Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-24

1ultlJ was d uIOuCA lAkS1IldS VIM oASSA
escaping from the asylum, telephoned
the institution to send after him, and
then sat down and patiently awaited
the officer. Or, perhaps, he was a
practical joker.
Passport tells Of a 93-year-old lady
who rides bicycle. That makes 4
startling combination Of the old and
new woman.
The Aroostook Swedes take the lead
in Maine wheat raising, and they are
raising much more this year than ever
before.
Aroostook hopes the report is true
that the township northwest of New
Sweden is to be filled with Swedish
settlers, early next spring.
How much fragrance, beauty and
happiness have been given humanity
by the Camden man who has sold over
&c 600 pond lilies this summer on the
streets of Rockland.
Norridgewock is said to possess the
only monument east of the Mississippi
marking the spot where an Indian VII
lage once stood. The monument was
dedicated on August %, 1724, being the
anniversary of the battle with the In
dams at that spot, in which Father
Rasle was killed and the Indian village
destroyed. 1t is now sadly neglected
and is crumbling in decay and badly
Clipped by relic hunters who have also
been digging ugly holes in the ground
near it, on the site of the ancient In
dian village of such tragic fame.
The great circus had narrow es-
cape from being broken up in Portland
by one of the penurious citizens of the
Forest city. While the performance
was going on ne was noticed to TAX,
out his pocketbook, look through it,
and then frantically turn his pockets
wrong side out. At this juncture he
shouted: Stop the performance! I've
been robbed" Then, looking between
the blades of his jackknife, he fished
out three-cent piece, put it in his
pocketbook and with smile of salts
faction sat down. The excitement, for
a moment, almost made strong men
weep.
What country dealer has beaten the
Pittsfield man who has sold SO bicycles,
this year?
1t was IS not 10 that was heavy with
fate fer the late Thomas Coughlin of
Lewiston. Everything happened on
was married on the 18th of August, a
girl baby was born to his wife on the
18th Of August, the girl died on the 18th
of August his wife died on the 18th of
August and to end all he himself passed
away on that eventful date.
BroWnfield is said to be one of the
worst places for mosquitoes in Maine,
ard it is no uncommon sight there to
see travellers on the road and men
working in the fields protected around
their heads by an arrangement of
mosquito netting.
A poor fland-to-mouth Piscataquis
farmer owns two worthless dogs, 4
male and female When the tax COL
lector came around the farmer said he
had no money for him, but when in
formed that in that case the dogs
must be killed, he promptly sold a calf
and paid that part of the tax, leaving
the balance unpaid. A man so COM
pletely gone to the dogs as that can
get very little sympathy for his hard
circumstances.
Almost half a century without a
chowder seemed a long time to j. B.
Clements who is visiting his native
town of Waldo from Wisconsin where
he went in 1S49. He had not seen sal.
water or eaten a clam in all these years
but he is having high old time this
summer
There's hope for one Old Orchard
landlord yet. He refused the Salvation
Army, now in annual encampment
there, permission to hold a meeting on
his grounds and in return they spent
whole day as near his hotel as possible
loudly praying for him.
Those Aroostoolz rascals who stole 4
large grind stone from farmers yard
in Houlton We're evidently of the heavy
and hardened type, but perhaps they
thought they were not sharp enough
for the business.
The abundance of water this summer
has not caused any decrease in the ru-
raj consumption of old cider. The
abundance of apples. last fall, put ci-
der barrels at premium and the "bug
juice" has been plentiful. Many farm
ers declare that two barrels of cider
are as much help as an extra man in
haying time. Up in Canaan one man
is said to have drunk five barrels since
last fall, but he promptly takes a back
seat when a Cornville citizen asserts
he has consumed eight barrels in the