Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-04-01

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What's this? Belfast, the home o,
that recently developed Democratic
candidate for Congress from the thirG
district. DR.. kilgore. not being able to ac-
commpdate the district convention and
That's what special dispatch from
Belfast to the Bangor News intimates.
How much longer must Belfast labor
under the impression that she ism t
adequate to a Democratic convention
of the third district
Tuesday turned the cathode ray upon
the snow bank.
The maple sap leaped for joy and the
trailing arbutus bethousht itself o.
budding.
How much will it cost to graduate?
IS burning question in not a few
families at this season of the year. IT
ought not to cost enough to deter any
family from incurring the expense.
By So much as it is made expensive,
by so much does it deviate from the
spirit in which our common schools are
maintained.
Signs Of better times are already be
ginning to multiply in Aroostook
county. In the town of Caribou for the
year ending March 1st the number Of
births was 173. The tax collector Of
that town was able to collect the past
year $4,000 more in back taxes than he
was the previous year when potatoes
commanded a marketable price and
times We're fairly good. Down in Ft.
Fairfield. in the past six months. but
one man has gone into insolvency
Aroostook is all right.
When the Dresden Mutual Insurance
policy holder who suffered much dam
age to his buildings on account of flood
the leading men in the company
started subscription paper with lib
eral amounts. Among such gooI
neighbors man feels insured,
whether he holds policy or not.
The pussy-willow is a prophet of spring,
not without honor in its own country.
Undoubtedly that Hancock county's
Ellsworth American, closed his re-
marks with My friends. if you only
had the faith of a mountain you could
remove a mustard seed" was slightly
mixed in his metaphors. But was his
way of putting it altogether inapplica-
bic under certain circumstances?
There are some, who think that the
fact Winthrop's road commissioner c.
H. Gale, is serving his 27th term ac-
counts, partially at least, for the good
roads in that town
a little boy in Harmony. who was
bitten by dog last fall. has spells
when he runs about barking and snap
ping like dog Whether it is a mild
case of hydrophobia or an extreme
case of boyishness is not fully deter
mined.
Matters appear to be contrariwisc in Kit
terry where POO less votes were thrown at
town meeting Monday, than were cast at
the caucus.
Look out for anything with a string
tied to it.
Bath is to have a country club
Whether the club house will be located
on Front street has not yet been de-
cided.
An article in the warrant of tho
Phillips village corporation meeting
was to see if the corporation
would vote to lease hydrants from the
Phillips Water Co.. but as no one could
locate the water company the article
was passed over
One of the Bath papers reports the
serious injury inflicted upon book
agents toes by being caught in Q
North end door. If this is an attempt
to scare away the agents it won't sue
ceed.
The death of Mrs. Sibil Dow, widow
Of the late Capt. BENZ. Dow of East
Dover. last week. removed a somewhat
hictnr nric oh
from that community. She was the
first white child born in the town Of
Dover
there appeared the other day the fol-
lowing names: Peacock. Partridge,