Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-30


ciyal lot in Auburn, one Of the largest ami
most beautiful trees in the city, has been
| cut down What for;
A Lewiston clergyman has Greek type
writer on his desk. He writes postal cards
in Creek TO his friends of the clergy. This
indicates "a change for the better. The or
binary clergyman and good many other
professional men as we'll. write their com
munications in Greek without a typewriter
and il is about time for reform.
The Bangor girl. who tried to wash her
dress without ripping it up and had to go
to a machine shop for aid in taking the
clothes wringer apart to have the dress. or
what was left of it, removed. has concluded
that il doesn't pay to try and get along too
easily. and the next time she will do better.
! TN the 4th of July about IS years ago,
a very highly esteemed citizen of Bath,
VIM. ID. Sewall, broke ground for the first
railroad that entered that city, but little did
he dream that the lS-year-old son then with
him would live to preside over great rail-
road system ike that now covered by the
Maine Central and which has developed
into science well nigh beyond the compre-
hension of the early pioneers in Maine
railroading. The Times, always wide awake
to the appropriateness of things. suggests
thar Bath ought to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of that interesting event when
it comes around.
The town of Pennington is having very
fine system of water works put in by To-
cal corporation. A pumping station takes
eli. .f.,ar PrIStft frnfn SaU4Iy
river and nils an iuneHsc standpipe on
Powder House hill. This hill seems de-
signed for the very purpose, it being higher
than the tops of the highest church spires
in the village From thence water mains
will supply houses, stores and small manu-
factories. The pipes will be extended to
West Pennington. and next year it is the
intention to take in all the houses on the
road to the Falls as far as Blunis brook.
distance of mile and a half from the viii
lage proper, but covering a quite thickly
settled and very prosperous section. The
village corporation will have sufficient
number of hydrants put in.
Lobster fishermen declare that the Begis-
lature must take the matter into its own
hands and make the length of the lobster
ten and half inches the entire year. But
i, means only those Holsters exposed for
sale.
Another Maine industry that is just rush
ing, is the canoe paddle trade at old Town
island. The demand is greater than ever
before, and extra hands will be employed.
The Maine Indian is getting to be quite a
manufacturer.
II is colder out West than it is in Maine.
That big appie-,rain of - cars that left
Portland lov. II, for Minneapolis, arrived
/ out in SIX days. aud although the cars were
1 provided with oil stoves to prevent the ap-
pies from freezing, it vas not necessary 10
! light them un,iithe day Of their srrival.
I The frui, reached lis destination IN splendid
condition.
Portland probably contains fewer French
Canadians in proportion 10 its population
than auy of Names large cities, snt has so
n,xny Italians that an ltalisn Catholic chapel
| is proposed. There are lots of Chinese and
Dsnes in the Forest City. AMI an Arabian
colony. The Aralisns are the least thrifty
anil have the hardest im- of all the foreiya-
err,