Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-25
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
The Coming Boy,

The Coming Boy.
| lie was a little vulgar boy
OF twelve or thereabouts.
| And may have been his mothers joy.
| Although ! have my doubts!
| He'd learned at school to smoke and
drink
And how to use his comb.
And all those little things you'd think
HAD best been taught at home,
He'd sampled beer for sciences sake;
tied smoked cigars and pipes,
i'ut never sol a stomach ache.
Called Vulgarly the Srpes,'
And. With this knowledge that he gained
His name became quite famous.
| But III true schooling he remained
A perfect ignoramus!
Mr. and Mrs. \. b. Hamburg are
visiting in Bangor
The w. c. r. L. will meet this after
noon at $50 o'clock.
Gen. S d. Leavitt of PASSPORT, was
in the city, Monday.
Deputy Sheriff Tibbetts of Belgrade
was in the city. Monday.
Ban game At 80 O'Clock. this after
noon. & ~ tuthttS ana Au&GStdS.
Arthur Morton. clerk at John Cough
Inns, has returned from his vacation.
II. f. Holman and w. w. Graves
were Rockland visitors to the city, yes
.erday
Mrs. ". c. Snow ana daughter, Miss
Susie, are visiting Mrs. H. c. Griffith in
Belfast.
Robert Z. Newcomb has purchased
1 fine house lot on Davis street in the
capitol Heights addition.
Claude w. Townsend is prepared to-
show his customers a full assortment
# new fan and winter goods.
J. NJ. Cross Will leave. today for the
Eastern Maine State fair. at Bangor.
in the interests of the Journal.
Mayor CIasOn of Gardiner, and Judge
Andrews Will address the Republicans
ii Riverside Wednesday evening.
w. H. Williams and family returned.
Monday afternoon. from Scarboro
where they spent part of the summer
Charles and Frank Billedeau have
returned from a two weeks vacation
which they spent in Skowhegan and
vicinity.
Frank A. owen left on the 2.35 train,
spending a short time in this city on
business.
The Augusta Juniors accepted the
challenge of the HalloWells for $25
side and will cover the money when it
| is placed in responsible hands.
The season at the Opera house in the
Queen City opened, last night, with the
production of Hoyts well-known play.
| "A Trip to Chinatown" This show
will he presented at Meonian hall dur
| ing the middle Of September.
j. y
in the city visiting his son. George E.
| Frve. clerk at G. O. Nickery's jewelry
| store Mr. Frye is a member of the
| rover police department and is spend
ing his two weeks vacation in Maine.
| Among the purchasers of house lots
on the Lincoln street extension on
| CAPITOL Heights. are Nancy p. Pierce
| lanes X. Knowles and Ellery ID. Cook
The two latter gentlemen purchased
! adjoining lots. The Lincoln street lots
which have been selected will be built
on another season.
| IN exchange tells of a painter VINO
rides a bicycle and handles it very
gracefully. The painter, mounted on
his wheel and carrying can or two OF
mint looks very business like. But
accidents will happen as one did on
| Monday morning, and with the painter
ON tho ground covered with red paint,
and the bicycle in the gutter, the COM
,ination did not look so business like.
Hon. Llewellyn Powers was in the
.itv Monday. and will make his head
Quarters at the Augusta House, for
several DAYS. He left in the afternoon
to sneak at Bath. He will speak at
,x;,tb,on This afternoon, and in this
city tomorrow evening, with Senator
Jrrve Wherever he speaks he has
70 ree and enthusiastic audiences, and
,,ount of work he is doing can be
imagined from the fact that he is
. snaaking nearly every evening.