Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-05-07

TOOL Will De lTaIileu III SidSS Will d IlOSt
beautiful pattern of sash. A big crew of
men is at work ON it and the snug little
building seems to have grown into quite
an edifice removed as it is from the sur
roundings that somewhat dwarfed it at
Chicago. 1t will have quite as pretty a
prospect too although as you know it
there looked out on the shoreless inland
sea of Lake Michigan.
A Rockland woman has very beauti
full table cover made from 3Yl pieces of
cigar ribbons nearly all different. BY
this we do not recommend the manufac-
ture of cigar ribbon table covers to young
housewives unable to have hired girl.
One educational writer thinks that if
the children had less schooling they would
be healthier and not so desperately know
ing Us to be very impudent. This may
be applicable to the case of a Bath lad
who ran away from the kindergarten one
forenoon. His father heard of it and at
dinner sternly asked the urchin about it.
The latter replied, 81 don't like to talk
business when I'm eating.''
A new home nearly completed was
gutted by fire at Bath last week. In the
excitement the Bath Independent was car
ried tenderly across the street out of
harms way while seal skin sacque was
left to burn. This causes the editor of
the Independent to remark that his paper
was ever lucky, that it was the only mail
to escape from burning mail bag in the
Javan instruction and was the only mail
that Consul Raiden regularly received
while Athens was undergoing Il blockade.
We congratulate the editor but are sorry
about that seal skin sacque.
1t is time to hear of the absent minded
woman and the story comes from Lewis
ton. An old lady entered the waiting
room and inquired when the train for
North Anson would arrive. On being
told she seated herself complaccntly
The train came in. The old lady didn' t
move. The station agent asked her if she
was going to North Anson. She said
sho was and added, "I'm all right. am l
not." Either the old lady thought the
train would take on the station or else
she's forgotten that she wasn't already
aboard.
The custom house at Rock port had a
larger business during April than during
corresponding month for several years
Blddeford S truant officer has within
That city evidently needed truant officer
that would do his duty.
The proprietor of one of the shoe stores
in Belfast has slate upon which for sc
years he has charged goods. Wbereupon
the local wit remarks that the slate has
had creditablc record.
Discouraging reports from some of tho
incubators this spring indicate that the
natural avocation of the hen ism t alto
gether out of fashion,
There arc curious Condolences con-
nected with some families. The killing
of a man in the Orono pulp mill last week
recalls the fact that one of his brothers
was murdered, one was drowned and one
committed suicide.
| The story of how the late Gen/Tillson
of Rockland got into active service not
withstanding the loss of one foot while be
was at West Point is that he expressed to
the recruiting officer his regret that it
was impossible for him to pass examina-
tion when the latter replied "Td pass
you If you didn't have any foot When
the general presented himself for examina-
tion the recruiting officer said:
You were admitted to West Point |
believe.
"Yes sir
Well any man who could pass the ex-
animation at West Point can pass this
one. You are accepted
| And General Tillson was mustered in.
! An exchange says that Brunswick man,
recently purchased good looking horse
for s6 cents. Fertilizer material must be
cheap.
! A little lake at the foot of Saddleback
mountain, occasionally in the past has