Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-11

A most eloquent sermon was
preached at Lewiston the other eve
ming by a deaf mute and even those
who could not read the sign words
caught the meaning from the preach
ers mobile face and wonderful express
siveness by feature and gesture.
Snow falls reported in various parts
of Maine Wednesday morning, were a
reminder there are but 10 more days
in November.
Frogs piping in the Messalonskee n
few evenings since set the Watervilie
naturalists all agog.
Portland Press: The story which we
publish this morning Of the recent
sickness in the town OF Brunswick il
iustrates the great danger that turks
in contaminated water, and should
serve to impress upon managers Of
water companies the needs of extreme
care on their part. Luckily in this case
the sickness was not as a rule very
serious, but had typhoid fever or any
other disease that is propagated by
germs taken into the stomach. been
prevalent. no doubt ii would haze been
spread throughout the town. The
blame in this case seems to belong 20
no one person. but is TO be divided
among several Some sort of a not.h-
cation was attempted to be made -
the people that change Of water sup
ply mad been made owing to an acct
dent. bt.t it was far from being as gen
eral ana complete as ii ought 10 nave
been. Undoubtedly the pumping of
the AndroScoggn water into the pipes
was perfectly justifiable because With
out IL the town would have been put
in jeopardy from fire, but general no
tificatiVn ought to have been s"rt out
that tht water was unsafe for drinking
purposes. The fact probably was that
none OF the parties upon VIII IN re-
sponsibiity rested was sufiieieI "
alive to the danger. With the experi-
ence that they have now had tn ne will
probably no more mistakes Of this sort
made in this particular town. but the
inha bitants of other towns should heed
the lesson and not wait to learn the
danger Of polluted water from costly
ard painful experience.
The Gardiner man who had vet
Urinary surgeon file off his horses
teeth so the animal could mastica,e
hay. and finding after few days
that the horse did not do the chewing
act any better, thought he would in
vestigate. Came near fainting with
horror on discovering that there had
not been a tooth in the old horses
mouth for years. He talks now of
suing the veterinary for the $3.50 he
paid him for filing those gums Off
Reporter Journal. Surely no one can
blame him for resenting such gum
game"
Times are so much better in Bucks |
Harbor the Inhabitants are beginning !
to think about their salvation. if We |
may judge from this little item in |
an exchange: Business is quite good |
and money more plentiful than in the |
spring. If all the people here. and in |
other places, We're as earnest for sal |
walton as for dollars. all would be |
we'll"
A Machias lumberman 50 years old. |
who has seen deer in droves and
PASSED good portion of his Life among
their haunts, never killed one till this
fall
An army Of hoDoes is camping in |
Cape Eliza beth and living on the gen
erous who can not refuse an appeal for
food. But for such illtimed and mis-
placed generosity there would be no
army of hoboes.
A Portland man has invented
horseless carriage with gasoline en-
gire for its motive power. He expects
great things from the invention. Real
Iy it now looks as if Maine would have
the horseless carriage reduced to prac
teal purposes before she has suitable
roads for it to run upon
Wing and Courier: The new tariff
of the Republican administration has
made a decided increase in the amount
Oh duty received upon SoOuS Wnlcn are
brought into Maine to compete in our
We learn from Collector of
Customs A. l.. Simpson that the amount
Of duty paid during the month of Octo-
Der was $19.43962. as against $6.1i6.56 in
October of last year. %
The truant officer of South Paris
doesn't lay any claims to being an elo-
,utionist but when he read the truant
law in school the pupils looked as il
hey were impressed. The fact that
he had just marched in a match of
.ruants may have had something to do
with the impressiveness. The truaii;
aw should have similarly Jealous off,
GERS all over the State. Y
Scarboro lays claim to the eldest
house in Cumberland county. It Is
thought to have been in existence when
Gov. William King came to Scarboro
in 174i. 1t is now the ell Of Hiram
Googin's house at Dunstan landing.
The old house is redolent With memo
les Of the past. for it was here that oc-
cured the creditors riot in. 1885, and