Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-08-22
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The difference In physicians has been
strikingly illustrated 10 the case OF baby
on one Of the islands in Portland harbor.
that has been sick for six months. getting
worse all the time. There WAS constant
discharge of blood and mucus from one
nostril, and the child couldn't sleep. and
a, night It's iAbored breathing could oe
heard all over the house. The doctor 10
attendance called il case OF scrofuious
catarrh, the worst he had ever seen, but
his treatment seemed to make the eniid
worse. instead Of better. 80 another
physician was called and he knew that
since there were discharges but from
one nostril, IL was not due to catarrh,
but the presence Of foreign body. with
his instruments he removed from that
lIetle baby's nose q piece Of wood nearly
an inch long. and large enough to COM
pletely MI the Rostrl- The child was,
Of course, on the road to health imme-
diateiy.
Occasionally broneho skill comes TO
Hghs and creates sensation by his
varied accomplishments, says the fis-
cataauis Observer. The latest is owned
by the Sanford Bros, and recently
showed great agility and depth OF
resource under the saddle. He was first
mounted by a young attorney, who is
quite a skillful rider, upon which he
stood up and fell over backward, and
the attorney could say with Job: II
am escaped with the skin Of my teeth"
An ambitious young man than got on,
against the advice Of his friends. where
upon the broneho laid down and tried TO
I.s- b0t fta gnngRa9
a. the bold young man managed 70 get
of and run away. NO one else appear.
ing to ride. the opportunity was declared
closed. and the broneho will not prooa
bly, be In demand for saddle purposes in
future, where he is known.
1t Is about as hard TO suit everybody
along the line of railroad survey as it
IL the parents In county school district
rhey are finding it out mos. plainly on
the Shore Line In fact IL is said that
all the opposition to county aid In the
first place came from parties dissatisfied
with the location Of the road. Now
Jonesboro correspondent Of the Machias
Union makes himself felt with great
emphasis in that paper, as follows
IL Col. Greene, or any other fellow Is
going to run the Shore Line direct from
Whitneyville to Columbia Falls, passing
two or three miles north of this town
and leaving us out entirely. we shall
protest and ioin Lubee and other towns
In resisting. This town wants the read
built on the line Of the Buckland survey.
Col. Greene's survey accommodates no.
body and nothing in this town, leaving
out all the granite, lumber and farm IN
terests. A loud protest will be heard.
During the Mexican wars, the cutter
Morris sailed from Portland to Key West
under the orders Of the navy department
It cruised about in the adjacent waters
for a time and finally returned home.
The Maine men saw no fighting, but that
wasn't their fault, they were there for
that purpose. They came home and en-.
tered again upon the pursuits Of peace
Congress In its gratitude for the success
fol prosecution of the war, soon passed
A law donating land warrant to each
soldier and sailor who served 30 days
during the war. On the first day of
September, 1856, Mr.. 4 X. Harmon
filled applications for the land warrants
for the l5 sailors who served on the
cutter Morris. Time after time the
department denied the application
first for one reason and then
for another. Mr.. Harmon kept at
work on the claims. He visited Wash
ington in person and as fast as the case
was set aside it was taken up and urged
a. gain. Thirty five years is long time
to be employed on one matter, but Mr..
Harmon for all these years has not lost
sight Of his past cause, and now he ap
pears to be on the verge Of success. One
warrant has actually been obtained for
Mr. David Webber, of Bailey's Island.
There may be some hitch in the proceed
ings on the others, but it is expected that
they will sooner or later be obtained.
1t seems almost deplorable that such
wonderful invention as Edisons pho
nograph should descend to the level of
the slot machine craze. SO it Is, how
ever, and at Old Orchard Beach they
figure among the attractions. They are
operated by simply dropping nickel in
the slot and then placing the ends OF
two tubes to the ears. In one can be
heard a grand band concert in full blast
and In the other solos by celebrated
artists and parts of operas.
Two young ladies who were rowing
near winterport Wednesday got them
selves into predicament which might
have resulted seriously but for the
galantry of the captain Of the Eliza A
Anderson. They had rowed over from
Winterport TO the Bucksport side Of the
river and had started to row back to
their starting point. At the time the
tide was running out and the wind was
blowing down river. One Boston
steamer was coming down river, another
was near going up and the tug, Howell,
was coming along with some vessels in
tow. Instead of waiting for the Howell
to pass, the young ladies attempted to
cross her bow, but found that they
could not do so
Being out in the current they were
carried, by wind and tide, rapidly down
river getting down to where the schooner
Eliza A: Anderson lay, long distance
below Winterport. By this time the
ladies' hands were blistered with rowing
and they were greatly exhausted. They
passed near the schooner, and the cap
tain, seeing their plight offered to assist
them. They were glad 20 accept the
profftred help, and a boat was sent from
the schooner and their craft, which was
a small boat, was towed to Winterport