Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-13

honest person. Anyhow the act brands
| the appropriation OF another s umbrella
as theft, pure and simple. Those
Knox burglars have net lived and
operated in vain.
| Portland's street commissioner APP
pears to have knocked out Alderman
Rounds in the last round and the fgh.
is declared fizzle.
| Three sisters in Arrowsic have mar
ried within the past ten months, and
all of them married men by the name
of George, by George!
| Some OF the Brewer girls have
| formed an organization to be known
as the Bachelor Girls Club The
boys are thinking of retaliating by
| forming an ''Old Maids Club" but the
| cynic remarks this would be an in
stance of cutting off the nose to spite
| the face. The boys should feel COM
| plimented at the title chosen by the
| girls.
Portland Express: Mr.. Marcus A.
Hanna of Knightvllle, brought into
this Office today Princess Alice rose,
grown in his house. which is the larg
est specimen ever seen in these parts.
1t measures six inches in diameter.
1t was supposed the season at Bar
Harbor had closed but on Nov. Q
heavy fnnndar ctn fhlra
and the lightning was the sharpest
seen this season. 1t struck in several
places about the bay. and the thunder
at times made the earth tremble.
Looks as though the safe crackers
considered Androscoggin county safe
place to operate in. -.-
They're 20 keep pounding away at
the Bath Iron Works and the ring of
the hammer makes music in Bath.
Biddefords city clerk is a firm be-
lever in the theory that marriages fall
off in hard times. His experience has
been that the number of marriage
licenses are an accurate indication of
the condition of business. Love may
laugh at locksmiths but NOT when the
sheriff turns the key and takes ac-
count of stock
Courier Gazette: This is the season
of the year when many items like the
following are read in the county page
of the Courier Gazette: Mrs. Charles
Simpson of Klanden. is visiting her
sister, Mrs. James Louper, in Boston
and vicinity. In other words. Knox
county people are now being enter
tanned in the cities by relatives enter
tanned by them during the summer
The names of above parties and place
are of course not genuine. Further
comment is unnecessary
In view of the fact that the water !
works are so much better off than the !
city. 1 am advocating a reduction of !
the water rentals" remarked Mayor |
Harris of Auburn, the other day. To |
still further economic those living |
near public watering troughs and who |
use them to water their animals in |
stead of otherwise providing water |
themselves will be required by the |
city to pay rentals.
A little boy of Dexter, being asked. |
on his return home from school, where
he had passed his first day, what the
scholars did," replied, "Oh. they sing
and read Did you sing?" inquired
the fond mother. No Saying which
the boy shrugged his shoulders with
well-feigned disgust. as though it was
a small matter anyhow. But" said
his mother. Il want you to do as the
other little boys. Why didn't you
sing?" Teacher didn't ask ME to.
We were all standing up and she
looked at kid with red hair and said,
Ready. sing"
Perhaps the secret of success has
been discovered in that Thomaston
lodge of Good Templars. that boasts of
unusually large and regular attend
ance. also of the prettiest girls in its
membership that there are in town.
One of DeXter's old residents recalls
that there used to be a fine cross walk
of split stone in front of the Gazette.
office, but which now has sunk out of
sight. The Gazette is of the opinion
that the lost should be found.
Guilford is just getting ready to have
it's grand New Year ball eclipse any
thing ever known thereabouts Every
body up that way is talking about it.
The report that $50 scholars are
kept in one room of Lincoln school
would seem to merit investigation.
Portland Transcript: There have been
of late many inquiries in regard to the
chances of reviving the old sugar beet
industry in Maine. but our former ex-
perience would hardly warrant the
farmers in taking hold of it again.
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