Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-31
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Pot an sold ,he srss kerosene lamps ever
srough, 20 HSsf,on 'hifsy-swe yeas axo.
snI wr yusc5a,ed oae Of Them The Gil
then used va no. - .eis refined ~ nov,
and cest 81 % per salioa.
Mr. G. NJ Ncyes, ose OF the !eidlng
farmers Of Limestone, raised last season
8 600 barrel, Of potatoes. He has sold
one-iIaif Of the lot for 81 rs per barrel
The balance is HOW in his celia. awaiting
the msrkes
Duringth the year 1890. TIE village of Car
iboa invested 4ss, 1886 in new bulldogs and
improvements upon buildings. This shows
that this rorthern Aroossook village takes
rank among the most pushing and enter
p,ising towns In the State.
Honest confession i, good for the soul, >
says very old and very good book; and
~e are glad to find smong the Ranks of
the Sc psnissnt people our cid friend, /. C..
Libby, Esq Of BarSham, whom We have
more thzn once told thxs ne vas deing an
irreparAbie injury to Maine BY investing SO
largely out Of the State, thus inducing
others to do the same. Ia the
Belfast Journal Of this week, Mr.. Libby
has long letter headed 1.-The Honest Con-
fessions Of Disappointed Boomer in
which he recounts his experience in Fe,s
Payne s.s Cardiff investments and aeknow
lodges that he must 'sive up when beaten y
IL concluding this long lsttef, which is a
warning to Maine men against making out
side investments. he gives some most excel
lent advice in this language: My 5000 in-
vested in bank stocks, city lots
and Cardiff Coal and Iron Co.'s
stock was . mistake. If the same
amount of money had been invested in any
town or city in Maine it would seem more
like real property. have always been q
great believer in the State of Maize and its
resources, and my first attempt ut going
outside has been a clincher. 1t convinces
me that the old sdsge, "let we'll enough
alone" is as true today as when expressed
by the old philosopher. The State of
Msine, with sill Of its culture.
wealth ami industrial development,
should content the most svaricious mind
There are untold industries. agricuts ural
and otherwise. that offer good profitable
returns for the capital invested and the
employ nent OF labor So when your neigh
hor puts on airs as he points to his distant
wealth, tell him "a bird IN the hand is worth
two in the BUSH" aud that if he would
enjoy bis wealth to keep it under his FORE
foot,
The people Of Carrstuuk up near the
Dead river region, are unsteady
inclined. Within q distance Of a
mile and quarter here there are twenty
five houses, there are two pianos, nine
organs, two melodisns, two sceordiAns and
two violins. to say nothing of the hsrps,
harmonious aud jews-harps. They have
plenty of home amusements these long
evenings.
Boston Traveller: All honor to the cons
of Maine. They are always honored in
Boston.
The Bowdoin Paper Company at Bruins
wick Wednesday divided the fund which
was set aside Elk months ago as dividend
to labor. among its employees. The average
amount received was III per cent. Mr..
W. Fl. Parsons, Jr., vice president Of the
company, announced that the experiment
would be continued six months longer
The compsny has increased its produc.
from fifteen to twenty five tors day in the
last six months. The mills employ lis men
and women, and make 800 feet of paper a
minute.
The newspaper voting schemes are on
their last legs.
The Eastport Sentinel says that the win
ter herring fishery has been complete
failure in Quoddy waters this season, and
there have been no shipments of frozen
horring from that port, of any account.
The loss Of the money utually circulated
among fishermen in this business will be-
seriously felt by many on the neighboring
island in New Brunswick.
A representative of the Maine Bible
Society visited Stacyville lately, finding
ffty.six families. Every six Protestant
home was destitute of the Bible. Sixty
three school children are not attendip g
Sunday school. Only nine of the families
claim to attend church. Mt. Chase was
visited and seventy-two children found not
attending Sunday school and few persons
attending church. The people there seemed
eager to obtain the Scriptures and large
number of copies were sold snd donated.
The Maine Sugar makers are getting
their sap buckets in order.
The State of Maine Slate Company
operating ut Blanchard have contracted for
the sole Of their produc. for five years,