Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-20

are without presidents, on account of
death.
| A report from Topsham, that man
pitched on and off IS loads of hay in one
day, recalls the fact that this is the sea-
son for pitching on-and-off records
There are three doctors on Auburn s
board of health. The citizens are not to
be frightened. however, for two of the
doctors are dentists.
Fairfield's oldest citizen, Uncle George
Kendall, is % years old but he did enjoy
Buffalo Bills show, intensely.
Topsham has q very satisfactory way
of settling a town quarrel Owing to
the appointment of a chief engineer of
the fire department, who was not accept
able to some of the fremen, the latter
formed an independent company and
bought new hand tub The town now
has two fire companies, and won't there
be hustle to see which shall get to fire
first and do the most effective work
Brunswick's sewers are going in with
rapidity, although the man who was
prominent in opposing them will not pay
SO cents
That new steamer, Salacia, which is to
ply between Portland and the islands at
the mouth of the Kennebec is said to be
a beauty and capable of running fifteen
miles an hour without extra exertion.
An elderly lady of Cornish is great
lover of illustrated REFUSES, and much
regrets that they don't put more Of them
into the papers nowadays Last week
she found one to her great delight, but
after puzzling over 1t for several days she
had to give 1t up. She felt so bad about
1t that she called upon a friend to help
solve 1t and great was her establishment
to learn that 1t wasn't rebus at all, but
only group Of those new tangled
sleeves, Dutch bonnets and collarettes
And now the old lady is mad.
Several interesting anecdotes are now
related of the late Stephen j. Young 1t
Is recalled that while he was in the SEN
ate there was a contest in the Piscataquis
delegation over the nomination of men,
Der of the Governors council There
were several candidates, as many or more
than there were representatives from the
| county The late A. G. Lebroke of Fox
croft who was a man of humor, was then
| a senator from Piscataquis: aud the duty
devolved upon him of explaining that the
| delegation from his county, on account of
| the candidates outnumbering the delega-
| ton, could not agree and must refer the
| matter to the general caucus. Mr.. Lebroke
had no sooner finished his explanation
than Prof. Young was upon his feet.
1.-THE dilemma of our friends from Piscat.
aquis, said he, recalls to my mind the
efforts of a certain good clergyman to en-
tighten his hearers on the subject of the
devils that were commanded to 90 into
the herd of swine. The preacher entered
into quite careful conjecture as to the
number of swine and the number of
devils. AS he concluded, an old farmer
arose and said, LAS near as can reckon
1t from your figures, parson, there was
just about devil and half to hog J"
| The story fitted the situation exactly and
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| Prof Young was an accomplished lin
guist. One day he was on a train bound
from Bangor to Brunswick, when a
conductor who knew him, entered his car
to ask him to come out to the second
class coach to try and find out where
certain stupid foreigner was going; the
conductor and attacked him in all the
foreign lingo he could muster, and could
get no more response than stupid stare
Prof. Young went back to the rear of the
train the passenger sat there looking
very much disturbed and bewildered
The professor went at him in Canadian
French, then in German, then in the
languages of Scandinavian, Egypt, Italy,
Spain and every other country on the
face of this green earth. Still the passen-
ger sat "mum as an OWL while the look
of bewilderment deepened on his face.
The professor was nonplussed and was
about turning In defeat to his own car
when the man looked YEARLY out of the
window and remarked sadly to himself
BY gosh, l wish l was ter hum He
was an Aroostook Yankee and he could
speak nothing but English.