Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-22

Good people allie, when Goodies Some
Came down to save us every one,
Came down to rescue us from wrath,
Should we not follow in His path?
Good people allie, good grace, good cheer,
Give Of your plenty, fare and near;
The best mandate Of love obey,
Be brothers ale on Christes Day!
Susie NJ. Best in January
Lippincott's.
Waldo county apple growers who have
had to drive 25 miles to secure barrels
and then pay 25 cents a barrel, are won
deringwhy some enterprising man doesn't
start manufactory for apple and potato
barrels and crates in the midst of that
apple region. Sure enough, why?
A parent writes a local paper sensible
letter that if carefully read would do much
towards promoting harmony between
parents and teachers. Her ground that
in most cases it is the child rather than
the teacher that is to blame, is well taken.
Up in Dover and Foxcroft all the peo-
pie will need to do will be to press the
button and electricity will turn ON the
street lights this winter.
At Portland trained nurse saved her
patient but contracted the disease, diph-
liberia, herself and must die. Have they
no antitoxine in Portland.
In Maine as in other states more family
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old custom Of deciding property to sons or
sons in-law who in return give bond to
support for life the one deciding the prop
erty, than from any other cause. just
now there is an equity. suit pending in
the State in the case of young man who
after making repairs to the property, is
told by his father that he proposes to re-
gain possession of the property and not
pay for the improvements made.
Robins are singing, dandelions are
blooming and trees are almost leaving
while summer visitors are wondering why
they left. This in Maine threatens a
green Christmas.
There's a possibility that the Gorham
murder mystery when cleared up may lead
to discoveries concerning the Monmouth
murder mystery.
A man at liberty the other day found
two five dollar bills frozen into the mud
and soon found the owner. Later in the
day he found two dollar bill frozen into
the mud by the sidewalk and has already
found dozen owners of it. Liberty mud
seems pretty rich and from the number of
losers it would appear that money in that
| thriving village is as cheap as dirt
| All who attended the meeting of the State
| Grange at Bangor agree that it was the
| largest and the most interesting State
| meeting of the order ever held. Maine
grangers are realizing that the future
| has brighter promise for them than the
past. The fact that third of those pres
ent were women, didn't detract from the
interest.
Some Pennington people think a city
charter would help them in dealing with
vexing loo al questions. -.
| One of the numerous buyers of Ken
nebec apples was surprised at an incident
which befell him in one of the cellars he
recently visited in quest of apples. Our
Litchfield correspondent says. the buyer
| in question let his habit of sampling good
things bring him to grief in peculiar
way He thrust his hand into a pan that
was upon a shelf expecting to select there
from choice doughnut when a steel trap
closed on his wrist. The trap had been
set for rats but the buyers remark at the
time was more explosive than rats. F."
In Eastport there is lady 50 years of
age who is a confirmed quilt maker, hope
lessly addicted to the habit She has COM
pleted nine in the past Is months and is
at work on the tenth This is in addition
to doing all her housework visiting the
sick, and being good neighbor. If this
| good woman could be cured of her quilt
mania she would not be overworked in
old age.
| North Haven is to have new public
library and is properly pleased thereat.
Owners of coasting vessels will not be
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pleased to learn that a company has been
organized to ship ice from the Kennebec
to Baltimore wholly by barges towed by
tugs This is likely to save the shippers
more thousands OF dollars than it will
the ship owners
A Blaine man is to present his wife with
bucksaw at Christmas. This will be
more of joke on him than on his wife.
Scholars in Bath schools are being
taught fire drill An excellent train
ing. Does any part of it include descend
ing fire escapes and have they the escapes?
Councillor Pettingill thinks the State
prison farm should be enlarged until it
may furnish all the farm products needed
at the institution.
knights of the mystic chair" is the
name of new order being started in
Lewiston. With the multiplicity of secret
orders one wonders where can be had
members enough to go around.
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