Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-02

% 10 usually bestowed upon human Grim
inal. The means used to accomplish
this purpose was . piece Of horse hair
shout foot in length. In one end OF
this perfect knot had been tied, and the
other end run through it, making . loop
well adapted to do the work for which 1t
was intended. This loop or moose had been
placed around the unfortunate birds neck,
and the other end Of the hair fastened with
mud to the caves of the barn. The hair
used was an unusually large one, and had
seemingly been'selected with great care. A
well trained sailor or sheriff who had ex-
perience in the execution of criminals could
not have tied knot or made . moose that
would have done its work better than this
one.
Brunswick boasts of q l6 years old boy
who would certainly be an addition to any
circus side show. His weight 10 ITS lbs.
and he measures 6 feet, 8 1-2 inches in
height. He says he has grown inches
within the last year. He is believed to be
the tallest youth in New England.
A Greenwood man found himself in
strange luck the other day. He used to
keep several swarms of bees, but they
finally all died and the hives still remain
where they were. Not long since he dis
possession of one of the hives, and to all
appearance with view to filing 1t. No
one has any idea where they came from,
since there 10 not known to be q swarm OF
bees kept in town.
cold Jed Prouty" is doing Maine once
more, and the reports indicate that he has
lost none of his old-time popularity.
The risky tinker mackerel are reported
to, be qnite numerous in Penobscot bay,
and fishermen there are enjoying some
great sport.
A party Of Sacc young men recently had
an uncomfortable experience at Hills beach.
They forgot about the tide and pitched their
tent too near the shore. When they went
to bed the river appeared to be nearly half
q mile from their tent. When they awoke
in the middle of the night wet through. the
water was on all sides of them and the shore
seemed half mile away. The boys came
from the Boom road where they have tide
only once year, when the ice goes out.
1t is getting just ''trile" late for sal
mon fishing at the famous Bangor pool,
but nothing daunted, on Monday afternoon
Mr.. E. w. Emerson of the Connecticut
Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn.,. in
company with his friend, Capt. H. N.
Fairbanks of Bangor, captured beauty
which weighed Is pounds, in less than an
hour.
A peony plant in blossom for the sec ond
time this season is one of the curiosities +
Rockland.
Some Rockport knave has been working
a new scheme of personal profit. His plan
is to exchange dinner pals with working
men on the electric cars, substituting an
empty pail for q full one. 1t is to be pre-.
sumed that he has grown fat enough by
this time to thrive on Jail diet, and 1t is
certainly to be hoped that he may be forced
to try the experiment. "
]. F. Sprague, Esq. of Monson 10 al
Tue ucAu VI al cubcIp IlbC AOA VIC u0VCA-
opment of Harford's point, promontory
of land covered with q beautiful growth
Of wood of about three hundred
acres in area, projecting into Moose
head lake from the south shore
about two and one-half miles above West
cove and just north of Greenville town
line. 1t is one of the finest locations for
summer cottages to be found around the
lake. A gentleman from Texas has pur-
chased small portion of this tract aud
will build one or more cottages in the near
future. The remainder of the property is
owned by the Bigney estate Of Greenville,
and others Of Monson. They have had about
fifty cottage lots surveyed out by W. P.
Oaks, c. E., and will put them on the mar
ket at once. They are in view of grand
scenery, ON the line of the steamboats, and
near the Canadian Pacific Railway and also
close to some of the best fishing grounds in
the lake. & &f,y
Monheyan people are complaining OF 9
scarcity of Ash this summer.
The genial Oxford Democrat has appar.
antly grown weary of answering question,
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