Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

The mail contractor who bid Off the
route between the Paris postotlice and
South Paris for the next four years has
sublet the contract TO w. F.. Perkins. at
Il price something above that received by
Mr.. Perkins for the last term of four
years. and exactly 500 per year above
that received by the contractor from the
government. The contractor, profess
s.onal bidder, says that this Is the hard
est year 10 sublet his contracts that he
has seen In an experience of seventeen
years.
The Enterprise is occasionally called Oh
by subscribers who expect free advcrtis-
ing of their business because CT theiI
generosity in subscribing for the paper
We appreciate The patronage of all. but
to the thoughtful one Il Is readily under
stood that Il newspapsr's income IS de-
rived only from sal seriptions and ad-
veTtising and that in neither case the
purchaser win receive full value for his
money. We can only compare the case
with expecting the grocer to furnish i
pound of tea with n dollars worth of sug-
ar, which he may do occasionally but moi
as matter of busincss.--Oldtown Enter
prise.
1t is stated that a guide 90 has gone M
the lake with a man from New York,
bearing. with him certificate Of regis
ira ton as a guide, who WAS never before
a. Moosehead lake, and upon HIS owr
statement never saw a canoe. The guides
here are very indignant and ask. how
did he get 1t? II is said that he is act
ing as guide under the provisions of see.
tion of chapter 252.-the guide act-then
he needed no license. and the fact of his
holding one entities him to all the rights
and privileges of guides who were born
braught up and have spent their lives IN
guiding about M0oSehead waters.-kisset
Echo.
The members of the Bath w. C. T. T.
are nothing Ii not conscientious. They
went on an excursion to Popham Beach
one day last week and when they came
down to the wharf to take the boat they
found that the captain contemplated TAX.
ing ON board q lot OF bottles that looked
like beer bottles. AS a matter of fact
they were soda bottles that were being
semi to Portland, according to the cap
tan's statement. but they Were beer bot
ties in the eyes OF these ladies and they
reS0lutely refused to set foot on board II
these objectionable bottles weren't left
behind. THE captain WIS powerless in
the face OF such decided opposition and
the ladies went along without the bottles.
They did NOT act upon the cause adopted
by a woman reformer In England. recent
y. She smoked Il cigarette In order the
better TO appreciate its wlekedness.
An incident OF life at Deer Isle last
week, is thus reported by an Ellsworth
American correspondent: ''The steamer
SedEWlck came foaming UP TO the Deer
Isle landing just as a farmer was back
ing his oX-cart on the roadway. All AZ
once the rear wheels went over the edge
and down the incline went the cart, the
tongue brakng away from the yoke
when The rear wheels went oyer the bank
The tide was ont. ana between the shore
and the water was \ long stretch Of
sloping beach. The cart went onto this
and rolled slowly DOWN ii seemed every
moment as though Il was going to stop.
The farmer evidently thought 50. He
stood stock siill on the bank and watched
the cart as though fascinated By run
ming 10 feet he could have stopped ii. on
and on ii lumberingiy rolled. At times
the cart would almost stop; then II would
20 ON again, as though some mysterious
agency were propelling IT, The farmer on
the bank didn't move muscle nor utter
a sound. He was simply waiting for the
cart to stop. Al last the vehicle reached
the edge of the water. rolled on and on
and in. The waves licked the muddy
wheels and Splashed over the tail-board.
Then the sea swallowed up the truant. its
pole waving solemn farewell above the
waves rs il disappeared. And then the
farmer spoke. wall. I'll be durncd.'
WAS all he said. but with a depth of ex-
preston that left nothing unsaid.