Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

ptHStS DIS well DIS merchants. feOpIe
want the almighty dollar but if they
cannot get that. they want the hun
dredth part of it.
No doubt they believe in cleanliness
in Lewiston but the police say it must
be attained in some other way than
swimming in the river. They have
promised 90 days in Jail to the first
man or boy-nothing is said about the
fair sex-found swimming in the river
opposite the city.
The discovery of a deep well in West
Market square, covered over and un-
used for so years, made a sensation in
Bangor last week. After discussing
the matter thoroughly the local histo-
rian and scientists have come to the
startling conclusion that in those old
days the thirsty people of Bangor used
water for drinking purposes.
A Palmyra colt isn't getting much
enjoyment out of the green grass these
days. 1t made the acquaintance of a
and mouth full of quilts. They were
withdrawn with much difficulty and
the process of chewing is not so pleas
ant as it used to he.
A Waldoboro correspondent in the
ROckland Opinion strikes the right
note as follows: I'VE are glad to no.
tice that so many western and south
ern people are catching onto the fact
that the air of Maine is pure, healthy
and bracing. Statistics show a very
low death-rate in this State. and
miasmatic diseases are almost un-
known. The only prevalent diseases
are those of a pulmonary character,
and these are no doubt caused more by
living in overheated and poorly ven-
tilated rooms during our long and cold
winters than by any climatic condi-
tions. The writer has been in many
states of the Union, and can say that
it is difficult to find more delightful,
comfortable and health giving climate,
or more attractive natural scenery,
than the State of Maine affords. And
sportsmen have long known that Maine
is the best state in the Union for all
kinds of fish and game. 1t is indeed a
grand old State"
In repairing the house of good old
deacon at East Skowhegan they came
upon pack of cards inside the finish
of a window, and the mystery is a be-
Wildering one. The deacon and his
family never even looked at pack Of
cards, and the man who built the house.
81 years ago. was such religious man
that he held meetings there while it
was in the process of erection.
Vinalhaven has escaped perpetual
pauper burden by sending back to Fin
land needy family of ignorant and
helpless Russians that had taken up
it's abode in the town. 1t was an ex-
pensive job, but a good investment for
the town. The whole country should
show a similar reluctance to become a
dumping ground for European refuse.
The Bucksport man who bit his
wife's arm because he wanted some-
thing warmer than the cold supper she
nad PROVIDED VIII not attempt affec-
tionate demonstrations of this sort
again. She brought an ak down upon
his head with force sufficient to bring
him to his senses and to bring the
neighbors to the scene. A treaty of
peace was signed and now they are
living happily again.
Leaving sample bottles of medicine
and boxes of pills at doors is not al
ways safe business, and several cases
have been reported where they fell in
to the hands of children with serious
results. Some cities by city ordinance
forbid such distribution except by writ
ten permission of the board of health.
Editor Geo. w. DriskO,sO long known
in connection with the Machias Union,
seems, in these late days, to have
turned his attention to historical
themes. as his invitation to any one
possessing any reaollections or any
verbal or written history of Machias,
to send such to him. would indicate.
The writer of reliable local history is