Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-05
he village Of Sullivan talks Of having

The village of Sullivan talks of having
night watch.
Two wolves were seen in Exeter the
other day, unless the eyes of a reputable
citizen deceived him.
Senator Frye has presented the petition
of several residents of Vinalhaven Ne.
for law restricting immigration to this
country.
1t is said that the late Harvey d. Had
lock. formerly of Maine. was retained at
a large salary tSl5oo a month"; by the
sugar trust.
w f. Lewis, late of the Pemaquid Mes
senger. and c. II. Bowden of Pittsfield
are to start new paper in Cherryiield
about the first of July.
An interesting piece of news to Old
Town taxpayers is the fact that the
property of the Old Town wooden mill
company Will come in for taxation this
year.
Several small boys braved the chilly
waters of the St. Croix a few days ago
and went in bathing. with the result that
three of them are now confined to the
house with congestion of the lungs
The home for girls in Belfast now has
ten inmates. Two will soon be placed in
good homes in Brooksville and three will
soon be received into the home from
Portland, and one from Green's Landing.
Aroostook can boast of some courage
having been isolated from her acquain-
tances. walked six miles on Friday after
school in order to spend Sunday with
friends.
A four-year-old child in Sherman
coughed up a bean one day recently
which had lain in the lungs about four
weeks. 1t has been very sick with high
fever, but hopes are now entertained of
its recovery.
A Lewiston lady sends the following
item relative to the number of wheels in
Lewiston "F'ive hundred and ninety
bicycles passed the corner of Main and
Elm streets, Tuesday night, between !
and S O'Clock
June LIST the term of ]. II. Hathaway as
collector of customs expired and his Of
flee was turned over to his successor
Hon. T. II. Phair of Pressure Isle. and the
indications are that ii will be long time
before the Democratic party again fig
ures in that region.
Three Maine firms are bidders for fur
nishing granite curbing to the District of
Columbia. They are John F.. Gordon Of
Franklin, Me; George Price of Frank
fort, Me; and Dunbar Bros, of Sullivan.
Me. The successful bidders Will not be
announced for Il little while.
To a young man who sought his assis-
lance to secure a political office Tom
Reed is quoted as having said. Young
man, if you want to be rich, don't so
into politics: If YOU want to I've happy,
don't go into politics: if you want to have
friends, don't so into politics.
The Waldo county jail has been put in
the best possible condition. All the cells
now have large windows. securely grated,
the work having been done mostly by
prisoners under sentence to hard labor.
The interior is painted and white-washed.
and everything about the premises has
an air of neatness.
There is bird frequenting the shade
trees by the roadside in Sherman which
Is not common 1t is a little larger than
IL red-breasted robin, with a dark Grim
son head and with white back as
though a white flannel blanket had been
spread over il. 1t is dark under the body
and the tail is also dark.
The past week Canadian importers have
appeared in Portland as rivals of New
York in the tea business. This is due 70
the speculation in that commodity. and
the fact that Canada is the cheapest
market. The bulk .of their teas are
English breakfast while Americans
use more of the Formosas,
a gardener, one of the observant, old
fashioned sort, who knows that the best
sap comes from hill maple trees and ali
those shades of plant and tree lore gives
"A suggestion that may be of value 10 su-
burban residents 1t is in relation to the
currant worm, which he says can be kept
y " y.
a sprig of pine thrust in the centre of
each bush.
This weather is equalled only in the
memory of an Auburn gentleman of 81
who remembers moving one July day
when 1t was SO cold that he had to wear
mittens. The year of 1916 was cold from
May to October; snow fell on the carry
corn and they cut off the tops with seis-
sors and many towns raised money for
the relief of the people and the purchase
of seed for late planting.
Pollock came in at Biddeford Pool
again May 81. in big schools and Il great
number were secured by some of the res
Coles cottage one man waded in the
water in his rubber boots and with Il
pitchfork threw out 500 pounds of the
fish. Another man secured 1900 pounds
in front of the life saving station. The
pollock were chasing small herring.
Tuesday two Old Town men snapped
horses in good faith. Later in the day
one of the men firing of his trade went
to the stable which contained his old
horse and took the animal leaving the
animal he had taken earlier in the day
in exchange. Horse trader Number 2
learning what had been done did not
think much of the operation and some
time Tuesday night he visited the stable
of trader number one and made another
exchange. How the matter will end has
A man who lives in the eastern part of
the State has been in the habit of feed
ing grain to his horse by pouring it down
Il big spout that led from the loft above
to the manager. One day he noticed that
the horse appeared to be growing thin
in spite of the fact that his grain rations
hau been liberal. Condition powders
Were fed but to no purpose and IL was
only after the discovery that the
grain spout had got clogged at the lower
end and hadn't poured any grain into
the manager for several weeks that the
secret of the poor appearance of the
horse became known.
Last fall James H. Phair of Presque
Isle, went hunting in the vicinity of
Quoggy 10 mountain and got lost in the
woods. Reports say that he failed to re-
cogniZe any of the old landmarks that
are numerous il that locality. Mr.. Phair
IS an honorary member of the famous
Smell House Chair Club of Advanced
Liars at Houlton and the story reaching
them. action was taken at once for his
future safety and a huge COW bell with
strap attached was sent him. with full
hov to wear it in his future
in the forest; but he has re-
enptiy received his ppIp p,icsio11 fnr ,,nSt-