Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-25

at Ellsworth are at a standstill
Kennebec apples retail in Houlton at
$500 per barrel. 1t is needless to re-
mark that the quality is first class.
1t is understood that a bill will be
presented at the coming legislature TO
have the railroad commission elected
by the people.-Lewiston Sun.
A Bath woman who is already the
proud mother of IS children is reported
to have just given birth to the nlne-
teenth. making quite a royal sood
family.
Willie Batron, son of Alvin Batron.
West Pembroke, nine years of age, sets
IN. heats, and pounds off 20 fish barrels
ner day. This little fellow intends to
be a cooper.
There is some stable new machinery
going into the electric power station
in Bath. The face of one of the pulleys
is 6Ia feet across it and it is to carry
a belt Sc inches wide.
One of the famous and original Lin
coin Wideawake" torches was carried
in the centennial celebration parade
at Bridgton the other day by a veter-
an Of 20 years. A Rockland man pos
sesses one of the uniforms.
Learning that the Pennington Pub
lie library was in want of more funds
twenty-seven Pennington young lad
les donned burned cork and gave a ne
gro. minstrel show which netted the
library association over $3.50.
While repairing the foundation OF
the old barn at e. S. DuntonS farm in
Woolwich an old rusty revolver the
pattern of one of the first makes was
found 1t is nearly a foot in length
and is estimated to be nearly fifty
years old.
Lewiston has sent out a lady minis
ter, a lady lawyer, one who is a dealer
in real estate. has lady dentist, three
lady physicians and many ladies in
business, and has just welcomed from
a surrounding country bright and
enterprising young lady reporter.
The notices which the Lewiston
Young Women's home officials have
put up in the different railroad sta
tons in that city are having a good eff
feet. Monday morning a young wom-
an from another town arrived in
Lewiston for the purpose of finding
employment. She saw the notice and
applied at the home. In an hour they
had found her a place to work.
The Sanitary Inspector says the Sec
rotary of the local board of health in
one of our towns reports that their
butcher killed and marketed beef that
had been suffering with cancer.
Whether cancer. lumpy jaw. or tuber-
culosis, the inspector rightly thinks
that it should be somebody's duty, and
somebody should have authority plain
ly prescribed to prevent such public
inflictionS.
At the recent st. Mary's fair in Bath,
there was sold a cake with a gold ring
in it, and as nothing has been heard
since regarding the ring, it is safe to
assume that some one ate it. 1t was
set with three pearls and whoever
failed to notice it lost very hand
some little souvenir of the fair Five
well known young men of the town
bought the cake and they are all wear
ing a worried look.
One of the pictures used in decorat-
ing the Washngton's Birthday booth
at the Unversalist fair, at Rockland
was a copy of Stuart's famous portrait
of the Father of His Country. This
copy came into the possession OF
Leonard Benner of the Meadows some
years ago and was presented by him to
Washington hall at the head of Middle
street. 1t attracted much attention al
the BOOTH the other decorations OF
which were especially appropriate and
well arranged.
In these days of factories there is
something homelike and old-fashioned
in the fact that Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson,
who died recently in North Berwick,
drew her last breath while lying upon
a bed, the linen and blanket upon
which were the handiwork of her
mother and the coverlets also made by
her hand, the flax being raised upon
the home farm, the wool also of which
they were made having been the pro-
duct of the stock; and probably the
carding as well as the spinning and
weaving We're done on the farm.
Autumn hunting parties are popular
with the young people of Bar Harbor
and every year number of boys ano
girls hire a camp on one of the French
mans bay islands for a go at the sea
birds. or an upriver hunting resort tC
search for the antlerS of the festive deer
OF course the girls don't do much shoot
ing although some of them can handle
II gun, but their presence lends an added
enjoyment to the occasion, and Their,
is always chaperOn. Bar Harbor youns
people view these affairs as events to be
looked forward to for long time. One
of the latest parties of the season passed
through Ellsworth. Sunday. from Specl
pond. where three weeks had been spent
No deer We're shot. but cartridges were
found plentiful and a royal good time
was had. Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac l.. Moore.
were the chaperons. One of the party
became lost on one of the rainiest nights
of the month and had to walk about L
miles through the woods before h,
reached the camp. about o'clock in tn,
morning. No other accident was re
ported.
The ladies of the Bath Benevolen
Union held the busiest session sine,
their society started doing chartabl,
work. at the Common Council room THU
forenoon. A few days ago they sen
cards to the teachers in all the public
schools asking for Thanksgiving con
tributions of apples. vegetables, or an,
article of food for distribution anon:
the poor families in the city. Eacl
pupil was asked to bring one apple
potato. or vegetable of any kind. To
day was the date set for the contribu