Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-25

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Weeks Mills hass a curiosity in tie
shape of a chicken-with four legs aud
feet and as clipper as the nveliest in
the flock.
Nearly all the grape vines in East
| Corinth died last wipter. Some Of them
| rad survived 40 winters and the cause
| of death is not understood.
A Portland merchant says that porgles
are more numerous than for years and
| to the eastward steamers are busy
| Herring ard blueb4eks are coming in
| freely.
There have been presented lately for
change or purchase y number Of light
weight gold coins Of $40 and $50 denomi-
nation. \ very llttlee1ad been taken out
Of each coin.
Some of the Portland policemen are ag-
sating the question of having one day of
each month, without loss of pay. rs The
permanent bremen have. in addition to
their regular vacations.
Why couldn't Woodland. Perham.
Nestmanland, New Sweden ana Stock
holm together hire a lirs t-class school SUI
periutendent? Lets hear about It, neigh
bors, is the request from 4 New Sweden
MAN.
The daily record of the pumping sta
tion of uhe Maine Mater Company at
Nequasset is one million FIVE hundred
thousand gallons. Quite a large volume
Of water to supply the inhabitants Of
Bath and Bruins wick.
The statement thar a Biddeford drug
aist had last season used four tons OF
sugar for soda syrups alone was subject
ed to analysis IN a down town store and
ii Was figured that the druggist must
have sold about hoo glasses of soda a day
tor four months with an average of two
ounces of syrup TO Il glass
y.f
~ as to the reason for the peculiar con
struction of the roof ON the new Plum
nler building, Peaks island. The roof
Instead OF being perfectly Fat, siants in
at the center. This is SO the water VIII
follow this one channel and run down one
hnle to a tank placed for its reception.
This roof. while perhaps not quite 50 ar
IT, tic as a fiat one, is very servccabie
and not likely to leak.
The tribe of basket makers and manu-
f4cturers of other indian wares. are be-
ginning TO Leave their cheerful wigwams
on the island at old Town and are Strik-
ing out for the various sea side and sum
mer resorts along the Maine coast and In
the interior where they Will set up their
curiosity shops for Summer visitors 10 In
spect. one party has gone 10 Old Or
chard. another to York Harbor. ami
Newell Neptune expects TO pitch his tent
AT Poland Spring very soon. white man
rich. Iniun rich too White man money
white man no rich was the statement
one of them made to the Commercial
man. This sounds like truth rather than
poetry.
Deer are becoming plentiful and tame
about West ELS worth 50 much SO THAI
farmers fear that later on they may
prove menace to the green stuff in their
itd gardens Isaac n. Avery. one of the
%cithhiest farmers thereabouts and
mechanical genius. is at work upon a
"a IN f..TI
scare away the deer IN case they become
500 closely identified with his farming
efforts. There is no place in this State
where the respect for the fish and game
liiws is greater. and the mal who goes
there to make record by any but fair
means Is apt to run up against sturdy
citizen whose Indignation and good re-
spive is as hard 10 overcome as that Of
aay warden.
Albert Boston. a student at Dartmouth.
whose parents live at North Berwick,
died. saturday morning. after an illness
OF about two months. Mr.. Boston was
one of the most prominent athletes In
D2Itmoath. aud was a particularly good
Sprintcr During the early spring he
Nold into hard training and the last part
'lf Aprh took part in intercollegiate
trtck events at Philadelphia. liz was
taken sick Immediately after that with
rheumatic fever. which developed into
brain fever Then he was attacked with
pneumonia, which was the immediate
cause of his death That his trimming
fer the running events at Philadelphia |
was 6Ae primary cause of his sickness |
and de0th his family and friends nave no |
doubt whatever.
Those who have had in consideration |
the matter of delegation from Colby |
joining the Peary expedition have de- |
cided that the party from Colby cannot !
be sent. 1t was by no means the lack |
- Dc.
this decision. but. as Prof. Bagley mad |
made contract with the United states |
government to so to Minnesota on the |
survey he found that this |
engagement could not easily he broken |
at this late date. OF course it would |
rot be a practical thing to send i
party Of students without him, so the |
project was abandoned.
There is a certain CLIQUE Of girls in
FOi ,land. the members of which no long
er greet one another in the conventional
way when they meet. Instead of asking
casually, How are you?' or passing |
The time of day, thcy exchange such |
Queries as these: What is the color?'
DO you know your own toner and |
Have you learned your w0rd2" These
Young women are all. as the mannerisms
hetiay, Interested in the new color, tone
Express. This fad which is called Il sys-
TEN of physical. mental ard spiritual cul-
lure is an outgrowth Of the teaching Of |
che various orientalists. 1t is being |
pushed and fosterod by several people in |
the city. Here is the theory: Every |
person in the universe has 4 color II
word. u tone. to which he or she vibrates |
in unison. The finding or discovering of |
his color. word, or tone is of incalculahc
benefit to the individual and all manner |
Of health, happiness and success are as
sisted into being. if not absolutely ere
ated. by the right use and practice of the |
new theory in combination with the cor
rect qualifications.
Mr. William II. Lunt of Auburn. will
be interested to learn that he was Killed
after all in battle during the war and
that the name now on the tablet at
is properly there Indeed.
acre are two William II. Lunts on the
tablet at Brunswick and hence
here must have been three of that name
in the war from that town alone. They
IRE Il brave folk. the VIM. H. I.unts and
Mr. Lunt Of Auburn may be pleased 10 ,
feel that he is still living to enjoy the
heritage of the bravery Of the name. We
ire indebted TO Adjutant Joseph T.. Stet-
son of the Grand Army Post at Bruins
wick for the information in This curious
the story Of which the Jour-
nal related as told by Mr. William II.
.unt of Auburn. Mr. William H. Lunt
St, was a member of Co L. Sth Maine |
olunteers and died at Hilton Head Jan
rs. 1862. VIM. II. Lunt, 3D. enlisted ana
'erVed in Co. D. 18th Maine Volunteers
ma afterwards enlisted in the lst Maine i
Battery and died in Portland Me, Feb
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