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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Mrs. c. T. Judkins has let her farm
The assessors have not called on all
yet.-Mr. S. II. j. Berry has one of the
best pair of Hereford oxen in this sec
tion-Apples are not all sold.-Ice in
the ponds is still very thick.-Mr
Charles Sturtevant will build one OF
two houses at Livermore Falls, this
summer
ALBION.
Josiah Harding died Saturday. Mr..
Harding had been in poor health for
some time-Claude Wellington spent
Sunday at home.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Clark have son.
WINDSOR.
\ town meeting was held. Tuesday.
for the purpose of drawing two jurors
70 go to Portland on the grand jury of
the United States court, This is the
second time in many years that Wind
Sor has been called on to furnish jurors
for this court Mr.. Nathaniel Colby
and the late Daniel Nining Were tha
jurors drawn at that time.-The
Maxey's Mills school has been closed
on account of measles. Nearly every
hid in the district either is now sick
or has had the disease.-As II. A. y.
Dutton was walking by the house of
George Black, he was attacked by a
large dog owned by Mr.. Black. AMI
bitten on the arm so as to start the
blood.-The selectmen are making
their annual visit, and have about fin :
ished taking the valuation.
EAST WINTHROP.
Miss Lena l.. Foster is in Augusta
C. w. Nose is learning to ride bicycle,
the first of the season.-Miss Alma H.
White is visiting at T. II. White's-
Miss Georgia HeWinS has returned 70
the Coburn Classical Institute Water
ville.-School began, Monday. with
Miss Janet Hallett as teacher.-Prepa-
rations are being made for county
convention of the Loyal Temperance
Legions to be held at Winthrop Village.
May S. Mrs. Helen G.. Rice. the nation
al superintendent. and Miss Annie c.
Bagley. the State superintendent, will
both be present.-It is hoped a large
gathering will be present. If stormy
the convention will be postponed to
May %
WINTHROP.
thursday evening the Ladies' Social
Union gave supper at the Methodist
vestry.-Wallace White. who practiced
law here some IS years ago, is in town
visiting friends. Mr.. White is now
settled in Utah. where he is said to
have fine practice. He was a very
active Republican worker when in
Winthrop.-The alleged nuisance re-
sulting from the discharge of butter
milk at Jepson's butter factory will
come before the present term of court
at Augusta. The people on High street
and vicinity are deeply interested in
this MATERIAL the schools in the VIII
lage began, Monday.-Mr. Randall has
SO far recovered from his recent ill
ness as to be out of doors on pleasant
days.-Mrs. c. p. Hannaford is still
critically ill. as also is Mrs. j. l..
Ingham.-The first crocus of the sea-
son was out, last Sunday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
STATE NEWS.
Androscossin.
LIVERMoRE FALLS.


What will probably be the finest Jun l.
room in New England when completeu'
is that of the Otis Falls Pulp Compan9'
now undergoing construction. 1t VIII - ~
large. airy and well lighted room, III ~.
q model boiler room. having a conci ,,,'',
floor, and modern devices for wheenl,s
the csaI in from the great coal p0che.'
coming in iron cars on a small railwa!
Where brick work is exposed such as as, iac
ing. etc, around the boilers, there WIN "
u fine porcelain brick FThe boilers arc
made by Babcock & Wilcox, New iorh.
There will be four bdileEs in all eaci'
boiler contains 1872 four-inch tubes, 10 leet
long with connections making 10 feet wiue
and II feet high with two overhead
drums AZ inches in diameter of p ooooo
steel built to carry 100 lpunds pressui =
lined with brick on the inside WIN hre
box 9xS east iron front with II open :
ngs Each boiler will be equal to '5e
horse power. The boilers will De lea
from an immense Green's economiZer'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

A monument to H. Freeman Water
house of Portland. a clerk at Hotel
Ormond Fla, who was drowned. last
winter while rendering assistance to a
shipwrecked crew, is to be erected on
the beach there by guests of the hotel.
His body has never been found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
Lincoln.
WHITEFIELD.

w Hi Err HELD.
f.. A. Pearson. who has spent his
summers here for several years, ar
rived at w. a. Kennedy's from Cam
bridgeport. Thursday of last week, By
way of w. & Q.-Arnold Whitcomb has
so far recovered from his late illness as
to be removed to his daughters Mrs.
Amos Tarr of North Whitefield.--
Arthur Little has gone to Portland,
where he has obtained situation
Arthur Clark came from Chelsea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
Most Excellent all Around.


The prompt appointment of Gen. Seldel
Conner as L. S. pension agent at Au-
gusta not only indicates that the pension
payments to Maine eX-soldiers are TO be
made in Maine but places a the head OF
that important office "A representative sol
der respected and loved by old soldiers
everywhere. A most excellent selection.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Royal Burnham, fer many vars a
granite quarryman and contractor. but
la tely engaged in the grocery business
at Biddeford. died, Monday night. He
is survived by a wife and daughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Satisfactory 10 Everybody.

General Selden Conner has been HOmi-
mated by the President to be pension agent
at Augusta. and the Senate confirmed th-
nomination, Monday. The appointment
is q fitting one. Gen. Conner was gal
liant soldier as a citizen he has the high
est esteem of everyone; and his appoint
ment to this position is satisfactory to
everybody irrespectiNe of party. y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Think of cider mills running at the
same season as the sap trees. Al
Baldwin apples are thus being con-
verted to cider in some of the Maine
communities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

The boys in blue are going to the
operations for the next two days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Senator Chambers proposal for the
TO seize the ship armor
plants. make the armor and then pay
those plants. might be all right in time
of war but ii would be very bad pre-
ee,lent in time Of peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

of pension offices would have increased
rather than decreased expenses. So
much for an alleged reform that Presi-
dent Cleveland did not attempt to make
until the closing hours of his term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
Maine Gossip.
Inconsistent.


Into our maXimS We permit
An Inconsistency to creep.
When we declare that money talks.
And then assert that talk is cheap.
Eek.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Thcs patents have been granted 10
Maine people: Joseph Berren, Jackman-
town, oar for row boats: Horace NJ. DeD-
bins. Portland, corn husking machine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

The Hancock supreme judicial court,
Peters. j.. presiding, opened. MONDAY
morning. Prayer was offered by keV. ~
l.. Yale. A short term is expected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Lewiston is rejoicing in the prospect
of her big hotel being opened.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

The bonfire party is the fad in some
places and surely it is not senseless
one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
A FAST DAY
PROCLAMATION.

Recognizing and conforming to long
established custom, with the advice ana
consent of the Executive Council, 90
hereby designate and appoint THURS
DAY, the twenty-second day OF April
next, to be observed by all the people OK
our State as a day Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Just for fun a Bangor drummer
snatched a 2O-dollar gold piece from a
companions hand the other day and
just for fun another bystander tried to
snatch it from him when it rolled into
a sewer The first funny man paid for
the amusement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
RIVERSIDE.

Mrs. j. H. Reed and Mrs. Hannah
Springer. who spent the winter in Angus
Ia have returned to their homes.-MrS. J.
n. Russell has a plant that is a beautiful
sight now. 1t is mayflower verbena
and is in fun bloom. over thirty lunches
of blossoms being on it. They look like
very pink maytowers and are very fra
grant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

signed communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE for the preservation or
return Of rejected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Publishers, Au-
gusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

The passengers on the Sagadahoc
relate wonderful illustrations given by
Boston last week One of them said
the boat was aground and the tide was
falling and there was not the least
chance of floating until high tide. The
scientist commenced to pray and before
they knew it they were afioat.-Bath
Times.-The significance of this might
escape some people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

Over in Biddeford is Sam wilkins
who has seen a good bit of life. He's
an athlete at 81, challenges any man
20 years younger in New England to
ride him a long distance bicycle race.
Some of the incidents of his life are:
A deep sea sailor for 40 years; cast
away five times; a visit on to almost
every seaboard country of the world;
four years a Whaler in Arctic and
Antarctic and tropical waters: lived for
three months with Sandwich inland
savages. the only white man on the
island; journeyed by RENDERS and
sledges across 120 miles of Russian
plains in midwinter; was in Charles
town harbor when Fort Sumter was
fired on: served Is months in the 9th
Massachusetts and had leg broken at
the battle of Baton Rouge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
WEST GARDINER.


Guy Sawyer was at home few days
last week.-Three handsome draft horses
passed. through here Friday. en- route for
parties in Hallowell. They were from
Monmouth Centre and were sold by J. II.
Gilman.-W. II. Davis bought pair of
oxen of f. S. Collins recently.-Gardiner
Andrews. who has been quite sick, is
able to be out again.-Maude Davis is
spending a few weeks in Gardiner with
her sister. Mrs Walter G. Curtis.-Most
Of the russell apples in this vicinity have
been sold for Sis per barrel.-Fuller
Getchel has gone on the Steamer Saga
dahoc to work for a while.
PITTSTON.
DR.. Libby reports the sickness as falling
off consdera ble.-Miss Nellie Ray. who
has been spending the winter at Rev. G.
w. LOwelrs has returned to her home
in Alna.-Henry Clark is preparing to
build his new store on the site of
the old one. Walter Kennedy of White
field viii take charge OF tie work-The
schools in town will not begin till the
first of May.
NORTH PITTSTON.
One of John Grants horses. last week.
got caught in his stall and died.-hIr. and
Mrs. G.. b. Putnam h;tye been visiting
her daughter Mrs. H. A. Clark Of East
Pttston.-Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCor-
mick of Dresden, visited Mrs. McCor.
i1llck ) IatneI. JOHii uufln, TeCt1tly.-MiS :.
w. Y. Tobey is quite sick with the pre-
vailing cold.-The school will commence
the first week in May: Miss Mamie Fer
rah of Whitefield, teacher.-While di 4Ging
II grave in the yard at this place! the
ground was found to be frozen 90 inches.
LITCHFIELD CORNER
There is a good deal of sickness in the
place now, and the doctors are busy
Charlie Larrabee. Bonnie Benson and o.
S. Call are all sick.-Mr Fogg's family OF
Wales. have moved into the Hanscom
house.-The wood bee which was to have
feeFl held at Mrs. Robinson's, Saturday,
was postponed one week on account Of
so many being sck.-Mrs. S. G.. Nutting
who has been in poor health for some
time is reported worse-C s. Aver was
in town last week.
SOUTH CHINA.
Mrs. Flora Wescott. who has been
spending the winter with her father Ne
hemiah Hit. returned 70 Bangor Mon
day.-Frank Goodspeed is confined TO the
house by ilness.-Mrs. james Burns who
has been quite ill., is reported much i'm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14

If Portland could find where her fire
bug spent his vacation she might find
the firebug.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
AST THORNDIkE.

There will be a free public entertain
ment at Bethel Lodge, Saturday eve
ming, April 17.-Easter exercises VIII be
held at the Centre church, Sunday, April
Is. commencing at 1 p. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
FAYETTE.

There We're number Of persons from
town before the grand jury, last week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-14
Penobscot.
ETNA

George Jones has sold the John Ball
farm to Claton Brown for $500 Mr.. Jones
has bought the JudsOn T.. Friend place
for Sle0D.-Frank Carter has shipped
some $50 cords of pulp wood.-The super
ntendent of schools gives notice that she
will meet those desiring To teach the
,oming summer for examination, April "a,
at No. ! Schoolhouse. Etna.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
ATTRACTIONS OF couRTsHIP.
A Man Is Never So Interesting az When
He's COurting.

A Man Is Never So Interesting az When
He's Courting.
There was cynical fellow in the
middle ages who, under the sarcastic
title, "The Fifteen Joys of Marriage"
wrote an elaborate description of Is
woes, which were likely. one and all, to
distress the foolish man who had
slipped like a fish into the great net
of matrimony, says Lippincott's. 1t
is not probable, however, that his lit
tie treatise turned a single man from
the error of his way. How should it
have, when the great weight and au-
thor,ty of Mr. Punch have not been
able in these days to make any APP
precable difference in the issue of mar
riage licenses? Yet the genial philos-
opher's advice, which is an everlast-
ing shame to Mrs. Judy. was perfectly
decided. The truth is, men will not
take advice which they do not want,
no matter who offers it. They know
that all the world loves them when
they are lovers, and so the vain crea-
lures will go a-wooing. All the pretty
business of kneeling and signing is
becoming; when a man is counting he
is more interesting than he has ever
been or ever will be again. Whether
it be Jockey who dons his Sunday coat
to propitiate his goddess of the hay
field, or the fine gentleman who swears
at his valet for speck of dust when
dressing for certain important inter-
view, he is worthy of notice; and even
the frog, when he will a-wooing go,
becomes hero fit for poetry. The
uneasy period of courtship tries the
souls of men and shows what stuff they
are made of, and therefore the manners
of men of the fifteenth century when
marrying or trying to marry indicate
very fairly the refinement of sociey at
that time
The citizen., 1897-02-19
ABSURD ERRORS.
Made by Noted Authors, and, Among the
Number, Shakespeare.

Made by Noted Authors, and, Among the
Number, Shakespeare.
Shakespeare's anachronisms certain
ly give him the palm for the greatest
number of mistakes. Some of them are
also strikingly absurd, as, for instance,
the allusion to Cato in Coriolanus, sup
posed to have been made two centuries
before Cato was born, and the allusioh
to a striking clock in Julius Caesar cen
turies before such a thing existed.
These may, however, be put down to
carelessness and the chaotic state of
chronology in Shakespeare's time, and
none of them are either as absurd OF
as indefensible as the error of which
Coleridge was guilty when he marred
his immortal "Ancient Mariner" with
the lines:
THE horned moon with one bright star
Within the neither tip"
For such an astronomical monstros-
ity as this to have been visible, either
the star must have been on the earth
ward side of the moon, or else it must
have shone through the solid body of
our satellite. What makes it all the
more absurd is the fact thatan educated
man like Coleridge could hardly have
been ignorant of such an elementary
fact as this.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
SuNBuRN IN FREEZING WEATHER
A Jerseyman's Experience and Lieut.. De
Longs Story from the Arctic Region.

A Jerseyman's Experience and Lieut.. De
Longs Story from the Arctic Region.
In this climate it is not common to
find sunburn sufferers while the ther-
nfometer is away down near the freez-
ing point, but there is an interesting
portion of Lieut.. Commander De Longs
story of the voyage of the jeanette
which shows how plausible this eXpla-
nation is. After the jeanette was
crushed in the Arctic ice and aban-
doned in 1881, and De Long and his
companions took to the ice in June of
that year, they found themselves suf-
fering day and night from heat, al
though the temperature of the air was
never above freezing. With the ther
mometer at 20 to 25 degrees, the men
worked in their shirt sleeves and were
covered with perspiration. On June 2G
De Long wrote in his diary:
"Blistering hot since midnight, al
though the thermometer marked only
SO degrees in the sun. Our hands
and faces are all swollen and blistered."
On the next day, with the thermome-
ter at 30 degrees, he tells how curious it
seemed to see the men seeking places in
the shade in which to enjoy an after
dinner smoke and rest, and so day aft
er day his references to the unpleas-
ant heat continue. The party even
found it oppressive in their tents at
night, although the tents were pitched
on the ice. and the thermometer showed
chilling enough figures.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
THE HIGHWAY.

The highway lies all bare and brown.
A naked line across the down,
Worn by hundred hurrying feet.
The tide of life along it flows,
And busy commerce comes and goes.
where once the grass grew green and
sweet,
The worlds fierce pulses beat.
well for the highway that 1t lies
lThe passageway of great emprisel
yet from it's dust what voices cry
Voices of soft green growing things
rrampled and torn from earth which
clings
Too closely, unperceiving why
Its darling BARNS must die!
NV hearts a highway, trodden down
By many a traveller of renown-
Grave thought, and burden-bearing
deeds.
And strong achievements envoy fares,
with laughing joys and crowning cares,
Along the road that woodward leads
Once rank with foolish weeds.
Glad is my heart to hear them pass;
Yet sometimes breathes low alasl
The tender springing things that grew
The nursing hopes their feet destroyed,
Sweet ignorant dreams that youth en-
joyed-
And blossomed there the long year
through
Would could have them tool
Louise Belts Edwards, In Harpers Maga-
zine.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
A BATTLE OF GERMS.
San Francisco Physician Sees One Disease
Stamp Out Another.

Stamp Out Another.
An interesting problem is suggested
to the medical world by recent ex-
pertinent of DR.. E. II. Woolsey. He
was called to treat two children suffer-
ing from the fever which follows vac
cination, and while they were under
his care both developed diphtheria,
from which they recovered quickly,
says the San Francisco Examiner.
The physician is now almost con-
vinced that there was a clash between
the two ferments in the blood, and
that the virus of the vaccine vanquished
the toxine of the diphtheria. He
watched the cases very closely, and he
felt so certain of the correctness of his
conclusion that in the notice of the
cases which he sent to the health off.
Ger he announced that the diphtheria
had been lightened by vaccination. The
patients are nov strong and well at
time when such sufferers are usually
weak from the effects of the disease.
In discussing the matter DR.. Woolsey
said:
"The thought suggested by the re-
cent cases of mine is the antagonism of
one disease for another, like erysipelats
to cancer, which is an entirely new
idea as applied to diphtheria. Wheth-
er or not 1t will prove of any practical
value is a question upon which feel
rather doubtful, but it is, neverthe
less, of great interest scientifically, and
throws new light on such subjects.
II may incidentally be a point of van
tage for experiments in other direc-
tions"
The citizen., 1897-02-19
THE EARTH'S TEMPERATURE.
Some Observations Made in the Deepest
Holes.

sumo ODserVaGiOnS MADE In the Deepest
Holes.
Physical geography teaches that the
increase of temperature as we descend
into the earth is about one degree
Fahrenheit to every 55 feet descent.
The following deep mines in the world
show accurately the amount of this
increase in the most notable instances.
The deepest mine in the world is the
Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and
Hecla mines, in the Lake Superior re-
gion, which has been sunk to the depth
of 1900 feet. The greatest depth in
Great Britain is 9,474 feet; Belgium,
1887; Austria-Hungary, 3,672; Vic
toria, 3,302; Germany, 1880 feet, and
France, 1900 feet. In the Calumet and
Hecla mines the increase of tempera-
ture is the least on record, being at
tributed to the presence of Lake SUI
perior. On the other hand, the re-
suits of the Comstock are enormously
high, from the lode being heated by
volcanic action and the presence of hot
subterranean waters. The mean of a
number of observations of the Red
Jacket shaft gives an average of GO
feet per degree Fahrenheit. The deep
est bore hole yet made was sunk by
the Prussian government, in 1893. and
reached a depth of 6,572 feet. the in.
crease being one degree Fahrenheit for
GIL feet. In the Comstock mine it is
so warm that sometimes it isimpossibie
to word, due to the increased tempera-
ture, and ordinarily the men have to
be changed very often, sometimes as
often as once in 20 minutes.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
SMART ST. LOUIS WOMEN.
How They Make Business for Painte
Plumber and Paperhanrer.


Plumber and Paperhangcr
The lady capper" may be the next
arrival from the west via st. Louis. The
painters and plumbers and paper-hang.
ers of that city have invented scheme
that will suggest to New York men in
those branches the possibility of in.
creasing their business when it becomes
slack, says the New Yory World.
The "lady capper" goes to a real es-
tate agent and tells him she desires to
lease certain house or apartment fo1
which he is agent. 1T needs new paint
ing, new calcomining, some plumbing,
new paper on the dining room, and I'll
only take it when these things are done,
not BEFORE" she says.
The agent. if he isn't up to all the new
tricks of women, obliges her and then
communicates with her at the address
she gives. The LADY capper" in the
meantime reaps commissions from
plumbers and painters before the agent
gets around, and she only smiles in her
tight sleeves while making sad excuses
for disappointing the agent and herself
by not taking his house. There seem
still to be new fields open to ingenious
women.
The citizen., 1897-02-19

Suitor-H How much dowry will yon
give your daughter?
Father-A Thousand for every year
of her are.
''And what is that?"
~Thirty-eght."
eI'm afraid that's more dowry than
caro- ofor."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The citizen., 1897-02-19
An Englishman and an Trishman were

An Englishmau and an Trishman were
one day holding an argument respect
ing the nationality of various great
men who had lived and died. The
Irishman had successfully claimed each
one mentioned as countryman of his
own. till at length the Englishman.
somewhat nettled. inquired: "How
about Shakespeare-was he an irish
man?" To which he received the reply:
"Well. cant say that he was alto
gether, but at all events he had the
abilities of one."-Household Words
The citizen., 1897-02-19
euc,kles in the Roman Armv.

Some form of buckle was in use in the
Roman army before the Christian era.
These buckles were provided tongues
which passed through holes in the belt
In the reign of Charles IL. of Eng
land buckles instead of shoestrings be-
came fashionable and were made Of
great size, some covering the whole in
step.