Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-13

Nearly every lime kiln IL Rockport is
in operation.
Damariscotta Mills is hoping to get
New Jersey hosiery mill
Fred Staples of Biddeford. laid over
80 rolls of paper in seven hours.
A Portland man has pass good for
ever, over the Pennsylvania road. 1t
was issued in the early fifties.
Mr.. Alden Flanders of Waldoboro.
has, within the last 40 years, hauled TO
Rockland and Thomaston over 10000
lime casks, which have sold at prices
ranging from 91a to 40 cents each.
Bath. Fifty Years a City" is the
name of a book which is being pre-
pared by Harry C. Webber as a souve-
mir in anticipation of the big celebra-
ton which they are soon to- have in tina:
city.
Major Dickey, our veteran legislator
came home from Augusta on Monday,
escorted from Edmundston by his chill
dren and grandchildren and met at CLAIR
Station by the scholars of the Training
School en- masse. The major though
unfortunate enough TO contract heavy
cold on his way home, Is looking finely
and feeling welL-Fort Kent correspon-
dence.
The estimated cut of lumber on the
upper ST. John during the past season
is 1s2, 000, 900 OF this 1l5000,000 will
come over the Grand Falls. S5,O0O.0Oo
from the Tobique and 100000 from
the Aroostook There were 100000
of last seasons cut hung up. If all
come down this year, there will be
173, 900 to raft.
A certain Maine lady is said to keep a
basket in her house containing pennies
for chance organ grinders, and her SER
wants are instructed never to let one.
such go from the premises without
money being given him. This kindly
meaning lady should give the rest of
| the pennies to the next organ grinder
and her neighbors the rest of quiet
i thereafter.
Dutch Neck in the town of Waldo
boro is a peninsuar, two miles long, on
which there are 81 excellent farms.
| 1t is inhabited almost wholly by the
| descendants of the first settlers, who
were Germans. and hence its name.
Their occupations are farming and
| fishing. People live to good old age
there. Following is list of those re-
siding on the Neck" who have reached
an advanced age: Mrs. Catharinc
Wallace. 96 years: Miss Julia A, Lash
So: Mrs. Abigail Wallace, 90; Mrs. Will
| liam Gross, 50: Mrs. Aaron Stahl, "A.
Several weeks ago young man rep
| resenting himself to be the advance
advertising agent for the Hong Kong
Nursery Company" of China, was III
Houiton advertising the wonderful
Chinese water lily bulb. He had one OF
the lilies growing in a glass jar ana
had some of the bulbs which he would
sell to those who did not care to wait
until the arrival of the main firm, when
was represented as then being in Fred
ericton and would shortly reach Houi-
ton. He did not warrant the bulbs TO
grow but said the other agents Wouiu
replace all bulbs which failed to grow,
when they came along. They have not
yet arrived but there is an opening for
them to do a large business in exchans-
ing bulbs when they do come.
A Lewiston gentleman was recently
called to his native town in the eastern
part of the State, to attend the funeral
of a relative. On the way to the ceme-
terry ne ISll lildl iHt taii iucS !N
severely. he bethought him to look out
the window for the cause. To his con-
sternation he saw the hearse, which
was next in front of him being run
away with, across lots. and the drNer
of his own hack was flashing his horses
following across a last years coih
field. The Lewiston man sung out 10
the driver to stop, whereupoh th'
teamster only dashed his horses the
more and hollered back; you WerS
born right here in Dennisvllie' Joi,h
Blank. and you know as well as u
that it has always been the custom, .,
the carriages of the mourners 10 ioneN
the hearse, and while drive IT aso'"
to-