Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-10-02

But Mr.. Keene Is not gentleman who 10
satisfied with small beginnings. Already he
has saved the yarn of one thousand rolls
representing as many different sheep, and
when he has secured another thousand,
which he expects to be able to do
before the close of the coming year
he will combine them into another pair
of stockings which will include portions of
the fieeces of t~o thousand different sheep.
snd will undoubtedly be the champion psi'
OF stockings. from q numerical point Of
view, on the surface of the globe.
Among other curioslties which were exhi-
b,ied to the writer by Mr.. Keene, was .
pair Of mittens knit from yarn made out OF
carded dogs hair. They were Of close t. Z
ture and gave evidence of warmth and
durability. Mr.. Ksene had another pair Of
the same kind, made some time ago, which
be has worn great deal since and which
he declares cannot possibly be beaten for
warmth and wear. Does not this fact sug
ge.t At last useful field for many CANNES
whose chief employme at the present
time sppears to be to bark at passing teams !
But among all his relics Mr.. Keene, him
self. may Justly be reckoned as the greatest
curiosity of all. He 10 now sixty eight
years Of age; has never drank a glass of
rum in his life; never smoked q cigar
never chewed Q piece of tobacco; never
owned horse dog or sun has never shaved
anybody or had any body else shave him; has
never swan or skated q rod in his life !;
has never worn ring, pin or other article
Of jewelry in his life; has never had on a
Il, ,e Ma ~
life ;'has never caught fish in his life with a
hook nor indulged in q game of base ball.
The good people Of Turner, however, know
and respect him for his many strong points
Of head and heart and the weary traveller
who halts at his hospitsble house never
lacks for generous entertainment.
Speaking of the good town Of Turner,
why doesn't it abolish its toll bridge? Such
an institution 10 in reality relic of feudal
days and .hould not exit in the good old
Pine Tree State.
Colby University men are delighted over
the acquisition of strong player to their
ranks in the person of Mr.. Patterson of
Freeport He is said to be an excellent
pitcher. and during the past season has done
some good work for the Portland nine in
the New England league. He will be a
strong man for the Colby nine.
Colby foot ball and base ball men are
making arrangements to enclose the grounds.
A wooden fence will enclose q portion of
them, while the rest will be of csnvss.
This experiment has proved successful at
Bow wdoin and Bates, aud will undoubtedly
do 20 at Colby. There seems to be no reason
why the large crowds that always turn out
to these college games should not contrib
ute something financially to their support.
A Portland merchant is nov manufsctur-
ing ssussges by electricity. But this 10
not hardly an innovation. There has al
RAYS been from very early days something
electrical about q sausage.
1t is shout this season of the year that
newly fiedged sophomores in our Maine
colleges are casting about for opportunities
to give vent to their surplus energies.
Part of them at Colby Unisersi'y endeav-
ored to captrra csnnon few ghts sinre,
" th ornaments a lawn between Water
vi J and Fsir6sH. They had just stored
the prize beneath the old grand st~nd when
the police made = raid upon them. All
succeeded in ee'tiag away except '@