Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-11-04

recentiY that he would az soon thiak of |
building balloon this year a. vessel IN
der the existing low rats Of freizhts. Thi. !
siIt account for the dleness that prevails |
ta sach an extent, At the present time. in |
Maine ship yards
Hen. ID. j. McGilhcuday OF Lewiston |
has gon. % Washington where he VIII en- |
desvor % have the new post Office building |
for that city 40 remodelei as to incigds an |
-xtss story We imagine that when thu |
Hon. Dan pulls up against the cheese par |
frs' OF The Democratic naturalization, he |
siii be content TO return home, thankful
that ia the liberal dispensztion that has fal |
ZEN to hi, city, the buiiding in qnessioe has
not been reduced q story from the original
design.
A great contest 10 nos In progress for the
State button belt For time this trophy |
seemed to belong to . gentleman in Belfast
Who vas the happy possessor Of q string Of
one thousand different kiads Of buttons,
which bsd come to him a. q legacy from bis
sister. 1t is evident, however, that he is
not to be permitted to wssr his rsgAIis A
claim for j, has been put in by s-Htlsm, IN
IN Gorhnm who has = string Of buttons, 40
two alike. numbering at least three thou
ssad and which has been in his possession |
something over t-enty- Ave years. We
you'd suggest that the string Of battons in |
question. which 10 over forty feet in length. |
might b. sered in strips about the belt, and
add such a novelty to the trophy as might
veil stimulate the ambitions of future
aspiranis for the championship hunors in
this field Of effort.
The egg famine still continues. and the
outlook for this clsss Of food for the com
ing winter, is less promising then il has
been for many years. Even the Maine hens
| seem to feel the debiitating effects Of the
Democratic bard times.
A correspondent Of the CourierL'tzett'
calls attention To the fact that facilities for
shipbuiiding at Columbia Falls are said to
be most excellent, and friends of the place
are trying to boom it in that way. Oak,
beech. rock maple, spruce, pine and hack
rnetac are abundant. The shores Of the
little bay, below the falls, are admirable
for wharves aAI ....p-yaris. This fact
would, ordinarily, be well calculated TO
encourage ventures from capitalists ia TIM:
vicinity, but under the p-evsIing low rstes
ot freigbts now IN vogue as a result of
Democratic rule. no one would care to en- |
gage in productive enterprises of thus char |
scter, even where nat5re has afforded such
generous facilities.
Barbed wire fences still continue to come |
in for anathemas. Mr.. Eugene buzzell
Of Monroe is the latest loser on account of
them. Two valuable colts belonging TO him
got out of the pasture and strayed into the |
farm Of a ueighbor where they became |
tangled up in a bsrbed wire fence, and were |
so badly cut that both had TO be killed.
A loving couple who recently procured a
marriage license IN one OF the towns in |
Northern Maine, and then went across the
line and eudeavored to have the ceremony |
performed by clergyman there, mad" tn" |
humili sting discovery that the laws of ncle |
Sam do not operate IN the DOMINION. !
They returned TO the good old Pine tree
State, and had the nuptisi knot tied with n
profounder know ledge of international law
than they ever dreamt of acquiring IN the |
Iovey -dovey days OF frivolous youth.
The Wsterville Sentinel tells Of the he |
roic work of local fireman in his efforts -
save the figure of horse which formed me
of the signs of harness shop in that city, |
WUltH was FttttkiF puTutu- ttf eFIsf'+ WV
equine in question by the likeliest hspile, |
to wit. the tail. AMI tried to lie hun out
backward. The animal hucked a little and |
the fireman taking a slightly irmer hold soon |
emerged triumphantly bearing the bunch OF |
horse hair. the remainder Of the deaf and
dumb brute soon following.
lisa very easy matter for man to toast
l. a.. g,at h.gA htz lomp fire anil |
dream Of killing bears, wild cats and other
beasts of prey in the weird wil9s of the
Maine forests. but people who have endeav-
ored TO pu, these dreams into practical OPP
Grafton. or have had the opportunity unex-
pectedly thrust upon them. quite generally |
bear testimony, when they can be prevailed
upon to speak upon the delicate
subject, to the fact that anticipation, IN this
case. is far more destructive to the animals
III question than the reality This was the
ease with young Buckfeh man who re-
Gently went out huntiog, and while picking
beech nuts discovered bear near by en-
gagged in the same occupation. lie BAD a
Winchester rifle with him, and had 1t been
fox or squirrel, its report would have
en equal to death sentence but some
how or other. when aimed at the bear, It
became woobly and after two shots had
been fired. bruln meaadered away, un-
harmed. to engage in other pAs,imes.
one of our State exchanges speaks of \
.i,ewalk in the village that is positively
dangerous from lack of few new rianks,
and suggests tbst little timely epa'ring
may possibly save the town later on from
suits for heavy damages. itis suggestion
well ma i.. and one that would apply to
.... a.
Pine Tree State where municipal negligence
permits the existence of conditions that
constitute a menace TO life and limb.
There is no psstime more reprehensible
than thos- contests between so-csiiei hunt
ing parties which result in the iadiscrim-
ina,e slaughter of all living things that
range our fields and woodlands. One of
our exchanges relates the details OF such a
contest which resulted in score of 4735
point. for one side, sgsinst 91;i5 poinss for
the b.her The contest was ended with an
q, stsr supper. The counting of the game
for points ranged from i've for IA stripped
,quirrel up to one hundred for foxes,
skunks etc. In looking over the
list Of game brought in. we lind ih
foIlouing i1t rel squirrels, 2o5 stripped |
squirrels; % woodpeckers; : black birds;
Ill blue jays. Nov. no one will pretend
that any of these contributions to the score
would possibly be used as articles of diet,
and the iudiscrininate slaughter of them
shown by these figures. 10 simply in
sxcussble. There is true sporsmsn's
spirit. and indiscrimiaats slaughter of this
character 10 q violation of it, and cannot te /
vigorously condemned |