Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-09-16

ck3Te more OF nopet &un
|sinction than ia usually accorded such
explorers. They were fitting represen
tatIyes TO give the cheer Of Maine col
llexs in the roar of those famous falls IN
far away Labrador.
MAINE GOSSIP.
Il sspssmbsr skies.
Area. layer.<d bell taese skies,
Etae ~ . bss-on By the nh,
Th-y ei.so .seas: 5 .rga ~ 4. ~, ysss,.,
g1 fhsss In shsoud ef white and graJ
Ihe form Of cur dead ssn nisr lies.
| A. lost her ri ID birds Dit Away
| Afar bear thsir plAntiys Giles
u That new and brs ezy paper. tie kenrie'
bee Valley News, edited by Mr.. S A.
Bnrieigh contains the following Rev.
ar. Ross OF Iowa, Presbyterian pastor,
jis spending his vacation In Maine
arriving At yassaIboro the other day,
he was directed 70 the Gibson house.
where he asked IL Mr.. Gibson had not
fost a son Charles in the army. On re-
jeeiying an affirmative answer, he told
chen Re was In the same regiment and
helped bury their son. Shortly after
this dIscogery. seeing Mr. Orln Snow
passing, Mr.. Ross said, why there
goes Orin Snow whom haven't seen for
twenty years" Two quite remarkable
condolences.
| The Auburn Gazette has warm words
nf praise for that hero Of so many hard
| fodgb, battles on the Maine turf, the
| littfe brown racer Jack Spratt At the
| state Fair last week he Indeed showed
that he had not lost his speed with his
years.
Governor Russell on Lake Molly
ehunkamunk seems to be having the
| proyerbiaily fine luck In fishing that IL
| accorded 10 distinguished men-in the
| reports.
A gray haired woman in Biddeford
| has been acquiring notoriety by pur-
| dining pugs IN Saco she drives ID
| carriag ge from which she ahghts when
the coveted png dog Is espied- She then
proceeds 70 muilie his dogship In sha"l
| In which condition he Is pug knapped.
| And now the Lewiston merchants say
that their trade was improved rather
| than injured during fair week by the
prohibition Of the sale Of liquor. THOSE
who maintain that il is better for the
business OF a town TO have those VINO
drink squander their money over the
bar than to spend il for clothing and
provisions, will find here an object les
son Instructive /! not pleasing to them.
In cycling a. in ali undertakings re
nuiriug pluck and endurance the Maine
men are well to the front n was evl
denced at Woodfords Park on Saturday.
There are communities Of sturdy New
England people where the general rule
that religious services languish In the
absence OF pastor does not hold. In
North Warren, so the RocklaDd Tribune
.ays, weekly prayer meetings have been
held for over seventy years uninterrupt-
edly, and this without the help of a
minister, except for An occasional bect-
ure. AT first the meetings were held at
private dwellings but for over 30 years
the people have met at the schoolhouse
in District No u
can't Charles B. Norton of Falmouth,
master Of the bark Matthew Baird of
Portland. ia evidently = man that keeps
cool head under any emergency. On
Saturday night while bound from this
port for Porto Rico. in dense fog his
vessel WIS run into off the South Shoal
Iightship by an unknown steamer, and
cut down several feet below the waters
edge, causing the vessel to fill immedi- |
ateiy. The steamer kept on her course, |
leaving the vessel to her fate. After
clearing away the wreck the bark WAS |
headed for Portland, but owing to con
trarv winds her course was changed |
toward Boston. She was anchored oil |
Nahant Head on Monday evening, and |
tug shortly after came alongside and of
fered to tow her into Boston, demand |
ing $500 for her services. Capt |
Norton laughed at the officer though |
his vessel was houndering badly |
and In danger Of rolling over. Success
slve offers OF towage from $500 down |
were refused, and finally tie vessel was
towed into Boston at the ordinary tow
ing price Of a.. The value of the ves
,el and cargo were over $1,000, and |
Capt. Norton by his GOODNESS in saving
his vessel. when MANY ship master
would have abandoned her, did a good
thing for his underwater.
I4tWl-Lpu hibuI W. itiI's
the famous boomer of Fort Payne and
Cardiff fame, has triumphed over his
enemies at Atchison and Kansas City
The charge that he was guilty of fraud
in the promotion OF the Atchison Land
and Improvement Company, and the
law suits against him arising out of this
quarrel, have been withdrawn. Mr..
Rice has been unanimously elected pres
ident OF the company. He is now oper-
ating In new pastures in the Northwest,
and we may expect to hear OF his being
on the top wave again. soon
The State Steamboat Inspectors re-
port that with the steamers TO be exam
ined in october, 81 steamers will be
found in commission, some S or 10 being
out of commission. There are some
fine steamers plying on the Rangeley
lakes.
A Bangor lady lost ring the other
day, which it was thought certain
young man had stolen. Whoever the
thief was his conscience became so un
comfortable that the ring was returned
in letter without any words of explain
alton.
On the Album OF JOY" where the
city clerk Of Maine city registers hus'
bands prospective and opposite one
name is written the words groom OBJ.
iects" A few days after this man regis
tered he came in and wanted to know il
he would be Obliged to marry the lady
On being informed that registt ring his
intentions would not compel him TO do
so he departed smiling.
Mr. Paul pinkhsm Of Milbridge has
In his possession a grape shot iiged from
Mowatts fiees at the time of the destruc-
tion Of Falmouth. The ancient missile
was picked up the day following the
bombardment by a resident of Falmouth,
and given to Mary Kemp when she WAS
not more than II years old. In the year
that followed she became the grand
mother of Mr.. Pinkham. and at the time
of her death, which occurred many
years ago, the relic was given TO him.
there are sons aud grandsoDs of that
Commodore Mowatt now living In st
Andrews, n B.
An Awfal Tragedy
THOUSANDS Of lives have been sacrificed,
thousands OF kcmes made ce,olaie by the
fatal mistsks Of the ",ld school' physl-
clans, still persisted in by some, notwnh-
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