Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-28

died them into somebody's carriage stand
ing near by, and landed them at the train
just as the last bell sounded and the train
began to move. After the energetic gen
tleman had seen his young charges safely
on board he returned his borrowed equip
age from the place where he had found II,
and serenely went his way amidst the ap-
plause Of bystanders.
What shall we do with our tramps.'
is a question that is being discussed by
the greater part of the United States. 1t
is agreed by all that If they are we'll there
should be some way provided whereby
they can earn their living and cease to be
a burden on our hard working citizens.
Many plans, says the Norway Advertiser,
have been suggested, the most popular
seems to be a stone yard. But every place
hasn't got stone yard and the expense
to get one is SO much it is better to feed
the t1amps. There is one thing that we
have, like the tramps, always with US, l. e.
the roads. We need better roads and
here are vast army Of tramps that could
be made self supporting by improving
them. The Advertiser would suggest that
q feasible solution to the tramp problem
would be to have them earn their food
and clothing by working on the roads"
and thus prove blessing to themselves
(for who uses the roads more) and the en-
tire community. 1t would take but a few
tools and some one to oversee the work to
make this practicable. There is no sea-
son in the year when work could not be
advantageously done on our country roads,
or our village or city streets and side
walks. If the tramps only held out as
numerous as in the few years past our
macadamized roads would soon material
ize, bushes be removed from the road side
and filth from the streets, roads graded
and the ice of winter sanded. In short our
tramps and our highways would become
objects of joy and beauty forever.
A primary school teacher in the Forest
city, asked her class to mention some of
the prominent people living in Portland
and among the answers she got the names
of Columbus, Grover Cleveland and Wash
ington.
A Portland Commercial street mer-
chant got to talking about rats the other
day; in fact this subject is one often dis
cussed there, for there is no section of
the city that is so infested. Regular old
patriarchs, Methuselahs in sin and theft,
come up through the sewers from the
docks, not only to feed, but also to riot
and make mischief. The incident under
discussion was this: Several years ago
the firm removed from their former, to
their present store and before SO doing
took account of stock which occupied
several days time The last night all
worked late and the big stock book was
about written up. Being too tired to
bother with the safe they left the book on
a barrel. Next morning what portion of
the book the rats had not eaten up were
to be seen lining the big hole through
which the rodents passed to the sewer.
Several rats along that street go about
their nightly rambles with bells on their
necks This is an old trick to get rid of
the nuisances, which does not appear to
have been successful in these instances.
Young men and young women who
make practice of whispering in places
of public amusement are richly deserving
of rebuke and occasionally they get it.
Mr.. John G. Wooley, the lecturer, while
speaking at the Universalist church in
Lewiston recently, was much annoyed by
the buzzing of a young man and young
woman. Stopping short in his remarks
Mr.. Wooley said: $50 far as am con-
cerned this lecture may stop right here |
l shall be through in five minutes, but l
do not intend to run talking machine
against that young man and woman. |
When was boy was always taught
that should not talk when others were
speaking"
A good story is told at the expense of
one of the good ladies of Rumford Falls
who would not use the river water, other
than for washing purposes and declared
she could taste a difference between the
water drawn from the faucet in the sink
and that brought in by the boy who was
hired to bring it from the spring near the
light station. One day recently he was
seen to carry pail of river water to the
house and investigation showed that he
had not been to the spring for the winter.
The Gardiner Reporter Journal sounds
a timely note of warning when it declares
that if the man who is supplying the
juveniles with those distracting whistles, |
thinks there is no terrible hereafter for
the wicked, he will wake up to realiza-
ton of his sad mistake some day.
The Portland Advertiser tells an inter
esting incident and one that occasioned a
good deal of talk in a little community
not far from that city few days ago. 1t
was at wedding and the Bridegroom
thought that his better half did not be.
have as a bride should at such an impor-
tant event so he gave her good talking
to. She resented and fight at once took
place. The minister was all ready to
tie the knot but the squabble prevented
him and the wedding ceremony was
spoiled, much to the regret of the friends
and relatives who had gathered to see the
two made one. The bride left the house
with the minister and it is not known how
matters will be patched up.