Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-07
MAINE GOSSIP.

MAINE GOSSIP.
monument PresqHe fsle gentleman
! writes the JoURSAL as follows: one OF
anf local hersernsn visited the State FAR
fOf he soIe purpose Of seeing the horse
10. After looking over the Jou RsAL
on his return home be remarked that II
was a strange thing 20 him 10 see how
much information your reporter picked
rp and how correct iI was- have Oft
81. heard reports taken at fairs criticised
BIZ those who keep posted on matters
pertaiulng 20 horses and considered TINS
4 high compliment 70 your reporter.
an event occurred at Portland Thea
ire Saturday night that was not down
ou the biils. The play was Hands
Across the sea" the scene. the dungeon
n which Jack Dudley 10 incarcerateo
nrfor to his execution for the murder OF
cunt Psul The unfortunate victim,
innoeent Of the crime Is wrestling with
his emotions. prior to the horrible end
he expects. The prison doors are thrown
opea Of sudden, and the Officers
appear TO Lead him to the guillotlne- 10
the agony Of his approaching fate the
prisoner cries out "Iou shall not lead
ne 10 nv death or words 20 that effect.
be- audience, on this occasion, was
mel bound, but az the actor shrieked
out tto4.. words spectator 10 the gal
lsfy. wrought up to the highest tension
.ane out In tones that echoed through
he theatre, NO. I'll be id II they
shalt" The effect can be Imagined The
nell WA broken; the audience thun
deted their applause, and the tnvolun-
tary exciaimer sank back In his seat,
covered with confusion.
Business Is lively In Madison Just now.
The big mill Of brick and iron erected by
the Manufacturing Investment Company
"a about ready to begin making Maine
wood into paper pulp. This Is the COM
pany In which ex-Secretary whitney
aud other New \ ork capitalists are In
terested IL controls in this country
German process for making wood pulp,
and the big mill erected at Madison Is one
OF number to be operated in different
parts Of the nited States. The com
oany will also build a boarding house
Tor its operatives and will at once begin
work on - cottages for working men.
Mr.. +. II Fassett, the architect. having
recently been employed TO design them.
Mr.. Fassett visited Madison at the re-
quest of the company and is now at work
on the plans.
Many vigorous efforts are being made
hy Americans to obtain the release OF
Mrs. MAVERICK, now Imprisoned IN Eng
land gu charge of murder. II is under
stood that a movement is on foot by
which the Masonic fraternity Will sign
A petition In her behalf. Prince Albert
Edward being Mason. a petition TO the
Queen through the Prince would be
presented by him directly to the Queen,
thus bringing powerful favor TO the
cause.
A Lewiston second hand dealer sold a
man mus ket the other day, taking his
pay in pumpkins. The man wanted the
gun and wanted 1t bad.
The Presque Isle Star Herald, in figur-
ing out how much top buggy will cost
an Aroostook man, strikingly illustrated
how Interest will increase. 1t says some
eighteen years ago man in that Vicln-
lty bought top carriage for sl23 CIV
ing his notes therefor. The notes ran
on unpaid Hi Noine I'u years aSos hbch
he gave new notes in settlement, for
about 800. He has now paid in all
SlIj on the debt and there still remains
$40 due The actual value Of the orig
inal purchase was presumably about
fifty or sixty dollars. There would
seem to be a moral in this for the top
carriage buyer, II at all inclined to NOR
aize on the vanity and delusion OF the
top carriages and such like investments,
Z he real Yankee shrewdness and en-
terprise is not confined to the men.
Down la Deer Tsle the othere vening the
village barber asked a young lady 10
attend hop with him. The young lady
very properly went to get her mother
consent Her mother took her one side
and told her abe could go If she would
get the barber to agree to do her (the
Young lady'sl fathers barbering this
winter. free. We have not heard what
arrangement has been made, says the
correspondent who tells the story, but
think everything was all right, for the
girl went