Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-07
MAINE GOSSIP.

There seems tn BE- quite contrast be-
tween ,h,. manner in hich the Maine hay
crop has hccn gathered aud the way in
which the same rrup il New Hampshire
hasn't been gathered From all sections of
the State come reports Of completed having
and little complaint of scarcity of help. A
gentleman huwcvcr. who has just returned
from travelling through the Granite State,
saws he saw arres upon arrcs of upland
still uncut and no help ohtainablc. One far
mcr when asked why they didn't hire
French Canadians to CONF down from Can
ada through the having season. said it was
impossible 10 induce them to como. AMI he
could harily believe it whcn told that hun
irvds came into Maine every season for the
sole purpose of working in the bayfield,.
In connection with having in Maine GENES
the following report from Norridgewock of
a half DAY = work that " in be hard to beat
II was on the farm of c. H. Grecuw wood.
His son Ernest snd two other ncn went 60
work NJ eleven O'Clock one day getting in
hay, aud by shutdown they had hauled in
twenty one two-horsc loads. estimated TO be
- tons.
N'ut Nut4N fNNiif FHitt iibRh wv hfFN'
that with such records to break the
Frrnchmcn would prefer New Hampshire
To Ma,ae.
1t 10 interesting to note that the use of
oxen in the Maine hsy-aelds isn't quite
gone out of fashion.
Some of the farmers in Greenbush are
! using oxen in the place of horses to do
/ their hsying with. A few days ago one
was seen in a horse rake, and last week a
man had yoke of oxen hitched to = now
| ing machine and was moving with them.
The apple crop ia far enough advanced 10
tempt the halls into wrong doing to judge
; frnm the reports coming in of orchard
thieves Orchard owners deplore the fact
I that chsiers mosbus never seems to work ~
a retribatsoH on such young rascals.
The seh.-oI ,cRsus of the present wear
shows that there are 1916 scholars in
/ wsshington Ceanty.
Fersy-ons years ago c. Longfellow, a
Druggist ut Maeiiss, inserted an advertise
msnt of his business in the first issue of the
soesl paper, II has appeared in every issue
ssecr. ami l.ongfellow hiss been prosperous.
Please take Longfellow has been
prosperous.
Casce Bay was in the power Of the gro
GERS amt butchers Wednesday. those of
Portland establishing headquarters Ter their
| spey,s ga Long Island, while those from
Lewiston found Peaks Island more tn tiss.r
taste for day of outing
A member of the Auaroscoegin Gun
Ciuo is unable to meet his friends vithout
embarrassment. This gentleman who il q
Nlmrod of renovn in his basliwick reg.,rds
provliug eats with dissrust and the other
morning A. be looked forth from his cham
hcr window a. peep o'day, he saw in the
din light Tommy rs he supposed down in
the yard BY his hen-eoop. la = ~ mixing
be took ascap shos At the supposed T. tomas.
A Wild and agonixesi rear followed the dis
Charge and To the sports amaxemsnt h Is two
year nt. hah infuriated with the pa ins of
ms wound rose ap from the ground where
rs hal been lying. charged upon that fafe<l
hen-coor snsi busted it into surith~reeus.
II vas not the eat. henee Mr.. Ninaro,i's
| embarrassment.
I Ja.lglng from the demonstration ars.or, led
/. aim tias other evening Premier Me.cisr of