Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-24

great comedian. Mr.. JenerSOn Will de-
liver the address when the magnificent
theatre is formally opened in September.
Legend says that Franklin and Sullivan
were settled in this way. Nearly 2o0
years ago men came from Old York to
Frenchmans bay fishing. By some means
unknown they got above the Fails: anu
found large quantities of salt hay around
the shores of Franklin bay. For some
years they came every year in sioops ana
cut the hay, carried 1t home green ana
tion so well that finally they settled here.
The Blaisdells, Bragdons, Beans, Urahns
and Simpsons came from York, and per-
haps there is truth in the story
Vinalhaven is in danger of losing its
net factory, which would be loss IeN m
many households. The factory Is but a
branch, but 1t furnishes the necessaries
of life to quite number OF people. Ihe
business has outgrown its present quar-
ters and the citizens of Vinalhaven are
to make a strong, united effort to keep
the business. Work is not only given
those who are employed within the four
walls of the factory. but work is taken
into many households for miles around,
q and during the spare moments of the day
the good Industrious housewives take the
opportunity of earning an honest dollar.
Portland people are especially interest
ed in the progress of arrangements ior
that all-the- -year-round fast steamship
line between Great Britain and Canada,
for which the mother country mas prom
Used an annual subsidy OF $2ooooo. IN al
dition to Canadas $5Oo0OO yearly; since
Portland now gets the winter business OF
English-Canadian steamer lines. one
term of the proposed contract is that the
contractors shall be liable to a sum not
to exceed $4,000 for every failure to make
a weekly trip after May 1900. The Mon
treal Star. which declares that each Win
ter voyage probably will leave net loss
of $25,0OO is inclined to think that lapses
in winter will not be prevented by these
is Ill
cania lost more on one January voyage
than she made in June.
The price of small beers took great
jump at Rigby park Thursday afternoon:
1t was discovered that somebody had
been spilling kerosene oil in the ice water
barrels which had been shaking thrsts of
thousands since the fair began; by the
middle of the afternoon there was
heavy draft of the small beer supply un-
der the grand stand, and the cool appear
ing fellows who were working there in
white duck jumpers doubled their price.
Ginger ale, pop root and bottled soda
went like hot mullins. even at the exor-
bitant price of five cents a glass. There
was more or less grumbling but the white
jacketed young men kept on drawing
corks without changing countenance.
Somebody called the kerosene trick
clever joke, but the New England fair
Management didn't view it in that lignt.
They offered reward of $25 for reliable
detective evidence on the case, but the
chances are there will be no punishment
meted out to fit the crime.
There Is said to be less building in
Old Town this summer than any season
for ten years. Very few residences are
being built and only a few are under
going Improvements. The building in
Water street being erected by c. T.
Rackliff & Co., is the largest new
building this season and will not only
facilitate the business Of this firm bus
greatly improve the street. AS there
is so little work for carpenters, masons,
etc, in this city many of the men resid-
ing here who have formerly found en-
ployment at home are, for the present,
employed in Bangor. Old Town has,
however, enjoyed quite a boom for sew
eral years and during the dull times
the people of this city have found en-
ployment here as usual much more
easily than in many places of the same
size.
A few months ago some smugglers
had succeeded in crossing the river, at
Milltown, N. b., with two barrels of
pork. Thinking an officer was on their
track they drove into yard, unlOada1
the port and got the team out of
harms way. They then went back -
get the port, but in the meantime the
owner of the yard had rolled the barrel
into his barn and refused to recognize
the claimants right to the same, even
on the promise of IS for storage. Aftec
some warm words the smugglers starr
ed to secure the services of the marshal
in recovering their goods, but the OWL
er of the port was too smart for them
again, for he notified the customs off,
clal, who secured the booty and is now
waiting for the owners to call and SET
tie.
Elephants have other vices besides
the tobacco habit said the elephant
tender at Forepaugh's circus to some
bystanders in Portland. '"rhey are as
rule, fond of whiskey. l remember
an incident that occurred in a Kansas
town that clearly demonstrated this
fact. 1t was a dry town, and an en-
terprising 'bootlegger as the fellows
who secretly deal in whiskey are called
in that section, had some upon the
show grounds. with several dozen TASKS
of the fiery fluid stored in his capacious
pockets. Anticipating a large trade
from the crowd attending the show, he
had more fiat bottles about his person
than he could conveniently handle. See
ing a pile of hay close 10 the wall at
the back end of the menagerie, he de-
posted some ten or fifteen of the bot :
ties in this hiding place. This hay had
originally been inside the tent but as
the wind has shifted, the side wall Of
the tent had been blown inward. As
the wind changed again. the tent wall
was blown outward, and the hay was
again inside, and Babylon, big ele-
phant standing near, thrust his trunk
into the hay and discovered the bottles
The big pachyderm evidently knew a
thing or two about corks, for he began
pulling them and pouring the contents
of the bottles down his throat This all
occurred while the spectators were III
the circus tent, viewing the perform-
ance. SO nobody happened to see the
elephant getting into line for a spree
but it did not take him long to show
the result of his libations, and he
started on such rampage as the old
est elephant keeper had never seen be-