Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-15
MAINE GOSSIP.

MAINE GOSSIP.
Did anyone complain of that rainy
Sunday:
The storm has beaten and laid the car.
pet OF autumn leaves, and isn't it a
beauty,
Fort Fairfield has IL sons and daughters
in Maine colleges. Fl. Fairfield believes
in raising something besides potatoes.
An Appleton ben has been producing
two eggs day for several days. There Is
need of such hens in these days of Demo
cratic tariff.
The thriving village Of Brownville il
still "pegging away The owner Of the
peg factory Ia to put In an electric light
plant sufficient to illuminate the whole
| town.
A good winters job down along the
line of the Washington county railroad.
Those Aroostook potatoes, which the
Houlton ladies gave away as souvenirs
during the recent W. c. T. U. convention,
ought TO produce good results. We learn
that several of the ladies intend to use
the souvenirs for seed.
A Biddeford man recently gave his
daughter horsewhipping for going with
young man he didn't like. We venture
to predict that pater familias would have
done better to invite the young man in,
encourage the courtship, inform the fell
low that he would like to get his daughter
off his hands on to a likely young man to
support, etc. But then we don't know
much about It,
We had not learned of any business
depression in Belfast and we still believe
that city to be in prosperous condition.
Consequently we cannot account for the
idea of starting Populist paper In that
city.
We should think life on Monhegan the
year around would incline one to believe
in "hoodoos " Anyhow the Monhegan
mackercl fishermen are affected that way.
They have been having bad luck and in
consequence one fisherman thought bis
boat bad been "hoodooed another that
his new oil skin coat was unlucky,
another threw away his hat; while a
whole crew went ashore, built fire and
smoked themselves until the tears ran
down their checks, hoping thus to exercise
the demon of poor luck
An Islesboro man aged 80, has just
finished new barn doing the work him
self; Belfast lady aged SO has just COM
plcted quilt containing 2200 pieces u
Saco guest at the Poland Springs House
last week finding pitcher of pond water
in his room drank it all under the i'm
preston that 1t was spring water; and
yet. Judging from general reports, the
mental balance among the people OF the
State this month has been we'll sustained.
Any one doubling the abundance of
game in Maine should have seen the 35
deer and two moose which went through
on the Maine Central Saturday night.
The New York Herald relates what
reads very much like a romance in the
life of State Comptroller Roberts of that
state. The Herald says ''When he was
discharged from the army in 1865, he
went to Auburn, Me, to prepare for his
course at Bowdoin College. There were
six young women in this preparatory
class. The one whom young Roberts
took to the parties and social entertain
ments OF the town was Miss Martha
Dresser There was no engagement be-
tween them, but strong friendship was
established. Afterward Mr.. Roberts went
to Cherryfield. Me-, where he taught
school. There he met and married a
farmer daughter. Two children were
born In Buffalo The son, Joseph, now
about twenty years old. is teaching school
IN Hartford. Conn Tho daughter Min
ME, aged fourteen, is away at school.
Mrs. Roberts died in 1888, when Minnie
was an Infant. Some months afterward
Mr. Roberts met an old schoolmatc, whose
home was in Maine, and asked him if
Miss Dresser was still alive He was told
that she was living in Auburn and was
unmarried Shortly aftcrward Mr..
Roberts visited Auburn, renewed his
acquaintance with Miss Dresser, and they
were married a year later.
The trouble at Rockland was the doc
tors didn't recognize diphthcria when
they first saw it.