The Republican journal., 1892-12-29
Concerning Local Industries.

Mathews Bros received last week an Or
der for eighty doors for residence in course
of erection at Maiden, Mass. Some of the
doors are to be of white mahogany, which is
now very stylish.
Mr.. Howes Mayo has given the Belfast
Machine and Foundry Co., an order for a
Hege saw mill to take the place of the old
machine in the Mayo mill at Monroe, which
is being refitted for next seasons work.
Geo. T. Read shipped to Brooks last week
a power feed pump of his own designing.
He has made several for different parties
and all have given good satisfaction. He is
now building some special machinery for
making the Howard screw-drivers, and also
for Cooper Bros. for their new veneerng
mill at Newport.
The Journal congratuates itself on being
first to call public attention to two promis-
ing Waldo county industries, both located
in the town of Monroe. We refer to Staples
patent halter and w. l.. Scribner's Farmers
Horse Radish Mr. Staples has lots of orde rs
on hand and is having some cuts made of the
halter for advertising purposes.
The first capons ever grown around Ban
gor We're seen at Lynch's market on EX-
change street to-day. They We're raised in
Brewer by Mr.. jerome Philbrick and We're
equal, Mr.. Lynch says, to any he ever saw.
Mr.. Lynch purchased II of them. Mr.. Phil
brick raised about 80 of the birds and they
retail at 80 cents per pound Bangor Com
mercial.
The increased price over the common
fowl does not represent all the increased
profit The caponiztd bird grows much
larger, and with the same care gives several
quently called the attention of poultry rails
ers to this method of increasing their profits.
Capons are always in demand in the city
markets at fancy prices.
PATENT MEDICINES. The Leon Sarsaparilla
Co. is getting together its ingredients and
will soon begin manufacturing A supply
of extracts was received last week. The
laboratory is nearly ready for operations.
Manager Quimhy goes to Bangor this week
to make arrangements for getting out spec
ial advertising matter The men who have
been on the road for the Skoda Discovery
Co. have returned, having completed the
canvass of the State. 1t was the intention of
the company to put advertising matter into
every family in Maine, either through the
mails or by special agents, and the work has
been pretty thoroughly done. Mr.. Geo. o.
Bailey has associated himself with Messrs.
Fri Fletcher and H O. Dodge in the manu-
facture of Flttcler's German Vegetable Com
pound. the firm to be known as the Fletcher
Compound Company. Each of the members
is to take an active part in the enterprise
ana push the sale of the remedy. The
Fletcher Compound c.. is putting up its
remedy in wooden boxes containing dozen
bottles each. The Stencil mark on the out
side is ''A Permanent Cure. -. The Dana
Sarsaparila Go. now receives from two to
four sacks of newspaper mail daily.... The
Dalton Sarsaparila Company Will organize
on Saturday, Dec. 3lst, the stock having all
been subscribed for The laboratory outfit,
bottles, cartons, chemicals, &C., have been
bought and the manufacture and advertising
of the medicine Will be begun at once. A
special paper is to be issued early in Janu-
ary.