Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-05

The statement now falls leg.
For with the WHO, II. we KNOW
We won't get even that.
Ciereymen have been known to inh Ct
the ..papes" on their audiences and expose
them % possible dislocations of jxws. 10
Brunswick however, The tables were turned.
pastors Jaw became dislocated in ser
non and the services ended while the pas
tor sought physical healer.
Fairfield claims to have the prince Of tax
collectors. In spite of the hard times ite
collector, Fl. E. Tack, has kept up bis usual
p,od record and 10 nov ready to settle with
the town in full for all taxes committed {"
him for collection for the year 1885,
amounting to S23, 200. Not making an n
rest this year. 1t is doubtful If any town
in Maine can make q better showing.
The sophomores Of Bates College are
still out, and the indications are that the
class will 20 to pieces. About fifty students
left at the time Of thu trouble, and only
two young ladies' are all, at the present
time, remaining Of the class. All the diff
Guilty arose out Of the feeling that the clsss
had not been used fairly by the faculty 10
the case of two of its membs r. who were
suspended. It is most unfortunate affair,
and for the sake of all C ,ncerned. tits to be
hoped that i. may yet be satisfactorily adj
justel.
These 900 busy days. for the lobster
a.cten. Tn ice of this succulent crust
scesn is l6 cents per pound in the Portland
market, figure which msy well stimulate
.he fishermen alorg the coast to their best
end avors,
Business men all over the State are en-
terinp int T, an agreement for the closing OF
stores evenings during the coming two
months. Such combination cannot fail to
be beneficial, as quite as much trade will be
secured by all hands, and some leisure OBJ
tanned in which to enjoy little social life
and recreation.
It seems hardly fair to assume that the
Maine schoolmaster no sail at the Peda-
gopical convention at Wsteryille 81 can
zach my pupils more physiology in half an
hour with cat and jack-knife than with all
the textbooks that we have in the schools, y
meant vivisection. and ye. it seems some OF
our excharg as have been uncharitable
enough to Iut just that meaning to his Ian
gusge.
The list of solid citizens who have been
caught by the Fatima fake would make in
teresting reading.
OF the forty prisoners who now languish
in Aroostook county Jail, nearly all are for
eigners who are incarcerated for intoxica-
ton and disorderly conduct. They should
he escorted across the line where such little
breaks in public decorum are considered
more lenient'y.
C.E. Weeman, the famous Parsonsfield
horse sboer, is estimated to have four tons
of oil horse shoes strewed about his shop
and they lay right where he has thrown them
for IL Last three or four years. 1t is a
record hard to beat.
Seven deer were recently killed in the
vicinity of Cutltr inside of week. 1t is
certainly the "sportsmen's paradise"
An enterprising hardware dealer is on
the war path for the individual who re-
ported to Bradstreets agency that he was
engaged in the sale of liquor at his branch
store at Bridgewater. II the party is dis
covered, his little "joke" (?) msy develop
into boomerang.
A Portland man received as Christmas
gift box containing glass violin. 1t was
perfectly fashioned and filed with whiskey.
1t is probably safe to Say that the recipient
was able to dance to its music.
w. O. Fuller of the Rockland Tribune is
still in great demand as lecturer. The
success that has after ded his efforts on the
platform has certainly been most CRAFTY
ing.
Not long ago the male members Of the
Congregational society at Rockland pledged
themselves to earn one dollar each in some
unusual way, the same 10 be derOted to
church purposes. The methods resorted 10
10 secure these funds are both unique and
amusing. One man has earned two dollars
thus far driving a one cent team; another
we'll known citizen is earning his dollar by
he lping people on and off with their coats /;
a third is peddliog sticking plaster, while
another is killing cock reaches at 30 much
head. Certainly the church which can
command such devotion from its members
10 bound TO live and prosper.
Very few of the kind neighborly deeds
which are 80 characteristic of our Maine
towns, ever find their way into print; but
occasionally the great world gets glimpse
of some of these thoughtful and public
spirited affairs, that is calculated to en-
courage stronger faith ia the inherent
/ kindness of human nature. When the
neghbors of George Wiley of West War.
rem heard that an overweight Of snow had
crushed in the roof of his big barn, they
turned out in force and cut lumber. for 9
barn. Wednesday and Thursday they
hauled it , the mill. The mill sawed the
material free of charge. and then the paople
raised sum of money to help matteri
along, and as result Mr.. Wiley, who 10 I
highly respected citizen. will have . new
barn as testimonial from lis neighbor'
and friende.
Our este emed contemporary, the Bait