Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-28
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Tsixf and tween.
rTsixs the warm seasons and the cold,
ths bexuliss OF cus door life and fae bleak
Winds and sncS suggesting the pleasures Of
in acor l:fs. b chimney cornsr furnace bills,
steam hss:efs, etc.
Yoa'se doubtless Slrssdy sol Cd yons patti
cssn hands WITH the funnel and miscelian-
eous stove furniture bsressa your owr roof
tee aai I. arssss y 20 70 Sit IN . neishtof's
room xhers he store j. sill placsd but 40 nre
hss hasa ki1dled; where The dies are Ia tbs
aeoks pssparins TO sesr ca the 81 Cts Of
eoming " ntsr. For them Sumner recres-
iions are gone; 10 more canoeing in the
milk pitcher or xspersoaasing BURBERRY
in the biscuit.
What . pleasure il 10 to button up that
fall coat. You step in and over the reg
lister Of the store where you feel
most homsliks in ssmpiing, il be be gro
Ger, the chsice apples, Caramel in the con-
fectiousr's or hne chew Of spruce gum
in the drug store. You unbut,on your coat
and stepping over the register thank the
Lord that the fashion allows bsssy panta.
looms, and you wait expsctantly. for the
thrill Of ecsts.ic warmth.
Dreamy visions OF warm undervesr,s fur
cost. . snug sensation Of being in the sleigh
tucked in BY ample robes and accompanied
by single blesssdness in bewitchiDg MILL
merry, for moonlight ride, you dresmily
hear the bells jingle, but-bu. the robe il
untueked, your feet get cold, you-and the
blue nosed CLERK arsuses you with, "Haint
had no FIRE in the furnace yet, and the cell
lar vinder's cut and guess there's cold
drsught coming up that register"
It's mingled look of sco,n and pity you
bestow on thu. clerk and pass out.
Did it ever occur to you that in Augusta
there is little display Of caste in pretensious
homes? Aiso that there are numerous
tasty and cosy dwellings going up this SEA-
son and will be occupied this winter by peo-
pie who out OF small savings, have made it
possible rot only to have home but new.
and very pretty one at thst1
Il believe that tbisis goicg to be mighty
hard, dull winter" remarked . gentleman
yesterday. That made me think Of what
heard Col. Staples say as I met him in the
morning. He has just returned from ,
trip to Quebec. "Oh, l tell you," be said.
Augusta is a good place in which to live.
Down in the Provinces people are all
complaining Of no money. Ons day
last week I came to speak to three
drivers Of public carriages standing
in front Of one of the large hotels there
Two Of them drove two horse hacks and
the other cAlssh. They had been talking
Of dull times and 80 l asked them how
much they hsd taken that day, it was then
in the beginning Of the evening. They said
that they all three bad only taken in sum
total of sew enty FIVE cents. Yes, large
number CT the people met are DESTROYS Of
joining the states and I should think they
W, uld be-" No wonder, Is Yankees who
visit there say, the word doodle" though
coined in the states is more frequently
heard in common use. Doodle politics is
jus, now an Interesting theme With ali inter-
ested in Canadian government affairs.
talked with geutlemsn yesterday who
all his life has hsa to do with machinery,
about the frighnul accident at the pu p
mill yesterday morning. He said there is
no need of such accidents from putting on
belts though q pulley is running. One
should stand on tie right side Of the pulley.
| never find fault if man in r1y mill shuts
down the machinery to put on belt. But
supposing it is yuaDing. Ssy the pulley is
over yous hesd You ges W Oh step
ladder to pu! the belt on. Ifyluge. up on
the side SO that il cur clsshing catches in
the belt you are carried over the hsft then
you are on the wrong tile. Get on the
other side. Thea il caught you won't be
carried over the shafi, in fact you won't be
caught"
But men gst csr,l So. I thresterd to
discharge one Of my best men the other
day because he persisted in putting the
belt on from the wrong side"
YES" added bystander, "tbey become
sccustomed to the danger and don't mind.
heard the foreman Of the night crew Of
this very pulp mill where the man was
killed, say the other night he found oae OF
the men who had charge Of grinder away.
His machine wa, running at high speed
and there was Of course likelihood of the
stone bursting. The man had left it rum
ming while he went down and fshed 10 the
canal. Every precaution has been pro-
vided, there is an indicator on the machine
telling one how fss. the stone is running
and the operator is supposed to stand right
by it and then stone bursts often ugh
A bookkeeper cut short my musings yes
terday in rather an sbfupt fashion. | stood
by his desk musing, il that's the word,
meanwhile unconsciously beating tattoo
on his desk. Suddenly he jumped up say
ing "for the love you bear your kindred
and the hope you entertain Of the hereaf-
ter don't ever again drum on the desk of
Q bookksepsr.' I knew him we'll and he
vas laughing all the while but saw that l
had male HIM nervous and that though
his remark was made half in jest there's
q moral 10 the advice "don't drum on the
bookkeeper's desks," more especially when
you've come to settle with the firm and
want discount.
Speaking Of 'twixt and tween, how
sbaut the weather signals OF Monday and
Tuesdsy-signsls for fair weather and rain
followed; storm signsls yesterday with
comparatively fair weather.
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