Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-19

fall suit and silk hat swoops along at
1 much faster rate
| Yesterday occurred the twenty arm
annisersary Of the settlement OF Rev
W Fl Fem. d ID over the high street
church, Portland The occasion WAS
appropriately observed throughout the
day; the evening" services being psrriei-
pated In BY city clergy men Of the various
denominations
All district school recently one OF the
little boys had pair OF dice, which IN
some way we're lost. while he was en-
gagged In prosecuting vigorous but
futile search the teacher was asking
other pupils about things they had read
She asked finally:
sswb, has read Paradise Lostf'
The youngster from the rear Of the
school room Immediately hated In the
search he was making and shouted out :
Then dice belongs 70 me-"
The. new Maine Central ferry boat liz
course Of construction at Bath. will be 3
| powerful one. The craft Ia SO arranged as
| 20 receive the cars In the nlddle-be-
| tween the two rows Of uprights, or King
posts which may now be seen protruding
through the deck The vessel Is 20 be a
side wheeler, aud each wheel will have
az independent engine Of its own, each
engine having the .ame power az the
ln.e now on the Knox and Lincoln ferry
Iboat, City Of RocklAnd. thus giving this
| boat twice the DO wer OF thu one she will
succeed. BY means Of these two engines
the boat can be quickly and easily
! al b,EfAn naH.tla ~ hStn0
turned az on q pivot. Particular care
has been taken TO make her rudders ex
eeptionaliy strong. Ike her hull 30 that
abe can be driven through the drifting
Ice Of spring without the least FEAR OF
dfsablement.
The Penobscot Agricultural Society
will hold meeting at City Hall. Ban
zor on wednesday, Octobsr 81, at A
VI for the purpose Of choosing five dele
gates to attend convention, TO elect q
member OF the Board Of Agriculture 10
al Il vacancy now existing. and also TOR
the coming term Of three ye- rs from
January next.
For getting man out Of hard place
A i1se ia sometimes better than gun.
A Yankee drummer boy was out on
littic f0raging expedition during the late
Civil Waral By hinself and had scaled
bristling picket fence TO get at a tree
fall Of tempting, rosy apples He had
iilled his hayersack and his pockets, when
he was suddenly startled by stentorian
voice: Drop Them apples, boy, and
git, er yer dead Yank."
Crashing through the tail weeds came
rho osuuar ~ fhe aDpiea rifle In hand.
fhe boy ran for dear lie. bot chung to
a. many apples az he could.
On reaching the fence he grasped
post and tried to climb over. but the
pIckets ssemed TO have gained foot 10
height and many degrees in sharpness
since he entered the orchard, and, as he
scrambled over, one of them managed
to insert itself between the small Of his
back and his leather belt in such way
as to hold him suspended at the mercy
OF his oncoming foe
cit, tell ye, Git, or I'll shoot :"
roared the confederate
The boy looked over his shoulder, and
despite the ugly rifle leyelied at his head,
called out good-humoredly; "Oh, see
here, now, don't shoot. Don't you see
I'm on picket and can't leave my post?
"The man lowered his gun, broad
smile came over his face and he an
swered IAN right, sonny, stick to your
post
Then he turned and went away In the
direction whence he had come, leaving
the Yankee boy to get out of his predi-
caments az best he could, which he
finally did by cutting bis belt with his
poeket-knife.