Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-29

her and so WIS told TO come the following
day for her pay. The little girl had good
reason to feel disappointed when on call
ing he second time the woman to whom
she sold the berries refused TO pay for
them saying that she had never seen the
child before. The coed citizens of Bath
ought to make wholesome example"
of that woman.
With more than two hundred operatives
employed in its various manufacturing In
dustries the good town of W aldoboro is
enjoying an era Of substantial prosperity.
Fairfield Journal: Keep stiff upper
lip and never go back on your town. A
party Of capitalists with an eye to invest
ment In certain scheme visited Maine
village this week, strictly incognito
They pulled up to water the horses and
trader strolled idly out to the carriage
In order to look the visitors over. How's
business here" asked one of the capital
lists. "Duler sheol and only getting
seventy five cents on the dollar" quoth
he dlsgustedly. "If there's many more
like that in this village" said the visitor,
our money in our pockets / guess"
The gold watch fish story recently told
by a Nobeboro correspondent has stimu-
lated tremendous rivalry in this direc-
ton. In fact NoblebOrO Is great town
for fish stories. A young man is reported to
have been dreamily fishing in Cooks pond
the other day, when suddenly the line was
nearly pulled from lis hand. With great
presence of mind he ran with 1t into the
bushes He had landed a six pound
perch. Noticing his fullness and pecu-
liar appearance he was opened The fish
contained seven pound piece of lead
which has been given to the gentlemen
building the bclfry on the church and
which they are going to melt and Use in
its construction. Where is our next fish
story?
York Harbor is now lighted by cleo
tricity and company has just been
formed for supplying both the harbor and
beach with pure water The summer re-
sort that holds its own in these hustling
times must be up with the procession,
A somewhat peculiar occurrence took
place not long since not great way from
Dexter on a farm owned by John Grant.
Crows at his place were of a somewhat
different order than common. Some OF
his sheep lost their eyes and he was at
loss to know how it happened, but soon
discovered that crow or crows had APP
preached the animals when they were lay
ing down and picked their eyes out They
did not conhne their attention to sheep,
but several lambs suffered from the same
cause. About this time Mr.. Grant had .
litter of chickens which became prey for
the crows and among other acts of devil
try, a crow s~ooped down and with one
whack of its beak tore open tie old hen :
crop and used the contents for picnic
dinner The hen was caught by the
owner, her crop sewed up and she mean
dered In quest of the festive grasshopper
rs formerly and the crows got at her
second time with the same result This
may seem overdrawn, but it is vouched
for by reliable authority.
Last spring a. certain New York man
who owned one of the finest cottages at
Ocean Bluff, was taken suddenly III and
after a short sickness died Before his
death he made a request that he should
| be buried near the stone church at the
Bluff. In accordance with his request
his widow managed to purchase small
piece of ground in that vicinity The re-
mains were inferred and the other day an
immense monument arrived from the
west. 1t was 50 large that one bridge was
nearly crushed under It's weight The
workmen started TO set it up, when the
other cottagers objected They didn't
IKE the idea of having their front ward
converted into q cemetery and at last held
a meeting. They appointed committee
TO wait on the lady who was having tho
WORK done, and after showing her certain
restrictions in her deed requested her To
remove Doth the monument aud the bndv
Az last She conceded To their request and
mas purchased lot at the Kennahnnt-