Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-14

these viScissitudes the cat has twice
got in between the cog wheels of the
cylinder press. jumped on To and pied
several galleys Of type and be2n
caught ana thrown across the room,
against the wall at least twenty times,
has crawled into box spout leading
down into the cellar and found h.
way out into the sewer. Straying hack
through Morgan's furniture sho y and
getting into his laboratory. in her
feverish excitement she drank about
half pint Of embalming fluid. 1t may
remarked incidentally that i'm one OF
her fits she was noticed by the dental
surgeon, DIR. Abbott. who attributed
the trouble to the tootnachc. snatShcd
her up. etheriZeG her ard extracted all
her front teeth. If she gets q rough
the summer, and continues to live With
us, il would appear to he case OF the
survival of the Attest.'"
1t IS Speaker Reed, who is credited
with saying: The Uncertainties Of
life give the greatest Test to our expe
rience." That cats nine lives must be
chock FIJI of zest.
Occasionally bun gets the worst of
an encounter with a man as the follow
ing narrative would seem to demon
strate: A North Franklin man owned
bull which troubled him terribly by
jumping from the pasture. He put a
poker ON him, but still the animal
leapei the fence. Finally he took a
carriage whip and catching the often
de- by the tail he dashed him unmer-
cifully following at tremendous speed.
applying the whale bone at every step
until they reached a piece of uneven
grass ground where the poker stuck IN
the sod. The bull turned complete
somersault and the owner was thrown
completely over the animals PROSTATE
body striking heavily on the ground
When ne got himself together the bull
laid on his back struggling. with his
horns-which had also stuck in the
earth-holding him securely 1t was
necessary to lift the animals head to
free him, and it is recorded that this
bovine never broke out of his pasture
again.
When politician sent out some cir
cular letters his secretary directed one
to a place in Maine. which we will call
Jonesville. although that is not necas-
sarlly the name. a reply was received
to the effect that there We're no Repuh-
iicans in Jonesville This was aston
ishng but when later it was learned
that Jonesville was in reality a distant
plantation, where but two of its pioneer
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suffrage. there was no longer wonder
why there were no Republicans in
Jonesville.
Saco the city of steady habits has
resident addicted to buying stove
polish. No new brand escapes him
though his children hunger for bread.
us now the villager recOllects that
he owes his rural friend. who owns a
maple orchard, visit and he is pretty
certain to pay it one of these fine DAYS
stolen sweets are best" isn't a sigr
suitable to place in the sap orchard.
About $500 Is what the steel trust is
expected to exact on the Lewiston and
Auburn bridge. That would get up a
respectable Fourth of July celebra.
ton.
Mechanic Falls saves $25O0 by tho
new insurance rates. That sum viii
help pay for the new waterworks.
The Cathance Breeze advises farmers
to plant potatoes this year. 1t is
plausible argument to say that farmers
who were bitten last year by overpro-
duction will go to the other extreme.
1t is. however, an argument so COM
mon. so many farmers have heard it
and will act upon it, that it may not be
found infallible when the returns are
all in.
The Gardiner Reporter Journal isn't
inclined to stimulate belief that is
likely to end in disappointment, and re-
marks:
There Is occasionally some talk about