Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-19

Portland, sni manager here in 'G2, paid
visit to the city over Sunday.
The storm Of last week reminded party.
Of about dozen of being showed in at
Weeks Mills, where they had made .
pleasure trip on the night of Jan. %, 1888,
and there they remained four days. Many
others also had similar experiences in that
great storm.
man who was relating a hunting story.
yesterday, in Water street store, and
said that on Thursday he followed fox -
miles. kept fresh trail, shot the fox and
was at home, all in one hour and 90 minutes,
vas toll that he ought to hire out for
Democratic voter on the city finances. The
crowd smiled.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Pond gave very
pleasant whist party at their house on Oak
street Saturday evening. Among those
present were Mrs. II. B. Thatcher and
Mrs. w. p. Shepard of Wakefield, Mass,
md Miss Anna Owen of Boston. Tie
lilies prize was won by Mrs. c. B. Chick
md the gentlemen's by Mr.. A. N. ]. Love-
Joy.
That the late Rev. Charles II. Sturgeon
was appreciated and popular with the pee :
pie of Augusta, is evidenced by the very
large number of sales Of his life which we
have made over our counters during the
past few weeks. Ten coupons and 40 cents
secures thi, work-an offer heretofore un-
precedented for work of the merit Of this
book.
The class of '96, Cony high school, had
very enjoyable masquerade sociable at the
home of Mr.. Frank Chase on Eastern
avenue, Friday evening. The costumes
we're original and beautiful, and the even
ing was passed very pleasantly. Boun:iful
IL freshments were served, and the event
will long be remembered by all who par
ticipated in it.
Augusta members Of the Kennebec Fish
and Game Assoc iation have received notice
that the annual banquet VIII be held at
rhayer's hall in Waterville, Feb. 81. 1t Is
hcped to increase the membership of this
association from its present number, 500
TO 500, and also enlarge the operations 1t
the Belgrade hatchery. Since tie invita-
tioas were cent out, the meeting has been
postponed to March IS.
"Good apples are very high" says the
dealer. eve cannot find enough to fill
the demand and those We find are hardly
drst-class. Ever pack any apples: No:
Then you don't know how simple it is to
tell just whether an apple is large enough
to be first-class. We have board handy,
with a hole in it just the size of the smallest
arst-class apple. In picking over apples,
whcn we come to one that looks too small,
we see if it will go through the hole in
the board. If it WILL it is sccond.class, If
not, first-class.'
The ticket scslper has tricks incident to
his trade. As is well known, 2500 miles
must be bought TO secure the minimum rate,
two cents per mile, and they must be takenin
one book. Now there are but very few ticket
brokers who can afford to have very many
Of these hooks in circulation, on account OF
the expense, and they have tried to devise a
scheme to have more books to circulate.
They have secured the covers of books
that the contents were about used up, and
livided the $500 mile books into three part,
and nut two of them in these new covers.
The great trouble that they find with this
scheme is that the number on the cover anil
on the coupons do not compare. In conse-
out nee of this, in several cases the num-
Der in the book has been removed by past
ing an innocent slip of the same colored
paper over it. There is nothing slow about
the Maine Central officials. and they
promptly discovered the tcheme and have
issued orders to take mp all milesge books
that have no number on them and also
those on which the numbers do not CORE
spond. This will probably break up this
new practice.