Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-03

April showers
The mayfower has been reported
out it isn't singular that it wasn't
plural.
The time OF year to enter upon con-
sideration Of our highways is AT hand
and the county sherns will see to il
that the tramps now in Jail do So.
In some ~ the country towns in this
state the custom of having chopplng
bees still exists. apparently unlm-
paired. Why shouldn't it? There is a
spirit Of helpfulness and sociablity
about such cooperative efforts as
husking. pairing and ohopping bees.
They make life more livahle. lives
more likable and the uneventful rou-
tine of suburban and rural existence
more endurab BILE
But five voters at the Ashland town
meeting registered their opposition
to the proposition to exempt from
taxation for term Of ten
years any industry for the manu-
facture of lumber that would locate in
that town. Already it is said st. John.
Boston and Bangor capitalists have
subscribed for stock to build a band
saw mill in Ashland. capable of manu-
featuring sixty million feet year.
1t wasn't love letters but letters con
tanning money that got the charming
widow postmistress of West New field
into trouble.
Anent the Portland cat show. the
Press of that city says: There are still
Il cats the show has not secured. They
can be seen and heard any evening in
the Press mans back yard until fur
ther notice. or the invention of self
aiming gun"
Portland Express: Two young men
OF the craft have taken upon them
selves additional duties this week:
John A. MCGOWAN, who buys out the
entire interest of the Columbian, and
A. II. Milliken. long a correspondent of
the Express. who assumes management
OF the Biddeford Times. Both are able
ana worthy young men. May they
meet with abundant success.
There is some discussion over the
question whether the weavers who
struck at Biddeford gained anything.
me weavers. however. claim that they
gained 20 per cent in some depart
ments and appear to be satisfied.
"A Belfast gentleman in looking over
his fathers old papers found a memo
randum of the expense of going over
land from Belfast to New York City in
io-o. rive days We're required to
.uake the Journey and the eXpenss. was
POD. me Verlest old croaker that de-
iishts To lock backward would find the
good old times" might be uncom
Portable IL he had to go back to them.
year after year that Bucksport tay-
ern keeper moves his storm entrance
10 one side of the door on the morning
@''es anu the 1ueIllCdI OLD
coVeys, who have passed the door.
ooited into that storm entrance and
pumped up against the blank wall of
the house. repeat the performance lust
as surely as April LIST comes round
again For that day at least the
cisars-are not ION the house"
bar Harbor's lucky man was re-
FUSED ticket on the quilt at the local
lar few days ago, because of his re-
putat8on for horse luck. He got a
TREND TO buy ticket for him and of
course the ticket drew the quilt
AN excited resident of West Goulds-
poro' reported at the corner store, a
Dear wandering around over the ice
on Jones pond. Such hustle for rifles
anu teams as there was hasn't been
, seen III that neighborhood for years.
me bear. however, was found to be a