Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-24

This is the year that Mshomet goes to the
mountain The apple exporters are obliged
10 hustle. in order to fill their orders and are
| tumbling over each OTHER to find the Maine
farmer so fortunate as to have apples to
sell
Il appears that two men, in the guiae Of
| commercial travellers, have been going
through certain parts of the State, maxim z
their headquarters al country hotels 1t
seems to have been their policy to i graft tie
themselves with the village sports and fire.
quenters of the taverns. and gradually in
terest them in the seductive game of poker.
| In this way il is said these schemers have
| flched from the pockets of their dupes sew
| eral thousand dollars in the course of the
season. In one little village hair ill-gott n
gsins amounted to two thousand dollars.
The Bates Manufacturing Company of
Lewiston has de-, ided 20 re- ume operations
| December 4th, at reduced wages. Notw it'll
stan ing the reduction in wages this is good
n VS.: Int il should be borne in mind
that the Edwards snufacturing Company
of Augusta has continued TO run its plant
throughout the summer.
Chicago, even during the DAYS of the
Works. FAIR, could not affori an instance
OF cooler villiany than occurred in the quiet
city of Auburn Tue sdsy night A citiz n ,
no was en- ertsin, ng an a quaintance al his
room that evening learned a lesson viii, Ii
v ill render him exceedingly cautious in
forming aequsint tnceships in future. His
supposed friend knocked him down, gagged
him. and coolly robbed him. Removing all
blood stains and exchanging clothing, be
| then departed aud has not yet been found.
Here's story they tell aboIt eastern
Maine. The chances are that it il fictitious,
pure and simple. but it reads ia rly we'll
"Three 5ozen large hand grenaies, each
h ldine about two gallons, came by freight
cons gned to fi-h pc 'dier. The sheriff,
always on the alert for contrsband stuff,
after some hesitation seized the lot. Each
bottle was opened and tested and found to
contain chemical solution such AS is used
in fire extinguishe The consgnee was
finally SLOWED to haul his fire extiugush-
ers home and he was soon doing a booming
bus ness in fire sxtinguishers. The FIRE ex-
insuishers we're fell of cheap whisksy and
so unhingls cortrived ss to deceive officers
in ali parts of Name A false glass bottom
wa blow Just below the shoulder Of the
colJle glass hand grensda so that the neck
AMI UPPER part of the bottle was filled with
ab vi a quart of t-.= cGemi al solution The
wsiskaf was h5Ims'ically sealed and the
"a pe =, Est = r wasto br ak the bot
H.
Tn t.pss tale j. low fe Ii The eff ects
of duH uaie. The Belfast Age says that
hunir, 4 etrza-s # nle are afi at in Dos
ton, Nv York AID ri iladeIpiia ard no
ssh. lar them. hos sanIs Of casks are
ri ed Up 1T the k,lns. Kiln wood cannot be
sold At sry price, As the kilns are nearly oil |
shut down. OF cour.e the mills engaged IL
turning ont lumber for lime casks are shu,
down a<aitirg orders.
Even silver money is worth saving As is |
shown by the following from a Belfast ex-
chsuge. A we'll known Belfast Young man |
some three and half years ago started in |
on a novel money saving scheme. He took |
an old fashioned quart stone jug, which be |
utilized as a bank and commenced the |
somewhat iaborious task Of filing it with |
silver dimes. 1t dill not fill as quickly -
some might think it would, but he kept at il 4
and whenever he had spare dime dropped /
it in the SLOT A few days since the Jug
was full and upon counting the contents be |
found himself the possessse Of ts65.20 = |