Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-01

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embodied much greater piih and force, or a
more complete and scathing expose OF its
shameless character. While il is given in
the vein Of the scsthing humor so ebarac-
.eristie Of Mr.. Reed, it, nevertheless, con-
tains meat for thought, and patriotic citi-
zens of the country will DO well to ponder
il.
MAINE GOSSIP.
This has really been wonderfully pleas
ant fall in the good old Pine Tree STATE.
Golden-rod and daisies are found in bloom
In various parts Of the State. even now, and
the long list Of natures prodiaies that have
been chronicled in the State papers, it would
take quite a good sized space to enumeraie.
Jack Frost 10 with US now, and has sppar-
entity come to stay: but he has given US an
pie opportunity to enjoy q most delightful
autumn.
A Bar iarbor boy 10 the happy pos
SCISSOR of goat, which furnishes not little
enjoy ment to himself and his school mates.
When leased this long wh;skered steed has
a wsy Of raising on his hind legs and bow
ing in a very diguified manner which strange
to say, the children do not always regard as
an act of poIitensss, but rather that it is
time to ''let well enough alone"
1t is amusing to hear the good people OF
NJ fame tell how many miles they walked in
. single day at the Columbian Exposition
One fair lady is absolutely sure that she
made about 10, 600 miles, which to date is
about the best record that we know of
however there are still number of Others
to be heard from, and it is a trifie early tc
award the belt.
The succulent lobster is a rarity in the
market just at present.
The editor of the Lincoln County New
says that one of the most attractive sights
from the window of his Office is the waiel
falling over the dam, but it always seems &c
him pity that such fine water power
should run 10 waste. 1t is, indeed. There
are many of these magnificent water pow
ers in Name which should be utilized. and
doubtless will be eventually. A good water
power is gold mine to any locality and in
Ills era, when electricity, in storage form,
is coming to be used in so many different
WAYS, this power will surely be employed
before long in one capacity or another.
Scion people are considerably mystitied
over the performances of some unknown
animal which has been killing and eating
the sheep in some of the pastures of that
town. Up to date it is estimated that fully
thirty have been destroyed by this mysteri'
Gus foe. 1t would certainly seem as if i
would pay the inhabitants of that excellent
town to organize a cunning expedition, an
camp on its trail.
Il is estimated that the total number OF
Maine visitors to the Columbian Exposition
exceeds Il 900 people. Assuming that the
cost To each was only seventy-five dollars
it would make total of sl,275,000 carried
ont of the State in this way, Quite sun
of money; but it is to be hoped that those
who expended it got the worth of il. We
are very confident that most of them vii
bear cheerful testimony 10 that effect.
We don't appreciate the necessity Of
counterfeiting small silver when the dol
lars of cur daddies" il worth only 90 cts
of its face Brunswick Telegraph
We should be glad to take all you
have, Brother Tenny, at ninety-five cents
Jiece. We have paid one hundred cents
for them UP to date.
And still the game stories continue t,
accumulate. Mr.. Henry Watson of Cam
bird ge saw three deer feeding on his farm
in Ripley while he was at work there. They
Sc. med tame ard not in hurry to leave re
fire. shments for individuals. Next?
Novel contests between the ladies have
been in order the present season. Some
weeks ago we noted one at the Oxford
county fair in which two ladies' strove ia
zee which copld harness horse, drive him
around half mile track. unhsrness him
and put him in the stall in the shortest time
It was an exciting struggle, and one which
worked up the thousands of people in atten.
dance to the highest pitch of enthusiasm
The latest thing in this line is a wood saw
ing contest between ladies which recently
came off in the Norway Opera house. The
lady who came out ahead IN this novel con-
test, won q five dollar prize amid the enthu-
slsstic plaudits of the multitude.
A Young man at Caribou took an invol-
untsry bath the other day. He Vas en-
gagged in dumping debris into the Caribou
stream. when in come way the horse, cart
and himself slid over the dump and into the
stream. The water was about three feet
deep in that place, but no injury was dor e
to the team or its driver. 1t is said that the
young man is no longer believer in i'm
mersion.
The correspondent from Bingham in the
Somerset Reporter refers in an interesting
wsy to the Gro rded condition of the school
in that town. The condition. he describes
exists in quite q number of Maine towns
He says that there are between eighty and
ninety scholars in two rooms. II is certain
ly altogether too many pupils for tao
schools. 1t is more than any tescher can
do justice to, and where they are Civ. n
such tasks, some of the pupils, If rot all of
them, must suffer from lack of proper at
tention as consequence.
The sturdy youth who arrived in the fam
lily of worthy couple at Southwest Harbor,
October 18th, the 40lst anniversary of the
discovery Of America, will very properly
bear the name Of the great discoverer, Chris
.opher Columbus.
Mr.. W. J. Rysn will soon leave Portland,
On his annual visit to the principal cities
md towns of eastern and northern Maine,
selling the Robert B. Thomas and Maine
Farmers Almanacs for 1894 for which pub
locations he is the general agent.
Mr.. Ryan is totally blind, but for all that
makes his way about the streets Of his na-
i've city almost as easily as those who can
see, and he travels alone in all sections of
he State. He has gone over this route for
10 many years that bis annual coming lie
awaited by his patrons before placing their
orders.
Twenty Years Experience.
c. d. Fredricks, the well-known photog-
'apher, 40 Broadway, New York, says:
II have been using ALLcocK's PoRous
PLAsrERs for 90 years, and found them
,ne of the best Of family medicines. Brief
y summing up ny experience. say that
when placed on the small of the back ALL
locks pLAsrERs fill the body with nervous
Energy, and thus cure fatigue. brain exhaus-
ion, debility and kidney difficulties. For
women and children have found them in
saluable. They never irritate the skin or
,ause the slightest pain, but cure sore
hroat, coughs, colds. pains in eide, back or
hest, ind sestion end bowel complaints"
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