Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07

management OI the cOtipuuy AuiHiSh-
ing the lights that the city must have
better service. -
Mr.. ]. A. Rodick of Bar Harbor, was
seen hanging out the stars and stripes
on the Birch Tree inn. Monday morn
neighbor shouted: This isn't flag day
Mr.. Rodick, Saturday was the day.
Il don't care rap what day 1t was
celebrated" replied Mr.. Rodick driving
a nail through the flag stick, today
is the first day for month that we
could see flag through the fog and
I'm going to let her fly"
Maine Farmer: Some young men in
the city are asking the assessors to
abate their poll tax. This Is downright
dishonesty. With earning capacity
and the enjoyment of citizenship, no
true young man will shirk the privilege
and responsibility of paying his poll
tax. That is the least he can do
towards sustaining the government.
Maine Farmer: The first installment
Of Armenians has arrived and been
scattered over the State. How many
Of the families receiving these poor,
needy creatures into their homes
would have opened their doors as
heartily for the poor and needy born
and bred in Maine? There is sad
need for charity at home. and many
poor soul at our doors will go to bed
hungry and cold before May. while we
| send our thousands to Africa and the
far away isles of the sea. Dollars for
the poor heather. and the poor house
| for our neighbors
Saturday night two tramps APP
preached the Home restaurant at Rig
| by park and demanded some food or
drink. There were only two women in
| the building and they refused to let the
| men in. After some parleying the men
broke in and hunted around to see
what they could get. They did not find
anything to eat or anything else that
| they liked the looks of so they got out.
They went to the stables and inform
I'd a hostler that they proposed to camp
| down there. The hostler thought they
would not, but they fell upon him and
| beat him. The hostler got away and
summoned help and the tramps were
| driven away.
Later on Chief of Police Hugh F.
| Flynn was held up by two strangers
near Ligonia.
He arrested them and took them to
Portland where they were lodged in
Jail.
How long, Oh. Lord, how long, will
The people of Maine permit such fell
ows to prey upon them?
Bath street car conductor recently
assisted woman to get on the car by
| -aking her baby and carrying il in for
ler Thinking to please the mother by
noticing the child he asked, Whose
| baby are your" The little one that was
| Just learning to talk laughed innocent
| ~ and in baby talk said, Yours,
| which caused the other passengers to
| smile and the conductor to retreat to
| the rear platform.
A tramp cat who was evidently suf-
fering from the effects of the business
| depression, wandered aimlessly along
| a Portland street. Friday morning
| On a door step was a milk can full of
the tactical fluid. Puss was tempted
and fell Quickly springing up the
steps and paving at saucer which
| covered the receptacle he succeeded in
| .emoving il with crash, and peeped
4 the contents. As some milk cans are
'lard to drink from the hungry puSs
.ad her own troubles. Finally she
succeeded in getting her head in. and
soon absorbed the milk. Imagine the
poor things CONSERVATION when she
| tried to withdraw on finding that the
AN held fast. With a sepulchral
meow" the unfortunate feline dashed
blndly up Pearl street. People who
| saw the strange looking animal stood
rs if rooted to the spot while the flee
ing puss ran on until a scheming gro
GER boy who saw it approaching. placed
| his basket in it's path, and puss struck
it with a resounding whack. when the
| boy turned to basket and had the cat
a prisoner. He then took the bowling
unfortunate to the grocery, and the
good natured proprietor got can
l )peHeT.dflu spent fifteen minutes III eA-
Treating the forlorn looking cat.
She has, doubtless profited by her ex
perience and will know better than to
| be caught in such fix again. Would
that as much could be said for Mr..
Bryan.
| George E. Kimball. a sterling Pitts
| field Republican had little faith in Nc
Kinley's success prior to election day.
The reason was this. and our readers
will see that was very forceful and
convincing one. Years ago he had
lock of turkeys. 1t was no small flock
either and every bird in the lot was
supposed to possess good constitutions
and, in fact nothing short of perfect
pictures of health and Thanksgiving
promises. Three days before election a
change was noted, every individual
| member of the flock was taken with
cholera, and Harrison was defeated.
This year Mr.. Kimball says he has a
| fine flock of turkeys and noted that
few days prior to the election they all