Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-13

his head and shoulders through d uouIu
fence in such manner that he could not
extricate himself Touched with pity at
the pigs sad plight, he Immediately selzed
a hand saw and began to saw of the AMI
mails head. He was discovered in this
act just in time to save the porker's neck.
A Biddeford man sat up to twelve
O 'clock, Saturday night, to watch the
eclipse of the moon. only to discover.
with the aid OF an almanac, that he was
just "a hours ahead of the procession.
The Cherryfeld correspondent of the
Machias Republican says that during one
of the stormy days of last month after a
crowd of loafers, who had gathered around
the coal stove in an upper corner grocery,
had discussed the game laws threadbare,
and bestowed all the invectives they could
invent upon the wardens, the converse
ton turned to the wonderful deeds of
their progenitors. After one of the group
had reeled off cramper concerning the
travels and exploits of his father, he was
seconded by member who had been an
attentive listener all the while. The
narrator introduced his yarn by telling
what powerful man his grandfather
had been and how he had worked on
Solomon's Temple. The old fellow, he
said used forty pound hammer and one
day, while fitting in the keystone, he
struck blow that busted the hammer,
a fragment of which flew over into Jericho
and killed a Dutchman. "That will do
shouted the crowd, ''pass him the corn
cakes"
Portland expects to entertain $500
guests for four days, July s-12, when the
National Educational Association assem-
bles there the coming summer, and pre-
parations for the great event are already
in progress. The meetings will be held
at city hall and some of the most promi-
nent educators in the country will be pres
emit. State Supt. of Schools W. W. Stet-
son of Auburn is president of the great
national organization, and is taking an
active lead in getting affairs in readiness.
A Cushing clergyman is reported to
have unique way of securing texts. He
passed around slips of paper upon which
the people wrote various texts that they
would like to hear preached from. He
then passed around a hat and gathered
up the slips. and asked a young lady pres
emit to choose one without looking. She
drew forth the text What think ye?"
upon which he preached, according to re-
port, very excellent sermon. This
method is certainly unique; but we adj
nit an old fashioned preference for text
selected early in the week. and several
days of careful thought and study devoted
to the discourse preached upon it.
The wild lands of Aroostook county are
rich in possibilities of agricultural
growth, and beautiful lots can be secured,
for purposes of settlement, at reasonable
prices. Now that this section of the State
has been opened up to outside markets,
there seems to be little doubt but what
the tide of immigration will set in that
direction.
The coopers' strike at Rockland still
remains unchanged. The lime manufac-
turers say that they can buy casks in the
country as fast as they want them, and
at rates as cheap as they can make
them.
Seven has always been considered sig
nificant number in Scripture and fable
and queer combinations of the number are
heard of sometimes even in modern days.
An instance, says the Rockland Star, is
related by Captain Zebulon G. Babb who
has just moved from Crescent street to
the Dean house on Main street. He had
lived in the former house just seven years,
seven months and seven days and when
he came to pay the rent due since his last
months payment, he found it was n
cents. When he moved there were seven
loads of furniture and the house he moved
into is No. III Main street.
The Gardiner Reporter Journal hears
story about a resident of that city, who
between the darkness and an over dose of
old cider mistook calf for deer while
driving home from Litchfield one night
short time since, and with others to assist
him, armed with clubs and guns, raced
that poor calf all over the territory be-
tween Highland avenue and the New
Mills, and only discovered their mistake
when they captured the weary fugitive
near the reservoir of the water works.
The Portland Press hears that promi-
nent citizens of that place are moving in
the direction of a monument to the men,
ory of the late Hon. William Pitt Fessen-
den. The movement is certainly worthy
one, and deserving of support
Laughable things, says the Sanford
Ledger, sometimes occur, even at murder
inquests. 1t has leaked out that at the
recent inquest in the Fernald case, one of
the witnesses was asked by the county at
torney, If he found any dangerous weap-
ons on the person of the accused, and on
being told to describe them, the witness,
whose name we withhold, stated that he
took from the murderer, a revolver. half
cooked, and an account book. It is to be
hoped that in future some measures may
be taken to prevent murderously inclined
individuals carrying dangerous weapons
in the shape Of account books.
NONE AND COMMENT.