Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-17

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The Masonic re union in Possiand next
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egations sIl b. there from al para sf lie
STATE. bards ~ music ~ rhs dosea end
score Will burden the air With their melody
o. oshs Rvise. and it 10 expected that no. les
tnss % 500 nes will be h ise. Port
land vili zee some big crowds Of visitors
The Mount Desert Herald rotes the fact
fbat on the 4th and 5sn Of May, more rein
fell ss Bar HAfbof than during the entire
month Of April. Ga the swo days afst
named the sali registered 955 inches; in
April the mark vas 81 inches.
A movement having been s.art-i In
Auburn 10 secnre the removal Of the Bidde-
ford stove fouBdfy 70 the former city, the
Auburn men Who we're pRofuse In th<iy
encouragement were backward when it
came to the matter Of taking ssock. This
state Of things vas naturally pleasing TO
the Biddefosd people. and the Standard
thus expresses isself on the subject
Those dowa east boomens are failures
from the word 90 They blew their tram
pet long and loud, but when il comes to
placing the moaey they failed to shos up.
The Biddeford people ought 70 take up the
stock, and start the foundry Il full blast. +"
The capacity Of the depot grounds Of the
Maine Central 81 Brunssick will be consid-
erabiy increased by the land shich 10 being
| made by filing. This viii all be used BY
spur tracks. and will add greatly to the con
venience Of sll concerned.
A meeting Of the veterans Of the 18th
and 18th Army Corps resident In Portland,
was held on the l4th in the hall Of Bos-
worth Post, the object being to arrange
for extending some courtesies TO the men,
bers living outside the State, Who may
visit the city nexr July on occasion Of the
'eaRion. A committee vas appointed to
handle the matter, comprising members
from the 18th, 18th. l4fh, 18th, 2lst, 2zd,
24th, 26tn. 2Sth, 29th aud Both regiments.
and the LIST battery, ID cavalry and 10Th
| infantry. Ii 10 the Intention TO make The
reunion one Of great interest.
There are many ,alors in the port of
Bath Just now, and the Times has been
much entertained BY some Of the yarns
| spun BY old salts, - to the merits of the
various crafts in which they have sailed
| from time to time. Some of the vessels are
desc ibed A. old sea tubs which ought to be
burned, others are man killers, but the
toughest yarn was of one recently in port,
where the men never got . square meal un-
less they had done big days work. The
| untutoFed landsman 10 apt to feel some
doubt as to the accuracy of some Of these
yarns. but they seem to give the sailors
satisfaction.
The boys of Maine usually get there,
whether in this or other States. AT the
Bryant & Siratton Commercial College, a
few days ago. the Principal required his
800 pupils to write = business letter.
promising in advance to select one Of
the lot snd read it aloud. The letter writ
ten by Wiufred +. Aiken was the one Sc
lected. and it was highly complimented by
the Principal. Mr.. Aiken belongs in Els
| worth
A Ioquacious hawker has been causing
considerable distress of mind on the part Of
the Biddeford papers. They say that with
his long and timber tongue, and illimitable
| flow of language. he sold hose and sus
penders to the assembled multitude for all
they were worth, and yet made the crowd
believe they were getting great bargains.
Human nature is weak in .pots, not only in
Biddeford but everywhere else.
| The people of Winnegance, who pay
taxes to the city of Bath, complain that
they have none Of the city privileges, and
are specially indignant that their petition
for a short piece Of sidewalk in an excep-
tionsily muddy section, has been steadi y
and persistently ignored for Ave years.
They also complain that their school privi-
ieges are by no means what they should be.
Mr.. o. W. Davis, Jr., who few years
ago carried on the Kstahdin Iron Works in
Piscatsquis county, 10 now one of the
boomers Of Mid ilesborough, Kentucky. He
has recently sent to TINS State for several
| experts to 60 out there and construct blast
furnsce, which is to be operated in connec-
ton with the iron mines.
The man who does not patronize the
newspapers labors under q disadvantage.
The Kannebec Democrat tells of promi-
nent citizen of Waterville who got consid-
| cradle perspi ration IN running to the bridge
TO see tie new steamboat come in. He
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