Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-20

| The Smart Alex At the circus VA
! veil illustrated by the fellow who struck
the vicious elephant Mandum Of Baruum :.
eituus ut Portland and succeeded thereby
in nearly causing the death of the keeper
The circus employees are susp icious tina
the third man old Mandum tackles he'll kill
If anyone has got to die we hope it will b.
the Smart AiCk" who provokes the trouble
II appears that Old Orchard needsa polio,
commission to protect 1t from the alleget
blackmtiling operations of the Democratic
constsblcs from RhlAeford. The Time,
says
Il IA charged that there are two or three
| Democratic cons,ables from this city whu
spend most Of their time at the beach, who
call In where there is anything to sell and
drink their MI and then instead Of paying
for what they have had, turn about and de-
mand money from the proprietors TO prevent
them from making seizures.
Still nearer home it comes. There is
| talk of shutting down the York mills at
Saco
The Aroostook Pioneer in speaking of a
young man in Houlton. who in an insane fit
faster than we ever saw him work.
The Bangor man " no sent his office boy
to the stable with bred team a week or
two ago isn't going TO the Worlds Fair.
The team was taken to the wrong stable
and after several days had elapsed the Ban
gor man was called on to pay board for the
horse at the wrong stable and pay hire for
the horse at the right stable and also pay
for the cigars all around.
Biddetorl is getting too coy for anything
4 Saco business man who had been in husi-
ness there for thirty-four wears went into a
Bidleford dry goods store the other dsy
and was shadowed by floor walker who
thought the Sseo man shoplifter.
Bowioin professors and students fire.
quently visit the paper mills at Topshsm
and hunt over the bales of books from for
eien countries. where they find occasional
ly works Of value TO them.
Some of the Camden farmers are making
money raising cucumbers which they sell
to pickle company in Massachusetts,. The
company pays 81 thousand and the yield
averages 100 900 an acre.
There is said to be a genuine epidemic
for losing watches among the ladies of Au-
burn and Lewiston. Women should invent
some less conspicuous and safer method
for carryin their time pieces.
The breakers of the fish laws along Maine 8
coast will do well to consider new factor
in the case The fish wsrden's steamer Pro-
tector, which left Bangor short time ago
after being fitted up for service, is showing
some tine speed. A few days ago she took
out party from Rockland and during the
trip made record of 10 miles an hour.
which for boat but 4 feet long and regis
tering only about four tons, 10 fast indeed
Bathing is increasing in popularity at
Old orchard. Is il because of the pretty
women there?
A man in one Maine town says he believes
q pasture for the children is as necessary as
the nursery. He has fenced in play ground.
erected tent in the middle of the enclosure
and turned the children out to fresh air and
dirt within sight of the house.
The gunbost Castine will probably make
her trial trip Aug. 18th. and it il now
thought the course xill be in Maine waters
instead of on Long Island sound where the
Mschiss covered herself with glory. Sue
eess to she Castine.
The farming industry along with others
will lsnguish unless good rain can soon
be had.
The nillnen do no, appear in haste to
manufacture their lumber. Two drives,
ssyregsting about 600 .odo feet, have been
RATED out of Bangor boom thus far this
season, and Monday the crew began on a
third drive of Eve or six millions. All the
mills on the river are now saving. but with
short crews.