Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

yet the towns roads are nttle IT any
better than last year.
We would wish the tramps merry
Christmas with work, plenty of the
latter compulsory.
The board of health in Morrill, was
recently called upon to investigate the
condition of school building in that
town. The board found it in a deplor-
able state and promptly ordered it
closed. The wonder is this hadn't been
done before. and this isn't the only
wonder of the same kind to be found
among the school houses.
Lewiston lays claim to the man who
wanted to celebrate the 25th anniver-
sary of his wedding by making his
wife present After long delibera
ton he selected four yards of cotton
cloth with the remark that he'd have
his wife make him shirt. But there
are men who can borrow ten dollars
and make the lender feel that he has
received favor.
The setting hen case i'm South Paris
was settled by the payment Of Il
dollar but what a loss to legal history
the settlement entailed,
1t was but a comparatively small
gathering at Belfast, Tuesday evening.
of the local survivors of the expedi-
ton that sailed from that port to
California in the days of AZ. 1t was in
lS49 when the California gold excite
ment was at it's height that a party
was formed in Belfast, forty investors.
who purchased and fitted out the bark
for the expedition. and ten others. Of
ficers and crew. making fifty persons
in all. The vessel was less than 800
tons and was purchased for about $14,-
900, and the cargo. consisting of lum-
her, bricks and other building mate
rial valued at $4,000 The forty inves-
tors put in $500 each. December Sth.
1s49. was a cold. bleak day. but the
bark was ready to sail that day. The
party arrived on board about noon.
Soon after. the anchors We're weighed,
one by one the sails unfurled, and the
gallant little bark was soon bowling
out of Belfast harbor toward the far
off land of gold. Several hundred peo-
pie had gathered on the wharves and
shore to bid the party bon voyage"
The voyage was not of unusual length
lao days-and nothing of a serious
nature interrupted the passage. Ar
irving in California. the party broke
up into various prospecting bands.
Some were lucky, others We're not. OF
that party but few are alive today.
and they are widely scattered
Portland Press: The vital statistics
OF Maine gathered and collected by
Registrar Young. show that as far as
zymotic diseases are concerned this
State enjoys greater immunity than
any other New England state. The
death rate from these diseases is very
small indeed. and we are inclined to
think that much of the credit of il be-
longs to Registrar Young who as sec
rotary of the board of health. has done
very much to instruct Ne people in
preventive measuresssMf6n the State
board of health was eXa&lished it was
established against much opposition
from people who regarded disease as a
visitation of the Almighty against
which it was no use to struggle. and
who figured out that all the money
spent by ii would be wasted. But no
State board has so thoroughly demon
strated its usefulness to the people as
this one.
Making lead nickels" is a hazard
Gus occupation.
One Maine Smuggler appears to have
outwitted himself. 1t would be good
thing if others should do the same.
HOultOn is so dead sOt" against the
free silver theory that some of the
townspeople are said to object to the
12.44 train because 1t leaves at 1G to !.
The GOuldsboro correspondent of the
Bar HarbOr Record excuses his lack of
items" the previous week on the
ground that he went into the woods to
search for a lost man and became lost
himself. He should be excused.