Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-27

Patronize and read your home papers.
The Maine dailies will give you later
news and better service than the Bos-
ton and New York dailies. They will
give you all the news, local, general
and foreign. The weeklies are the
very best. and the monthlies-well our
stops us here. But we would
to patronize Maine papers and help
build up their own fair State.
The burglar insurance agents have
swooped down on Bangor.
The Portland family who awoke to
find bloody drunken tramp in the
mouse were not half so surprised as the
tramp when he awoke to find them
gazing at him.
Not for the thirteen previous years
occurred what is noticed of this term
of the Cumberland superior court-no
trial because all offenders plead guilty
or filed demurrers.
\ Portland barber shaved Mckinley
when that gentleman visited the city
few years ago. Everything was Sc
rene until the subject of politics was
brought up. The barber happened to
be a yard wide. dyed-in-the-wool Dem
ocrat, and he proceeded to express his
opinion of Republicanism. Mckinley
bill. its Trainer. and all the other evils
with which the Republican party is af-
fiicted. The BARRIERS victim listened
very attentively. his Napoleonic face
becoming weathed in smiles. When
the tonsorial artist had finished and
the last towel was removed. the ma
jor made known his identity. The ar
fist hasn't as yet recovered his equi-
librium.
The North Monmouth correspondent
who writes the Winthrop Budget,
Farmers hereabout are complaining
of scarcity of laborers and many are
greatly behind in their spring work;
the bike is probably responsible for
part of the trouble" should explain.
" tiS titdit VI Inc BtOpoStu
trust be it said the intention is to i'm
prove the quality as well as to enhance
the price.
The Bath Independent expresses sur
prise that Sagadahoc county has no
dag and exclaims: Let the court house
of Sagadahoc county fly the American
flag"
At almost the last moment the
Memorial day orator engaged by the
Rockland G. a. II. Post announces he is
unable to come. and the post is looking
for an orator with ready made ad-
dress.
Occasionally we hear complaints that
children in the country districts are
not attending school as they ought.
We are not sure but that there is more
mischief done in the country in this
way than in the city. The supervision
is not so careful or rigid, the length of
the school year is shorter in the
country, the temptation to keep the
children out of school for work during
the spring term is more general. The
rural districts have too few school
privileges already. Parents should see
that their children have all the advan-
taEes there are.
Judge Walton is not accustomed to
being under the physicians care. and
when at Auburn few days ago he had
his first illness in 35 years. he put the
doctor through rigid cross examina-
ton as to the ingredients of his med
icine before he would swallow any of
it. Nor would he let the good doctor
go until he had enjoyed bit of humor
at his expense. The physician had as
sured him the medicine was harmless
and that he had used it in his own
family. At this the judge remarked
That reminds me of the man who
called at my house the other day. He
had very grimy hands and did not look
clean. He had soap to sell. 1t looked
very nice and he said it was nice.
Why said he, L can warrant this
soap. We use it in our family all of
the time and never use any other
suspect. DOCTOR" said the Court looking
at the robust physician. that you
have never taken many of these pills. .
But Judge Walton took them all the
same and got well. Yet whether it
was the pills or the judges sense of
humor that pulled him through is a
question for the court to decide.
We have recently received an invita-