Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-18

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10 see II the Ice Is as thin a. II looks T."
There will be little interest 10 breeding
the two minute horse now that they have
one At Richmond that made a record last
Sunday Of 80 feet in second. Sunday
morning the horse got out and took stroll
up toward the ferry on the track. few
moments later the Boston Journal paper
train rounded the curve near Lincoln street,
AID the chances for the horse between
the rail. looked slim. The engineer
footed his whistle and the horse trotted
faster THINKING the horse would surely
be struck, aud the train perhaps
dersiled on the high bank ut this point,
the engineer pulled open the throttle, hop
log 20 throw him elea, of the rails. The
animal now laid back his ears and struck a
n furious pace until the bridge over Front
street was reached. when he stopped AMI
kirked viciousi, Of IL, on horse close upon
him The engine struck him just he
kicked and the spectators got view of the
flying horse He struck on all fours in the
snow rolled over against barbed wire fence.
got up, shook the snow of, got on the TRACK
again and followed the train to Kennc bee
Market, distance Of two miles. The horse
is reported rs being somewhat scratched bv
the barbed wire. and is little stiff, but ~ill
be all right IN few DAYS, and none the
worse II for his frolic with the cars.
itwoud seem that the dangers commonly
ascribed to the pastime of skating world
be sufficient to lend sill of that kini Of zr'i
necessary to the sport. But her. IL n
Brunswick boy who carries n loaded rev,l
yer in his pocket when out skating TIE
other day one of the chambers was l.
Oh .rgtd. the bullet seeking liberty dos the
lads trousers leg. That lid fairly sfriv-
:. He'd up he was so scared. and hereafter he
won't ~ cunning on skates for Indians in
Andrcsroggin county.
Mr. b NJ Palmer, the veteran village
blacksmith of Athens. probably has con-
iucted as many funerals ne any other man
in Maine. not Il professional undertaken. lie
began when he was q years old and he is
now 20 He has conducted $50 different
funerals in the town of Athens, Scion, llsr-
mouy Brighton and Cornvlle. The de-
ceased persons have been OF all ages from
iafsnts to lo7 years.
One or two amusing things occurre at
the kepnebec superior court in couu., ton
ith she case against Thos. Clark, in wlirh
Hop Lung. Chinese lsundrymsn, AMI III
one assaulted by Clark, was vitoes.
When informed by the judge that h- mu't
come up in the afternoon TO testify. the
Oriental in bis blandest manner informed
his II onor that the extent of bis "wsshee'
business would prevent his ATTENDANCE. II
required considerable time to impress on
him the fact that come he must nilly willy,
wsshee or no washee. When the opposing
counsel to show that he was heather nj
his words should therefore be taken With n
grain of salt, asked him how many gods he
wo..hipped, Hops reply was half dozen"
and hen asked il there were any of hi'
god. in Augusta he replied. "Oh. n, Au-
sus,a no place for Chinee gods"
Sometime previous to 1883 Mr.. Eben-
ezer Salisbury settled near here the Jayne
cots age now is. on the north side of Eddy's
brook He looked out of the door one
Sunday morning, saw a moose and got his
gun and shot him" writes correspondent
Of the Bar Harbor Record. Deacon
Nicholas Thomas, who lived in what Is
nov Thoma, district. prosecuted Mr..
Salisbury for vi pls,ing the Sabbath. The
case wa. tried by Esq. Hill of Gouldsborc,
Who acquitted Mr.. Salisbury. who tn. n gave
Esq Hill piece of the moose, who being
very blessed by the present. told Mr.. Sails
bury TO shoot moose whenever he had an
opportunity even if it was Sunday" We
have suspicion that with our present game
laws Brother Sslishur,'s Sunday sport
would prove more txper sive today
A Portland man who was spending the
night in Ellsworth. had vivid dream in
which he saw coudsgrxtion in Port
land. his own Office in danger an: people
running wildly about telling each other
that IL threatened TO be the biggest Gre
since that memorable Fourth Of July, a
quarter of q century sgo. In the morning
be began to tell Of the vision when he was
startled to learn that Portland really had =
big are during the night--that which de-
.troysd the Atkinson building. He nov is
trying to decide whether he believes in
DIRE ans.