Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-26
TIE ICE SPECULATION.
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1SDess.
0soults a Storing yunks Of Kennsbsc
Coldnsss and Bsco0ins an
lee King


E1ssoys Of fks EsnAe6ee JesvnAl:--
Our conspicuous silence has been owing
totally to DOR frenzied endessofs to secure
% ourse!f diminutive slice Of the bread
that has been cast pretty freely upoa Maine
vsrers, and which ve fully trust viii return
to 10 after few days quits generously but
tered on bosl sides-
A. eighteen hundred and sishy nine sank
slowly beneath the chilling horison ve
shook our Ass rsenacinRly tosard the oceI
dent. while CUR hes,ss breath, loaded With
selnsh hope snd non freezing qualities. hov
cred in fxneifuiiy curling iin~s over The
surface o: The siss!y rolling Hadson-
Eighteen hundred seG ninety came to "
clad in sc,r.y sYmine. it, snowy pibiops
tanning Defose is the welcome Arctic
bfeexes which proved fatal 20 IA grippe,
.sfroxs up' the Kernebte. ard II its turn
s16@,ed def-st ~ me nstnv air foreed
upon our chores b, the great Gait Current.
- il Rugged With loving tenderness this
might, iand d . Iiy two millions o. people
sui Maine 10 al her see ming diminuiive-
ness, claims from the whole country. 81
least . fris,d recognit on. ard our needy
asixhoors must sb,de by the GOODNESS Win
which sr gree, then. .t 90 much per eo5l-
ness
Ig plain English -e are in the ice bG.i-
nsss Lake the grippe" il commenced in
the mag .safion. spresd TO be Al Gacom-
Portable rsslify and settled IN the stsrboAst
pocket vi,b 8 defamation di.une.ly heard
from Mt Vernon to South Windsor.
A the icy tones If our vnIce and others
that We hired by the day, prociaimef our
needs to ali tie land. sesms and iaboreft
Tucked to Augusta and enlisted II the good
work. DspopuiAt:on OF the 'urs! di.r'c's
followed. Husbands, sons ard fathers
uith occasionally 3 grsndfa,her-ieft their
cheerful homes add the female portion of
the family to spill kindlins wood ard rock
the bxby 10 the same breath.
The bone and gristte Of the county sup
Piled the main strength and siupidness al
ways necessary to override business of any
kind, and q slab-sided wallet, An overdrawn
bank account and doubtful future are the
visible results Of days and aighis Of labor,
which are IS long ~ ever they Sere.
rae accidents have been very few com
p~ra;ivrly. An unprecedented iimp in our
left shoulder with neurAlgic, facIsi sccom-
panImss, caused by our standing too long
10 an inverted position. upon q broad fei1
OF maiUss y iuIs poluNt ~ 'iirf " ~ Z
ourselt Of q surplus Of suddenly stsorbed
Kenn.bec water which flowed with = gentle
ripple from our boots out among the snow,
by the way OF a three csai paper collar ia
one.
The show Of defuncs equines at the
mouth Ct the river during the spring viii
deceive vhe hardy mariner into me belief
that the Horse Lstitudes" have moved
t-eniy odd degrees to the uOrh~ard OF
that sea horses have become Bay horses
and paid the penaifv thereof
Having flied and damaged all the houses
in shich We are interested and failed 10 g.
cure the rev post office for continued oper'
st.ons. we have buiii stacks at every avail
ebie pciDt from Popham 10 the Augusta dan
and the naturally tinii may calm then
troubled mlnds by the assurance that ma
tefisl for en- ice frsshet is rot TO be had tbi'
.es'on In the present ice boom We -su
ihe opportunity to ero-n ourselves viii
glory And We erssped it. Hereafter ~t
hal! pride ourselves a. being one Of many
that furnished unlimited labor at Eve cent.
Der cake, the gree: I.essu,e oeirg dimin
isned only by the possibility Of ice stack
returning slowly but surely to their natnIa
shannel in liquid form and millions Of fee
Of lumber for sale 1t greatly reduced prices
Already there hovers on the southern
shore a feet Of white Singed ships viii
own price per preferably some por
where refrigerator ya~n ard mint julsp'
are necessity JAY Eff BEE