il to take place
In Rockland harbor about the Goth of ih.
month. the participants being the Msssa-
chusetts ard Portland yacht clubs The
prize ia to be q handsome silver cup. pre-
scented by the managers of the popular Bay
Pom, Hotel.
Mrs. Ambrose Haley of Houltou. has in
b or possession treasured heirloom, q slip
per that Was worn by her fathers grand
mother. on the occasion of her marriage.
in England. which must have occurred
fully LIS years ago. 1t is made of brocad-
ed satin.
l, Is said that Asa Low Of Springvsle has
the shortest name Of sny person in the
State of Maine
A man from the country called at the
Portland gas works one day last week and
exhibited considerable surprise at what be
saw When he came to the big gas holder
be thought that must hold considerable ard
said SAY, what do you do with 90 much?
Ship It or sell it all here?" He was told
that they were able to use it all in Portland
30 far. and when he left alesm of newly
acquired knowledge shown in his eyes.
The united age. of r NJ Fulton and
family o, Mars Hill make $50 years. The
proofs Of the healthful~e.s Of the ARGOS
took climate are to be found on slmost
every hand.
The Nes York Tribune has . story of
the strange find made hy Capt. Tyler. q
winserport Mariner. While out Gu s voy-
age he noticed . essk all covered with
bafuacles, hobbing alors on the waves He
lowered boat and hauled the prize along.
eide 1t proved to be a cask OF old sherry
Bat il became evidens that the cask had
been tossing TAT yesrs on the seas no soan-
ef vas the pressure Of the water removed
than the slaves parted here and there and
DE vine bssan to pour out 4 faucet wss
hasily inserted and demijohns, pitchers.
bottles. pars and bssins 6lled. TIL. ship's
vinegar vas thrown away to util re the keR
but 10 spite Of all there vas vine to epsre.
The caek LEAKED more and more and the
deck literally ran With sherry q the Tri-
bune's old sals tells the tale. The ca.k
probably vent devn With ship scores of
years before. Its etaves we're worn to half
heir original thickness.
We fraa the NeS Ar "a vain this ~eek
for say Enforcement OF the 'irnnps Demo.
cratic Convention recently held il this cits
The Age copies the opinions of six Demo
cratic papefs. three Of which. viz. the
Rock.and Opinion. Machias Onion and
Calais Timer refer to that assemb-