Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-04

over the bow for an anchor and ride
safely pntil the storm is past.
What an important part the bicycle
is playing in vacation trips. this sum-
| mer.
Portland Express: Men may talk of
the vanity of women, and of their in
ability to pass mirror without stop
ping to look in. but there is strong
argument on the other side to be found
in the Hobbies of the hotels. Ii is in
| tcresting to watch the men coming in
and going out glance at themselves as
| they pass. AT least three men out Of
every five will take advantage Of a
| mirror Some will cast hurried,
sheepish look, as though ashamed to
be seen admiring themselves. Others
| will stand unconcernedly, impervious
| to opinion. One man will stop To ar
| range his tie, another to give an ex-
/ ira twirl to his mustache and another
| to examine his face with a view of as
| pertaining whether or not he needs q
| shave. One pompous gentleman who
wears Dundreary whiskers of an ex-
aggerated style makes practice Of
stopping to comb his hirsute adorn-
| ment
| Some nervous persons around West
brook are wondering if there is any real
| danger of their city being washed out
| to sea. Sebago lake and several small
| er ponds near it are higher than ever
| before Otter pond is overlooking it's
banks, which are of sand, and some
| people fear the sand viii give way or
be washed away enough 10 make a
formidable overflow iii the direction #
| WeStbrook
fin de steele girl from Old Orchard
struck Biddeford the other day ana a
local paper devotes to her a column ar
ticle with startling headlines. 1t was
not the Titan hair, the blonde COM |
plexion. the cherry lips. or the up-to- |
date costume that was the startling |
feature that made those who saw her |
mold their breath. il was the hose tn. |
summer girl wore and they were |
startling. They We're half hose, such |
as men supposed belonged exclusively |
to their sex. They reached to the calf |
of the leg and above the tops was ex
posed the bare flesh. around which fen |
IN folds the lace drapery of the skirt
The eagle-eyed reported saw them az
she boarded beach-bound car, anI |
the column article was the inevitable
result
Rookland is famed for having lime /
kins to burn. but it likes to regulate
the process Of burning.
Undertakers are not a class generally
credited with a desire to heal the sick
but there are exceptions to all rules
stephen Merritt, a prominent New
York undertaken who attended a ma
tional reputation by having charge or
Gen. Grants funeral. is one of the chief
workers in DR.. Simpsons Christian
Alliance, and is now at Old Orchard
where many miraculous cures of the
ills OF both body and soul are each sea
son credited to his power
There was hot time in Old Town
when the West Branch drive reached
there, Monday night There were
100000 600 feet of logs in the drive ami
$50 river drivers who appreciated
reaching civilization.
1t Will be new experience for Main,
to have a troop of cavalry ride across
1t. Troop +. Sd Z. S. Cavalry, sta
toned at Fort Ethan Allan VI, is t5
march across country to Portland to b.
present at the New England fair; and ,
now they have received orders from ,
the war department to proceed across
the State to Bangor and take part il
the Eastern Maine fair, August 81 Ia :
September L. Bangor is happy and II +
showering thanks on Senator Hale who
brought this about. The troop con-
tains about 60 cavalrymen. They ride
about 80 miles a day so the Journey
from Portland to Bangor will take a
week
The Belfast Age concludes that when
we keep our eyes and ears open we
may see and hear some strange things.
Then it tells of man whom 1t saw re-
pairing his moving machine with only
a pickaX for tool and of another |
fellow who is a scriptural authority
and quotes it this way: and it came !
to pass that Timothy had dyspepsia
and he was commanded to take little
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