Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-18
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Rigby has started the ball rolling.
And most every day will be "Fail
Day for the next six weeks.
Capitol Island will be a capital re.
sort. sure 'nough. when that new casino
is added to its other attractions.
Gardiner has her lines out for a
brass foundry.
Nothing less than electric lights viii
satisfy ambitious Popham
York county people are rubbing
| their eyes in establishment over the re-
port that there are only six prisoners
! at Alfred Jail. the smallest number il
the history of that institution.
A very pleasant meeting in Bath last
week. was that of an aged farmer OF
Eden with his adopted son from
whom he parted 20 years ago in Ban
COR. givingthe boy $5note with which
to make his start in life. The boy got
there; nov has a pleasant home in
the Shipping City and has been pros
Porous because Industrious.
Portland citizens are very indignant
over the action Of the Deering city gov
eminent in passing the sewer order
over Mayor Mitchell's veto They claim
that if the provisions of this order are
carried out eventually the flats of
Back Cove will be polluted again with
sewage and the thousands of dollars
that Portland has spent Ia clean them
up will have been practically wasted.
Nieht blooming cereus parties are
the latest mid -summer diversion.
From now on farewells will be more
numerous than greetings at the sum
mer resorts.
Cornover ten feet high is Aroostook's
latest bid for fame.
The large number Of deaths in lidde-
ford, the past two weeks has had a
tendency it is said. to make the insur
aimee agents rather timid about Ilacing
business. It is believed that If the
death rate should continue for tha next
two weeks as it has in the past some
viii retire from the business. If Bidde
ford is as well supplied With insurance
agents as the majority Of Maine cities,
she can stand the loss of few without
amy Inconvenience.
The "hobos" have added Saco to their
blacklist as that city is now waging
war vigorously against the knights OF
the road.
Names most absent minded man has
at last been located. There have been
many aspirants for this title, but their
claims appear very insignificant when
compared with those Of Uncle Jim
Rock of Bay Shore Last Sunday
morning Mir Rook hitched up his team,
which he loaded with butter and eggs,
put his children aboard ard started for
Bath. Some of the neighbors called
out and asked him where h. was going
Coin ter Bath ter take the children
to the circus, called back Uncle Jim.
ON learning that it was Sunday and
that he had lost a day Air Rock drove
back and unhitched his horse and the
children had to give M seeing the
show until another year
1T is useless to try to circumvent
fate or at least that is the conclusion
reached by one Portland lady. This
lady had very pleasant home in q
lively and attractive part of the city
bur it was on the line of the elcctrics
and the lady being a sufferer from ner-
VouS troubles she moved up on Free
street so as to have perfect rest and
quiet. Shortly after her move Mayor
Baxter purchased the Congress and
oak street property and began to eX-
caNatc and blast for his mammoth new
building and it can readily be imagined
that it was not the quictest neighbor-
hood in the world. At least the exterior
of the building was complete and the
lady said to friend, .at last | shall
have a quiet ncighborhood Her re-
joicings were all too soon, however for
the next morning she was awakened
by Il louder noise than ever and her
heart sank within her when she looked
out of the window and bcheld what
steam drill sinking an artisan well
The lady has given up trying to be
quiet.
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