Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-17

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| A prominent clothing dealer of Lewis
ton. remarked the other day that he had
been in business since he was sixteen
years old, and that 1894 was the first
wear in which he had not made money,
but lost it. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that 1895 will show brighter record.
A hermit who lives in one of the towns
near Belfast, greatly mystified the people
of his vicinity,a year ago, by continuous
saving and hammering during the win
ter, in the ark of a house which consti-
tuted his home; but one fine spring morn
ing the people looked up towards the hill
where his residence stood, and rubbed
their eyes in amazement for in place OF
the rambling old house, that had formerly
stood there, was new cottage. The
whole affair was then clear. The hermit
had built his new house inside of the
other and when he completed it, it did
not take him but a short time to teal
down the shell of the old one.
A prominent Biddeford lawyer went
out with friend recently to drive home
in his team, which was hitched in front
of his office, and found large dog seated
upon the sleigh cushions and constituting
himself proprietor of the outfit. In vair
the lawyer endeavored to coax him into
vacating the sleigh. 1t was the most OBJ
durate jury he had ever addressed. The
canine absolutely refused to permit the
owner to take his seat; and it was not until
a man came along and slid the grim watch
err out by tipping the sleigh over, driving
him off with a few sharp cuts of the whip,
that the lawyer was able to drive home.
The affair drew quite Il crowd and was
the source of considerable amusement to
the on lockers.
1t is rather late in the day for news
papers to be fighting over which had
precedence in securing the '"confcssion
of David L. Stain. So far as we have
observed, the only confession that this
man has ever made has been vigorous
denial of all completely in the Dexte,
bank robbery. This has been SO genera
on his part that it would be difficult, in
deed, to settle the matter of precedence sc
far as the press is concerned.
A number of Eastport gentlemen have
had no little pleasure the present winter
by forming themselves into an ice boal
club. They have a fine camp on tho
shores of Boyden's lake in Perry, about
| IL miles from PASSPORT, and have had
many pleasant meetings there since the
ice was strong enough for them to indulge
in their favorite sport.
A man opened restaurant in Auburn
one night recently with a dance and
closed it the following Thursday. Il
would have been far more appropriate, il
view of the facts, if he had reserved tn,
| terpsichorean features Of his enterprise for
the wind-up.
Maine Farmer: We Would like to sa.
to the young sprouts who are putting
out their lives at the end of poisonous
cigarettes, that those are not the kind OF
boys business men are looking for thest
days. Neither are the professions wait
ing for them.
A Belfast butcher is training hog tC
harness. He claims that he is going t.
attach the animal to sled and drive t.
Portland, making the hog haul him all
the way In addition, he is going t.
carry two tame skunks with him, Just
to protect me from any tramps may meet
on the road" he said. The prospects are
he won't be molested.
A Thomaston lady has kept a diary fol-
33 years, and now it is called upon fol
reference almost as frequently as the files
of a daily paper would be- 1t contains
not only the principal events that have
taken place in town, births, marriages,
deaths, etc, but important events all over
the country. Such record is an extreme
ly valuable one and will form, most i'm
portant aid when the local history of
Thomaston is put into permanent form.
The story of the Randolph man who
flew into passion because his wife asked
him for little money and threw $50
into the stove, reminds the Gardiner Re
porter journal of former resident of
that city who had the uncomfortable habit
of quarreling with his wife at meal
times. On such occasions he would give
vent to his resentment by smashing up
the crockery; but he did not have a
monopoly of the fun by any means. His
better half was not to be outdone in that
direction, and never failed to render him
prompt and valuable assistance, the re
suit being that every article on the table
would be smashed into smithereens be
before harmony was restored to the do
nestle circle.
There are $40 widows and only $50
widowers in the city of Portland There
are lots of good men in Maine who should
keep this fact in mind
They do say that a usually staid and
careful bank cashier of Knox county re-
Gently cashed dog license for s1.15,
thinking it was check
Snow-shoe clubs are very popular in the
Pine Tree State the present winter. Bath
is the latest city to organize one. 1t is a
form of exercise that has the advantage of