Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-04


fractions.
Maine farmers, generally will sympa-
thize with the writer of the following
item which appeared in State paper:
Those who raised the oats and Hun
garian grass seed that we sowed, are
respectfully invited to come and pull
up the mustard, and not send any
more of it this way"
Speaking OF Richard Golden and his
we'll known representation of ''Old Jed
Frouty," Lin. O. Type in the Bangor
Commercial says: "Old Jeds clothing
is wondrous, and it was collected in
funny way. Dick Golden knew a lot
of the good old country gentlemen
hcreabouts who owned aged suits OF
raiment and he bargained with them
for such pieces as he could find. From
time to time he would pick up others
until he had complete outfit of real old
pasture clothes. He tells many enter
tanning things about the business; he
would often meet some sturdy citizen
from without the city gates who Wore
some piece of personal furniture that
appeared to be necessary to The sue
cess Of "Old Jed Prouty," and would,
without ado, approach him money Ill
hand and would bargain and haggle
and entreat and wheedle,-the rascal
until he had the article safe within his
pocket on the way to rehearsal. AT
the theatre he would show his pur-
chase to his company; then the in
imitable Dick would smile that depre-
catory, plaintive. gentle grin of his; i
did 'em again. boys he would say,
and then the play would go on"
The Portland agent of the Society
for the Protection of Animals says
that he has thus far received no COM
plants about families moving to the
islands who have thoughtlessly left
their cats behind unprovided for. Last
year many cases of this kind OF
neglect were reported.
The Reporter Journal wisely says
that, everything else being equal.
Gardiner girls and boys should have
the preference~every time for position
in the gift of Gardiner institutions.
Last week 4 young man claiming to
be an agent of a Boston cooperative
association, visited Brooks. His efforts
To interest the citizens of that town in
his association were fruitless, and he
finally left, leaving behind him an I'M
paid board bill. The farmers of Brooks
chad evidently read with, profit the re-
cent circular of Secretary Mckeen of
the State board of agriculture warn
ing Maine people against such associa-
tons.
A recent addition to Castine's tax
able property is a $4,000 summer cot
tage.
The Biddeford Journal says that of
those who died in Biddeford last year
only 20 per cent We're of native parent
Canadian parentage and Is per cent of
Irish parentage. These figures are not
in accord with the ratio of nativity of
parentage among the living.
one OIL the prominent officers who
was in Portland last week stated that
he had visited nearly every harbor in
this country and Europe but none
could compare with Portland, while
another stated that he had attended
every reunion of the old Third CORPS.
hut this one was by far the best. He
said the hospitality of the citizens of
Portland was so genuine and heartfelt
that he hated to leave. One officer
went into a restaurant and bought
cigar, He said he was taken all aback
when the proprietor followed him into
the street to repay him the dime. stat
ing that he would not take a cent from
soldier that day.