Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-29

least half dollar This is the reply
his expressing of affection and vege-
tables elected:
Boston. Dec. 20, 1896.
NV Dear George:--I have just paid
the expressman $3.50 for the barrel OF
vegetables you sent me out of the kind
ness of your dear heart. You are gooo
boy. George, and rest assured that
YOU will lose nothing by it.
Lovingly yours.
Mother.
An unucky winter for Brunswick's
poor, the number of inmates of the
poor farm having mounted to IL.
This holiday season will be remem
bered by one poor Pennington woman
who broke one of her shoulders on,
day last week and a few days later
broke hip. She is even more unfor
tunate than the Belfast man who los
a valuable truck horse a short time ago
then he was injured by piece of gran
lite striking him in the eye. then hi:
carriage horse got loose and fell owe
an embankment breaking his neck.
Brunswick averages to entertain a.
tramps a week, probably not one of thf
number an angel.
An Argus-eyed Bath policeman saw
a Young man fastening down a bacl
street and gave chase. 1t was
NJ and the fellow seemed in suspic'
ious hurry. After explanations Were
made it was discovered the man was
running to his work under the impress
sion it was $50 and he was late.
Speaking of condolences one of NOR.
than usual note occurred in Lewiston
the other day. A woman lost he!
pocket book. A man found it and see
ing the loss advertised, returned The
book. In doing so he lost his own ant
this in turn was found by another
honest man.
There is a man living in East Frank
lin who doesn't glow with pride wher
his friends refer to his prowess in thu
chase. He followed a deer track 70
two miles the other day and then dis
covered-by accident--that the dec
had been going the other way.
The Brunswick brute who cuffed hi
Wife because she ate so much has beer
warned by the officers of the law
The woman sharpens her appetite cut
ting and Juggling the firewood.
one cold stormy day about weel
ago will be remembered by Batf
MUSICIAN. He drove from Bath t.
Boothbay and back twice, distance
OF more than 100 miles.
Thank the old lady for the chicken
and ask her if she hasn't got some
cake with chocolate frosting instead
of this white kind" This from
tramp who asked for a 'hand-out" al
a Bath residence last week. Pity such
Il fellow can't get work and frost his
own cake.
how after a long weary day of chas,
with nothing to chase they heard
their hounds baying. With quickened
pulse and hopeful alacrity they has
tened to the scene to find house cat
at bay up a tree and one hound on
limb Is feet from the ground. How
he got there is not clear.
There is GOODNESS between two
Houlton women. neighbors. since one
refused to lend the other a set of
false teeth to wear to Bangor on a
shopping excursion.
There's no doubt but that this bless
ing was brought about by the election
of Mckinley. We refer to the Good
Will Records acknowledgment of
receipt of S. pledged by a Massachu-
sets friend of the institution if the
election should go his way.
One of Westbrook' s most popular
and educated citizens when he has a
severe attack of rheumatism confines
himself to diet of fried salt pork By
strictly conforming to this diet he soon
regains his normal health. The gem
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