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

7 cHftf,
But very uttI. notice takes
| bf tbose who're IN the
Although the ranks be crowded.
There's always room IN front;
| n you expect 10 win the light
Then you must bear the brBnt.
II yon'lI observe this prrc~pt
And keep IL well in mind.
| When Gabriei blows HI. trumpet
You'll not be left behind.
| The strongest and most secure deposit
vault In this country is now being built in
Portland 10 the Union Mutual Insurance
Company's building. opposite the City hall,
says the Board Of Trade journal.
| The JofRsAL's correspondent in a neigh
boring town who rejoices in the initials +
| II. j., also in an eye for the ludicrous
writes As follows from the Windy City,
| We are three, my wife and my mother
| We have two trunks, six bundles, "A sun
shade and the broad" We ate the first
Of our bread for dinner away up in the
White mountains. Its very fine up there
only the train keeps climbing around the
sides Of the steepest mountains, so felt
| obliged 10 sit on the near side to keep il
| from rolling over and down the mountain
'hi touuuitOT ol tlit blttplHk car lives III
| Chicago and 10 very sociabe. He tells us
all about the theatres and what little he
knows second hand. we judge about the
| churches. We stopped at Niagara Falls at
| 10 A. NJ. second day out from Portland
There appears to be plenty of help at Mag
ar in the way of teams to drive you around
| They offered to haul us about and show us
all the "cubby holes" in the country, at
any price from four dollars to five cents
We chose dollar man, thinking him tn
happy mean. He was. That is, he was
mean enough, for he only drove US around
Goat island, the regular price for which is
| fifteen cents for each person. and he would
have been happier if we had paid him two
dollars more TO drive ~ 70 the Whirlpool
but we preferred to wax, we needed exer-
| else. We lunched, sis" bought some
| souvenirs took piece of a stump to re-
member the place by, and our car soon
| moved on. After a good nights sleep we
arrive at this city at A. N. Sunday. The
people of Chicago did not make any great
demonstration at our arrival. | presume
they did not know | had been ballot clerk
At two town meetings in our town. How
ever, our folks met and drove us, fed and
rested Us. will perhaps write later of the
Fair.
Living on one of the many islands in
Ca,co bay ia crusty, close iisted old bach
elnr, who, although proprietor of nearl,
| half the island aud large summer hotel
goes about the place dressed in shabb,
store clothes of the cut of the seventies,
and was never known to speni penny
where he could save one. In spite of all
this he has been the target of all the matri
nionislly inclined young women on bis own
AMI NIL the netghbOring islands. for the last
dozen years, but has remained st,liIly un-
moved by these tender advances Finally
on Memorial day buxom young woman.
who has served as head waitress at the
hotel for two years, led him in triumph to
the parson. A few DAYS afttr, one of hi,
summer bosrders met him in the city and
congratulated him: when he received thi-
characteristic explanation, "IIum-,is--I
be married-but yer see save sixty dollar.
in wages by gittin married before the sea
son begins"
The correspondent of the Camden Herald |
at PASSPORT has very interesting letter in |
the last number Of the Herald concerning |
the recent celebration at st. Stephen of the
anniversary of Queen Victurias birthday |
lie says; The parade to the music of excel |
lent hsnls. marched across the bridge which |
spans the st. Croix through the streets of (
Calais. which Is always reclprocSted by the |
Calais parsdes on the 4th of July marching |
across the bridge and through the streets |
of st, Stephen. One Of the comic elements
Of the parade was Chinaruan in full |
Oriental dress marching over the bridge on |
to American soil in apparent unconscious
ness of the rigid enforcement of the wicked |
Geary Chinese exclusion act so recently |
deci led to be constitutional by the Supreme |
Court of the United States
"Ofiirers are statione on either side of |
the bridge to see that the revenue laws are |
strictly enforced but in spite of all pre- |
cautions, this bridge is probably the tho |
oughfare for more smuggling than any |
bridge in the world. The cunning device. |
by which it is accomplished are manifold |
Some of the people. however, are very con- |
scientious and look upon the smuggling Of |
the smallest articles as much of GRIM |
stealing, while others smuggle from o. |
side to the other with no care except not to |
get caught in their smuggling"
The correspondent then relates the fol- |
lo~ ing good story that is vonched for A |
iittit kun ou dit IT, tsAtphtn blut WHO pt-
iouged to the Salvation Army was in the |
habit of buying candies and other articles |
on the Calais side and taking them to the |
st. Stephen side without paying duties or
asking permission Of the customs officials |
She lived with . very pious, conscientious |
woman who demonstrated with her and told |
her it was sin TO buy things on the Amer
ican side of the river and smuggie them |
over. The girl said she never knew it VAS |
a sin for she never saw anything in the BIZ |
bic against smuggling. but tile plous woman |
said there was and it WAS this passage of |
scripture: Render unto Caesar the things |
tha, arr Cesar's. The girl said: s'Well |
never thought of that before, but do now /
remember there are two scixors at our end |
Of the bridge, Mr.. McGown and sir. Bixby.
l will not smugsle any more.'
One newspaper reporter and several Of
Biddeford's small boys are engaged in hunt
ing for Capt. kidd's treasure. The boys
declared they had found an iron box down
in Biddeford's lower swamp hut when they
went back to the swamp with the reporter
they failed to ind it, The reporter hope.
to resume the hunt notw outstanding tile |
black flies and mosquitoes are in command /
Of the swamp.
Capt. Henry L. Wood for eighteen years
postmaster 1t DEXTER, always had u warm |
spot in the hearts of his men and here 10 |
one of the reasons why. as related bv one
IN his command: when the 22i Maine |
vas in Louisiana, all of the captains Of in
fantry companies we're allowed to have /
homes and drew rations for them. Cant.
Wood had his horse - well ~ the ret, hut
don't believe be ever rode him v,.i