Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-10

MIS-, II. M. ~. 0tSNOA' ASANs
for England.
Pennington lodged 70 tramps in the
two months ending May l.
The sardine industry does not oegln
the season so brskly as was hoped.
The prisoners at Alfred Jail are putting
in their time now digging for the ne"
sewer.
Rev. A. p. Andrews of Garland, mas en-
gagged to deliver the Memorial address az
Corinna.
The farmers say there will be little OF
no clover raised in Aroostook TINS sea
son. as 1t winterkilled badly lhueeo'
William f. jackson of Somervilie. n a.,
hauled $4,000 casks TO Rockiaiiu, he
Hope, Thomaston ana uhioh' sii'e
was Is years old.
The town of Franklin is lamentlhs IA
the fact that the polls fell OF ten anu
tho valuation $4,000 while the tax rate
Jumped from 1872 to 16 mills.
pigs seem TO be plenty in East
.Guilford. One man there, when pig
escapes from the pen, shoots II anu III -
saves the bother of driving 1t BACK.
The last heard of Peter Beckman and
h;s harrel boat was when he Launched
it at Islesboro and set out for Bar mar
Dor with neither sails, steam nor s'ee'
ing gear.
Ellsworth now has a milk inspector
II behooyes the milkmen OF the Guy "
acauaint themselves with the ota.e
laws governing the sale of milk ana 10
govern themselves accordingly.
The heirs of the late Hon. Jesse DAVIS
of Lisbon have given to Westbrook
Seminary Maine Central Rallroao
bond for one thousand dollars, for the
nurnose of establishing a fund in thar
institution to be known as the jesse
Davis scholarship fund.
4 Pennington woman. who wanted
balustrade for the stairs IN her hoiile an, an
whose husband did not feel able TO hlie
one made by carpenter. piuckliy shoui-
dered an axe herself and went into the
woods and chose, cut and brought nome
in her arms the material for a rustic oali-
lister. which when she had made, she
nIaced in positfon. painted and Vanished
it. and it is as handsome banlstef as
can be found in the town.
A Bath boys mother sent him down
town after loaf of bread ana a pint ol
milk He went on his bicycle ana Whem
he reached home his clothing was an
spattered with milk and the loaf OF bread
was tucked up inside his sweater. men
his mother reproved him for spiiling the
milk he replied, never mind mother,
knew / should spill some on the way
home so ! got a quart instead OF pint
and had it charged to papa
The members of the Athene CLUB OF
Bangor. are among the most energetic OF
Maine club women. The past year they
have raised $50 for school decorations
Two lectures have been given under lneir
auspices one by so eminent an historian
as DIR. John NFiske The musical festival
.pdipr Tl,,,rSdav in Ranger due TO
the cooperative efforts of the Derthick
and Athene Clubs. Besides. Slo0 nave
been spent in other club interests.
Prof. Hartshorn of Bates, went. up to
an auction in Boston last week and
bought about $50 books for the college Ii
brarv. among them a set of Hubert Ban
croft's History Of the Pacific States
A box of ancient and rare books has also
just been presented to the college by
gentleman in New York. The increasing
demand for books to be used in the new
department of history and economics mas
made necessary an addition to the library
hours and the employment of several
student assistants.
Rev G. W. Hinckley is going to fix
things up in tip-top condition for the
summer encampment' at Good VIII
Farm. 1t seems that the grove upon
the east side is to have erected within
its embrace a pavilion 35xl5 feet, to be
covered with canvas. Then there Will
be a cook room 16x45 feet. The outlay
will be about 81, 600, and it will give ac-
commodations that have been sadly
needed in the past
The luckiest woman in Maine is she
who has just recovered three diamond
rings, which she left in the wash basin
of a Pullman car on the b. & A. last
fall and which We're dumped into the
roadbed by the porter, who didn't no.
tice what they We're. Last Saturday
the rings were found and returned to
their owner. 1t almost seems as if a
special Providence sometimes watched
over careless people.
Last season what is known as Market
square in Houlton was thoroughly built
up with crushed rock prepared at the
county stone yard. This spring the
stretch of street so treated has come
out in excellent condition, having been
comparatively free from mud in the
worst season of-the year The expert
ment has worked so well that other
streets in the town are to be treated
in the same way. The material for the
improvements costs practically moth
ing, as it is prepared by the inmates Of
the jail who thus render the county
some return for the cost of their main
tenance during their terms of contine-
nlent.
Stimulate the Sluggish kidneys.