Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-05

,ik,nr for hard cider. which last years
big apple crop has made apunoah' anu
cheap.
Machias Union: In the Popuiist
Third district convention lately neid
there were only three delegates pres
ent. No trouble for them to keep
middle Of the road.
Those who depend on outdoor Work
for a living have had hard time Tor
the past month.
Thirteen weddings on the programme
in Calais this month, ana yet the IN
terested parties are sure the number Is
a lucky one.
There is rumor that potatoe bugs are
scarce. this season. We hope II may
be verified. Perhaps the bugs object 10
restricting the sale of paris green to
druggists.
A little Portland boy came running
home during the thunder shower, the
other day. His mother asked: 'Didn q
you hear the thunder" Yes, mamma
well, didn't you know that that was
Gods voice telling you to run home.
Yes. | heard it, mamma, put ne mum
bled his voice so l couldn't understand
what he said"
A gloom well nigh impenetrable rests
upon the country store debating circle.
The weather is worn-out subject ana
1t will not yield even to the previous
question.
Bangor may get so enthused over .ne
idea of having a military post as tn
forget all about the musical festival.
1t was not a comet or the approach of
a Marian visitor that caused knot ot
Bar Harborites to crane their necks
and peer long into rhe heavens the
other day. 1t was bit of blue sky no
bigger than a mans hand,
1t was a question Of abandoning the
Parsonsfield postoiflce or getting vol
unteer to take it, A young school
marin stepped forward and saved the
office.
burg before long and so there is a
clamor for street signs.
A Biddeford man, who has depended
port finally found he must go TO work.
He did so with the expressed wish he
might get hurt just enough to draw on
his accident insurance. His wish was
more than fulfilled and he will be Grip
piled for some time If not for life. and ,
no one seems inclined to pity him.
There is a call for an improvement
society in Belfast and the general inn
preston among the men seems to be
that it should be composed of ladies.
as it probably would accomplish more,
on Memorial day fourteen years ago
the boys who followed the parade home
from the cemetery in Rockland snow
balled one another from the harvest of
a snow squall
There has been a gloom upon little
Maine village and it wasn't due to the
weather One little woman was sick
that was the cause, and she wasn't
the wife of the squire or the biggest
She does not so into socie
ty nor attend the sewing circle, nor
set the fashions nor write for the
She simply cleans house
for the neghbors and from the pro-
ceeds of so doing has bought a cosy
little cottage, supported an invalid
husband and well brought up a family
of children. More she has been well
come visitor in every home where her
services have been in demand. If she
has come across the skeleton in the
closet she has kept silence. Walking
not seemed to cloud a particle of the
sunshine in her smile or pitch the
CHEEKY note in her voice on a lower
key. And through it all she has had
very little to say about the unequal
of blessings in this world
No wonder affairs were at a standstill
in Sullivan Harbor when Mrs. Farrell
was taken ILL.,