Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-13

they work.
Belfast is talking over the feasibility
of having farmers day. Invite the farm
ers from the country round about to town,
give them clam bake, have the band
play for their benefit and sell goods on
that day at rock bottom prices. Why not!
Just now the great fun o'nights for the
boys in some of the Maine towns consists
in spearing suckers and we rejoice with
the lads in the report that suckers are
plenty.
This is past comprehension The East
port Sentinel wants to know if it isn't
about time for the hand organ man and
'dot leedle Gherman band" to put in an
appearance in that town. 1t is, 'high
ime."
The Bath Times thinks it little sim
gular that but fifteen members of the
board of trade attended a NEE ting to con-
slider the matter of new shoe factory in
that city. The Times isn't alone in its
wonderment.
Bangor takes The courageous view of
that disastrous fire by regarding herself
lucky it wasn't worse.
The appearance of cherry blossoms at
Hallowell last week was hailed with de-
light.
Norway Is to have macadam road.
The cause Of good roads is marching ON in
Maine
Those who rather pay the lawyers than
the assessors are either pretty mad or
have money to burn. Nevertheless several
Brunswick taxpayers propose to offer le-
gal resistance to the village corporation
tax.
A little girl in Abbot, who has at
tended school 113 weeks without being
tardy or absent, naturally wants to know
if any other little girl in the State has
done better.
1t is believed that the monument of
Governor King ut Bath can be easily
hammered over so as to resemble new
granite shaft and with new fence and
tablets Will present the creditable ap-
pearance which the State desires of a
monument of her first governor.
Never mind II Judge Foster did fall
asleep on the train and get carried past
| his station. He never falls asleep on the
bench as the evil doors all can testify
The person who didn't know it was
| loaded can't hold n candle to the one that
drinks from a receptacle without know
| ing what kind of fluid is contained there
| In. The Pittsfeld man who drank en-
| balming fluid from jug he found in an
undertaker's shop last week, hoping it
| might be beer, well he is alive and pos
sibly wiser. Active exertions with stom-
ach pump saved him, though his inter
| nal economy was dlsarranged. Such peo-
pie should carry stomach pumps with
them.
A very live interest in athletics has
been aroused in the Ellsworth high school.
But this is the season when the average
school boy gets sufficient exercise
An PASSPORT Chinaman rides the wheel
He doubtless rides for pleasure and not
for speed The speed of the average
Chinaman on foot is proverbial since the
| late Oriental unpleasantness.
An enterprising drummer is to travel
along the Maine coast in steam yacht
This is combining pleasure with bust
ness in a way that no one but Maine
man would have thought Of
A sight that enlivened roadside in
South Liberty last week was man and
woman saving a log with a crosscut saw,
while another woman was splitting the
wood The chronicier noted that the
| man appeared very tired.
A Saco shoe firm has started out to
take the shine off, its competitors. With
every pair of shoes they give away ticket
emitting the buyer to ten shines.
Schooner GOOD Intent" Mailing from
Bucksport has commenced her S1st sea.
son. The tars who ship aboard her must
have good deal of respect for old age
County Attorney Emmons Of York has
q cent of the vintage of 1918 and has re-
fused an offer of 800 for it.
A family in Prospect owns clock
which is 100 years old, old enough to know
better than to Brighten whole family
out of their wits at dead of night. The
old clock has been out of running order
for dozen years and for many years had
never licked or struck. About midnight
last week 1t started up ticking and strik-
ing as Justify as In its youth. OF course its
extreme age lent suspicion that it might be
haunted. Had it been new one the clock
| maker rather than the spirits Of the de-
parted would have been blamed
Bangor's loss by the fire has little
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