Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-03
The theatre party is the correct thing

q lEzn1
The theatre party is the correct thing
at Portland.
citizens. died suddenly of heart disease.
Tuesday. while walking on York street.
The Y. NJ. c. A. congress at Portland
is at present having some Of the livel-
est and most enthusiastic meetings
since it's organization.
General Passenger Agent G. Nj. Hough-
ton of the Bangor and AroostOok rail-
road. has not yet received the full re-
turns of the amount of game secured
along the b. & A. during the month of
November. but the record will show over
1000 deer, which beats that OF November
of last year by a considerable margin.
Richard b. Slower of Bucksport. last
Saturday. received through the post
office a letter which he mailed March 8.
1890, to his father, then due at Victoria.
b. c.. but who has been dead for some
time now. His fathers ship sailed
from Victoria before the letter arrived
and it has been all this time in getting
back
A Belfast man at public supper re-
Gently ate four bowls of chowder sew
doughnuts in proportion and request
ing the waiter for more was informed
that everything was out. We'll
this is not a very successful time, Is
it," he replied. 1t is reported that he
finished his repast at restaurant.
The Barring correspondent of the
Lewiston Journal has found some ad-
vantage in slow trains. He says the
superintendent of a line not many
miles from his home, accommodatingly
slowed up, the other day. and removed
from the track a deaf woman. 80 years
old. who. as seems to be the habit Of
deaf people, was walking on the track
Some of the Maine miners who started
for the Klondike are returning already;
but one Maine man now about starting
will pay his way with gold mined IN
Maine. This is n. E. Jackson. an old
California miner. who has been prospect
ing along Swift river for several sea-
sons finding promising pay streaks all
around Byron and every quarter OF
mile or so from there to Canada. one
nugget. according to reports. having been
as large as an ordinary cuff button. But
Mr.. jackson seems to have got tired OF
slow though steady profits and has start
ed for Alaska. unless rumor is mSin-
formed.
According to an act of the last Legis-
lature the State board of cattle COM
missioners is hung up until next year
and until that time the board Is unable
to do anything on the line of work that
it had planned. There is. however. .
little odd work that the board is doing
though last week the members of the
board received word from man by
the name of Farnham to go to Nor
way. and several cattle were foun
there infected with tuberculosis. and
these were Killed.
A gentleman who has lately estab-
lished himself in business in Portland.
went to see In Gay Manhattan" al
Portland theatre Thanksgiving night.
in company with friend who is an old
citizen When the play had been in
progress but short time the Portland
man turning. was astonished to find
his companion in tears. Asking for an
explanation the man said: you no
ticed the performer" designating her
name and costume) well she is nv
wife. We lived together happily for a
number of years. but domestic troubles
arose and we separated. l have not
seen her since until tonight. when she
appeared on this stage"
There is a time in the lives of many
men when they think they see wealth
potential in the hen or the pig Hun
dreds have tried it and failed. but each
year brings q new crop of enterprisirS
expo rimenters who are anxious to pun
both time and money into it. This
year four Auburn young men who
drive ice carts experimental in the
swine business to their sorrow. and
now they don't care to talk on the sub
ject of raising porkers. They bought
two pigs and paid 81 per pig to start
with During the summer months
they saw to it that the pigs lacked fol
no good thing. keeping careful account
of the money paid out. but not of the
time and bother in feeding. They col
lected considerable feed for which ne
charge was made. but when they comS
to figure up it was found that the two
porkers had got away with SIG worth
of grain council of war was held
forthwith and the decision reached tc
kill the pigs before they ate then
heads off, The killing cost 81. 81 pei
pig The charge for marketing was
not reckoned in. Try their best $50 fo,
the two porkers was the most favor
able terms they could get and part OF
this had to be taken at the door
Thus the actual figures were: Origina
cost of the two pigs IS: paid out foi
feed $l6 for butchering 81: total s2G
Amount received for the two porkers
$40: net loss Sc or $50 per mathew
istoh Journal.