Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10
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Comforting to the ToiIers.

Comforting to the ToiIers.
Not they who soar. but they who plod 3
Their rugged way. unhelped TO God
Are heroes: they who higher fare,
And flying fan the upper air,
Miss ali the toll that hugs the sod
IT'S they whose backs have felt the rod
Whose feet have pressed the path un-
May smile upon defeated care.
Not they who soar.
Paul l.. Dunbar, the negro poet.
1t takes sand to walk on the side
walks.
A Biddeford kleptomaniac is accused
of stealing a shed.
Since McKinley's election a frequent
query of the farmer is do you know
where can buy some good Sheep"
ArOostook farmers are still taking
lessons in the need of diversified farm
ing. The tuition is quite high and all
are called upon to bear a share of it.
The bashful man who expected much
of leap year is beginning to feel as the
maiden lady turning three score and
ten is supposed to. But therell be an
other leap year in eight years and even
before that time the modern girl may
have arrogated to herself the right to
pop whenever the occasion seems pro-
pitiOus.
Here is a story that is vouched for
but there may be reluctance on the
part of some to believe it. A small
boy in the town of Manchester was
asked by clergyman, Does your
brother Willie fear the Lord?" His re-
ply was, Il CUES he does. for he takes
a gun with him every time he goes out
on Sunday
1t is said, by some. that Gardiner
can turn out handsomer girls, finer
Gus secret societies and the best team
horses of any city in Maine. OF course
Gardiner has other blessings but we
presume these occurred to mind be-
cause there's nothing about one bless
ing mentioned to suggest the other
EA-hoN. LdIttloIl vi lcStIl NlSil
to Mexico witnessed a bull fight. 1T
was brutal and disgusting says the
doctor. but not so bad as an American
foot ball game" Probably the good
doctor didn't quite think that though
we venture to presume he could make
good argument in support of the
assertion.
The Biddeford journal hears that six
couples who have been married in the
past six months and reside at Smiths
Corner have separated and three of
them have placed the matter in the
hands of a lawyer to secure divorces.
A Rockland man who has looked into
the life and emoluments of the average
country pastor is not surprised they
look ahead to a better life beyond this.
A South Portlander remarks that ii
is often wondered how some of our
young men can take an airing behind
livery team on $3.50 week. Why
not ask those the young men owe?
Possibly some enterprising crackman
will succeed in carrying off the $4,000
900 in the vaults of the Union Safe De-
post and Trust Co. at Portland. BY
way of encoura cement it is stated that
a skilled machinist in that city states
that with all the men he could put to
work on it, possibly % or 80, he might
nnccihlV II in dave The
vault rests upon concrete foundation
extending more than three feet below
the foundation of the building. and its
walls in the sub-structure are about
three feet in thickness. But better
than digging up through the bottom
would be to dig through the side walls.
1t is only 81 inches through. and all
you've got to do is bore through en-
ameled brick brick and cement, and
three and half inches of drill-proof, |
five-ply steel and iron plates. and new
Bessemer steel railroad rails inter-
locking each other. All the plates are
planed true on the edges. are highly |
tempered, and will resist the strongest
and finest tempered steel drills. The |
outer doors of thevault are constructed
with five-ply drill proof chrome and
DcSSeIlcI Slcci DIdlt. i've anu d NAH
inches thick. and plates of patent fare |
lotyn two inches thick. These plates |
are tied together with welded steel
and iron screws and concaf bolts made
of welded steel, iron and farelotyn.
The inner doors are built in the same
manner, and are locked by double
combination lock instead of the auto
matte device The outer and inner
doors are tongued and grooved; the
steps are packed with ar-tight pack |
ing. and have a set of patent dove-tails |
cut full depth into the solid plates. |
fitting closely in dove-tails cut in the |
jamb plates or angles so as to inter
lock the door and jamb. resisting lat
eral motion by wedging or forcing of
jambs away from doors to introduce !
explosives The vault is 16 feet square !;
and eight feet high. Undoubtedly |
there's money in tin the vault--but
it is likely to stay there. for all the
burglars may do.
Portland Express: The BARRIERS of !;
Maine-that is the BARRIERS who are '
barbers-are in revolt The anmus is