Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-30
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Machias thinks of celebrating her 1871
anniversary.
A lamb born in Pennington few day.
ago had but one eye and that right ir
the middle of its forehead. 1t died.
A suburban preacher recently spok,
in his sermon Of a refugee from JUS.
tice who cursed and swore and called
vile epitaphs. Lewiston Journal.
A pane of glass in a Portland Foreside
residence is so years old, clear as crystal
and unframed by wear, wind or weather
been smashed to snlithereens by hail.
storms
Tenants Harbor decides to wait for
better times before building that high
school building wanted so badly Carl
bou in the contrary put Its hand in its
pocket and gave to the schools with un-
usual liberalty this year.
Mr.. James A. Swan, the Portland &
Rochester brakeman. who lost both legs
and a1 was otherwise severely injured last
recovered Unexpectedly. and is able to be
about on artificial limbs.
A Waterman at the old Portland ele-
vator says that certain unused bins are
literally alive with wharf rats, and that
dog that fell into one of them a short
ime ago was killed almost instantly
~ the ferocious rodents.
George s. Lord. Bath boy who Is in
terested in the collection of foreign most
lge stamps. received "a letter the other
lay from the Queen of Holland in answer
% communication concerning rare va
rites. The Queen has an extensive COT
lection of stamps which rank among the
ineSt in the world
a N Tor a hns 1.,,t
title attention to lumbermen, but Mr. b.
:. Pickett of Mapleton. has now come TO
heir relief with a machine to level log
sing roads. on any snow road that has AN
man with a pair of horses and this ma
.hine will do more work than fifteen men
AN do by hand.
The Watervile free library has now
1een opened just seven months and in
hat time over l2C00 books have been let
lut. The average now Is between ~ and
o books a day being put out. or late
here has been a noticeable falling off in
he number of juvenile books taken out
while the number of adult readers is con-
tantly increasing.
Miss Christine Cragin Of Phillips,
lged IL years, is hauling her fathers
early supply of edgings from Austin's
mill. She has hauled several cords al
eady, loading them nearly all herself
md handles her team with as much
are as any man around the MILL
Sangeley Lakes.
The members of the Waterville BIZ
'ycle club have fixed up an arrange
nent by which they can get some
raining before the riding season opens.
An old wheel has been set up in the
Gems and to it is attached patent
'pring training arrangement which
works very satisfactorily.
A new Oakland enterprise is a goose
pasture. The proprietor has bought
and near the Messalonskee and is GO
ng to build a boom across the stream
keep the geese in. The logs. with a
"trip of poultry netting around them. -
lie says, will make a good yard, and
hall cut the wings of my geese, and
hey will not fly, and then l shall have
hem where they cannot get away"
Daniel b. Boynton of Brownfield. is
staying in South Paris. Mr.. Boynton.
who is an old soldier wanted an abate-
nent of his poll tax. 1t was refused
which he says was unjust discrimination.
Us other persons no worse off than he are
sranted such abatement. His support is
rom a pension of sl2 a month. He felt
Unable to pay the tax and was taken to
rail when he refused. BY giving bond
or disclosure he got out of Jail. and then
called on the town for support while
way from home and unable financially
% return. The town of Paris is board
ng him and running up a bill agains, the
own of Brownfield. The selectmen of
Brownfield say there is no good reason
why he should not pay his tax.
Those who think that the Il. & A. Rail
Dad is of no advantage to this section of
Aroostook should think the matter over
rolf 11t r-Y.st N1.N 1T.
dent of an exchange. Curing the last
year potatoes have been so low that they
could not have been hauled to Houlton
Us formerly. There would have been no
iernand for lumber and railroad ties that
nave been shipped from our stations, and
here would have been no box mill to use
up l,5000O0 of hard wood lumber that the
ash has been passed out for. Probably
there is no more favored locality in
Aroostook county than in this vicinity
and a large amount of money has been
paid out. If our people had not had con-
tracted debts when times We're good We
would be living in clover and honey.
The town of Enfield Me-, has probably
The largest manufacturing plant in the
world for the production of hardwood
lovelties. in almost endless variety and
size. The concern takes the tree at the
Fery stumps in the forest setting them in
forward by all the arts of ingenious ma
1ipulation, until theyare distributed in in
shapes and sizes to purchasers
far and near Some idea of the produc-
ions here included may be obtained from
he three months record of 100000 curry
,omb handles, and the six months turn
out of more than 100000 of handles for
tongs. besides numberless
'ubber stamp handles. pail handles, tub
handles handles for shoemaking tools.
irug boxes, pill and salve boxes of all
sizes and shapes and colors. waterproof
md alright mailing boxes. 300 600 wooden
whip sockets and more than 1900, 40 diff
erent sized and shaped lather and paint
brush handles.--Worcester Telegram.