Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-20

xl,e Aroostook starch fAcsofies some ~
these October days. At fzcsofy u
SMYRNA, four thousand buahels Of poeA-
toes were taken one day this week. and
the Ar0oatook Pioneer SAYS there vas
sueh jam Of teams that many we're kept
waiting half 3 day or more for rheif
turn to unload. One man who got tired
OF waiting left his load on his wagon Il
the factory, or rather - near - he could
ret TO IL. and went heue with bis team
The Portland Advertiser says: Mr.. A.
o. Reed Of Byron. has been in Portland
this week and sold 9275 Of Swift river
gold at go an ounce. Mr.. Reed says
this gold comes mostly from the east
branch OF the main river at Coos or Gnm
Corner so-called There are about
twenty miners at work there now, and
there have been more These men, says
Mr.. Reed, will average TO earn about -
a .say, although exceptionally good finds
sometimes turn up In one half day for
instance, two miners took out ss5
Another found a nugget that realized
siz Mr.. Reed says there has been
soue exsggerstion about the Swift river
gold mining, but that there il paying
business In il has been demonstrated to
his own knowledge.
Belfast Journal The Cardiff coal and
iron company's property Is TO be sold out
be the receiver. several hundred thous-
and of good New England dollars were
invested in this scheme two years ago,
when lots there sold as high as $40 8
front foot. Now the land will probably
revert TO its former use - sheep pas
ture We have received the last issue Of
the Fort Payne Herald, which has trans
ferred les subscription TO anothar weekly
The Herald reports that the stock Of the
city drug store, Fort Payne, has been
sold and will be shipped north. These
are suggestive srraws.
Belfast Age: We have read OF TIT
calls" Of deed reading sixty six rods
70 Deacon Jones COW In the corner Of
the pasture, but one almost equaling 1t
was found recently in the Registry OF
Deeds in this county 1t read eight rods
10 a hole In the roof Of shed in the ship
ward " As the shed referred to was
burned in the big fire Of rs that bound
is not easily located
Expert lumbefmen say the cut OF
lumber on the kennebec this winter
will be only two thirds OF the average In
former years.
Bar Harbor Record: We would suggest
an ''old fashioned husking" for all our
numerous farming districts. The husk
ing paws the farmer for his trouble The
dance on the barn floor limbers up the
Joints, and limbers up the tongue, too,
The kissing party in the parlor breaks
up that awkward bashfulness SO com
mon to the Young people Of the more
rural districts. And though everybody
says that such promiscuous kissing il
rather silly business, it Is a kind OF bus
mess they all seem to like. Then, too,
the Young man who finds himself equai
10 filling his barn with corn, begins t.
feel like looking for wife to share his
lows, and where can John and Sally find
such chance for mating off, as at al
old fashioned husking:
A big caribou, which weighed over
200 pounds was at Mr.. C. J, Lynch's
market, Bangor, Saturday. The animal
was shot at Sebois lake by Mr.. Chase
1t was one of the first caribou to be
brought into the Bangor market.
There Is talk of securing lot and
building on School street. Brunswick
for home for the Pejepscot Historical
Society. The Telegraph favors the
movement and calls attention to the
great loss the society would sustain in
case Of fire, the collection now being
stored in the third story Of block
The new headquarters, If secured, would
be made fire proof.
A winter boat between Bath and Bos
ton is now talked Of to replace the
steamer Sagadahoe of the kennebec and
Bangor line, should the latter be sold.
The new boat would be propeller built
more especially to do the winter work
but suitable to run with the kennebec
during the height of the summer season.
Fifty-two new buildings have been
erected in Lewiston the past season,
Among the larger building operations
the most important, next to the work
upon the city building, is doubtless the
completion Of the new upper Maine Cen
trail depot; the remodelling Of the Lowell
house for the Central Maine Hospital and
the remodelling of tn. Main Street Free
Baptist church.
The hunters appear to be meeting with
good luck this fall. Thirteen deer were
recently shipped from Bangor in single
day.