Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-25
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One Day this week cat 10 an up stairs
efies Isoking out on Commerdsi street,
fell into a.. 10 shs midst Of bic eonvuI.
siss torment poor pnssy saiied tksoxeh the
window out on 10 Commercial stssss
Directly usder the window vas . man
t,sYsd over and little dreaming Of the sur.
Prise in stoss for him.
when the cs sruck fairiy on ttss bowed
back the owner thersaf(shs back SLOWED
soaad like > country wedding sefensae
to Escape his psiln lips snd he started in
the direction Of HsilovslI. How many
niies he hsd travelled before pussy coz
sentsd 70 let 70 her hold 10 not knovn, but
When lest seen he vas travelling under
bssh pressure.
Dill Me- spessing Of cod iiyer oil cap
SUES, saTs the oil il. c,ncssled in & .xibls
e.psaIs about the size Of . 30 cent vsser-
melon Nov and then. he says, he has
been invited 10 ois hisnd 10 . social
capsnle bat has 80 far not allowed the bsbit
10 fssssD on him.
In this respect Mr.. ays hss mors to be
thaokfui for than the soman Tho hiss ps-
nooizsd ooe drug store 10 this city q aile FIRE.
quep,iy. always calling there ~hsn N town
to buy boI Of cod liver capsules. The
druggist thought j. funny that she always
brought back the boz but threw il into the
vssts basket without asking questions.
found therein The geiAtinc capsules which
hsi been opened and the disssreesbis med.
icins taken from them. He could hardly
believe bis eyes. What reasonable mortal
could have failed to read on the directions,
IL he had Il known already, that the medicine
-n put 10 these little gslaiins capsule so
ont creating nausea!
Turning 10 the woman he asked her Why
.hs broush, back those capsules. "Why,
10 get en- filled again. Of course" and she
toned her hssd and unified as though sbe
supposed he WAS making game Of her.
And then she added But / don's think
much Of that new tangled way. The med
icins i. just A. nasty tasting when taken
from them as when isssn from bottle and
/ believe it costs more
There are dead bsats-and dead 5.ats.
one Of the latter kind has been manipu-
lstng the generosity Of 40 Augusta land
lord
He 10 an old man and from bis converse
tlon sppesrs to be quite cranky, though he
impressed one ~ being person Who has
seen better days" and who has known
prominent men.
He stopped at this hotel for several days
.nl then on the sta tement that he had been
for years an engineer on the New York
Central Railroad he obtained = pass to
Bangor and return to Portland
He left without pay ing bis board and also
left bundle in HIS room.
This bundle vas heavy, that is a. heavy
.s bundle Of papers tightly pressed to-
gether would be. That was ali.
When the old fellow came back from
Bangor 80 me one on the train stepped of
And told the landlord. Ho got aboard and
vent TO the old man and finally got him to
come back to settle.
Whsn dinner time came on and on some
excuse the man had postponed payment o.
hi. bill the landlord took pity on his year.
and invited him in to dinner. Then he
didDs settle and when finally an officer vas
called in to impress upon him the imperative
need Of paying his board, the old kllpw
said he had no money and not cent could
Ia got from him.
He added. however, in = GhildIike a; i
Conilding way. that he had friends in Port
land and that he could borrow Of them il
he could SEQ them. OF course the landlord
took mo stock" in such lImsy lie. but
thought II the man didn't leave on the mex
train he would probably walk Ia to his sup
per and then demand = night lodging. 8,
he permitted him to 20.
No check hs, yet been received from
Portland.