Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-21

| ste the DTEuSe IebuilJ IL INV uHu idN
yers can make it so. They have al
ready had legal advice, raised the nee
essary funds and engaged Herbert NJ
| Heath of Augusta, to use his well
known ability toward having the courts
| compel the county to rebuild the
| bridge.
| Rigby will not be satisfied with any
| thing but two minute mark, this year.
only half second separates it from
| it's ambition for it already holds the
worlds record.
| Speaking of flowers, who can beat the
South Acton nasturtium standing in
| the yard of c. W. Miller? 1t stands
| five feet II inches high, and one day
| last week had IS blossoms and liz buds
| upon it.
! Spragues Mills. up in Aroostook,
takes the stand and brings forward the
best smart -old-man story of the season.
The hero of the tale is John McDougal.
| He doesn't remember exactly when he
was born but figures out that it was
about 125 years ago, and nobody dis
putes him. Anyway, he can remember
| the wonderful dark day 100 years ago,
| He was never sick and never used
| liquor or tobacco. This summer he has
cut an acre of trees and he works every
day. AT the age of 90, he was married
and raised a family of six boys and
three girls, now all grown up. Next
| -, From iSprague's Mills there also
comes a yirn, properly sworn to, of
roses and green apples growing on the
same branch.
| These are the days which gladden. the
hearts of the druggists and all the
other people who are engaged in the
business of shaking the thirst of the
| multitude. Around the g1ittering soda
| fountains from early morning until late
at night stand groups of the thirsty.
| and the fizz of the aerated water is
heard in the land.
| Peaceful. pastoral Benedicta in the
| Aroostook woods makes a peculiar
claim that probably cannot be equalled
| Though settled for over 80 years and
containing about 500 souls there is not
| a Protestant in the place.
Secretary Long will come with the
White Squadron to his native State to
enjoy the New England fair.
When Brewer has a fire now it pro-
poses everybody shall know it. The
long looked for alarm bell has arrived
| and they are all very proud of it.
Bangor Commercial: A Bangor man
who rode bicycle in from kenduskeag
yesterday afternoon. declares that his
| tire was punctured in two places by the
gigantic mosquitoes which infest this
locality this season. The inference is
drawn to two conclusions, one of which
is that the riders dose of mosquito
poison was too liberal, and the other
that he is an internal liar. AS Kendus
keag is thought to be a village in which
the sale uf insect poison is a violation
of the ethics of the social organization
prevarication rather than intemperance
would seem to be the sin of the I'M
fortunate wheelman.
The Sunday Globe had most en-
tertaining account of the old Vassal-
boro tavern and its aged keeper, all
written in the present tense and utterly
disregardng the fact that this ancient
hosiery was burned to the ground sew
eral weeks ago.
The wild flowers are in their glory
now and these are great days for the
botanist and all of us who love nature.
The most astonishing piece of news in
the Sunday papers was an account of a
delightful trip from Squirrel Island to
Skowhegan," on a $500 900, two-masted
steam yacht, PIG feet over ALL
The Saco mean man who refused to
pay his hired boy because he drank so
much milk has met his match in Lis
bon. We are told of a man there who
hired two boys to help him cut his hay.
and when the job was finished gave
each of them cent for the work they
had performed and then offered to har-
ness his team and haul the boys home
for a cent apiece.
The Winthrop Budget takes a de-
cided stand against the proposed rail-
road from Augusta to Pennington.
through Winthrop, because it thinks
the local traders would be injured
thereby. 1t is forced to admit, how
ever, that the road would be a great
convenience. The opinion of the Bud
get is anything but complimentary to
the enterprise OF the Winthrop mer-