Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-16

, yield better results than present hilton
miss methods. Our paper mills an
shoe factories are not left to the super
vision of anybody -or-other who wi
take the job without regard to training
or aptitude.
The report that. beginning today
the Waltham watch factory will run
its works on full time will be Of con
siderable interest in this State. Sew
eral hundred Maine people are EN-
ployed there.
Prof. A. Ii. Abbott Of the Little
Blue school, requests the Pennington
Chronicle to say that parties who are
found violating the law, by selling ci-
sarettes to any Of his pupils, will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law. Good for Prof. Abbott The law
needs to be put to the test There
should be united effort to discover
how effective it really may be and to
| improve upon it where 1t needs i'm
provement.
| OF all the many things charged
against the railroad the following adj
vanced by Watervlle man is at
least the most unique: A Waterville
man was complaining recently Of the
| slowness Of Waterville people in gen.
eral. The most of those with whom
he was talking did not agree with him
but one of them did and declared that
the reason for it is because all the
Maine Central trains stop ten min
utes or more at the Waterville station.
He thought the people got used to
taking lots of time to do everything
in because there was always some lee
way for them in which to catch the
train.
A Massachusetts friend recently told
the Piscataquis Observer that on one
occasion she sent her little sister to
church with instructions to remember
the minister's text Upon her return
and in response to an inquiry about
the text the little girl informed her
that it was Behold. how good and
how pleasant 1t is for brethren to
dwell together down East" The fact
that the child was born in Unity. Me-.
which she had heard called down
East" explained the matter.
A Sebec correspondent of an ex-
change writes: Almost every one here
seems pleased with the result of the
election and looks for revival of
business. We venture the opinion that
some of the most active advocates of
Gil N n; nj, h
lieve that the restoration of the duty
on lumber hay. potatoes. wood. etc.
would be for the best interests of us
all. in this section of the country at
least.
A Bucksport stable keeper has a
horse which he feels warranted in de-
claring safe for ladies and children to-
drive. 1t is the one which furnished
the motive power of the band wagon"
in the recent celebration there. He
hauled several mechanical fog horns
in full operation. with a mill-saw cho-
rus, over bonfires, between exploding
fireworks, rendrock mines and gen
eral pandemonium. Rockets went up
in front of him. crackers beneath his
feet and the Oak Hill cadets paraded
in full view. but he never winked. The
only danger to be feared in the case
Of that horse seems to be what would
happen if he should suddenly come
across a stiffness. He might shy at
that.
No peanuts for sale on Congress
street, Portland from Lincoln park to
Congress square. Some of the tam
giles of goober vendors to be found in
hot few of the cities ought to dis
entangle and make a bee line for
Congress street, Portland Maine.
Bangor's kite track should serve to
keep up the horse interest over that
way.
Time locks will yet be needed on
the doors of the Maine hen pens.
Nightly busy must have been the
employees in Palermo steam mill.
who didn't notice until too late to save
the building that the roof over their
heads was burning off.
Money lenders have strange expert
ences as well as other people. One of
these brokers, whose office is on Ex-
change street, says the Portland EX-
press, had an eccentric customer re-
Gently who wanted to borrow 800. The
man was known. the money was pro-
duced. and the necessary paper Stip-
ulating a return with interest in ten
days was received. Two days after
the time had expired the tardy custo-
mer called on the money lender, and
asked him to get the note as he wished
to settle. He had evidently been drink
ing heavily, and there was a wild
CLEAN in his eyes. The broker pro-
duced the paper and handed it to him
at his request to look at. Great was
the establishment of the money lender
when the man took the paper and tore
1t into shreds. Having done this and
without saying word. the eccentric
debtor made his exit. Imagine the
money lenders surprise when the
same man called on him two days lat
er and paid with liberal interest, and
with many apologies for his delay.
He remembered nothing of his rash