Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-16

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Stenographer Small estimates that $50, =
600 words were spoken in the recent Ban
gor libel suit at Auburn,-and the case
goes to the law court 1t is facts like
| these that make us appreciate the made
quacy of judicial salaries.
Warren is soon to have a new weekly
paper.
There is abundant evidence in sight
just now that the people of Maine are
fond of lobsters-whether they be large or
small
| Bangor Commercial: One sometimes
hears of father denying himself the
pleasure of the weed in order not to set an
Broadway household the order of things
| is just reversed. In this instance the
young man Of some 81 years has been an
inveterate cigarette smoker for several
years, while the father has always decried
the habit as an injurious one without
positively commanding the boy to stop
|
he came homo with an imported Egyptian
| cigarette between his lips that some col.
| lege friend had sent him. "That doesn't
smell like the coffin nails you usually
smoke" remarked the pater familias.
"No" replied the son these are imported !"
"Huh, grunted the stern parent, after the
lapse of few moments; THAT smells
pretty good" Another pause ensued, and
finally the old gentleman blurted out,
Say, let me try one of those blamed
things" He tried one and smoked three
before retiring The next morning he
asked for more, and finally insisted on
keeping the box. The son became
alarmed for the welfare of his father, and
| it is reported he has now stopped using
the little paper rolls.
The Bath Times says that the husband
of a lady in that city is happy after seven
months argument as to the profits of
keeping hens He argued it was cheap
er to buy from the stores, but she thought
better. She bought five hens and rooster
and during the past seven months the re-
suit was just two eggs. There is to be a
hen barbecue at their residence this week.
A Bangor domestic who has but re-
Gently arrived here from Sweden, was in
| structed to boil some potatoes She put
them in the wash boiler with some
clothes and upon being taken to task for
it, explained that this was the custom in
Sweden; that in this way the housewife
starched her clothes while at the same
time preparing the potatoes.
This season has seen large drop in the
price of lawn mowers, they having fallen
about one half in price.
There is some talk of firemans mus
ter in Brunswick next September
The town of East Corinth Is overrun
with a pest of beetles and the people
thercabouts don't know what to do to be
saved from them. Nervous horses are
frightened into running away by the
hard shelled insects flying blindly against
their Sides while walking without
wire netting over ones face is said to be a
thing to lie awake nights and swear over.
A man who started to drive to Bangor
yesterday, had to go back, his horse was
so frightened by the insects striking him
in their flight A housewife up there
put a light behind screen in the win
dow, the other night, and in the tub of
water which she placed as trap under
meath, out of doors, she caught two quarts
of the insects in three quarters of an hour.
1t sounds like Holy Moses and the days of
Pharoah, but it is disagreeablc fact to
the people of Corinth. They can't think
what they have done to merit this vista
ton, and some of them. under the impress
sion that it is a divine wrath, want to
hold solemn service of fasting and
prayer as a remedy.
One of the Portland police recovered
his common sense yesterday and taking
one OF those alleged nitro glycerine bombs
that caused so much CONSERVATION, went
out in vacant lot and fired 1t against
vagrant rock. That was all.
The Maine knights of Pythias made a
net gain in membership the past year of
619, instituted 10 new lodges in 1894
and three since. The total membership is
~, JOY LII Is n0tlceu tnat the officers are
taking more pride in the work and a
| deeper interest on the part of members is
manifested The grand chancellor ex-
hibts flattering financial statement.
The endowment rank has rolled I'D a
membership exceeding that of any pre-
vious fiscal year.
The mackerel fishers are starting on
their annual summer cruise.
Bangor Commercial: Everybody knows
how the average bicycle hates a dog and
from a scene witnessed in Pickering
square on Wednesday. it would appear
that the dislike was mutual Two very
intelligent looking collies tried hard to
get themselves tangled up in the silent
steed. The rider, fearing an accident,
would dismount Then the dogs would
sit on their Launches, wag their tails,
and appear to laugh at their own joke
But no sooner would the rider remount
his wheel than the dogs would again re
turn to the attack, following the victim