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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
OVER THE STATE.
Choice Bits OF News Selected for Cur Maine
Readers.

a ipound lynx was shot at st. George
last week.
f. l.. Bassett of Boston, recently shot a
red fox up near Mt. Katahdin, which
weighed II u pounds.
The Rowland bridge will be 9I2 feet
long, will rest on four piers and two abut-
ments to build which 1850 yards of ma
sorry will be required.
One Steuben firm paid $500 for freight
on smclts last winter. Ii is thought tho
new railroad will boom the smclt in
dustry in Washington county.
Frank Willis Chapman of Melrosc,
Mass, las fitted up kennels at Els
worth. Mr.. Chapman is Is breeder of
and dealer In English beagles. Until
recently he had his kennels at Orland
but he thought Ellsworth was better
location and moved there.
Tho Parkhurst correspondent OF the
Fort Fairfield Beacon is responsible for
tina following: Mud lake, SO called, a
little sheet Of water in this section, near
the Fort Fairfield line, is in many re-
spccts peculiar little pond. 1t is circu-
lar in form. covers some two or three
any description, The water Is always
Geld aud yerY char, int fer I'll thnt troat
Will not live in il, as they have been put
in several times, but always die and float
on the water. It is said to be absolutely
without bottom. Once when 1t was
frozen over, the writer cut q little spruce
tree about 40 feet long, and after cutting
a hole in the ice up-ended il and dropped
it in. 1t sank instantly in the soft black
mud and was never seen again; but the
quccrcst thing of all is that during the
present dry summer, it has been some
eighteen inches higher than ever before.
The reception rendered by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank l.. Dinghy, parents of the bride,
to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. staples at
City hall, Lewiston, Monday evening was
Tie most brilliant event in the two cities
this season. Mr.. and Mrs. Staples had
Just returned from their wedding trip
through the South. The hall was elabor-
ately decorated Tor the occasion and
presented q gay scene. Among the dis
tiuguished guests were; l. ,. Senator
william p Frye and Mrs. Frye Con-
gressmen Nelson Dingley, Jr, and Mrs.
Dineley, Mayor Frank &. Noble and Mrs.
Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram W. Kicker,
Miss Sarah Kicker and Albert b. Kicker
of Poland Spring, Mr.. and Mrs. y G
staples Of Bath, and Miss staples o:
Bowdoinham, niece Of the groom,
Misses Anna and Hcnrictt, D Richie OF
Portland. Governor Clcaves had stgniilcd
his intcntion of being present. but was
called out Of the state at the last
moment, and was obliged to send his re
srets which. By the way were accom-
ranied by q beautiful present. Governor
Cleayes is very dear friend OF Mrs'
Staples, in whom he became very much
interested during the canvass for the
State flower in which Mrs. Staples TOOK
such prominent part.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

The following story is told of one time
Pennsylvania legislature:
The session was about to expire In
accordance with the usual custom, the
chair was occupied by a rapid worker,
who WAS deaf TO objections and blind to
objoctors. HIS namo was Alexander Nc
Cmo. Under his able management tho
bills were going through at IA lightning
express rate when one measure was reach
ed that was particularly obnoxious to a
noisy minority. Utterly oblivious to tho
demonstration, Mr.. Mcclure declared that
the bill had passed.
Over in one corner of the legislative
chamber one mcmber was especially vocif-
crous. He would not be quoted, and Mr.
Mcclure was finally compelled to notice
him for the sake of peace.
For what purpose does the gentleman
riseY' asked the chair.
u want tn offer an amendment to tho
bill" was the reply.
TOO lato said Mr.. Mcclure without
a smile. Offer it to the next bill The
clerk will read Washington Post
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
City and County.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Al the Recen. Annual Meeting of the South
Kenn:hec Agricultural Society,"

At the annual meeting of the South
kennebec A Agricultural Society, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
Ing year: President, David Given, Wind
sor; vice presidents, j. f. Ashford,
Windsor; 6. A. Moody, Whiteflcld;
Francisco Colburr, Windsor; secretary.
f. II. Mooers Pittston; asst. secretary,
Arthur n. Douglass, Chelsea; treasurer,
Jasper $. Gray, Windsor; trustees, the
president and secretary cx-officio, II. d.
Cooper, Windsor; c. D. Northey. White
field; Il. A. Lapham, Pittston; J. H..
Wellman, Chelsea; j.. A. Howe, Windsor
The next annual fair Will be held Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 3D.
81 and %, 1896.
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EUGENE LOST HER WAGER.
Boxed the Ears Of y Royal Guard, but II,
Did Not Move.

Boxed the Ears OF Royal Guard, but He
Did Not Move.
Nothing could be more magnificent than
the appearance Of everything apportaining
to the court on al public occasions. The
balls especially in tho various splendid
rooms, particularly in the immense "Salle
DIES Marcch2uS," were sight not to DO
forgotten, from the first entrance ana AS
cont by tho great staircase, adorned with
flowers and shrubs, where on each step
stood two of the "cont gardes" (tho om-
perorS bodyguard) as motionlcss rs stat
uCs. NGthing was moro remarkable than
the drill which enabled these mon, on all
occasions when on duty at tho palace, to
remain without moving muscle. The
fatigue of this immobility is said to be so
great that it could not be endured beyond
n certain time but it was SO complete that
to como suddenly on one of these guards
in the palace was positively startling. 1t
was scarcely possible TO believe that they
were alive. They were all remarkably fine
men, subofIicers chosen out of various rcgi-
mcnts, and when the war come they proved
that they woro not merely parade soldiers,
for they figured among the best and BRAY
est troops.
One day tho little prince, when young
child, in tho hope of making the sentinel
move poured whole bag of sweets into
his boot, but without eliciting any sign of
lifo from the military statue before him.
This play Of the child being mentioned in
tho presence of Colonel Verify, who com
maIdcd the regiment, he declared that
nothing could mako one Of his mon move
when on duty. The empress would not
believe this assertion and finally laid
wager that she would contrive to mako
onn of the guards move. Colonel Verify
having accepted the wager, the empress
went with him into tho neighboring gal
lery, where they walked backward and
forward before the sentinel, the empress
trying by every means to attract his atten-
ton. The guard stood rs if turned into
stone. Colonel Verify smiled. The en-
press, with her characteristic impetucsity,
then went straight up to the soldier, and,
according to familiar speech, "boxed his
ears" Not a muSclo moved. The empress
then acknowledged that Colonel Verify had
won the day and sent n handsome com
pcnsation to the soldier, who proudly re-
fused it, saying that he was sufficiently
compensated by having had his sovereign
lndy's hand on his check life In the
Tuilcries Under the Second Empire" by
Anna l.. Dicknell, in Century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

Cushnoc Grange, Riverside, conferred
the third and fourth degrees on five can
didatcs, at its last regular meeting.
on Tuesday, Nov. 70, Secretary S. +.
Emerson of Somerset Pomona Grange, at
tended at Pittsfcld his one hundredtf
Pomona meeting, at ninetythree of which
he has performed the duties of secretary
The oranges of Riverside, Nassoiboro,
Winslow. and South China, have arrange
to hold union meetings during the win
tc-. The first meeting will be held with
Cushnoc Grange, at its hail in Riverside
Wednesday, Nov. 90. 1t is expected that
District Deputy 4. II. Gerald of Clinton,
will be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
KEATS AND SHELLEY.
Leigh Hunt Tells What He Though. oi
the Two Poets.

Leigh Hunt Tells What He Thought Of
the Two Poets.
Before l end these rambling notes OF
this Hampstead visit it may be of interest
TO mention that once had the pleasure of
meeting gentleman who had known
Leigh Hunt in his later years and had Of
ten heard him speak of Keats and that
"heart of hearts" Shelley Il loved them
both, Hunt would say in his tender, sym.
pathetic way, "Kcats not so well as Shell
ley, but he was very dear to me- l can
never forget the manner in which his gen
ius first impressed me- OF all men
have met, no had most of the true poetic
spirit. Shelley was largely "a politician
and Il refOrmer Wordsworth IL philosopher
and teacher, but Keats was pure poet. In
the midst of london streets he was in tho
thick of the wild woods; in the woods he
never looked at an oak tree without seeing
the dryad. He lived with all those beau
tiful fancics and dreams which mado the
earth onco so divine Il place to the old
Greeks. In character he was strong and
manly; had u masterful and earnest spirit
respected him as we'll as loved him. Az
the last, whCp he was so sensitive, so sus
picious, so lniserably restless, we all knew
IL was nOU u revocation OF MS real Cnar0c
ter, but manifestation of his disease"
My Informant told me that once he was
with Hunt when Mary Shelley, accom-
uaniod by her son, visited him. In the
midst of their tender "reminiscences he re-
Iucmborcd that Hunt spoke of Keats and
regretted that ne had not more stronuously
taken his part against his infamous re-
viewers. Gle did not need my help"
Hunt would say, ''for he bore the shafts
from those cowardly hunters with smiling
courage, and indeed my defense would
have hurt his cause far moro than II would
have helped. A few years more, after
,m gone, people all over England will be
speaking Of Keats and doing homage TO
lis rare intellectual qualities. They will
acknowledge that l was right in my proph-
ncy, published some time ago, that he waa
MS true a mnn of genius as these latter
times have sven, one of those who are too
genuine and original to be properly appre-
Giated at first, but whose time for applause
will infallibly arrive with the many"
And then HINT would relapse into silence,
his eyes gazing into the distance, as
though ho saw unutterable visions -
keats In Hampstead" by Kenyon West,
in Century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
NIGHT.
II the still and sweet c

II the still and sweet of the night,
Oh, the Weakening out of dreams
Ere ever line of light
Through the gate of the morning streainsi
With never a roof above
That the sweep Of our joyanee mars,
Only the Sky and the love
OF the brotherly infinite starSl
In the still and sweet of the night,
Oh. the voicing of wopdrous things
From the Druid frs on the height
And the lips of the lowland spring;
From the skyline tongues that tell
The truths that the ages teach,
Loosed from the days deep spell
Into soft, articulate speechi
IN tho still and sweet of tho night,
Oh, the sense Of soul release
From the passions and pains that blight
In the dewy balms Of pcacol
The brooding rapture of rest
Free from the fret and feud.
Close to the carth's warm breast
In her loving mother mood.
Clinton Scolard in Youths Companion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
LINcoLH's REsITANcY 70 MARRY.
apprehensivc That the Pathway Was No
One of Flowers and Sunlight.

o1o Va EAo"SrS ana Sunlight.
Letters from Lincoln to his closest
friend, Joshua Fry Speed, subsequent to
the latter's marriage, betray an anxious
and impatient desire TO learn if marriage
Is pathway of flowers ard sunlight and
not of darkness and pain the two had NOR
bldly feared it TO be- John Gilmer Speed
presents these hitherto unpublished letters
bearing upon "Lincoln's Hesitancy to
Marry" in The Ladies' home Journal. In
one Lincoln says:
1t cannot be told how it now thrills
me with JOY to hear you say you are tar
happier than you ever expected TO be-
That much know is enough. l know you
TOO well to suppose your expectations were
not, at least sometimes, extrayagant, and
II the reality exceeds them all l say enough,
Gear Lord. l am not going beyond the
truth when tell you that the short space
1t took me to read your last letter gave me
more pleasure than the sum total of all
nave enjoyed since the fatal LIST of Janu-
AIRY, 1911. since then it seems to me
should have been entirely happy but Tor
the never absent idea that there is one ire
ierflng to Miss Mary Todd) who is still
unhappy, whom l have contributed to
make so. That still kills my soul l can
not but reproach myself for even wishing
to be happy while she is otherwise. She
accompanied large party in The railroad
cars to jacksonville last Monday, and on
her return spoke so that heard of it of
having enjoyed the trip exceedingly. God
De praised for that One thing l can tell
you which l know you will be glad to
hear, and that is that have seen Mary
and scrutinised her feelings as well as !
could and am fully convinced she is far
happier now than she has been for the last
10 months past"
Eight months after Speed had married,
Mi. Lincoln wrote him:
But l want to ask close question:
Are you now in feeling as well rs judg-
ment glad that you are married as you
are" From anybody but me this would
he an impudent question not to be tolor-
ated, but know you will pardon it in me.
Please answer it quickly, as L am impa
t,ent to know"
Mr.. Linccln's object in asking this
"close question" is manifest. Mr. Speed
gave tho answer quickly and satisfactorily
ond on the 4th of November, 1912, one
month exactly after the question had been
submitted, Mr.. Lincoln was married.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

The loTgncttc is entirely out of date.
Tho swell woman wears a reading glass, F"
which is something like a monocle with a
handle on her lorgnette chain.
Medium sized tortoise shell combs orra-
mented with applied silver and black gar.
net and neat jet combs represent popular
styles just row.
Handsome bodice trimmings consisting
Of chains Of pearls or jet caught into cen.
tsal ornaments and their duplicates on the
shoulders are among tho class most In do.
mand for evening GOWNS, some being
square with pendent fringe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

Mr.. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
VILE, ILL.,, says; ITO DR.. Kings New Dis
covery owe my life Was taken with La
Grippe and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but Of no avail and was given
I'D and told could not live. Having DIR.
Kings New Discovery in my store l sent
for a bottle aud began its use and from
the first dose began TO get better, and
after using three bottles was up and about
again. 1t is worth its weight in gold. We
won't keep store or house without 1t. !"
Get a free trial at Cbas X. Partridge's
drug store. aug20dmi W&ftI, loirm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
cn,a,er,oin,. Cough Remedy.

When troubled with cough or colo
give this remedy trial. You Will be
more than pleased with the result II
win cure a severe cold in less time than
,nv other treatment. 1t relieves the
lungs, opens the seoretions, aids cSpeceor
alton and effects prompt and permanent
cure. There is no danger in giving IL &c
children for it contains nothing injurious
o5 ana 80 cent bottles for sale by CITY
Drug Store, Hallowell. octleouioiihr
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Tint Eyasperated Him.

"What are you so cross about?" said one
card sharp tC another.
THAT dufrcr did me out of s10," he
growled.
That's nothing. You'll get it back off
the next mars that you meet"
"Oh, it isE t the money that makes mo
mad. t'sthe disgrace of the thing. The
cove said he twas from Philadelphia De
ttoit Free Prtss.
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a Flower of Rhetoric.

Mr.. Rose sprang TO his feet like one
bewtched, bat a look of entreaty from
one of Emily's eyes and a glance of warn
ing dartod from the other in the direction
of her aunt forced him back into his scat
--SchwarzIalder kroiszoitung.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

Manager Dennen Of the Kinco house
has raised during this year, on the farms
attached to the hotel 1000 bushels Of
potatoes, 600 bushels Of oats, 90 tons of
hay, 200 bushels of turnips, $50 bGshcls
Of beets, co bushels of carrots, 10, 900
pounds of pork, 1000 pounds Of beef and
so shoats A large amount of garden
truck was also raised for the hotel tn bla
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

Sea Moss Farlne. Tooth
some, Nutritious, Econom-
ical 2Sct. package makes
10 quarts various dessert
dishes. Receipts with each
package. Write for Fairy
Story Book, Illustrated.
Buy rarine of a!lGroCers,
or package mailed on re-
ceipt Of IS cents.
Lyo, Manufacturing Co,
q csusA Fifth 81. Rr3nk.yA, II. 7
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

CErCkGo. Nov. 10.
FLouR- quiet, steady; standard patents sold
3 .20a325 per barrel.
wHEAT-No. q spring, 56s as !; No. red
IS a6O7.
CoRNNo 2, 28a2Si
CATs--No. 2. lsialSs.
RYE-No.2, IS nominal
BABLRT-No. 3SsiJ; nominal.
FLAxsFKD-No. l. 90!a9I.
P0RK-s8.053Ss 175.
LAEo--f5, 50a5 81.
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When Baby was sick, VIC gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
FINANCIAL.
WHICH2
s per cent. or 3 per cent.

How much hammering are you
going TO stand before you awake
TO the fact that your money now
Ling in Bank, drawing 3 per
cent, can be invested In the
Stock Of the Petit Manan Land h
Industrial Co., and pay you 3 per
cent. quarterly dividends, or $
per cent. annually, with an
almost absolute guarantee of an
extra dividend in 1896.
Real Estate Security in the
form Of Il Security Redemption
Bond accompanies every Stock
Certificate. Also that Cottage
Lots on this property now selling
Mt from five to ten cents n foot,
will be worth double that In less
than one year. Three hundred
lots sold in less than three
months. fifty cottages contracted
for to be built the coming spring.
Hadn't you better wake up and
take n small investment mt least,
so as not TO be LEFT AL.
TOGETHER.
Write today for descriptive
circular and Surveyors plans.
Petit Manan Land Z Industrial Co.,
Gl High Street,
Belfast, Maine,
or Room 4O1, John Hancock
Building, Boston, Mass.
novlGdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

q If taken into the head by the nostrils
two or three times a week, Thomas
Electric OIL will positively relieve the
most offensive case Of catarrh." Rev +.
+. Crane, Dunkirk, n. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
Cumberland County.

Yield Of yellow corn, As bushels; yield
of sweet corn, 1000 pounus; yield of pota-
toes, 155 bushels; per cent of rot, II;
Western and sweet corn used for cnsilage,
yield, - TONS per cent Of young stock,
1874
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New York Market Quotations

These quotations furnished daily by NJ. II
French, Office, az Water street, Aliens Build
ing.
November 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
General Average Tor the State.

Yield of yellow corn, 80 bushels per
acre; yield of sweet corn, 2si2 pounds
yield of potatoes, 1853 bushels; per cent of
rot Is; yield of cnsilago corn, Is tons,
mostly flint, although. in some sections
the leaning red cob, and Stowcll evergreen
are planted; per cent of young stock, 107
These averages are very gratifying, par
tioularly the last one as an increase in the
amount of young stock must tend to an
Improvement in our agriculture.
In addition TO the remarks arranged by
counties, which follow we call your at
tention to the statement of Prof. Gould
relative to spraying experiments at the
State College.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
Aroostook County.

Yield OF potatoes, 205 bushels; damaged
by rot, % per cent; amount Of young
stock. l0i per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

The lives not only
Of great men but Of
all men who go to
make our state and
nation, remind us
that they wear heav-
Ter underclothes in
fall and winter than
during the warm
months. We are in
position to offer to
them a great chance
at a lot Of manu-
facturers' samples.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
Androscoggin County.

Yield of yellow corn, so bushels; yield
of sweet corn, 3,7S7 pounds; yield of po-
tatoas, 1i7 bushels; nine per cent dam
aged by rot; sweet corn mostly grown for
ensilage, yield 10 tons; per cent of young
cattle, 30.
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New York Pr1ducs Markst.

'ez div. ibid. txsked.
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NEW YoRa. Nov. 10
Money, easy, l!a2.
Prime p1efcantlIe paper, 5a5!
Goserpms nts, easier.
Railroads. iirmsr.
Following are closing Quotat ons Of securi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

Yield of yellow corn, 40 bushels; pota
toes 1870 bushels: damage by rot. pc
cent; flint corn, mostly, planted for ensi
lage; young stock, 10,
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MARKET REPORTS.


INV YoRa. Nov. 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.
FLoUR-Rece!pts, ,427 pkge: exports, ssli
bbls: Go sacks, sales. 1850 pkgs; dull,