Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-16
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MAINE GOSSIP.


received call from lady richly and
fashionably dressed who asked for dozen
souvenir spoons. He hunted through his
stock but was only able to find nine or ten
different styles. and accordingly asked his
customer if there were any particular
souvenirs other than those shown that she
wanted The customer drew herself up
in great indignation. "You don't mean
to say that you haven't plenty of souvenir
spoons on hand. l don't care about any
particular pattern. l want them to eat
souvenirs with My daughter makes
beautiful souvenirs. The jeweler also
asserts, which is even more doubtful, that
after he recovered his breath he promptly
sold her a dozen spoons warranted to be
Just the proper thing to eat souvenirs
with.
Mr.. e. M. OBrien of Thomaston has
curio in the shape of piece of wood on
which are pasted small slips of paper con-
tanning one word each, and arranged in
such way as to make several verses of
poetry 1t is the work of Martha Ann
Dyer, who was confined in the Maine
State prison years ago. the above work be-
ing done in 1871. Mrs. Dyer got provoked
with the chaplain of the prison, which
provocation occasioned the writing of said
poetry. From the numerous papers at
the prison she would clip the word she
wanted and paste it on the piece of wood
with the mush she had to eat. The poetry
is very we'll arranged and shows Martha
to have been genius.
L.
times to the fact that one would not have
to go outside of Maine to have quite trip
abroad, including Rome Paris, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Peru, and many other
places of note. 1t seems that, too, we have
here little portion of the Holy lands for
the Fort Fairfield Beacon relates that dur
ing an argument between Blaine man
and u man from Mars Hill, the Blaine
man was crushed by the information that
Paul preached in Mars Hill nearly 1000
years ago.
The splendid collection of the Walker
Art building, at Bowdoin College, has been
increased of late with several valuable ad-
ditions, including beautiful vase of
elegant design, which is said to date back
to the time of Phidias
A few days ago Bath man bought
lot of wood of farmer, which was left
at his house. His wife found upon one
of the sticks mayflower vine with two
buds nearly open. She took the vine in
to the house and put it into water, and
the next day two mayllowers were in full
bloom.
The Somerset Argus says that during
the past year so divorces were granted in
that county, six more than in 1898, ana
that the number has increased during the
past four years. We fancy that other
counties of Maine might show a similar
condition in this respect. Unquestionably,
tho number of divorces has been increased
rapidly in our State during the past de-
cade, and the subject presents social
problem which it is difficult to solve.
One thousand dollars a day is a pretty
fair salary, but that is what Melba re-
ceivcd for singing part of an evening in
the city of Portland.
A young Monticello boy, Bonnie, the
12 -year-old son of Burlcigh Everett, has
cut and delivered cord of maple wood to
n neighbor in payment for pair of team
bells which he has put upon his fathers
harness He felled tho tree and did all
the work himself, blistcring his hands
severely in the operation. Such a boy is
pretty sure to be heard from.
We often hear says the Eastern Argus,
of people who make dollar or more by
stopping runaway horses, but young
Walter Pettingill Of Lincoln street last
evening got a dollar for not catching one.
He was crossing Cumberland street when
he saw runaway. Pettingill promptly
raised his umbrella and waved it to stop
the horse. Tho horse didn't stop worth
a cent and Pettingill thinking discretion
the better part of valor, jumped aside. In
jumping he slipped and fell. When he
fell his hand enclosed piece of paper and
on looking at it later he discovered that
it was dollar william in good state of
preservation.
The good citizens of Winterport are
pushing earnestly towards the establish
ment of free public library, and the out
look is that their efforts will be highly
successful.
The Reporter journal tells of the ex-
pedients resorted to by shrewd mer-
chant Of Gardiner who went to Boston to
buy goods, but found that he could not
secure them there any cheaper than he
could have Of drummer in his own store
at home. He was bound to save his ex-
penses some way. He, therefore, went to
one of the dime theatres as often as he
could where he got a rs cent entertain
ment for ten cents, saving quite a little
in that way; but the chief saving was on
beer. He could get drink there for five
cents that would cost him ten cents at
home and be made the most of the profits
Of that trip in that way, and thinks he
could have been well III pocket If he had
been able TO stay there little longer.
An Island Falls man reports harrow
ing experience with the law Not long
ago he placed in the hands of an attorney
g. 40 g.. l.