Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-10

So, an" 10 miles.-Bridgto,
Well, after driving over tba, -,
the past summer we are road,
swear by the cycIometers. :"
IN election day, Mrs. John Eer.,
sons school-room in Mapleton a.
visited by proud Republican roos,.
VINO walked in the door and crowed
distinctly three times. The taaaL.
remarked TO the children that means
victory for Mckinley, and the ans
bird Is still growing. "''e
Industrial journal: In an ed,,1
concerning the apple trade abroad .,
Maine the Bath Enterprise has ius,
said some very wise things. ANA
they are so good that we Reproduce
them, agreeing heartily with the sen-
timents therein. We would, perhany
add little to make it stronger. ana
that is this: That whether the wear
for apples is good or bad, in the face
Of the fact that Maine apples sold
abroad have been getting a very had
name from the poor fruit that bss
i Dt'H PdIIiItd Oll DIS tXlFd Iire frllit In
the great detriment not alone of those
| who really sent honest fruit into the
| English market but to the certain
destruction of the export trade to
| England. it is most certainly worth
the shippers and growers utmost
care and, possibly, temporary sacri-
flee, to pack and ship only the very
best apples that can be secured in the
State, or else ship none at ALL The
shipment for one or two seasons OF
guaranteed fruit, which when pur-
chased should be found to be thor
oughly up to the standard, would ere
ate such demand for Maine raised
fruit as would insure the continued
success of the Maine export trade in
greater volume than has ever been
known. The Enterprise well says:
Foreign shipment OF apples has been
proving very unsatisfactory to many
shippers. Prices are so low that they
will not pay expenditures unless the
fruit is superior Great complaint is
| made of the quality Of recent ship
| ments. so the report is, many lots Of
i'aIdWns ii is said being nothing but
| rubbish, very small and poor, in color.
1t is no use in this season of abun-
dance to go to the trouble and expense
of shipping to Europe apples that may
be classed as rubbish" There is
plenty of good fruit in the hands of the
growers, but putting the cheap stuff
on the foreign markets Injuries the
sale of all. 1t is to be hoped that the
shippers of inferior apples will soon
get enough of it. and feed their cheap
q nrleG n ia stock ma lx. inf
cider. leaving the market in proper
condition for the shipment of superior
fruit of which there is great abun-
dance"
The Western man who tried the eat
ing of CLAIMS in the shell with a knife
and fork at one of our summer re-
sorts this summer. was obliged to give
it up and adopt the native style.
There are some things that neither
science nor culture can conquer and
the clam appears to be one of them.
A Bath hopeful with strong love
of amusement recently mixed little
gun powder with tobacco in his un-
cle's pipe A few moments after it
was lighted by the owner. an illumi
nation occurred which suggested a po-
litical celebration. The explosion
broke the pipe in a dozen pieces but
luckily did not injure the smoker who
found consolation in using his slipper
on the daring youngster.
The celebrations in Maine thus far
have been fully as successful as the
election.
One Bath man rejoices in the pos
session of no less than four new
hats which came to him with the cleo
ton of Mckinley.
1t is estimated that nearly 1000
cigars were required to settle this
class of election bets in the city of
Augusta alone.
A new bath house with all the lat
est improvements" WILL it is rumored.
grace the Bath water front next sea-
son.
Portland is said to have more
Clubs" of one kind and another, than
any two other cities of the State COM
bined
A young Bath bachelor purposes to
build boat house for his own Occu-
pancy. 1t is pleasing to learn from
the Independent that Ibis many
friends endorse the project"
The meanest man of all is the one
who paid a glove bet with young
lady by sending her a ten cent pair
of cotton gloves by mail,!,
Life at Washington.
The inauguration of a President. the Sc
lection of his cabinet. and the seating of
a new Congress-national events of the
coming year-suggest the question, What
are the powers and duties of these high
officials? During 1897 it will be answered
through the Youths Companion. in re-