Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-07

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Belfast hss man Who il fair sample
Of certain, fortunately small, class Of ia
dtvidssls. He iosfai about house that
wss being painted during all the time the
work 80 ssiug on When asked If he
wanted job he allowed be dfiat, but rhen
the men ~efe pail of be ~antsi 10 borrow
adolisr Of ose Of them.
Lewiston Jourpsl--We rather like the
csndor Of the Belfast Age, ~h,ch hoes not
hesitate to express tts lack Of sympathy with
the cisiI service reforn~Ys and lis desire
tina; Republican ofliee-isotiers be .nmmsriiy
turned out and Democrats put in their PLACES;
but the Age is free to say that it does not
sdmise tho hypo<risieal and disrsputable
scheme Of President Cleveland for eircum-
venting his own civil serviee reform pretsn-
sions by requiring charges of Offensive
psftisaaship." etc. 10 BE- tiiesi against
fourth class postmsssers 10 secure their
removal. This efiict Of the administration
meefs Nth much disspproyai. Even the
most casehassiened Democratic Office -holdeY
doesn't relish the idsz of Matchmaking his
Republican neighbor before seslping him.
An old Falmouth resident says that when
they were constructing the Maine Central
extension through Falmouth in 1855 the
contractor set his men 1T work digging a
we'll Down and down they dug but never
a sign Of water. The men expostuizted bnt
the contractor said, Never you mind the
water; you dig the we'll good and deep and
III look out for the rest" Therefore when |
the contractor decided that his well was
deep enough he set crew at work and |
filed the dry hole trimming full Of Pre- |
sumpsrot water. Since then there has al |
ways been water To spare in that well |
Through droughis that have sspped the |
veins of aeighborlng wells dry and dusty |
this offspring Of the Presumpscot has never |
failed to respond TO the reckoning pump |
handle.
SAID an old resident of Phillips. II never |
knew potatoes to be so high as sl.20 per |
bu.hel in Phillips, and | have lived here |
fifty years. About dozen years ago sold |
mine for 81 90 per busbeI 1 remember |
also that . number of years ago sold =
fac lot for 20 cents per bushel after plant |
ing time
Joseph Nichols, a well known member OF
the Penobscot tribe of Indians received an |
order Saturday through Agent Hunt for
lot of implements for Indian games such as
were in use years ago, to be sent to the
Worlds FAIR and they will be sent.
30, b. I,,,
number Capt. Elwell of IsIesboro. of the |
coal steamer Panther, has rescued Is men
he has found ntrift. The last man res
eued was Portuguese sailor who had been
sdrift in an open boat for four days without
food or water.
\ lady in Greenwood has = tame robin
that has been in captivity for the past three
years but she never puts robins cage IN the
window but what robin comes and visits
the pet. The lady thinks the visiting robin
must he the mother of the captive. This is
very pretty fancy.
Landlord q. W. Dennen of the Kineo |
House is shrewd manager as well as popu- |
lar host. He has purchased the Shaw farm
Just above kIneo and proposes to raise his |
own hill beans and eucumbers. There are |
400 acres in the tract and 300 acres in the |
farm.
lown east physician has suggested |
what may he popular if once tried IN the |
country places. 1t frequently occurs in
such towns that n person is taken suddenly |
III and the presence of a physician is de
sired, hut the illness may not appear To be |
so serious AS to justify the expense attend |
ing the calling of = physician from the city |
At the same time it may happen that one of |
the doctors from q neighborlng town is |
driving by and would be gladly called in If |
only the friends of the sick person knew he |
was passing. The plan suggested then is
for each household to provide itself with |
lag which may be hung out as a signal to
any passing physician.
The splendid map for the Worlds Fair
made bv Mr.. Fred Blanchard of Bath
showed that out of the 22o4 superb water
powers in this State Aroostook has about
sno in use and many hot yet developed. 1t
can easily be imagined that large number
of those water powers will not remain long
unleveloped when once the new railroad
penetrates the county. But this is not all
the railroad will do though at first seem
ingly the most practical. When the Bangor
& Aroostook is completed and in running
order to Ashland it will open
sporting region unsurpassed in
New Eugisnd. says the Aroostook Star
Herald In the wilderness at the head.
waters of the aroo'took there are lakes and
streams in abundance. Portage lake.
which is within easy reach of the terminus
Of the Ashland branch, is the first in order
Of u magnificent cham of lakes. which for
extent, variety of scenery, and the oppor-
tunity they afford of making a trip full OF
change of scene. and exciting incidents OF
rod aud gun, are As attractive as any stint
lar resorts IN the world The prospective
i nportanee of this section as n sporting re
sort entities it To attention at the hands of
those no have IN chatgc the game Interests
of the State. This great forest region
should he guarded sgsins, the inroads and
ravsges of poachers and outlaws. Its
waters should be stocked with game fish,
and kept we'll replenisbed.