Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-22

good work In it's new home
The absorbing topic of interest that is
now grasping the attention of Ashland
citizens is the location of the Bangor &
Aroostook station at that place There are
some who favor the west and some the east
side OF the Aroostook river; but all are
agreed to be satisfied whichever way the
decision may come.
Caribou isn't very far behind Presque
Isle, this season, in its building opera
tions. 1t is estimated that the new struc-
lures there, this year, will involve an
outlay Of 300, 900.
The almost total failure Of the French
sardine industry, the present season, will
be gratifying news to the people along
the Maine coast, and will ensure a good
market for the output Of the PASSPORT and
other factories.
Scarcity of rents is the cry all along
the line Of the Bangor q Aroostook Rail
road. Presque Isle, Caribou, and Fort
falTJlclu arr SStiu W Dc pdTIlCuldTIy UdTt
of available tenements 1t really looks
as IL here would be good field for the
profitable investment of capital
A horse ran away in Fort Fairfield the
other day with load of crockery. He
turned four corners and finally brought
up In MS own door yard. Strange to say
only two dishes were thrown out or bro
ken. Some people seem to have luck
literally thrust upon them.
We have, from time to time, run across
some pretty original fish stories in our
exchanges, but the following account of
a singular accident alleged to have taken
place the other day on Damariscotta lake,
which has been reported for the Lincoln
County News by its Nobleboro CORES
pondent Is, we think, entitled to the
palm "a party from the Kennebec were
fishing from boat, when one of them
caught the end of his fish pole in his watch
guard and flung his gold watch over board
into forty feet of water. About an hour
after and a quarter of mile distant,
they caught six FOUNDER and noticing
his fullness and peculiar appearance, be
was opened and there was the gold watch
still going
A strange freak Of nature Is reported on
the farm Of A. J. Trask in Nobleboro
There stands near the railroad tree. the
trunk of which divides In two branches
about three feet from the ground, each
branch just equal in size, about Fl fteen
Inches In diameter. One branch Is white
ash and the other white maple and they
both grow to the same height making a
very beautiful shade tree.
Pressure Isle Odd Fellows have begun
work upon new block which will be
56x64 feet and three stories in height 1t
viii be a structure in every way worthy
Of the fraternity.
The Grand Army posts of Biddeford
are to have fine hall in the new city
building.
There are some funny people In the
world. A Lewiston policeman has been
searching for three weeks for mileage
book which was lost or stolen a few
weeks ago, and for the return of which
the owner offered reward. Yesterday
he found it, and returned it. The owner
said Thank you," very sweetly, and
closed the door without another word, he
says.
A reception to the secretary of the navy
and the officers of the fleet is to be one of
the features of the New England fair.
Governor Cleaves and his staff will proba-
bly, attend.
The Camden Herald not long ago estab
lished Poets Corner" The result
has been harro wing in the extreme. The
corner will be indefinitely discontinued.
During the past week our sanctum has
been flooded with poems and alleged
poems, good, bad and Indifferent, on all
subjects, Of all lengths and breadths, and
all meters from short to dactylic hexame-
ter, and of all characters from a simple
hymn. to a heroic epic. We do not object
to publishing a good original poem ocoa
sionally neither do we object to doing
our part towards helping struggling poets
up to the gildedghelghts OF the pinnacle OF
fame, but our space and type being some
what limited, and it being necessary to
record few of the most important local
events each week and reserve some space
for our advertisers, to say nothing of the
demands that the base ball cranks and
Old Ladies Home make upon us, we find
ourselves, after much thought and care
full consideration of the subject, con-
strained to come the above decision. We
have the kindest regards for all would-be
poets but under the circumstances, We are
Obliged to request that, hereafter, when
the divine atflatus' begins to flow, they
will kindly turn the nozzle in some other
direction.
AUGUST MAGAZINES.
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