Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-02

fnl enough that his bicycle escaped un-
injured, and, incidentally that he es-
capped horrible death.
Here's another point in favor OF the
beautiful and fragrant sweet pear, now
lust in season Their odor according to
contributor to the Medical Record. Is
so offensive to flies that It will drive
them out Of the sick room, though 1t Is
not usually in the slightest degree dis
agreeable to the patient.
There was wild time on Gardeners
main street. last Friday. The princi-
pals were a woman, a man, dog, RAT.
The rat was in a trap. the man held
the trap, the dog was crazy to get at
the rat, the woman was quietly walk
ing down the street, with umbrella In
one hand, the other arm filed with
bundles. The supreme moment ar
rived when the rat was turned out the
dog which was quite large one, made
big jump for his prize, the woman
happened to be right on the spot; re-
sult-dog, skirts. umbrella, bundles.
woman all mixed up in one indistin-
guishable mass. 1t was head on col
lision Of the biggest magnitude. With
the assistance however, of the specta
tors. the woman was extricated from
her uncomfortable, If not perlious po-
sition, the dog made quick work of the
rat, the crowd disbursed and n rainy
day quiet reigned once more on Water
street.
The breezy Bridgton News comes out
with very graceful invitation to the
Maine Press association to come that
way. next year; and shouts "AlI aboard
for Bridgton, Waterford, and Mon
treal in 1887
\ sensation was caused at Old Or
chard the other day by a man who in
sisted on wading out into the deep surf
with all Of his clothes on. Some said
he was crazy; others whispered that ne
was drunk and some suspected he was
trying 10 escape the wiies of the sum-
mer girl. Fathers dragged him ashore.
and he calmly walked off. without
thanks or explanation.
The epidemic of murders and suicides
is SO prevalent, this summer. that
northern Cumberland is calling for a
coroner. II has none nearer than Port
land, 40 miles away. and wants to be
ready in case Of emergency.
a Biddeford paper says that David r.
Hin was overcome by heat, in that city
last week. while working on building.
We assume that this is the famous
New Yorker. the man without party.
VINO is building cyclone cellar in
which TO disapper when another ia
tionai issue arises. The heat wave was
caused by reading inquiries as To his
present political whereabouts.
There are many thousand words in
our language. some 250.0oo ii Is said.
but all of these and several hundred in
other tongues were employed by the
Bangor woman who discovered, after
coming cut of church. that her hat
was adorned with a large tag on which
was written Reduced to SI.9o''
Now we all want a warm, dry Au-
gust.--but, of course. not too warm or
too dry.
They say 1t was the eclipse. that un-
seen performance behind closed doors.
that made it cold and rainy last week
Names Camden by the sea- has
drawn a rich prize in the summer
resort lottery. Wealthy men have been
attracted to it and have concluded to
invest largely, in luxurious summer
residences, with all the accessories of
artificial lake. finely laid-out streets,
fine hotels. etc. rendering it formid-
able rival To Bar Harbor and Sorrento.
Good for Camden; and for the Maine
seashorc as well.
The facetious Biddeford Journal ex-
plains why that the boys are no longer
reading the pernicious ten cent novel,
by remarking that this class of ntera-
ture is now afforded for nickel,
Apropos of the visit to Portland of
Francis Murphy. the silver-tongued
temperance orator of national rcnown,
the Sunday Telegram recalls that it
was in 1869 that this man. the keeper
of an Irish brother. killed IA man in his
shop, and that now Senator Frye was
the then attorney general who prose-
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