Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-06
MAINE GOSSIP.

B;ddeford Journal: A Biideforl man
says ,aa. he las voted Democratic ticket
for 40 years, but thst he vii vote it no
mere after learning hos the Ci;y treasury
} has been devoted 20 fat,irg The pockets of
few.
Bidleford notes an increase ID the pat
roasge of the Dyer library. 10 the past
month 1852 mere books were taken out
.hsn in March of the previous year. In
view of the increasing number and cheap
ness of books this report Of tie library Is
surprising.
Waldo comfy will not be good hsld
for the PJpu!ists 10 work in tLi,yelr. The
record. al the registry Of deeds for Wsldp
county shows but - mortgages recorded
turing the first three months of this year,
against II 10 tie cnrrespor ding months OF
1893 and g. for 1892. The Register says
thsre have been more discharges recorded
this year than in past years.
The proposal TO repair and perretuate the
old Bourne mansion at Ogunqait is good
one. The mansion was built more than
century AMI quarter ago and is land
mark that shoult not be removed.
Ii can't be that the report about the
girls OF Harpswell wearing corssge bouquets
of apple blossoms thus early in the season
WAS only for effect.
Some of the Auburn people, seeing how
shaken, have concluded that the earth's
crust is thin 10 that vicinity. There's some
thing thia about the matter.
The Saco man WHIP, when his lawyer
pointed out the place on the deed where his
wife's signature should be placed, started
home 10 get it. When he got home it &C.
cured to him that this wife had been dead
four months.
There's Somerset man who now pro-
poses to wear clothespin on his nose while
he sleeps. Recently thief entered and
taking advantage of the terrific shores OF
the sleeper had easy work in making off
with considerable plumber.
The Bowdoin Orient has Il timely word to
say on the subj,c. of political collegiate
union The writer remarks: 1--WE don't
know enough about practical everyday pol
tics" That's true enough. Perhaps it's
just as well, but certainly the idea of max
ing close study of dsy-to day political
movements in this country of ours is a most
excellent one and very feasible. If more
of the college students we're interested in
that sort of thing to the exclusion of play
ing femiLiae parts IN some comic opera,
smpeIing and trying TO uDsex themselves
upon the stage. they would gain much in
their own and public estimation.
A newspaper coIresI ondent in North
Amity relates how it hsppens that a new
door is to be had at Cones store in that
town. 1t seems that Daniel Mc-instead
Of hitchny bis horses to the post, as he
should have done, to save time took the
reins inside and held them, wound around
his arm, and closed the door behind him.
As David stood inside at the counter telling
of something wonderful that happened in
the "Old Country" when he was governor
general of Ireland, or chief of police Of
Dublin, or omething of that kind, his
horses started and took David with them.
For moment the air was full of broken
glass, putty, splinters and David. When
the elements Gained down there wasn't
much left of the doors. But David re-
turned like true son of Erin to foot the
bills; but strange to say, did not stop to
finish his story. After this he will use
different hitching post.
The friends of an old Grand Trunk con-
ductor have resurrPcted story that is 40
years old. 1t relates to new pair of pa
tent leather boots that he owned and which
he was very careful to keep out of the mud
His train was an express and one day when
it was signalled TO stop at little way sta
ton, it couldn't pull up until there was
90 feet of mud between the hind car
and the platform on which pretty woman
stood helplessly. The gallant conductor
lesped into the stretch of mud like racer
under the wire unmin5ful of his patent
feathers. They were ruined but when be
got a pair of patent feathers from Montreal
the mex. week and found that the pretty
woman had guessed within half size of
the exact number he felt happy once again.
A good story is told of the first school
house in Greene, which by the wsy was
barn. Here the children came and snuggled
their feet in the hay and had a good time
generally when the teacher wasn't looking
A lady vho recalled those days says that
once bear made Lis nest in the hay in the
10 MONT ani Ali uoR 10
the middle of the forenoon when all the
scholars were stu ing. Then brui1 lfzly
woke up and rolled off the NOW and on to
the floor. The pedagogue grspped scy the
and the children stood behind him in the
corner, and as the besr scudded out by
them the teacher swung hi, scythe around
and cut off the md Of bruins tail. The
ne 1t summer some of the people shot bear