Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-30

| zero" weather few days ag0-and pos
| sibly 1t might have had something to do
with bringing on the turn of mild weather
| following. Anyway it was q bright idea to
get up a Christmas Sea Breeze, and Christ
mas ''ads" pay. Brother Bracket had lots
of them of different colors.
| There is now good prospect that in the
| near future bell will be placed in the tow
er Of the Methodist church in Westbrook.
On Christmas day Mrs. Maria Plnmmer, a
member of the church, pledged $500 for
that purpose, and other sums will be forth
coming.
1t is said the microscopic ''B' on the
| Columbian coins has meaning. 1t is this
| The man who makes the dies is named
| Barbour and the b is his private trade
| mark.
| The Houlton Pioneer says that Mrs.
| Sarah Howard of that town reports that two
| muskrats came up the drain into her cellar
| and have become so tame that they extend
| their visits to the kitchen and eat out of the
| cats saucer. The old eat pays no attention
| to them but the kittens will sometimes cuff
| the rats. One day they got straw and
pieces oft the broom and made nest under
the cupboard. They swill come close to
one's chair and smell ones. hand when
reached down to them. When eating milk
they sit beside the saucer thrust both paws
| into the milk and then lap it from their
| paws. sometimes taking half hour to eat
| a small saucer of milk
| sixty new buildings have been erected in
Camden the present year. of these one
is the Mt. Battle wooden mill, costing $780,
ootl. The balance include three summer
residences several stores in the burned
district, and new dwelling houses. The
| estimated value of all is $40 900. which
mere than offsets the buildings destroyed
by the late fire. The greater part of the
loss by fire was personal property. No
buildings erected this year were destroyed.
Portland Press: A young Portland law
yer who is somewhat of book worm, was
taking home Wednesday an ancient French
edition of one of Fenelon's works, when, in
turning the leaves, he came upon piece of
crumpled paper. Unfolding it he found it
to be lottery ticket, engraved after the
style of old bank notes, with yellow ink.
The first line of the engraving told the
story, State of Maine Lottery" The sec
oml line showed that the ticket was issued
by a lottery sanctioned for the aid of the
old Cumberland and Oxford canal. The
ticket was numbered 27-4l-42 and was dated
Portland. 1881. w. W. Boyd signed the
ticket as manager.
4 gentleman who recently went far into
the Maine woods to look after his lands,
on coming to lumberman's camp thirty
miles from nowhere, was struck with as
Punishment and held up his team invol-
UNFAIRLY at the edge of the opening. The
caiise was the strains of = parlor organ,
played in an artistic manner, which came
from the camp. His surprise was not les
seiied on meeting at the camp door the or
ganist and cook, handsome young lady,
as neat and tidy as new pin, who looked
after the house for her father and his crew.
She had taken her organ into the woods TO
'.beguie the drowsy hours and make things
more honelike As might be expected, the
gentleman found that camp sway ahead of
THOSE not eulivened by woman's smile and
cherry presence, and he thought he never
knew before how much music there is in an
organ. It's the new order of things in camp
life in the Maine woods.
The Portland park commissioners have
voted to plant one hundred young oaks in
Deering Oaks the coming spring to take
the place of the old ones that are dying out.
The Lewiston Journal notes with pardon
able pride that great many people who
own elegant houses in that city first saw the
light of day in log cabins back in the woods
OF Maine ..All Name cities can afford to
congratulate themselves upon the same ex-
listing conditions. There is very little of
the shoddy about successful Maine people,"
adds the Bangor Commercial.
Collector Dow of the port of Portland
has received sweeping order from the
Treasury Department at Washington pro-
hibiting the landing of imported rags at that
port. from all places where cholera may be
known to be prevailing or may hereafter
prevail