Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-06


for the place, and of his distinguished
claims upon the party for whose sue
cess he has done most effective work
in the campaign just closed, this post
of honor will be accorded Mr. Thomas
without opposition.
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Rockland Courier Gazette: Tramps
are again becoming nuisance
throughout the State and in some
places a reign of terror has been estab-
| lished. Knox county is freer perhaps
from these fellows who would not work
if they could, than any county in the
State Rockland is given wide berth
for tramps have a wholesome fear OF
the stone yard.
| 1t would be just as well, however, for
Knox, and all the other counties in the
State to send what professional hobos
come their way to the State prison at
| Thomaston.
| The long list of murders continues to
grow in this State. Aside from the
Hobbs tragedy, however. few of them
appear to have been of the premedita-
ted order.
A light fingered individual appears
to be working at his trade at Cape Por-
poise. 1t is reported that somebody
there. suffers loss of some kind about
every night.
| The long list of crimes committed in
Maine the past year emphasizes the
need of a we'll organized. intelligently
directed State police force
Thomaston boasts of a man who has
not INDUCED in the luxury of a hair
cut for two years-and he is not foot
ball player either.
Lubec is "a town of churches" hav-
| ing no less than eight church buildings
one to each two hundred of its inhab-
itants. The best of it is they are all
in use
The air gun is an exceedingly dan
gerous toy in the hands of a rampa-
Seous small boy. A little girl in Paris
was hit in the neck, several days ago,
by shot from one of these guns and a
painful though, fortunately, not a
| dangerous wound inflicted.
A. p. Bassett of Norway, who has
warden, also holds the offices of State
detective. deputy sheriff, coroner and
| constabl
Collector Knight of Rockport. has
had but a little more than IS non-resi-
dent taxes of 1895 to advertise, and
only 1913 in all. The IS was owed by
but two parties. One had sold his pro-
perty. so he claimed, and the other paid
just after time had expired. This is a
remarkable record. Mr. Knight says
his collections for this year are ahead
of last year Mr.. Knight probably has
a record not equalled by few if any
collectors in the State.
Out in China when a man doesn't
pay his honest bills, his head is chopped
off and becomes a part of his assets.
The law is more lax in America; so,
While in China people live within their
means, America has a considera BILE
few dead beats and large army of
people who do not live within their
means.-Bath Times.
Yes, and it is a notorious fact, one
that our business men know to their
sorrow. that the whole tendency of
Legislation in this State for some years
past has been in the favor of this class
Of people. The Legislature of Maine
should be careful not passany law that
may be used by professional beats to
defraud their creditors.
There is room for a few measures
that will assist people in collecting
what others owe them.
one OF the kindergarten teachers in
Portland has SO completely won the
heart of little Italian boy that he
finds the greatest happiness in her So
clety. Unfortunately he is so lively
and enterprising that his teacher final
~ decided that he must absent himself
IN the afternoons. She took him aside
the other day and explained to him that
ne must go home and not come any
more in the afternoons. He climbed
. INTO her lap and put his arms lovingly
, around her neck. Gazing into her.
eyes with a world of affection in his
niue race, he said in his sweetest tone.
slowly shaking his head by way of en-
phasls: Il love you so you bet l won't
, so nome; see you in - first
"A south Paris man who recently took
an 4ppror'ptu bath in the river as the