Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-30

up which the dog climbs to the bowl and
drinks.
A Norway pastor has come to the con-
clusion that one can't be too sure of any
thing, nowadays. A fine bag of apples
was recently left at his house, and as he
was anticipating a gift in that line from
some of his Pensioners, he took it for
granted it was for him and so captured the
apples. Matters weren't quite so pleasant,
however. when his next door neighbor put
in claim for the apples, and the crest
fallen, disappointed pastor felt obliged to
lug them back. The parson is still expec-
ting his apples.
One of Norway's champion fox hunters,
it is said, uses horse and wagon while in
pursuit of his game.
A West HarbOr merchant has already
contracted to furnish two carloads of fir
trees to Philadelphia parties for the Christ
mas trade there.
A fine trout pond is being laid cut near
Minot avenue, Auburn. When completed
it will be 100 feet long, so feet wide and
about feet deep There is a fine spring
above the pond which will supply the water.
The Portland Advertiser gives the fol-
lowing account of the peculiar recovery of
mans reason in the town of Lubec:
About As years ago Glenn Wallis of that
town, then boy 10 years of age, went out
to his fathers pasture to catch risky colt.
As he was about to place halter around
his neck, the colt kicked him in
the head making a ragged wound. The
wound healed, but it soon became ap-
parent that the man was slightly demented.
His hallucination took peculiar forms. He
would travel up and down the bay on the
steamboats,, claiming the proprietorship Of
the latter and refusing to pay fare. The
steamboat men humored him as he was con-
sidered daft. He was the butt of the small
boys Jokes and banter. He has lived in
the village since and is now 60 years of
age. About six weeks ago the local physi-
clans determined to experiment on his case.
They found that portion of his skull had
been forced into contact with the brain by
the blow and by skillful operation re-
moved the pressure. Strange to say the
man has now recovered his reason and the
first quesi ion he asked, when be recovered
from the operation was, odd the colt get
away?" He is perfectly sane now, but
45 years of his life are perfect blank to
him.
A sew n-year-old boy living in Portland
showed presence of mind one evening re-
Gently which would have done credit to a
grown person. In his room a gas jet was
placed ar an open window at which hung
a muslin curtain. As he opened the door
to retire, the draft of air caused the flame
to communicate with the curtain and in an
instant it was in blaze. Without making
an outcry, the boy succeeded in extipguish-
ing the flames after the curtain had been
about half consumed. He then went down
stairs ard said in a trembling voice to the
lady with whom he boarded: "My drapery
caught afire, but I've put it all out" The
lady accompanied him upstairs to his room
down. glance at the half-burned cur
tain and its location showed what loss he
had saved by his presence of mind.
Many Portland merchants are much an
noyed by wharf rats which are very numer-
oJs in that city. A trap was set one night
last week ia one of the wholesale houses on
Commercial street there and the next morn
ing 2S rats were found to have been captured.
The trap was so crowded that one rat had
been killed.
Saco has the banner women's club of