Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-24

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the column was found by guest 8
he Old Orchard H3a.e written M tn
back Of the bill Of fare and bearing tn
signature Of one Of the waisresses. witt
.ueh employees surely the old Orcha''
Hsuse Ia possessed Of every attraction
Bangor proves good neiahooe AM
loans Brewer water in the inter's ex
tremity. "a the water Brewer Is nov
hayiog Ia unfit to use and IL is feare'
would cause q typhoid fever epidemic
q. In the locality Of what ia now the cit,
of Auburn. says resident Of that thirty
ing towB. there was a time when settle
used often TO have to travel three mae
from one house to his home carving /
fire brand TO kindie blaze on HIS owr
hearth stone. This man was q confirmed
smoker and In the sumner and ftil usee
20 keep stump heap constantly smouid
ering In his field 20 light his pipe wher
he wished TO enjoy the delights Of ''suo
lime tobacco"
4 peddler with a superabundanee Of
coneeIt, and but little gray matter ovei
the roof Of his abnormal tongue, at
tempted to make love 10 6aco young
lady whom he called upon to display
bis wares. He had entered the housf
without knocking and was altogetheI
90 familiar, so much so that the mum
cipal Judge next morning fined him O.
4nd costs
The deviation man who turned a hun
cry white bull dog into his orchatd a,
night TO keep the apples away from The
boys says IL was success.
1T was an absent minded Phillips mer-
chant who let both hiz clerks of for a
days vacation and then took his team
and drove away, leaving the store wide
open with the privilege OF running itself
The citizens OF Cape Elizabeth are now
aroused over the idea OF building a
soldiers monument at that place. Up
wards Of $1,000 Ia already pledged.
We met On our street last Monday an
old eomrsde. y. r. Ordway of Bry ant :
POND, says the oxford Advertiser Mr.
Ordway was an officer In the nth v III
Reg during the war, and from him we
learned the following during the battle
Of Spottsylvania, May u While max
ing charge On the enemy he was shot
the body; the ball went into his
hip, passed through. out on the opposite
tide, carrying away part of his back
bone. He lay on the battlefield two
days and two nights between the Rebel
and Union lines, all the while \
shower OF bullets passing over him.
During the second night some OF the
boys Of his company crept in under the
darkness and secured him into the [ MON
lines, Mr.. Ordway laid there two days
aud two nights without a single thing to
eat or drink | asked him II he thought
Of home and his dear ones. He said
many sorrowful thoughts passed through
his mind still he made up his mind al
shall not die here for wish to see my
wife and children once more" Mr.. ord
way il now alive and draws pension OF
so per month, not being able to do any
hard labor.
A case that once attracted great deal
Of attention in the United States court
IN Portland ia recalled by the recent sad
accident at Campobello, y. d wherein
lightning demolished the house Of Joseph
Patch and probably fatal injuries were
by Patch and his aged wife
Joseph Patch was the owner Of large
4. t..t. nd IN
his house in Snug Cove; this store
house he has leased for a number of
years to prominent wool-puller of
Maine and it was utilized for the safe
keeping of provincial wool subsequently
to be imported into the United States
through the port Of Eastport, distant
from the aforesaid cove less than two
miles. Joseph Patch was the temporary
OF the wool, being the employe
Df the Maine puller and dealer. For a
number OF years the government officers
had entertained suspicious that the wool
stored in Patch's storehouse
was being smuggled into Maine, and
after long and painstaking investiga-
Jon 10 the Provinces, added by informa-
lion received from Dominion officials
he fact.
One July evening in 1889, a Boston
treasury officer lay in Snug Cove in
boat manned by two stout CampObello
Dsrsmeu. and under cover of darkness
were unObserved while they saw wool
being laden upon a vessel tied up at the
end OF Patchs wharf a. it came out of
his storehouse When load had been
secured, the vessel steered in the direc
ion OF town In Maine where the own
ar of the wool and vessel resided, avoid
ny the port of Esstport and customs
The pursuing officer boarded
he vessel when she was well within
Maine waters and demanded of her cap
.ain his clearance from Campobello (afor
sign sub port and her manifest. These
we're not forthcoming, as the master de
Jared that he had not been at Campobello
Tor a month, and that his cargo was do
nestle wool. The officer knowing to the
thereupon seized the craft and
al she contained on the ground that the
ict OF smuggling had been committed.
Judge Webb Of Portland heard the case,
snd by his finding the vessel and cargo
were forfeited to the government, and
sold at public auction
Patch discreetly remained within the
Jurisdiction Of Canada, although claim
ng to be citizen OF the United States,
no service by the United
states marshal could he made upon him
Charles Girard, Jr. of Westbrook.
who left that city with. Mains circus
aking with him horn valued at so.
belonging to the Sslaberry Band and is
low in isil concludes tina. 1t Is cheaper
% blow his own horn.
Spending their honey moon at Union
n this State is a very romantic couple
eloped from New York. The groom,
DR. Greenleaf. is a New York dentist and
he bride is an heiress to a comfortable
property. A little more than week
,go she went to DR.. Greeuleaf to have
her teeth fixed. arwas love at frat
sight, au indignant mother and run
way couple.
PRBe0 COMMENTo.