Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-28

entertainment In the form OF baby
reception, and much interest ID being
shown In its success There will be
| present bender, the Yankee lids
Juvenile Irshman, young Swede and a
| couple Of little Africans 1t will be a
| regular babies day, all the mothers will
| be sure TO attend. After the reception
| refres hments will be served.
The New England Live Stock Insur
ance Company have nearly completed
| arrangements 10 establish in Bangor an
intirmary for dumb beasts, where the
treatment OF horses, fine blooded stock
| and pet animals will be speciality. The
! site will be decided upon in few days
and the companys Bangor business
| Office will be located near the iufirmary
An ambulance drawn by two horses
| and well equipped will be provided The
intirmary will be first class in It's ap-
pointments and management, the last
being assured by the fact that Albert
Letieeq has been engaged as chief veter
mary
It ia to be conducted In connection
with the company's business of insuring
live stock against fire, diseases and &C
cident and will be run on q plan similar
To that of the infirmsry in New York
established by the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Dumb Beasts.
George Roberts, nine year old boy
living in Buxton, was sent out to bring
the COW home Wednesday night. "A he
did not return his parents became
alarmed and began a search Of the pas
ture. They soon found the cow with |
the tether on her head, the end being
lied around the boys waist He was
lying stone dead with his ankle broken |
and several gashes on his head, besides |
bruises on various parts of the body. IL |
is supposed he tied the rope around his |
waist In play and the COW taking fright |
aG something, ran away. threw him |
down and dragged him to death before |
he could release himself.
A traveller at Brunswick the other dsy |
asked permission to leave his baggage |
In the baggage room and havioe secured |
IL put In his effects and went off Soon |
sfterward he returned and took the |
gripsauk saying he would call for the |
other parcel later In moving trunks
the parcel, which proved to be maya
zine rifle, was Jared down and exploded,
sending a bullet between one of the EN-
ployes legs, to bury itself In the desk
used there. Had man been standing
there, as there generally Is at that time
Of day, the bullet would have hit him
Just above the knee. The rife was ex
smined and the magazine was found to
be filed with cartridges. The owner
has not yet called for the rifle.
A new industry has recently been es-
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special interest and profit to photog-
raphers-it will be known as the Libby
Dry Plate Company and will manufact-
ure dry plates for the use Of phorgo
raphers. The goods when turned out
and as during the manufacture no light
must reach them 1t will be seen that the
work rooms must be especially fitted up
in respect to light.
In the manufacture Of the IL plates
the primary thing is the glass and this
is of the best German glass made espe
cialiy for this trade. 1t is Imported by
large Boston house and ordered through
them On its arrival at the factory it /.
clesnsed by dip in an acid bath and
then receives bath iu q solution that
enables the sensitive solution to cling to
the glass. From the Mushroom the
glass passes toa drying room fitted up
with shelves and then 1t is dried
Then comes the most important part
Of the work. rhe plates pass into a
dark room where the bromide emulsion
which has been prepared Ia applied hot
aud this is delicate Job The coating
must be even and neither too thick nor
too thin The plate Is then
placed on belt and passes
the costing is chilled. The plate is i'm
medistely placed In another dryin room
where by means OF large fan a
current of sir is kept circulating
aud IL is left there for several hours un
til dry. This completes the process and
all that remains is to pack and ship
Red light is the only kind that can be
used In this work and that Ia OF the
fsintest, but ANYTHING stronger would
promptly spoil the plate. l.
The capacity Of the plant is $3.50 dozen
plates . day, and the compsny expects
soon to be running 1t at its fullest capac
ity. There il also a room where the
emulsion is put through a certain pro
cess, aud this is kept at an icy tempera
ture, while In anosAer room It has to be
cooked over fire, this being done lust ,
before It is applied TO the glass. the
company will manufacture plates of all
sizes from the little 8 l 4x4 ii plate
used by the small cameras up to plates
s0xa4 inches.
at the Nationsl Soldiers Home at FOCUS.
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