Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-31

Interest III CuufCH H!attcFS. IL came
about by the desire of the singing
school to occupy the church. This
was establishing no new precedent as
singing schools had been held in thas
edifice in years gone by. but some in
the parish thought there should be a
precedent established against it.
hence the revival of interest. such as
red hot discussion is likely to give rise
to.
The communities of Lisbon and Lis
bon Falls are talking townmeeting
thus early, but it is not an unheard of
thing in those communities. The ex-
element promises to run high
There is a fox hunting club in
Thomaston that frequently chronicles
hunt with no brush to the credit OF
the days work. And yet there are
those in that town who declare it is
not an uncommon sight to see a fox
sneaking along the back streets on
those days when the members of the
club are in the suburbs looking for
Reynard, truly foxy trick on the part
of someone
A man offering gold dollars for sale
on the public streets at ten cents each
would probably find few buyers. a
Bath man with a trace of unobtrusive
philanthropy in his character on a re-
cent cold night hung some second hand
clothing outside his stable door hoping
that someone too proud TO beg might
take them and clothe himself. Had
they been the infected garments from
a pest house they could not have beer
left more carefully alone. Then the
philanthropist attached a card with the
invitation take one" thereon. Even
then the garments hung there two sue
cessive nights before the invitation
was accepted.
There are said to be no less than
fifteen representatives of school book
firms in attendance upon the present
annual meeting of the Maine Press
Association.
A good many Brunswickians refuse
to be reconciled to the idea of moving
the Maine Medical School to Portland.
The Maine romancer of the New
York Sun has told of legend among
the Indians that before the white man
came here to corrupt the aborigines the
bears were on most friendly and ia
| miliar terms with the Indians and FREE
quently Went sliding down hill with the
pappooses. However that may have
been then it is obviously too late 20
think of again resuming those relations
with bruin. This fact has recently
been borne in on the mind of an es
teenred citizen of Henderson and the
case is to come up at the court at
| Dover. This man captured bear
when a cub and carefully brought him,
up in the way he should 90. The bear
soon came to, display more Intelligence
| than is looked for in some dogs and
was almost as affectionate. He got in
to the habit of running ut 20 meet the
team on the return Of his master and
had a special interest in. any load OF
apples that might pass that way. in
tfact. it is said he could detect the ap-
preach of such a load a half mile off.
He did detect one such last fall and
went to meet it. The ,hcrse seeing
bruin coming took fright and fled. the
| apples We're scattered all along the road
much to the delight of the bear and the
runaway team collided with funeral
procession disastrously. Now bruins
owner is called upon to pay damages
and If the bear did but realize it his
I life is on probation with precarious
outlook.
+ 1t is doubtful If a prettier corner stone