Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-02
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/ NAME GOSSIP.
| IL ia reported tina. the French. Cana
Idixps Of v aterviIle who number nearly
one-hslf the population Of the city. will
make an effort 10 have Q French clerk
Appointed in the post Office and will slso
renew their r. qnest for French letter
Icarrisr.
| M. L. IN Stevens Of Portland,
State Presiden: I tho W. G. r. q Mrs
ANA = Greedy and Mrs Maria B Perry
Of Eii--orrh, org niz.d a W c. L
At ;S0uth se.t Via. b r Tue.Gay eveninx
DR. Alloy NJ Fulton has opened her cot
taxe at South west Harbor and will enter
tain these ladies during their .tay AZ that
place.
The Centennial Of the First Baptist
chursh al Paris Hill. occurs 1t 1t
rhur-day At 10 o'clock the address OF
welcome. followed by az historical dis
course By Rev DR. Estes At u o'clock
| thu dinner at ACADEMY Hail. At
| o'cl ok short addresses By former pastors
aad others, and a poem By Hon George
| + Emery Of Portland At o'clock
| add ress By Rev B. {. Whitman Of Port
land.
| A party OF Northeast Harbor girls re
Gently undertook the feat Of ascending
Green Mountain on foot The day WAS
.arm and the way toilsone Seeking to
| reduce their ayoirdupois as well as to
dis pense with what seemed unnecessary
lnpeiiments TO progress. they each di
| vested themselves Of an extra petricOat
| which they left by the wayside, marking
| the spot we'll. But alas, Their treaeh
efous memories played them false Not
| sign of the discarded wearing apparel
| could they fed oa their back trip
liberal reward Is offered for the return
Of the garments.-Bar Hsrbor Record
The famous pulp case, between the
OF. F4lls Pulp Company and the Bow
dom Paper Company and Charles
Mijlken has been reached and the deci
sion Is lied with the clerk Of courts, but
no man knows Its nature except the ref
erees Ia the case
1 he only guide to its probable con
tent, hes in the fact that the award
II Lder seal which Is not TO be broken
uath the coming 10 of the Supreme
Court in October, was sent to Judge
-ynonds. the leading counsel fot the
OTIS Falls Pulp Company. 1t IS the rule
u the court in determining awards OF
fhi- nature TO send it 10 the attorney in
whose favor the award is, and the con
clusion is logically reached that the
award, be it large or small, is in favor
Of the Otis Falls Pulp Company.
The following unique manner Of TAX
tt,A al
trade" is the one praCtised by an ancient
mariner from our State when l WAS
before the mast | used to notice the Yam
kee shippers who would congregate on
the piers and white aud | could always |
tell how business was going When |
freights were good you'd see them roll
off the big shavings in great shape; but
when freights were low they'd hand |
over their sticks and shave of little |
line ones. You could tell every time -
hen we remember that only ten years |
ago the people of Uganda and Victoria
Nyarla were almost unknown to the |
world, 1t Is surprising to read that the |
missionaries there recently sold in few |
weeks 1000 reading sheets printed In the |
native language they send word that |
they could seil 10000 copies at once If
they had them. They say the people |
are most au NlOus to acquire the art OF
reading. and that their eagerness for |
books /, astonishing. LAS long rs we
had reading sheet or Il book left, "
writes one, "a crowd swarmed around |
u4 day and night, and hundreds were
disappointed when the supply gave out"
Today the elegant new home Of the
\. NJ. =, \. at Bangor will be opened to
the public from two o'clock this after
noon till ten this evening. and the citl
Iens of that city and Brewer are invited
10 inspect the results of the labor of the
friends Of this worthy institution Many
aud generous have been the gifts TO the
association and Ms a result no finer build
ing for the purpose Is to be met with in
New England
A good story of discomforted drum
mer comes from Biddeford one Of the
popular hotels in that city still retains
The good old time custom Of locking the
door at ten O'Clock and late arrivals are
admitted by the policeman stationed in
that vicinity A few nights ago mild
hammered drummer of mature years
arrived on the late train and sought
IlliiALdnNt III VAIN. SpNlDE Il khiluldu
OF the peace approaching with victim
and recalling the fact that arrests
were numerous aud prompt in
vous as to being found Ioiering
about at such an hour and when acCost
ed BY the policeman his evident confusion
aud nervous assurance that he had been
trying to get into a house and when
haF hnusn'' raulfnI -. Hnn'r |
have forgotten the name" the
policeman was naturally inclined to
keep an eye on him and invited him o
come along to the station with me"
The prospect of spending the night in the
present company had no attractions for
the gentle vendor of ladies cloth and he
r covered himself sufficiently TO explain
that, it was the hotel he wished to enter.
Upon arriving at the station the officer
found that the brother guardian having
the hotel key was not there and inform
ny his now supremacy miserable victim
that he would step out and hunt him up,
proceeded to do so and also to close the
door, when our drummer noticed that it
WAS furnished with most uucompro-
missing spring lock and he hastily sprsug
the door Hold on there What
to you mean r. said the officer. The other
explained hat he thought it hard lines
Ia be locked out but did not propose
TO be locked in - Just then the otf
GER with the key arrived and SAW the
point At once Here put him in No
IL he said to his brother officer, throw
ing a key on the floor. immediately
our mild-mannered friend saw visions
of a night in the cooler and dashed past
the officers down the street The Off.
GERS caught the Joke and their laughter
attracted the attention OF the fleeing
drummer who returned to see where
The Joke came in" Ma were ex |
planned and the crest fallen travelling ,
man was once int re united to his grip {
and escorted to the hotel and let INTO
room Il
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