Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-23
MAINE GOSSIP.

It's long story they tell about tape
| worm taken from poor fellow up IL
Farmiugton, seventy eight feet long
| That ia. the tape worm WAS as long ii
| that. If there is happy man today il
Pennington Mr.. Barnard is that man
The town of 0rnevilie finds itself il
rather queer predicancnt The annua
town meeting was duly called to order
but after electiDg moderator and clerl
| and hearing the report OF the selectmcn
it was decided that he meeting was He
gal because the town had DO legal officer;
TO cali IL, wheTeupon vote was taker
to petition some justice II the peace
70 call one. The trou5le. it Is alleged
date back to the spring Of 1891 when tn,
chat rman Of the buard of seiectmen who
drew the warrant for the meeting, signed
the names of the other officers. one OF
whom says he gave hun no authority for
so doing. This action of the voters will
be pleasing 10 some Of the owners o.
wild land in Ornevi}c, who haven't ar
proved Of the vote unanimously taken
by the town last spll1g to tax its prop
erty owners one seventh of its total va
uation to pay of all its debts amounting
to $1,000. Some of these wild land
owners have begun au investigation Ia
see If business has been legally tran.
sacted for twenty years past, and if the
town debt was legally contracted. Orno
vile, however il hardy likely to go in
for Reputation and there doesn't seem
need of worry on the part OF its creditors
Matpp ptfia. nd l,ta 10 4
their elections, inaugurated their new
officers and got fairly started on the new
year. Now let's all go in for the best
most prosperous, busy and successful
year Maine has had for decade.
The bark Edward l.. Mayberry, from
Rosario FOR Boston, with wool and hides,
left the former port January I'd, aud is
now about - days overdue and it =
feared that she is lost. She is owned
by New York and Portland parties and
commanded by Capt +. NJ Knight of
Portland Capt, Knights family went
with him on the bark. This is the bark
that, at the time Of the Mckinley bill,
the Boston tugs went out after to try to
get hold of her and tow her into port
with her great cargo Of wool and hides
before the bill became a law.
Freeport Is to have 4 butter factory.
South Portland has y illage Improve
meut Society which proposes to make a
beautiful place Of that coming new and
busy borough.
American Economist An increase of
SSn Il, NJ, fan MI I'D
of Ms in the number of employees is the
result in Maine since the enactment Of
the Mckinley tariff according to the
Labor Bureau Of that State.
THE meanest nights in the locom1-
tive cab" said Maine Central engineer
the other day, "are not the nights of
storm. They are bad but rather IL
would snow and drift than settle down
into summer fog-the dark, unpene-
trable, misty nights when signals are
not visible and the train moves on ia
cloak Of obscuritv. Just stop to think a
moment. You have stations 10 make,
crossings to clear, possible oh'tructions
to avoid and your only trust is in your
time piece. your knowledge of the en-
CINE and your instinct. Lights are rot
visible and there is the awful feeiing of
impending danger. Some such long
trips a. some of the men make under
such circumstances adds years to their
lives and gray hairs to their heads
A very conscientious Belfast citizen
vent fishing for founders the other day
aud says he caught an eight pound trout
The Belfast Age says that he offers no
explanation and perhsps it is just as
we'll. 1t might trouble him considerably
to do it.
A contest between the ladies driving
nails aud the gentlemen trimming bon
nets was held ut the Cape Elizabeth
Grange Hall one evening last week The
first prize was given to Miss Belle DOR
dan for driving thirty two nails in two
minutes and the second one to Mrs. Ed
ward Brown. The first for bonnet trim
ming WAS awarded Mr.. Will Libby and
secoGd to Mr.. Henry Dyer. At the close
of the entertainment supper was fur
nished in the hall below.
Arundel Lodge of Mssons, kennebuuk.
port. netted $500 from a fair held last
week It will be added to the charity
fund Of the lodge.
z At the town meeting st old York, the
ancient Georgeaps OF ls4l. the citizens
voted TO appropriate the sum of 5000
for the purpose OF providing vsult for
the preservation and safe keeping OF the
ancient records Of that town which are
of great value.
An Auburn man while on recent
hunting and fishing trip to Moosehead
lake. ran across an old iadian stone pipe,
which he prizes very highly AS relic.
He went into a settlers camp and found
the woman of the house using it for
stove hook He told her if she would
let him have it he would send her up q
dozen good stove hooks. The woman